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Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai (Chinese: 周冠威; born 16 April 1979) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Career. Since his graduation, Kiwi Chow has participated in different processes of film production, including as a continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director.
Kiwi Chow: The film-maker who took Hong Kong's protests to Cannes. Just before the closing ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers had a surprise announcement - they were...
Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai was born in Hong Kong in 1979. He studied directing at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), making the short piece Nian (2003) in his sophomore year and his graduation project Grandma’s Room (2004) won the Best Director award of the school.
- Hong Kong's Murky Law Invites Self-Censorship and Fear
- A Filmmaker Who Pursues Social Justice
- A Film That Empowers Traumatised Hongkongers
Chow began making the documentary at a time when Hong Kong journalists, filmmakers, writers and artists were shackled by the fear of committing "word crimes". According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Hong Kong plunged to 148 among 180 countries and regions in its 2022 ranking of world press freedoms, a significant drop from 18th just two decad...
Before Revolution of Our Times, Chow co-directed Ten Years in 2015, another controversial political film that explored the future of human rights and social justice in Hong Kong as Beijing was tightening its grip on the city. His second film, Beyond The Dream, a romantic drama about the daily challenges of living with mental illness, was among the ...
Chow's motivation for making the film was not only to record the stories of the protesters, but also to heal the collective trauma that Hongkongers have suffered since 2019. During the political turmoil, at least four young people took their own lives. It also sparked a new migration wave, with government data showing that more than 27,000 Hong Kon...
Jul 22, 2021 · Directed by 42-year-old Hong Kong native Kiwi Chow, Revolution of Our Times is a forensic and hard-hitting chronicle of the mass street protests that erupted in Hong Kong in the latter half of...
Aug 11, 2022 · Kiwi Chow’s Revolutionary Masterpiece Reaches Japanese Theaters. Released in Japan on August 13, the documentary film "Revolution of Our Times" examines protests in Hong Kong against China's tightening grip on freedom.
Aug 18, 2021 · Hong Kong filmmaker Kiwi Chow is now living in fear of arrest. His film 'Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times' is based on China's violent suppression of protests which were sparked by...
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