Making Waves - Navigators of Hong Kong Cinema 2024

Set in the eighties inside the dangerous and enigmatic Kowloon Walled City, which was a de jure Chinese enclave within British colonial Hong Kong, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In follows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Cyclone, they resist the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City.

Believing that writing Cantopop is her God-given talent, Law Wing- sze decides to make it her lifelong career. But as hard as Sze tries to polish her lyrics writing skills and expand her social circle, nothing seems to go her way. What if there’s a will, but there’s no way? The first major motion picture about Cantopop lyrics writing. Norris Wong’s long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed debut My Prince Edward is an unsentimental autobiographical dramedy that reminds us no dream is guaranteed to come true. Ironically, the film’s star, up-and-coming actress Chung Suet-ying, is actually a real-life Cantopop lyricist.

High school teacher Cheng looks back to his repressed childhood memories, as he finds an anonymous suicide note in the classroom. He strives hard to prevent another tragedy from happening, meanwhile facing a series of family problems, his wife is divorcing him, and his father is dying.

After his unexpected retirement, legendary Judo fighter Szeto has become an alcoholic gambler who runs a pub. However, Judo newcomer Tony wants to challenge him, while his old foe Kong demands to finish the match that never took place. Turning his pub into an arena, Sveto decides to take them on.

"Love, once believed, is real." Despite being swindled out of a large sum of money, the well-known gynecologist Yu still insisted that she was in love. Yu, who had been widowed for several years, met Joe, who was disguised as a middle-aged French petroleum engineer and widower, on a dating app, not knowing that he was part of an online scam group. Not only was Yu immersed in the online romance, but Joe also found pleasure and satisfaction in creating romantic experiences for Yu. Two initially unlikable people gradually changed through this online romance that began with deception.

Perhaps all our likings come later in life. All our affections come from a piece of childhood memory.' Yuen moves to Hong Kong with her mother from Hunan at the age of 8 to reunite with her father. Everything in the city is dazzling and new to her. However, the family face poverty and a cultural barrier. Worse still, the father has a drug habit and has a difficult relationship with the family. This certainly is not the dream home Yuen has been looking forward to. All she wants is that her younger sister could reunite with them as soon as possible. Out of fear, the sisters try to appease their father in their younger years. As soon as they reach adolescence, they start to resist and escape from him. However, even after they grow up and move away from him, Yuen realizes all the people she loves and treasures resemble her father in her childhood memories.