#Newspaper
Netflix’s Reed Hastings: ‘We have not been spending any time’ trying to get into China
//the streaming giant has not in recent years tried to gain access to the Chinese market, focusing instead on growth opportunities presented elsewhere around the globe.
//“We got turned down by the Chinese government several years ago.
//“There’s so much opportunity for us in Asia, the rest of Asia... and then all through Europe and Latin America,”
Full article: CNBC, (09-Sep)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/09/reed-hastings-on-why-netflix-has-not-focused-lately-on-entering-china.html
#Netflix #China
Netflix’s Reed Hastings: ‘We have not been spending any time’ trying to get into China
//the streaming giant has not in recent years tried to gain access to the Chinese market, focusing instead on growth opportunities presented elsewhere around the globe.
//“We got turned down by the Chinese government several years ago.
//“There’s so much opportunity for us in Asia, the rest of Asia... and then all through Europe and Latin America,”
Full article: CNBC, (09-Sep)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/09/reed-hastings-on-why-netflix-has-not-focused-lately-on-entering-china.html
#Netflix #China
#OpenLetter #Netflix
The Dilemma with The Social Dilemma
To the creators of The Social Dilemma,
It is understandable to gloss over all the nuances when you only have 90 minutes to talk about a topic as daunting as social engineering through social media. To omit some critical ones seems a bit questionable, though. Perhaps there is a clever nod to internet culture by being meta and subtly trolling your own audience. We are no tech experts and have no experience in the large-scale manipulation of human behaviour. However, we do know that while the images and scenes you used in your documentary are true, the tales you spun with them are not.
Continue:
https://telegra.ph/The-Dilemma-with-The-Social-Dilemma-09-15
Written by: Hong Kong Echo
#FakeNews #SmartLampPost #misinformation
The Dilemma with The Social Dilemma
To the creators of The Social Dilemma,
It is understandable to gloss over all the nuances when you only have 90 minutes to talk about a topic as daunting as social engineering through social media. To omit some critical ones seems a bit questionable, though. Perhaps there is a clever nod to internet culture by being meta and subtly trolling your own audience. We are no tech experts and have no experience in the large-scale manipulation of human behaviour. However, we do know that while the images and scenes you used in your documentary are true, the tales you spun with them are not.
Continue:
https://telegra.ph/The-Dilemma-with-The-Social-Dilemma-09-15
Written by: Hong Kong Echo
#FakeNews #SmartLampPost #misinformation
Netflix Shut out of China, CEO Says No Longer Spending Time on Chinese Market
As tensions between China and the US build up, their trade war spreads to the tech industry. In a recent interview with CNBC, Reed Hastings, co-CEO of the video streaming platform Netflix, said while the company was eager to enter the Chinese market several years ago, it has “not been spending any time on China in the last couple of years” having been shut out by the Chinese government.
In an interview with CNBC on 9 September, 2020, Reed said Netflix had not been spending time on China with the Chinese authorities having rejected its plan to enter the market a few years ago. China’s relations with the US have sourced in recent months. While Reed said it is “a pity from a long-term perspective of the US and Chinese disengagement”, he felt there was “nothing [they] could do about that”. Given the many other opportunities in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, the company will “focus on entertaining everybody else”, he said.
Early last year, Netflix’s chief product officer Greg Peters said in an interview with Taiwan’s Central News Agency that the company would not enter the Chinese market in the near future with the Chinese government seeking control over media and broadcasting platforms.
Founded in 1997, Netflix has now managed to reach over 190 countries or territories around the world. China, however, is still off the grid, though in 2017 it partnered with the Chinese online video platform iQiyi to air some of its contents in China.
Source: Stand News #Sep11
#China #Netflix #Entertainment #ReedHastings #StreamingPlatform
https://bit.ly/2ZVU2pP
As tensions between China and the US build up, their trade war spreads to the tech industry. In a recent interview with CNBC, Reed Hastings, co-CEO of the video streaming platform Netflix, said while the company was eager to enter the Chinese market several years ago, it has “not been spending any time on China in the last couple of years” having been shut out by the Chinese government.
In an interview with CNBC on 9 September, 2020, Reed said Netflix had not been spending time on China with the Chinese authorities having rejected its plan to enter the market a few years ago. China’s relations with the US have sourced in recent months. While Reed said it is “a pity from a long-term perspective of the US and Chinese disengagement”, he felt there was “nothing [they] could do about that”. Given the many other opportunities in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, the company will “focus on entertaining everybody else”, he said.
