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Flowing Stories
Jessey TSANG Tsui Shan
Release year: 2014
Run time: 98 minutes
Film type: Documentary
Synopsis
Ho Chung Tetralogy' includes the interactive web piece All About My Ho Chung, the short film The Life and Times of Ho Chung Village, the feature film Big Blue Lake, and the director’s first feature-length documentary Flowing Stories. Through depicting the recurrent reunions and partings of the villagers and the intimate details of their lives, the film examines issues about urban and rural development. Filmed on locations in Hong Kong and in various cities in France and UK, Flowing Stories is an ode to village life and a journey in search of Hong Kongers’ collective roots. Tsang’s camera records the beautiful scenery and time-honored customs of the local village, as well as a once-a-decade village festival, which serves as a continuation of a tradition passed down through generations and a testament of family bonding. Today, Hong Kong citizens are confused about the future, the director hopes to review the village’s development in order to search for the meaning of home and diaspora through this meaningful local documentary.
Director biography
Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan is a Hong Kong independent filmmaker, scriptwriter, and documentary filmmaker. After studying sound design at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and earning a Master’s in Media Design from City University of Hong Kong in 2005, she debuted with Lovers on the Road (2008), which won the Best Feature Award at the 2009 South Taiwan Film and Video Festival. Her second feature, Big Blue Lake (2011), set in her native Ho Chung village, earned her the Best New Director at the 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards, the Jury Prix at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the New Artist Award from the Hong Kong Art Development Council. Her documentary Flowing Stories (2014) explored Ho Chung’s diaspora, while her 2022 VR project Chroma 11 was the first Hong Kong VR film selected for the Venice International Film Festival’s Immersive Programme. Her latest documentary, Winter Chants (2024), continues her focus on Ho Chung’s cultural traditions.
