Diaspora Dialogues: Short Film Programme (Director Q&A)

Date 日期: 20 Jun 2026

Time 時間: 2 – 4PM

Ticket price 票價: £7

Location 地點: Manchester Central Library 2/F, Manchester

Screening 放映: 2 – 3.30PM

Q&A 對談: 3.30 – 4PM

Directors participating in person 親身出席的導演: 

• 706younglings (I Miss My Friends) 
• Michael Mui 梅廷徽 (Travelling on the Night Tube, Thinking about Iced Lemon Tea, Less Sugar)

Directors participating online 網上參與的導演: 

• Carrie Shen 沈嘉儀 (Playground) 
• Zeed (The Buraq that can’t fly) 

這次活動會放映六部風格類型迥異的獨立短片，透過影像引起有關移民和香港的對話。在這些充滿創意的影像，我們從蒼蠅的視角窺探黑市醫生的秘密；搭倫敦地鐵追尋凍檸茶的滋味；觀照香港穆斯林女性和移英港人如何打破斗室困局；還有在英國漫漫長夜和樂隊歌聲中凝視記憶、走出陰影。(除The Fly 僅配備英文字幕，其他影片皆配上中英雙語字幕)

This event features a screening of six independent short films spanning vastly different styles and genres, using the moving image to spark conversations about migration and Hong Kong. Through these creative lenses, we peer into the secrets of an underground doctor from a fly’s perspective; ride the London Underground in pursuit of the taste of iced lemon tea; observe how Hong Kong Muslim women and Hongkongers in the UK break free from confined spaces; and contemplate memories while stepping out of the shadows amidst long British nights and the melodies of a band. (English subtitles for all films)

節目簡介：

I Miss My Friends by 706younglings (10m)

散失友人，屎坑裏尋。

Scott, a recent immigrant from Hong Kong to the UK, finds himself separated from the close friends who once shaped his everyday life. He quietly struggles with loneliness, distance, and the unfamiliar rhythms of a new country. As he attempts to settle into life in Britain, Scott must learn how to live with absence and whether a sense of belonging can be rebuilt far from home.

The Fly by Wilson Tam (14m)

The Fly 是一部以唐人街為背景的驚悚片，講述在自己中餐館後巷秘密行醫的黑市醫生阿陳，為了償還欠下黑社會的債務，被迫採取不惜一切代價的手段。

The Fly, is a thriller set in Chinatown where Chan, an underground surgeon operating at the back of his Chinese restaurant, resorts to desperate measures to repay his debt to the triads.

The Buraq that can’t fly 不會飛的鳳凰 by Zeed (14m)

這是一首視覺詩篇，記錄了一位穆斯林母親如何在香港的移民生活中，透過鏡頭捕捉孩子成長過程中的各個關鍵時刻。本片靈感源自 Zeed 的童年回憶與他的母親。

導演的話：

童年時期的香港，母親牽著我穿梭於霓虹閃爍的街頭。她用溫柔的嗓音，編織著映照她自身夢想的故事——這些珍貴的記憶，為這部電影埋下了種子。在《不會飛的鳳凰》中，我透過自己的故事重塑了那個世界。這個家庭的旅途，皆由Ayesha的家庭攝錄機記錄下來，這台攝錄機不僅是紀錄工具，更是她抒發創意的出口。她所拍下的影像，早已超越了單純的回憶。

這部電影的核心，是一首獻給母親的故事、以及她賜予我堅韌希望的頌歌。這部電影教會了我：真正的飛翔無關乎力量，而在於「允許」——允許自己去相信那些不可能的事物。

A visual poetry on a muslim mother who captures her child through pivotal moments throughout the child’s life events as an immigrant in Hong Kong.Inspired from Zeed’s childhood and his mother.

Director’s statement:

When I was a child in Hong Kong, my mother and I navigated Hong Kong beneath these neon signs, her gentle voice weaving tales of dreams reflecting her own—these memories planted the seed for this film. In the Buraq That Can’t Fly, I recreate that world through my story. The family’s journey is captured through Ayesha’s home video camera, a device she uses as a creative outlet. Her footage becomes more than memories. At its heart, this film is an ode to my mother’s stories and the resilient hope she gifted me. This film taught me that true flight isn’t about strength; it’s about permission. Permission to believe in the impossible.

