Hôtel-Régina + Floating Mushroom(HKIDF 2020 Additional Screenings)

Movie Name: Hotel-Regina
Language: French(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: IIA
Duration: 52 mins
Director: Matthias Berger
Cast: --
Story: Once a luxury hotel decades ago in France’s Toulouse, Hotel Regina has lost its glamour and is now a residence for its low income tenants. The landlord is an obliging elderly lady, catering to her tenants’ needs while running this hotel she inherited from her family. Despite her best efforts, she cannot stop the advances of urban renewal that comes with every passing year.

Movie Name: *Floating Mushroom
Language: Cantonese(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: IIB
Duration: 39 mins
Director: Elyse Hon
Cast: --
Story: The “Floating Mushroom”, a traditional fixture in Hong Kong’s public housing estates, is home to many local food stalls. Confronted with construction halts, re-purchase and upscaling in recent years, this kind of local grassroot eatery is now facing extinction. This film follows the final four seasons of one of the “Floating Mushrooms”. Its owner who spent most of his life running his stall talks about the changes in the past 36 years, documenting Hong Kong’s food culture and the way of life in public housing.
*Q&A session with the director