Opening Film：Feelings are Facts

Launched for the first time this year, the open call for ‘Jumping Frames 2023’ commission, co-funded by CCDC and RFHK, offers artists a platform to realise new performance based, hybrid and interdisciplinary film projects to premiere in the festival. In receiving 23 proposals with open interpretation of the theme given by the festival: ‘Reenactment’.

The juries eventually shortlist two proposals that articulated thematic correlation based on the artist’s comprehension, possible connection, and re-construction idea to the theme. Two teams of artists with diverse background – Kitty Yeung & Jason Kong, Florence Lam & Chan Tze-woon, from visual arts, Cantonese Opera, performance art and documentary filmmaking respectively, implemented different approaches in their reenactment process and presentation, integrating personal narratives and historical classic as their anchors.

12/9/2023 6pm Kino, Eaton HK 1/F

A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An untold suicide of the last Ming emperor
‘Jumping Frames 2023 Opening Talk – Reality Reconfigured: Why reenactment’

Guests:
Elysa WENDI (‘Jumping Frames 2023’ Curator)
Kitty YEUNG (‘Jumping Frames 2023’ commission film A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An untold suicide of the last Ming emperor Director)
SO Yo-hen (‘Jumping Frames 2023’ Artist Focus: ‘Your Bros. Filmmaking Group’ member)
Emilie CHOI Sin-yi (‘Jumping Frames 2023’ Festival Research Team member)

15/9/2023 7:30pm K11 Art House*

A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An untold suicide of the last Ming emperor
Body Archive: Contemporary Reenactments in Asian Cities I Mundane Truth
House of Chifan

Guests:
Elysa WENDI (‘Jumping Frames 2023’ Curator)
Kitty YEUNG(‘Jumping Frames 2023’ commission film A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An untold suicide of the last Ming emperor Director)
Bobbi CHEN (‘Jumping Frames 2023’ film House of Chifan Collaborating Dance Artist)
Yuri NG (CCDC Artistic Director)

*With post-screening/performance sharing session