Memories to Choke on, Drinks to Wash Them Down (2019)

Memories to Choke on, Drinks to Wash Them Down 2019 / 夜香, 鴛鴦, 深水埗 2019 / Ye Xiang, Yuan Yang, Shen Shui Bu , Ye Heung Yun Yeung, Sam Seui Bou

The film features four short stories, offers a diverse viewpoint of the past, present, and future of Hong Kong. Forbidden City tells a story about the protagonist’s grandmother who relocated to Hong Kong from mainland China and that of maid who came from Indonesia to Hong Kong ten years ago. Forbidden City addresses the identity issue of Hong Kongers. Toy Stories follows brothers who revisit a toy store with their childhood memories, telling us about microhistory of Hong Kong. Yuen Yeung shows us foods of Hong Kong such as Yuen Yeung milk tea, rice noodle roll, and Hong Kong style French toast and tells us stories about lovers who meet and part. It´s not gonna be fun is a documentary following a woman who runs for a district council seat after the pro-democracy protests and talks about the future of politics in Hong Kong. (Source: JIFF)