April 25, 2024

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Kiwi Chow: The film-maker who took Hong Kong’s protests to Cannes

Just prior to the closing ceremony of this year’s Cannes Film Pageant, organisers had a shock announcement – they have been screening a movie by Hong Kong director Kiwi Chow.

The documentary about the 2019 protests has a controversial title, named just after a well-known protest slogan that has given that properly been banned in Hong Kong just after China handed a rigorous countrywide safety regulation.

But Kiwi says he does not want to be intimidated nor to self-censor.

Video by Wei Wang and Lam Cho Wai. More creation by Grace Tsoi.