Connected + The Tail Before + A Pair Of (Hong Kong–Poland Film Screening Series 2021)

Movie Name: Connected
Language: Polish(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: I
Duration: 20 mins
Director: Aleksandra Maciejczyk
Cast: --

At first glance they may look like a typical couple on a ski trip, but a closer look reveals something quite extraordinary: the husband is visually impaired and his every move is guided by his wife through radio.

Movie Name: The Tail Before*
Language: Cantonese(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: I
Duration: 24 mins
Director: Wong Fei-pang
Cast: --

In her childhood, Suet Yee loved looking at how tadpole slowly turned into a frog; when she has grown up, Suet Yee has to look at how her mother aged. Suet Yee still feels anxious and has doubts when welcoming new lives and saying goodbyes. During the 8 years when she was looking after her mother who suffered from dementia, Suet Yee was always there for her, to face the last stage of her mother's life together. The doctor offered treatment options that could either keep her mother alive or let her end her life, creating heated debates in the family. On deciding to live or die, there is never a best answer. She can only learn by going through the journey, hoping that she can find the answer that is closest to what her heart feels.

Movie Name: A Pair Of *
Language: Cantonese(Chinese, English Subtitles)
Category: I
Duration: 13 mins
Director: Wong Fei-pang
Cast: --

The understanding of time is dependable to the person’s perception. For elders, the seemingly overdued life experiences were their golden ages. This is a life story of an individual in highspeed. Beginning as an infant, the elder was like any of us, who was young and was beaten by his mom, experienced his first love, out of love, holding someone’s hand for the first time, feeling the warmth while holding his first born… And the one who lives with him all along might be his "pair".

*Q&A session with the director