EU-Asia Documentary Fest 2023

Presented by the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao and Goethe-Institut Hongkong in association with the Broadway Cinematheque, from 27 July (Thursday) to 13 August (Sunday), EU-Asia Docs presents a selection of 14 documentaries to Hong Kong audiences, including works from Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Sweden as well as productions from Asian countries such as Afghanistan, China, India and Malaysia.
   

Opening Film: LEADING LIGHTS (Éclaireuses)

© Productions du Verger - Visualantics Belgium / 2022 / 90 min / In French with English subtitles
Director: Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel

Marie and Juliette left the classical education system to open a school in the heart of Brussels where they welcome children with no educational background, often from exile. They offer them a place and a time outside of formal school learning to be or become children again, before facing the educational institution that will expect them to be students. Throughout their attempts and their pedagogical reflections, the film forces us to question school as a place that conveys oppressive relationships that affect all of us.

27 July (Thu) 7:25 PM @ PALACE ifc
Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel, the Belgian director of the film, will be attending post-screening Q&A in person

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