Boat People (2016)
PREMIERE: Macau International Film and Video Festival, 10 May 2016
WINNER
HONOURABLE MENTION IN MACAU CULTURAL IDENTITY at the Sound & Image Challenge International Festival 2016
http://www.soundandimagechallenge.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=299&lang=en
ALSO SELECTED AND EXHIBITED AT:
Global Impact Film Festival 2016 – Washington D.C.
http://globalimpactfilmfest.org/official-selection/
Festival Internacional de Cinema do IPOR – Instituto Português do Oriente em Macau 2016
http://ipor.mo/eventos/doclisboa15-extensao-a-macau/
PRESS COVERAGE
Portuguese: Hoje Macau, Ponto Final , Tribuna de Macau
English: Macau Daily Times, mART
INFO
Directed by 導演 Filipa Queiroz
Produced by 製片人 Lina Ferreira
In the early 80s a family was literally born in a refugee camp in Macau. Three decades after, the protagonists, journalists and other witnesses look back to the time when Macau became a safe haven for refugees coming from Vietnam.
Refugee was the word of the year in some countries in 2015. The reflection of a crisis that seems distant when viewed from Macau, although as the documentary tries to capture, the city has a tradition of embracing refugees. The film intends to be a reflection about courage, gratitude and the importance of journalism too.
一個於80年代初在澳門難民營誕生的家庭。經過三十年後，多位主角、記者和其他證人回望過去：當時的澳門是越南難民的避風港。
“難民”是某些國家的2015年熱門詞彙。對澳門來說，這個詞彙是陌生的。以紀錄片的形式，試圖捕捉澳門擁抱難民的傳統。該片不但反映了主人翁們的勇氣感恩的心情，亦體現了新聞的重要。
No início dos anos 80, uma família nasceu literalmente num campo de refugiados de Macau. Três décadas depois, os protagonistas, jornalistas e outras testemunhas olham para um tempo em que Macau foi abrigo para refugiados que chegavam do Vietname.
Refugiado foi a palavra do ano em alguns países em 2015. Uma reflexão sobre a crise que parece distante quando vista de Macau, apesar de, como este documentário tentar captar, Macau ser uma cidade com tradição no acolhimento de quem procura refúgio. O filme pretende ser uma reflexão sobre valores como a coragem, a gratidão e também a importância do jornalismo.
More in the Macau International Film and Video Festival 2016 website:
http://www.ccm.gov.mo/programme/prog1…
Once Upon a Time in Ka Ho (2012)
PREMIERE: Macau International Film and Video Festival, May 2012
ALSO EXHIBITED AT:
Shenzhen Fringe Festival
http://szfringe.org/
Kan Kan Cinema Forum, Shanghai
http://kankanmedia.org/macau-documentary-premiere-discussion-with-the-director/
Festival CineMistica * OTOÑO ANTROPOLÓGICO, Corrala de Santiago de Granada 2015
http://blog.cinemistica.com/?p=610
Liber.Ac Cultural Festival, Slovenia
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B606-xxF1XiybWlyVFBuM0MxU2M/view
Yilan Museum of Art in the framework of Come Alive Art Festival
https://www.facebook.com/willcomealive/photos/gm.263258774050174/1217141018304712/?type=3&theater
INFO:
Directed by Hélder Beja
Produced by Stephanie Lai
Script by Hélder Beja, Filipa Queiroz
Camera and Editing by Filipa Queiroz
Ten patients living at the old Ka Ho Leprosy Center, in Coloane, Macau SAR (China). They were taken there decades ago, to a place far away from society and from the city that in the meantime got through big transformations. “Once Upon a Time in Ka Ho” is a story about this people and about a place where time seems to have stopped, and remains almost unchangeable just five minutes away from Macau’s casino strip. This documentary was part of the Macau DocuPower program and premiered in the Macau International Film and Video Festival 2012, organized by the Macau Cultural Center.
Color Grading – Gonçalo Ferreira
Translation – Stephanie Lai
Production Assistant – Rui Cid
Music by Noiserv
Archive Images – Macau Historical Archive and Cecília Jorge / Rogério Beltrão Coelho collection
With:
Uncle Kao
Chan Fong
Father Gaetano Nicosia
Ho Choi Chan
Peter Cheng
Special thanks to:
All the interviewees
Ka Ho Elderly Centre staff
António Faria
Catarina Brites Soares
Edgar Medina
Emily Siu
Gonçalo Ferreira
Joanne Kwai
Noiserv
Ricardo Pinto
Susana Gomes
Vanessa Pimental
極拍48‧Rush48 – The Bicycle Diaries (2015)
PREMIERE: Macau International Film and Video Festival, May 2015
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