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Blue Island

6.7(8)20221h 37m1

Although the Chinese government promised that Hong Kong would retain separate status until 2047, in recent years the Chinese state has consolidated its power over the metropolis. Large-scale protests by the populace have been brutally suppressed. This mix of documentary, fiction, and visions of the future reveals the current state of desolate depression among the people of Hong Kong. “A desperate attempt to capture the final moments of a sinking island”, as maker Chan Tze-woon himself puts it.

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Released
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Language
Cantonese
  • hong kong
  • hong kong protests

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Hong Kong

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalIcarus Films / dGenerate Films30 Apr 2022
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival; Icarus Films / dGenerate Films14 Oct 2022
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Premiere27 Jan 2022
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereBusan International Film Festival7 Oct 2022
  • TaiwanTW

    • PremiereTaiwan International Documentary Festival8 May 2022
    • TheatricalIcarus Films / dGenerate Films16 Dec 2022

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Blue Island was released on 30 April 2022.

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    CinemaSerf

    10/23/2022

    6/10

    Tze Woon Chan sets out to depict the current state of affairs in Hong Kong as the Chinese Communist Party continues to rewrite the treaty that saw it transfer from British rule in 1997 in this interesting but rather poorly constructed documentary. It follows a group of activists - old and young - as they try to fight for democracy against an overwhelming political and authoritarian regime and at times it uses actuali…

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