• Date:Nov 15 (Mon)
• Time:6:30pm - 8:15pm
• Venue:MBG22, Ben C. M. Wong Lecture Theatre,Patrick Lee Wan Keung Academic Building,Lingnan University
• Language:Cantonese (Chinese and English Subtitles)



The film is 72 minutes long, a post-screening talk with the director (conducted in Cantonese and English) will be held after the film.

• Guest:Mr. Cheuk Cheung, Film Director of My Way
• Moderator:Dr. Enoch Tam, Lecturer of Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University
• ILP Units:2 Units (Aesthetic Development)

Introduction

This is a story about male Dan (male performer playing female lead) in Cantonese Opera; a documentary of seven years in the making about a marginalized art form.

In Hong Kong, two young men: TAM Wing-lun, and WONG Hau-wai, both have chosen Cantonese Opera as their profession. They want to be the male Dan which is rare in the industry. Without the support of family, the industry or the society, the only thing to keep the two men going is their passion. Ever since they were young, the two have been each other’s confidant and supporter, learning how to interpret the role of women, and motivating each other on and off stage.

The art is not a popular field in Hong Kong. It is impractical and generally not supported. When the road ahead is unclear, how does one continue? How does one reach his final destination?

About Mr. Cheuk Cheung

Cheuk Cheung was born in Hong Kong and graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He is the co-founder of A Priori Image. He has directed two documentaries about Chinese Opera (Xiqu) practitioners, My Way (2012) and My Next Step (2015), they were screened in London, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Bordeaux, Tokyo and many more. He was awarded Young Artist of the year of the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards (2013), and nominated for Best New Director at the 13th Chinese Film Media Awards for My Way. His latest documentary Bamboo Theatre (2019) was nominated for Best Documentary at the 56th Golden Horse Awards and Best New Director at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, received the Special Mention Award at the 2019 Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Awards, and awarded Film of Merit at the 26th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. In 2017, Cheuk was invited by Tokyo Arts and Space’s residency programme to develop and present his theatre piece He and I. In 2018, he co-directed the theatre piece Songs of Portrait, which extended the idea of the documentary from screen to live performance on stage, involving artists from three diverse background of Kunqu, Noh and Opera.