Comrades

The crisis caused by the “Extradition bill” has continued for
more than one month since June 2019. As the HK government
has not replied to the 5 major demands, citizens march and
protest every weekend. The police continually escalates their
force against protestors.
On 2019 July 28, there was a clash between police and protestors in west Hong Kong Island. 49 protestors were arrested. 44 of them are facing 10 years imprisonment. Protestors helped each other to prevent anyone being caught alone.

  • Kanas Liu
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    手足
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Hong Kong
  • Country of Filming:
    Hong Kong
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16：9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 70. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    February 22, 2020
    International
    Generation 14plus
  • The Chicago International Film Festival 2020
    Chicago
    United States
    October 14, 2020
    North America Premiere
  • Gassli Film Festival
    Basel
    Switzerland
    August 23, 2020
    Switzerland
    Best International Shortfilm
  • IFVA Awards
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    August 1, 2020
    Special Mention
  • Hong Long Independent Film Festival
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    January 10, 2020
    World Premiere
  • Sole Luna Doc Film Festival
    Palermo
    Italy
    July 11, 2020
    Italy Premiere
Director Biography - Kanas Liu

Kanas Liu is an independent documentary filmmaker in Hong
Kong. She studied Cultural Studies in Lingnan University. After
graduation, she has worked in various positions in media
industries. She worked in local televisions, producing TV dramas.
She has also worked in a local newspaper as reporter.
Starting from 2014, Kanas started filming social movements and
protests in Hong Kong. Two documentary films was produced in
2015-2016 about van drivers participating in the umbrella
movement. In year 2019, Kanas worked in filming the
anti-extradition bill protest in Hong Kong. She produced five short
documentary films including “Comrades”. She is still following this
movement and will continue to produce documentary films.

Filmography
Van drivers (2015),
Van drivers 2 (2016),
The Time of the Individual, Comrades, Trial and error, Not One
less, Be water (2019)

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