Stories of Pang Jai 風吹布動 (2024)
Stories of Pang Jai 風吹布動 (2024)
Directed, produced, filmed & edited by Jimmy Lo
Hong Kong〡2024〡 Doc〡50 min〡Color, BW〡In Cantonese, English〡Chinese & English Subtitles
Synopsis:
In 2015, the Hong Kong government demanded the reclaiming of Pang Jai, the Yen Chow Street Hawker Bazaar/Fabric Market for land redevelopment. Stories of Pang Jai is a tribute to the heart and soul of this community, where threads of resilience and passion interwoven in their efforts to save it.
Awards & Festivals:
✦ Winner, Best Feature Film Award, Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2024, Canada
✦ Winner, Best Cinematography for Feature Film, Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2024, Canada
✦ Winner, First-time Documentary, Luleå International Film Festival 2021, Sweden
✦ Winner, First-time Filmmaker Session, Lift-off Film Festival 2021, UK
✦ Nominee, Best Director for Feature Film, Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2024
✦ Nominee, Best Editing for Feature Film, Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2024
✦ Nominee, Human Rights Award, South Taiwan Film Festival 2020, Taiwan
✦ Honorary Mention, Bright Future Independent Film Festival - Gothenburg, Sweden
✦ Official Selection, Hong Kong On Screen Film Festival 2025, USA
✦ Official Selection, AAS 2024 Film Expo, USA
✦ Official Selection, Hong Kong On Screen Film Festival 2024, USA & Canada
Selected Screenings:
2024 SIFF Film Centre, Seattle, USA (North American Premiere)
2024 Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, Canada (Canadian Premiere)
2024 Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Canada (Western Canadian Premiere)
2024 Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Film Expo, Seattle, USA
2024 Institute of Global Prosperity, University College London, UK (UK Premiere)
2024 Royal Geographic Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference, London, UK
2024 Department of Film Studies, King's College London, UK
2024 School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK
2024 UBC ACAM, University of British Columbia, Canada
2024 UBC Cantonese, University of British Columbia, Canada
2025 Auditorium Damslab, University of Bologna, Italy (Italian Premiere)
2025 California State University Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, USA (Los Angeles Premiere)
2025 Trinity University, Texas, USA
Credits:
Directed, produced, filmed & edited by Jimmy Lo
Executive Producer: Ruby Yang
Cinematographers: Ng Hin-To, Joanne Siu & Jimmy Lo
Project funded and supported by:
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Documentary Initiative
Media Interviews:
2025.08.28
Podcast (in Cantonese) hosted by the Festival Director Kay H., Hong Kong On Screen Film Festival 2025
2025.04.25
Filmmaker Jimmy Lo credits UBC for helping him make the transition from Hong Kong to Vancouver
2024.11.09
am1470 Radio Station (加拿大中文電台 AM1470) Interviewed by Mary Lo (Vancouver) in Cantonese
2024.09.07
世紀．不着一字：同場放映 / 文：邵頌雄
2020.10.28
當現實比電影離奇，直播比創作驚人：香港影像創作者看南方影展 / 文：許雅舒
2020.10.10
Podcast (in Mandarin) hosted by the Festival Director Joe Huang from South Taiwan Film Festival 2020
