Short film
HKNY
1993 · 5 min
A quiet, contemplative essay film that drifts between two cities, asking you to sit with the feeling of belonging nowhere.
- Directed by
- Roger Garcia
- Overview
- HKNY was inspired by Italo Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities. Garcia draws on the concept of in-betweenness to construct a story of an individual (the filmmaker) reflecting on his position between Hong Kong, his birthplace, and New York, where he resides.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, isolation, memory, immigration
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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