Imagine leaving behind your family to tell the world about what's happening in your homeland. This is Twinkle's story:
Ngan Chi Sing, or Twinkle, as he prefers to be called, shifts from giddy excitement to tears.
The 35-year-old says he felt he had to leave in order to ensure his film would be released to the world. Ngan fears he could fall foul of the vague and far-reaching nature of the national security law enacted in the city in mid-2020 which forbids secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
“She hasn’t seen the film; she is a bit pro-Beijing in her views. But she wants me to be successful, she has seen the many efforts I have put into this film in the last three years.Ngan started studying film four years ago and says he also honed his skills through the internet. Ngan initially recorded the protests on his camera, unsure of what he would do with it, but after he was helped by protesters on the front line when he was hit by tear gas, he says he realised what his calling would be.“I would love to have had a premiere for the film in Hong Kong, with the crew, to thank them for their efforts, but it is just impossible now.”Ngan’s film is one of six which are being showcased as part of the Hong Kong Film Festival in Melbourne this week.
“Our aim, our insistence, is to let people know about what actually was happening in 2019,” she says.
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