Early last year, Netflix’s chief product officer Greg Peters said in an interview with Taiwan’s Central News Agency that the company would not enter the Chinese market in the near future with the Chinese government seeking control over media and broadcasting platforms.
Founded in 1997, Netflix has now managed to reach over 190 countries or territories around the world. China, however, is still off the grid, though in 2017 it partnered with the Chinese online video platform iQiyi to air some of its contents in China.
Source: Stand News #Sep11
#China #Netflix #Entertainment #ReedHastings #StreamingPlatform
https://bit.ly/2ZVU2pP
US Republican Senator Urged Netflix to Suspend Chinese Sci-Fi Novel “Three-Body” Series as The Author Liu Cixin Supported Uyghur Detention Camp
Netflix intended to produce the Chinese science novel “Three-Body” into a TV series. However, five US Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix a few days ago, urging the company to suspend the plan because Liu Cixin, the author of the “Three-Body” novel, defended the CCP against Uyghur detention camps.
Netflix announced at the start of this month that they would film the “Three-Body” trilogy novel into a new English TV series, led by D.B Weiss and David Benioff, the screenwriter of Game of Thrones, and Liu will be the consultant supervisor. Senator of Tennessee Marsha Blackburn and other four Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix urging them to reconsider whether they continued to film the series. The letter stated using Liu’s work is a “normalization of crime” of the Chinese government.
They also quoted Liu’s interview at New Yorker in 2019 in their letter. In the interview, they discussed the targeting actions to Uyghurs and minorities by the Chinese government. At that time, Liu said, “if there is, then the government is helping on their economic growth, and trying to get them out of poverty. If the situation loosens a bit, the consequence will be so terrible.” He also being asked he might be “brainwashed” by the Chinese government, he said “I know what you are thinking – what’s wrong with the personal freedom and freedom of not to be monitored? These are not what a Chinese citizen considers. All they want is just medical insurance, property prices, children’s education, but not a democratic system”.
The senators stated in the letter, “Facing those riot actions (in Xinjiang), the company’s proud decision no longer exists, but complicity only”. And they requested that Netflix should reconsider whether it is suitable to provide a platform for Liu and think of the impact of producing this project.
Netflix has not responded to this yet. Chinese users have not used the company’s video streaming service.
Source: Stand News #Sep25
https://bit.ly/3jrXy2I
#China #Uyghurs #ThreeBody #UnitedStates #Netflix #LiuCixin
Netflix intended to produce the Chinese science novel “Three-Body” into a TV series. However, five US Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix a few days ago, urging the company to suspend the plan because Liu Cixin, the author of the “Three-Body” novel, defended the CCP against Uyghur detention camps.
Netflix announced at the start of this month that they would film the “Three-Body” trilogy novel into a new English TV series, led by D.B Weiss and David Benioff, the screenwriter of Game of Thrones, and Liu will be the consultant supervisor. Senator of Tennessee Marsha Blackburn and other four Republican senators sent a letter to Netflix urging them to reconsider whether they continued to film the series. The letter stated using Liu’s work is a “normalization of crime” of the Chinese government.
They also quoted Liu’s interview at New Yorker in 2019 in their letter. In the interview, they discussed the targeting actions to Uyghurs and minorities by the Chinese government. At that time, Liu said, “if there is, then the government is helping on their economic growth, and trying to get them out of poverty. If the situation loosens a bit, the consequence will be so terrible.” He also being asked he might be “brainwashed” by the Chinese government, he said “I know what you are thinking – what’s wrong with the personal freedom and freedom of not to be monitored? These are not what a Chinese citizen considers. All they want is just medical insurance, property prices, children’s education, but not a democratic system”.
The senators stated in the letter, “Facing those riot actions (in Xinjiang), the company’s proud decision no longer exists, but complicity only”. And they requested that Netflix should reconsider whether it is suitable to provide a platform for Liu and think of the impact of producing this project.
Netflix has not responded to this yet. Chinese users have not used the company’s video streaming service.
