Presented by the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao and Goethe-Institut Hongkong in association with the Broadway Cinematheque, the EU-Asia Documentary Fest presents a selection of 15 documentaries that address a wide range of topics, including human rights, migration, women’s rights, LGBTQ+, poverty, and our yearning for an equal world.
On 14 August, we are pleased to have two seasoned programmers, Yuliia Kovalenko from Ukraine and Wood Lin from Taiwan, to share their insights on the local development of documentaries, the missions of curators and the challenges that lie ahead. Ms. Kovalenko is a programmer of DocuDays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and Lin serves as a programme director of Taiwan International Documentary Festival and programme advisor of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam.
Germany | 2021 | 89 mins | DCP | Colour
In German with English subtitles
Director Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt
After escaping the war in Syria, a family learns to negotiate their new lives in Germany. With their newly found freedom, the two sons embrace their new transgender identities, something which brings them in conflict with their faith, their parents and their desires to live both freely and authentically. Zuhur’s Daughters zero in both on the youngsters’ pursuit of their true selves, but also their parents’ struggle against the mounting pressures imposed by their own religious and cultural beliefs. This film is as much a moving story of a family that sticks together despite all hardships, but also questions how each of them negotiate their own identity. A coming-of-age documentary about the search for one's individual place in society.
ZUHUR'S DAUGHTERS @ PALACE ifc, 7 August (Sun), 7:55 PM
ZUHUR'S DAUGHTERS @ Broadway Cinematheque, 11 August (Thu), 8:00 PM
