Anti-amendment documentary "PolyU Besieged City" debuts on commercial cinema screens at Gao Xian Cinema this month

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Written by: Chen Shuxia

2021-03-09 18:22

Last update date: 2021-03-09 18:22

The anti-revision documentary "PolyU Siege" will appear on the screen of the Gao Xian Cinema, which opened less than a month ago and focuses on local and niche movies.

Gao Xianjin (9th) announced on the FB page that the "Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards-Award-winning Film Tour" will be held in the middle of this month to show award-winning films from Hong Kong, including those who have been involved in censorship and have not been in mainstream theaters. "PolyU Siege" was released, and the publisher "Motion Will" revealed in interviews in the past that it was often difficult to get access to mainstream theaters to show the film.

"PolyU Siege" also won the Editing Award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival earlier, and New York's MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) will also be screened online this month.

"PolyU Siege" was directed by the "Hong Kong Documentary Worker" and won the Editing Award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival in the Netherlands at the end of last year.

(Publisher "Shadow Will" FB picture)

The newly opened Gao Xian Cinema in Kennedy Town announced today on its Facebook page that the "Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards-Award-winning Film Tour" will be held from 15 to 21 of this month to show award-winning films, including Zeng The documentary film "PolyU Siege" involved in the censorship of the anti-amendment regulations.

The remaining movies include the documentary "Yexiang.

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"Sham Shui Po", and the documentary "Make a Good Movie" directed by Wen Nianzhong and telling the director Xu Anhua.

"PolyU Siege" was awarded as the best film by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. The Society praised the "Hong Kong Documentary Film Workers" team for being able to calmly and rationally in a difficult, dangerous, complicated and turbulent situation, from the multitude of materials. Extracting key fragments, "highlights the hesitation and struggle of the frontline protesters being besieged, presenting a tragic page." The

film was released by "Shadow Will" and was previously published with another anti-amendment documentary "Occupy the Legislative Council". At the Hong Kong Arts Center screening, a ticket was hard to find, and there was a "flying tide".

Afterwards, the "Hong Kong Independent Film Festival" showed the two films online for a fee, but this is the first time "PolyU Besieged City" has appeared on the big screen of a commercial theater. Many netizens expressed their hope that the theater would "add more shows."

Gao Xian Cinema announced today on its Facebook page that it will hold the "Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards-Award-winning Film Tour" from 15 to 21 of this month to show award-winning films, including anti-amendment documentaries that have been involved in the electrical censorship. "PolyU Siege".

(Photo of Gaoxian Cinema's FB Page)

Except for "PolyU Siege", the other 5 award-winning film tour works have been screened in commercial theaters, but "PolyU Siege" has not been "subscribed". In September last year, the publisher "Shadow Will" combined it with "Occupy". When the Legislative Council was submitted for inspection, the Film, Newspapers and Articles Management Office (Electronic Inspection Office) rated it as Level 3, and underage viewers who had purchased tickets were not allowed to enter the venue, and required two films to be added to the notice, referring to the behavior recorded in the film. It may constitute a criminal offence." Later, the trial discs were returned in the form of "fragments."

"PolyU Siege" has also won awards overseas. Earlier, it won the editing award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. The MoMA (Modern Art Museum

) in

New York

will also be screened online from 24th to 29th of this month.

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