Source: Stand News #Sep25
https://bit.ly/3jrXy2I
#China #Uyghurs #ThreeBody #UnitedStates #Netflix #LiuCixin
#WhiteTerror #CyberBully
#ChineseNetizens Criticize Popular #ThaiDrama "#GirlFromNowhere" for showing flag of #HongKong and #Taiwan on its #Facebook page
Source: Stand News #May19
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#ChineseNetizens Criticize Popular #ThaiDrama "#GirlFromNowhere" for showing flag of #HongKong and #Taiwan on its #Facebook page
Source: Stand News #May19
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#WhiteTerror #CyberBully
#ChineseNetizens Criticize Popular #ThaiDrama "#GirlFromNowhere" for showing flags of #HongKong and #Taiwan on its #Facebook page
"Girl from Nowhere", a popular Thai drama, has just ended its second season on #Netflix recently. A photo was posted on the series’ official Facebook channel thanking the support from its audiences around Asia.
However, the act has infuriated Chinese netizens. The Chinese netizens criticized the series for showing the flags of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The series on its Facebook page posted on May 17, 2021 a “Thank you” note in 7 different languages to celebrate its popularity around Asia.
The flag of Hong Kong and the flag of Taiwan were put beside the Chinese characters “多謝” and “谢谢” respectively. Chinese netizens accused the photo of "insulting China" and claimed to boycott the series. They also condemned the photo for listing Hong Kong and Taiwan as "two separate countries".
Thai netizens refuted by saying “China doesn't even have Netflix, why you gotta be so angry”.
Source: Stand News #May19
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%B3%B0%E5%8A%87%E8%87%B4%E8%AC%9D%E6%B5%B7%E5%A0%B1%E7%8F%BE%E9%9D%92%E5%A4%A9%E7%99%BD%E6%97%A5%E7%B4%85%E6%97%97-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8D%80%E6%97%97-%E5%BC%95%E4%B8%AD%E6%B3%B0%E7%B6%B2%E6%B0%91%E7%BD%B5%E6%88%B0/
#Mobbing #MilkTeaAlliance
#ChineseNetizens Criticize Popular #ThaiDrama "#GirlFromNowhere" for showing flags of #HongKong and #Taiwan on its #Facebook page
"Girl from Nowhere", a popular Thai drama, has just ended its second season on #Netflix recently. A photo was posted on the series’ official Facebook channel thanking the support from its audiences around Asia.
However, the act has infuriated Chinese netizens. The Chinese netizens criticized the series for showing the flags of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The series on its Facebook page posted on May 17, 2021 a “Thank you” note in 7 different languages to celebrate its popularity around Asia.
The flag of Hong Kong and the flag of Taiwan were put beside the Chinese characters “多謝” and “谢谢” respectively. Chinese netizens accused the photo of "insulting China" and claimed to boycott the series. They also condemned the photo for listing Hong Kong and Taiwan as "two separate countries".
Thai netizens refuted by saying “China doesn't even have Netflix, why you gotta be so angry”.
Source: Stand News #May19
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%B3%B0%E5%8A%87%E8%87%B4%E8%AC%9D%E6%B5%B7%E5%A0%B1%E7%8F%BE%E9%9D%92%E5%A4%A9%E7%99%BD%E6%97%A5%E7%B4%85%E6%97%97-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8D%80%E6%97%97-%E5%BC%95%E4%B8%AD%E6%B3%B0%E7%B6%B2%E6%B0%91%E7%BD%B5%E6%88%B0/
#Mobbing #MilkTeaAlliance
#IntellectualProperty
Illegal downloads of #Netflix #Korea's original series "#SquidGame" are circulating in #China with #Mandarin subtitle
Source: Korea ChoongAnh Daily #Oct5
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Illegal downloads of #Netflix #Korea's original series "#SquidGame" are circulating in #China with #Mandarin subtitle
Source: Korea ChoongAnh Daily #Oct5
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#IntellectualProperty
Illegal downloads of #Netflix #Korea's original series "#SquidGame" are circulating in #China with #Mandarin subtitle
//Netflix is not available in China. Technically, people in China shouldn't be able to access the series due to the nation’s #GreatFirewall, but many are watching it anyway through illegal streaming and download websites.
Many Koreans are expressing disdain toward the rampant online piracy of Korean content in China, and the popularity of “Squid Game” has made the issue much more tangible...
“Even though Netflix is not available in China and the Chinese government has been pushing back against Korean content in recent years, there are always websites that distribute Korean shows illegally,” said Park Kyung-suk, a history professor at Yonsei University who specializes in modern Chinese history.
