HKU Fireside Chat - 一齊好好拍電影 (許鞍華 張婉婷 楊紫燁)

Fireside Chat 邀請到兩位香港女導演兼校友，許鞍華和張婉婷導演，和奥斯卡最佳紀錄短片獎得主楊紫燁，與大家網上𣈱談《一齊好好拍電影》。港大給三位導演的靈感？年輕人如何學拍電影？有限的資金，可以拍甚麼…？（對談以廣東話進行）
The upcoming online Fireside Chat will feature world-renowned Hong Kong directors: alumnae Ann Hui and Mabel Cheung, and Oscar-winning documentary director Ruby Yang.
How did HKU inspire the three directors? Tips for aspiring young film makers? How to produce high quality films with limited resources?
(English synopsis below)
#HKU #FiresideChat #KeepRolling #DAAO #MabelCheung #RubyYang #FoundationDay
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嘉賓 Guests:
許鞍華 Ann Hui
(BA; MA; Honorary University Fellow; Hon DSocSc)
威尼斯電影節 - 終身成就金獅獎 (首位華人女導演得主)
First Chinese female director awarded Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice International Film Festival
張婉婷 Mabel Cheung
(BA; Honorary University Fellow)
柏林影展 - 新世代最佳影片 水晶熊獎
Director, awarded Crystal Bear for Best Film at Berlin International Film Festival
楊紫燁 Ruby Yang
香港大學 孔梁巧玲傑出人文學者
奧斯卡電影金像獎最佳紀錄短片
HKU Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities
Director of Oscar-winning Best Documentary (Short Subject)
主持 Host:
Bernadette Tsui 徐詠璇
HKU Associate Vice-President (Development & Alumni Affairs)
香港大學 協理副校長（發展及校友事務）
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[English Synopsis]
“Keep Rolling”, a documentary tributes to Ann Hui, is in theatres. This Fireside Chat “Let’s Keep Rolling” features world-renowned Hong Kong directors: alumnae Ann Hui and Mabel Cheung, and Oscar-winning documentary director Ruby Yang.
𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝐻𝐾𝑈 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ-𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠? 𝑇𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠?
Ann Hui was awarded the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice International Film Festival in 2020. She is the first Chinese female winner of the award. When asking how to help young film makers win international awards, she commented, “I think nurturing artistic and creative film directors is more important than teaching them skills. I am still searching my role in supporting the new generations and I need to think thoroughly about that. The young directors are talented, so they may not need and want your help. However, in terms of administration and fund-finding, perhaps I could help them.”
Mabel Cheung, Crystal Bear winner for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, has a strong bond with HKU and finds inspirations at her alma mater. She filmed “City of Glass”, a romance movie set in Lady Ho Tung Hall and Ricci Hall. “HKU sparks my inspiration. I lived in Lady Ho Tung Hall, which was a very elegant building. The free-spirited environment manifests countless stories between Ho Tung girls and Ricci boys. These stories influence my creative work. Regarding having limited resources to produce high-quality films, I think technology now can help a lot, for instance lowering the cost of having a real physical setting of a scene.”
Director of Oscar-winning Best Documentary (Short Subject) Ruby Yang is an HKU Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities, teaching at JMSC of HKU. Ruby said a documentary film does not require much budget as compared with a feature film, “If I had 3 million dollars, I think I would allocate it as grants for 20 documentary film projects.” Ruby also agreed that young people are full of potential, “Young people are like a blank piece of paper but full of ideas. I think I could help them develop ideas and assist them in editing movies. In fact, Hong Kong has a lot of things can be featured. In my documentary initiative, I helped some ten young people and I realized they need a lot of mentoring in the process.”