Via Dolorosa 苦路
A Film by Jo Cheng 鄭藹如
- Date: November.1.2024 (Friday)
- Venue: CPD 3.04, Centennial Campus, Central Podium Level - 3, RRST, HKU
- Screening: 6:30 - 7:50pm (Door opens at 6:15pm)
- Post-Screening Discussion: 7:50 - 9:00pm
Post-screening discussion with directors Chan Hau Chun and Jo Cheng. Moderated by Mr. Jimmy Lo (HKU)
* Conducted in English
Via Dolorosa 苦路
- Country: Hong Kong
- Genre: Documentary
- Year: 2014
- Language: In Cantonese and Vietnamese with Chi & Eng Subtitles
- Runtime: 31 mins
Film Synopsis
Two years ago, the director made a film about an elderly scavenger in Sham Shui Po. Last year, by chance, the director was back to the area once again to film the homeless living under the flyover. This time, as she stayed with her interview target, a middle aged man, through his last days, she reflected on the complicated yet delicate relationship between director and subject.
導演兩年前拍攝過深水埗拾荒婆婆的故事，一次偶然的機會，她回到深水埗，再次拍攝橋底露宿者的生活。這趟，她一面陪著一位中年人走過人生最後的階段，一面反省拍攝者與被攝者複雜而微妙的關係。
About the Director
Jo CHENG is a documentary filmmaker from Hong Kong. From 2013 to 2016, she directed three short films about the lives of homeless Vietnamese refugees. Via Dolorosa (2014) received Special Mention in the Chinese Documentary Festival, and showcased in the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. 310 Tung Chau Street (2016) was awarded Best Selection of Films by the New Taipei Documentary Awards. She is now working on a feature length documentary, Dear Daughter.
香港紀錄片工作者，2013年籌辦「橋底誌」短片計劃。2013年至2016年間，她以短片《苦路》、《說再見那天》和《通洲街310號》探索一群越南裔露宿者的故事。現正拍攝一個與女兒失散、長年出入監獄的越南船民的紀錄長片《爸爸的信》。
Award
- Special Mention, Hong Kong Documentary Award, Chinese Documentary Festival 2014
- 華語紀錄片節 2014 香港紀錄片獎優異獎