“When I was living in China, I found out some websites even charge money for Korean content that they pirated. Even when a website gets taken down, another one springs up right away.”
According to the Korea Copyright Protection Agency, China is the top country of illegally distributing Korean cultural content — including television shows, films, webtoons and music — over the past five years. From 2017 until September this year, over 85,000 of the total 411,319 cases of copyright violation regarding Korean content happened in China, followed by the Philippines and Vietnam. Although not surprising considering China’s vast population, many Koreans express disdain that such a large viewership is consuming Korea’s intellectual property illegally.
“The disdain boils down to the fact that although China consumes a large volume of Korean content, the Korean firms that created them receive none of the profit that they rightfully deserve,” said Lee Gyu-tag, an associate professor of cultural studies at George Mason University Korea.//
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily #Oct6
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/10/06/entertainment/television/squid-game-china-netflix-dalgona/20211006171306929.html
#StreamingWebsite #Illegal #CCP #Merchandise #Taobao #Copyright
Illegal downloads of #Netflix #Korea's original series "#SquidGame" are circulating in #China with #Mandarin subtitle
//Netflix is not available in China. Technically, people in China shouldn't be able to access the series due to the nation’s #GreatFirewall, but many are watching it anyway through illegal streaming and download websites.
Many Koreans are expressing disdain toward the rampant online piracy of Korean content in China, and the popularity of “Squid Game” has made the issue much more tangible...
“Even though Netflix is not available in China and the Chinese government has been pushing back against Korean content in recent years, there are always websites that distribute Korean shows illegally,” said Park Kyung-suk, a history professor at Yonsei University who specializes in modern Chinese history.
“When I was living in China, I found out some websites even charge money for Korean content that they pirated. Even when a website gets taken down, another one springs up right away.”
According to the Korea Copyright Protection Agency, China is the top country of illegally distributing Korean cultural content — including television shows, films, webtoons and music — over the past five years. From 2017 until September this year, over 85,000 of the total 411,319 cases of copyright violation regarding Korean content happened in China, followed by the Philippines and Vietnam. Although not surprising considering China’s vast population, many Koreans express disdain that such a large viewership is consuming Korea’s intellectual property illegally.
“The disdain boils down to the fact that although China consumes a large volume of Korean content, the Korean firms that created them receive none of the profit that they rightfully deserve,” said Lee Gyu-tag, an associate professor of cultural studies at George Mason University Korea.//
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily #Oct6
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/10/06/entertainment/television/squid-game-china-netflix-dalgona/20211006171306929.html
#StreamingWebsite #Illegal #CCP #Merchandise #Taobao #Copyright
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Not even the Great Firewall of China can keep out 'Squid Game'
The popularity of Netflix Korea’s original series “Squid Game” seems to know no bounds, even proving to be a hit in China. The keyword “Squid Game” garnered more than 1.7 billion hits on Chinese social media platform Weibo as of Monday, and ...
Hongkonger Protests Against the Removal of the Pillar of Shame with #SquidGames and #GeorgeOrwell
At around noon on October 28, 2021, a person dressed as the game operator in the heated #Netflix series #SquidGames stood in front of the #PillarofShame at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
The person held up a sign which read "Ignorance is strength," a line taken from #GeorgeOrwell's book 1984.
The act of the one-person silent protest has alarmed the campus security team, which went to the site and took the person away.
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#PillarofShame Creator Shocked as the University of Hong Kong Demands Removal
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31299
US Law Firm Withdraws from Representing the University of Hong Kong Amid Outcry from Civic Groups and US Politicians
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31306
Source: Netizen #Oct28 https://www.facebook.com/366243453719070/posts/1572412809768789/
#FailedState #Censorship
At around noon on October 28, 2021, a person dressed as the game operator in the heated #Netflix series #SquidGames stood in front of the #PillarofShame at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
The person held up a sign which read "Ignorance is strength," a line taken from #GeorgeOrwell's book 1984.
The act of the one-person silent protest has alarmed the campus security team, which went to the site and took the person away.
