More brave Hong Kongers
- Hong Kong director Kiwi Chow says he does not want to be ruled by fear of the Beijing-imposed security law
- His film, Revolution of Our Times, was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday after being kept secret until the last minute
The Hong Kong director of a protest documentary screened at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday has sold the copyright of the film to protect himself from legal repercussions, but has decided to stay in the city, saying he does not want to be ruled by fear of the national security law
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Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai, an award-winning local director, surprised the Hong Kong film industry on Friday by having Revolution of Our Times, a 2½-hour documentary about the city’s anti-government protests in 2019, featured at the internationally renowned cinema showcase in France.
But Chow, 42, told the Post he no longer legally owned the film after handing it off to a distributor in Europe, noting he had also taken the step of deleting all the footage in his possession.
Read more at the SCMP. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3141473/national-security-law-hong-kong-director-has-sold-rights
