When a City Rises
100 mins
Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the world. But they share a demand for democracy and freedom. They have the will and the courage to fight – and they can see that things are going in the wrong direction in the small island city, which officially has autonomy under China but is now tightening its grip and demanding that ‘troublemakers’ be put away or silenced. Amid the violent protests, we meet a 21-year-old student, a teenage couple and a new father.
Han Yan Yuen
Director
Iris Kwong
Director
Evie Cheung
Director
Huang Yuk-kwok
Director
Cathy Chu
Director
Ip Kar Man
Director
Jenn Lee
Director
Sinead Kirwan
Producer
Sharon Yeung
Cinematography
Amy Ip
Cinematography
Huang Yuk-kwok
Editor
Cathy Chu
Cinematography
Yuling Chow
Cinematography
Jenn Lee
Editor
Han Yan Yuen
Cinematography