Read more:
#PillarofShame Creator Shocked as the University of Hong Kong Demands Removal
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31299
US Law Firm Withdraws from Representing the University of Hong Kong Amid Outcry from Civic Groups and US Politicians
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31306
Source: Netizen #Oct28 https://www.facebook.com/366243453719070/posts/1572412809768789/
#FailedState #Censorship
#Netflix removes episodes showing China's arbitrary nine-dash line after #Philippines' Complaints
The Philippine government has ordered Netflix to remove parts of the Australian drama series "#PineGap" on its platform for "violating Philippine #sovereignty".
The series features a map of the #NineDashLine, an invisible demarcation controversially used by China to claim its territories in the #SouthChinaSea.
The second and third episodes of the series were no longer available in the Philippines by November 1, 2021. Netflix announced that those episodes had been "removed by government's demand". It did not elaborate further.
China lays claim to most of the South China Sea waters within the so-called nine-dash line, a U-shaped feature used on Chinese maps. Parts of the resource-rich waters are also contested by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration handed down a ruling on July 12, 2016, stating that China's historic-rights claim over the maritime areas inside the nine-dash line has no lawful effect. There has also no evidence supporting China's exclusive rights over the waters and resources.
Source: Stand News; #Nov2
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%BE%B3%E5%8A%87-pine-gap-%E7%8F%BE%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E7%89%88%E5%8D%97%E6%B5%B7%E5%9C%B0%E5%9C%96-%E8%8F%B2%E8%B6%8A%E6%8A%97%E8%AD%B0-netflix-%E6%92%A4%E7%89%87?
#NineDash
The Philippine government has ordered Netflix to remove parts of the Australian drama series "#PineGap" on its platform for "violating Philippine #sovereignty".
The series features a map of the #NineDashLine, an invisible demarcation controversially used by China to claim its territories in the #SouthChinaSea.
The second and third episodes of the series were no longer available in the Philippines by November 1, 2021. Netflix announced that those episodes had been "removed by government's demand". It did not elaborate further.
China lays claim to most of the South China Sea waters within the so-called nine-dash line, a U-shaped feature used on Chinese maps. Parts of the resource-rich waters are also contested by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration handed down a ruling on July 12, 2016, stating that China's historic-rights claim over the maritime areas inside the nine-dash line has no lawful effect. There has also no evidence supporting China's exclusive rights over the waters and resources.
Source: Stand News; #Nov2
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E6%BE%B3%E5%8A%87-pine-gap-%E7%8F%BE%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E7%89%88%E5%8D%97%E6%B5%B7%E5%9C%B0%E5%9C%96-%E8%8F%B2%E8%B6%8A%E6%8A%97%E8%AD%B0-netflix-%E6%92%A4%E7%89%87?
#NineDash
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Advocacy Group Campaigns for #Screening Films about Hongkongers' Fight for Democracy on #Netflix
Source: Fight for Freedom Stand with Hong Kong; #Nov10
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Advocacy Group Campaigns for #Screening Films about Hongkongers' Fight for Democracy on #Netflix
Source: Fight for Freedom Stand with Hong Kong; #Nov10
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Advocacy Group Campaigns for #Screening Films about Hongkongers' Fight for Democracy on #Netflix
"Fight for Freedom Stand with Hong Kong," a group advocates for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong called for fellow citizens to appeal to Netflix and request the showing of some pro-democracy documenteries and films produced in Hong Kong. These titles include:
- Revolution of Our Times;
- May You Stay Forever Young; and
- Far from Home
All these films chronicled the Anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, capturing the bravery and extraordinary resilience of youths in the face of brutal repression, and their plea for international help.
Under the #NationalSecurityLaw, it is a safe assumption that these films cannot be officially shown in Hong Kong.
On its Facebook post, the advocacy group cited the Chinese Communist Party's pressure as the key hinderance to distribution of these films.
The group encouraged netizens to make their voices heard through the "Title Request" page of Netflix:
https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest
Source: Fight for Freedom Stand with Hong Kong; #Nov10
https://www.facebook.com/standwithhk/posts/1329589067471758
#RevolutionOfOurTimes
#HongKongCinema #Documentary #Art #Streaming #FilmDistribution #Censorship
Advocacy Group Campaigns for #Screening Films about Hongkongers' Fight for Democracy on #Netflix
"Fight for Freedom Stand with Hong Kong," a group advocates for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong called for fellow citizens to appeal to Netflix and request the showing of some pro-democracy documenteries and films produced in Hong Kong. These titles include:
- Revolution of Our Times;
- May You Stay Forever Young; and
- Far from Home
All these films chronicled the Anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, capturing the bravery and extraordinary resilience of youths in the face of brutal repression, and their plea for international help.