Playground by Carrie Shen (22m)

在離開英國前的夜晚，梅薇思帶著卡西展開一場冒險——她教卡西如何偷竊，向她吐露可怕的秘密，並留下一首道別之歌。梅薇思的離去，讓她們的樂團面臨解散的命運，卡西也因此陷入迷惘，理解不了這場魯莽冒險與神秘告別背後的意義。在友情裂痕與遺憾中掙扎的卡西，面臨一個選擇：挖掘梅薇思的過去，或忘記所有。

On the eve of her departure from the UK, rebellious and unpredictable Mavis pulls Cassie into one last night of chaos—teaching her how to steal, sharing a chilling secret, and leaving behind a song that lingers long after she’s gone. With Mavis’ exit, their all-girl band faces an inevitable end, leaving Cassie struggling to make sense of her reckless thrill-seeking and cryptic farewell. As she wrestles with the weight of their fractured friendship, she’s left with a choice: to dig up Mavis’ past or let it stay buried.

Where Are They Now by Jevon Tse (5m)

萬年一遇的長期日蝕，終於迎來終結。街燈維修員阿峰要在重見天日之前，把街燈的智能燈泡改回正常燈泡。習慣長期受黑日困擾的阿峰反而害怕因為天亮後會很不慣，而且更不捨得要向黑日中唯一願意交談心事的燈泡作告別。

導演的話：此影片是以小弟剛來英國時，對於這裡日短夜長，氣温，潮濕和人來人去的人際感到差異感的一些感受。

Director’s statement: A once-in-ten-thousand-years long solar eclipse is finally coming to an end. Before daylight returns, streetlight maintenance worker Ah Fung must replace the city’s smart streetlight bulbs with normal ones. Yet after living so long under the Black Sun, he fears the return of daylight — and struggles to say goodbye to the only bulb that ever listened to his thoughts.

This film was inspired by my feelings when I first arrived in the UK — the long nights, damp weather, and the sense of distance between people.

Travelling on the Night Tube, Thinking about Iced Lemon Tea, Less Sugar 徹夜難眠，想起凍檸茶少甜 by Michael Mui 梅廷徽 (13m)

一個深夜，兩個來自香港的年輕人在倫敦相遇，並決定乘搭夜班地鐵在沉睡的城市裡尋找凍檸茶少甜。

他們倆時而沉默，時而閒談，兩人談及曾經生活過的地方、遇過的人，又談及一些若有還無的回憶…

不久列車駛到皮卡迪利線的終點站 – 希思路機場。兩人失落地看著晨光漸現，聽著飛機升降的聲音。心裡只有一個疑問：

『我們現在要去哪？』

導演的話：

有一天我發現自己開始忘記凍檸茶的味道。究竟它是甜中帶酸，或是酸中帶苦呢？ 

二零二五年四月的一個晚上，我在東倫敦的街上尋找一杯凍檸茶少甜。在香港唾手可得的東西，在地球另一端的大城市卻很難找到。幾個小時之後，我便為了這一杯找不到的凍檸茶寫了這一個故事。

我知道唐人街放再多的燈籠也不會把我帶到香港；英國的Gloucester Road與灣仔的告士打道從來沒丁點兒關係；英式紅茶無論等一輩子也不會變成茶餐廳凍檸茶，但我為何總要在陌生的地

方尋找熟悉的連繫呢？或是心底裡認定某些人、某些事或某些記憶就是注定怎樣努力也放不下？

當晚我亦把故事發給我遠在香港的朋友。
『看不懂。』朋友回覆，
『但我明白你的鄉愁。』

然後朋友又提醒了我，凍檸茶的味道應該是酸中帶甜。

On a quiet London night, a boy and a girl from Hong Kong meet by chance and travel together on the night tube. 

She says she is searching for iced lemon tea with less sugar. And he doesn’t ask why.  

As the train glides through the sleeping city, their conversation wanders between memories and losses. 

When they arrive at Heathrow Airport, there is only one question that remains:

 “Where are we going next?”

Director’s statement:

This film began with a simple craving: a glass of iced lemon tea, less sugar, a sweet and sour taste that belongs to home, yet somehow follows you wherever you go.

As a filmmaker from Hong Kong living between cities, I’ve often found myself searching for something familiar in unfamiliar places. This story was born from that quiet sense of dislocation: a city that never quite becomes yours, and a memory you can’t seem to put down.

The film follows two people, both from Hong Kong, who meet by chance in a foreign city. It’s a brief encounter, but one that captures the tenderness and weight of living between places.