The First Girl I Loved
喜歡妳是妳 | Hong Kong | 2021
Midwest Premiere
Hong Kong | Girlhood love drama | 2021 | 93 minutes | in Cantonese w/English subtitles
Co-Director: Candy Ng, Yeung Chiu-hoi
Starring: Tam Sin-yin, Yeung Sz-wing
Film Source: Mei Ah Hong Kong
Co-Director Yeung Chiu-hoi is scheduled to appear in person to introduce the film and the Q&A after the screening.
Moderator: Prof. Ron Falzone
Synopsis:
This is a love story between two girls, Nam and Yuet. One treats their relationship as love, while the other deems it as growth. Yuet invites Nam to be her bridesmaid. They spend the night before the wedding together. Gazing at Yuet’s back, Nam recalled their uncertain relationship in high school. The wedding brings them together again. But this time—as a bridesmaid to hold hands of the bride—Nam passes her once beloved to Yuet’s now beloved.
Is it a confession to love, or more of a farewell to youth?
In-Cinema Screening
Saturday, Nov 5 at 5 PM
@ AMC NEWCITY 14
STILL GALLERY
TRAILER
CO-DIRECTOR
Yeung Chiu-hoi
Yeung Chiu-hoi graduated from the City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media. He received a scholarship to further his studies in Drama, Music, and Film at the University of Illinois, Chicago. In 2008, he won the Best Actor Award in the 3rd Golden Sugarcane Film Festival in Taiwan. He then continued his acting study at the New York Film Academy in 2015. After graduation from college, he joined the TVB Artiste Training Course and has become a full-time actor. He had roles in dramas such as When Heaven Burns, Tomorrow is Another Day, Yes Sir, No Sir!, Storm in a Cocoon, Triumph in the Skies 2 etc. Other than his television appearance, he also involved in many short films. In 2015, he was the actor and producer for the music video of Crystal Cheung’s single The Best Actor, which earned him the IFPI Hong Kong Music Video Award.
CO-DIRECTOR
Candy Ng Wing-shan
Ng Wing Shan (Candy), graduated from the Creative Media of City University of Hong Kong (Cinematic Art). During her studies, she was the video editor of the ATV drama, and assistant director of the independent film - Dead Slowly. In 2008, she won the Hong Kong Young Literature Award for her work "Woman wearing ivory earrings". After graduation, she has been focusing on the development of local video creation, and is a full-time creator. In 2010, the founding of HKMedia Production Company not only promoted local video and advertising creation, but also developed overseas shooting projects. Overseas productions include the "Love to Travel, Travel with Love" micro-movie in cooperation with the Australian Tourism Board; the "Three-person. Guam" micro-film with the Guam Tourism Bureau. Over 9 years of experience in TV film and commercial productions.
In 2015, the HKMedia won the 19th Creative Entrepreneurship Award. In the same year, by directing Crystal Cheung ‘s "Best Actor" MV, she won the 2015 Hong Kong Music Video Award from IFPI. In 2016, with the film "The First Girl I Loved”, she participated in the First Feature Film Initiative and became a short-listed film. She also participated in the "Green Light Action" program and began to develop film projects. Since 2017, she has been involved in more film work, including Teddy Robin's film "Lucid Dream", "The Empty Hand" movie (Planning), and Patrick Tam’s “Tender is the Night” (Production Manager) and so on. In 2018, the first screenwriter and director's film work "The First Girl I Loved" was officially launched, and was funded by the Creative Hong Kong Film Funding Scheme.
This screening is sponsored in part by