Under the #NationalSecurityLaw, it is a safe assumption that these films cannot be officially shown in Hong Kong.
On its Facebook post, the advocacy group cited the Chinese Communist Party's pressure as the key hinderance to distribution of these films.
The group encouraged netizens to make their voices heard through the "Title Request" page of Netflix:
https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest
Source: Fight for Freedom Stand with Hong Kong; #Nov10
https://www.facebook.com/standwithhk/posts/1329589067471758
#RevolutionOfOurTimes
#HongKongCinema #Documentary #Art #Streaming #FilmDistribution #Censorship
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Hong Kong Directors of protest-themed movie win 2021 NETPAC award
The Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival and Asian Film Promotion Alliance presented this year’s #NETPAC Award to two young directors from Hong Kong, Yum-hap (任俠) and Lam-sum (林森) on November 24.
Yum and Lam are directors of “May You Stay Forever Young”, a protest-themed movie that took the 2019 Anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong as its backdrop. The movie portrays a group of young people in Hong Kong who gathered voluntarily in a bid to rescue those who attempted to sacrifice themselves for democracy and suicide.
The movie has earlier been shortlisted for the 58th Taiwan #GoldenHorseAwards and is running for the best new director and best editing on Saturday night (November 27).
The production team of “May You Stay Forever Young” was elated to be awarded. Amidst fading freedom in Hong Kong, the team sighed that the movie was first “impossible” to produce and now “impossible” to release.
“Many people have contributed to this movie, but they have to stay nameless and remain in the dark in order to carry on their fight for freedom,” the team added. “The place where this movie is allowed to screen is where freedom stands.”
The production team expressed gratitude to the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (#NETPAC) and they also thanked Taiwan for freedom.
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HK Protest-themed Movie Receives Multiple Nominations in Taiwan's #GoldenHorseAwards but Cannot Be Screened At Home
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31322
Advocacy Group Campaigns for #Screening Films about Hongkongers' Fight for Democracy on #Netflix
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31427
#Protest #HongKongMovie #Taiwan #Censorship #FilmAmendmentBill
Source: Stand News; #Nov24
https://thestandnews.page.link/huRMKo1C61tbDTqa6
Hong Kong Directors of protest-themed movie win 2021 NETPAC award
The Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival and Asian Film Promotion Alliance presented this year’s #NETPAC Award to two young directors from Hong Kong, Yum-hap (任俠) and Lam-sum (林森) on November 24.
Yum and Lam are directors of “May You Stay Forever Young”, a protest-themed movie that took the 2019 Anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong as its backdrop. The movie portrays a group of young people in Hong Kong who gathered voluntarily in a bid to rescue those who attempted to sacrifice themselves for democracy and suicide.
The movie has earlier been shortlisted for the 58th Taiwan #GoldenHorseAwards and is running for the best new director and best editing on Saturday night (November 27).
The production team of “May You Stay Forever Young” was elated to be awarded. Amidst fading freedom in Hong Kong, the team sighed that the movie was first “impossible” to produce and now “impossible” to release.
“Many people have contributed to this movie, but they have to stay nameless and remain in the dark in order to carry on their fight for freedom,” the team added. “The place where this movie is allowed to screen is where freedom stands.”
The production team expressed gratitude to the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (#NETPAC) and they also thanked Taiwan for freedom.
Read related articles
HK Protest-themed Movie Receives Multiple Nominations in Taiwan's #GoldenHorseAwards but Cannot Be Screened At Home
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31322
Advocacy Group Campaigns for #Screening Films about Hongkongers' Fight for Democracy on #Netflix
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31427
#Protest #HongKongMovie #Taiwan #Censorship #FilmAmendmentBill
Source: Stand News; #Nov24
https://thestandnews.page.link/huRMKo1C61tbDTqa6
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HK Protest-themed Movie Receives Multiple Nominations in Taiwan's #GoldenHorseAwards but Cannot Be Screened At Home
"May You Stay Forever Young" is a Hong Kong film which portrays the "suicide rescue team" during the 2019 Anti-ELAB movement.
The movie…
"May You Stay Forever Young" is a Hong Kong film which portrays the "suicide rescue team" during the 2019 Anti-ELAB movement.
The movie…