Screening
Youth Category Finalist Showcase
The Boy
Daniel Lee, Oliver Lau, Chris Cheung, Jonathan Tam / Col / 22' 03" / In Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles
Ming is being chased by assassins from his former organisation after quitting it, trying to get a normal life. Also, his uncle's incentive of adopting him is not pure kindness.
Artist's Statement
We find life hard to control. Even if we want to live a new life, sometimes destiny simply doesn't allow us to do so. We would meet many challenges if we try to act against it. As students in Hong Kong, parents and society expects us to finish education up to tertiary level, and then work like everyone else. If we pick other non-academic ways, we may also succeed, but the path could also be a lot tougher and, we may get discriminated and fail finally. So, should we live our own lives or satisfy others expectation?