Hon Yan Chan

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Hon Yan Chan

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Taiwanese social worker Jia Jia is assigned to gather a football team of foreign workers. Ali, a former football player in his homeland of Indonesia, is forced to work abroad in Taiwan to pay off his loan after getting injured. Due to a series of unfortunate incidents and discrimination from his supervisor, Ali reluctantly becomes an illegal worker. Joining the Foreign Workers’ Football Union rekindles Ali’s enthusiasm. The team plays better and better, while romance grows between Ali and Jia Jia. But then Ali’s illegal identity is exposed, and he is set up for a murder by an unscrupulous Taiwanese foreman. As Ali leads the foreign workers football team into the finals, a group of police arrives the stadium…

Free Kick

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This Is Not the End poster
4.0

16-year-old Allen lives a chaotic and underprivileged life. Defeated by life from the start, Allen finds joy and hope in hurdling, his favourite sport which he often wins in competitions during middle school. A cruel fate awaits him when he enters high school. Because of his height, his performance is suddenly hampered and he cannot even handle the basic 3-step hurdle. His hope of being in the school team is dashed, let alone winning over his teammates. The more desperately he tries, the more he realises his goal is beyond reach. Can Allen overcome this challenge before high school ends?

This Is Not the End

2020

Old Man and A Dog poster
6.0

When Chan is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decides to end his own life, but his grandson unexpectedly brings him an abandoned old dog. The encounter cannot change their destinies but allow them to accept changes that inevitably happen.

Old Man and A Dog

2019

Those Summer Days We Will Never Forget poster
7.0

Those Summer Days We Will Never Forget reveals the challenges and struggles of a young protester couple after fleeing from Hong Kong to Taiwan. Together, Ahua and Baoxin participated in the frontlines protest with liberal idealists. However, their desire to settle down for comfort and stable love led them to escape from the unstable political persecution. They got the opportunity to make a living in Taiwan through the help of Uncle Biao. As time passed by, they realized they had different visions for the future. Ahua has always wanted to move back to his homeland; while Baoxin preferred to start a new life in Taiwan. Baoxin understood that they wanted different things out of life and decided to break up.

Those Summer Days We Will Never Forget

2024

The Poem of Pakistan poster
8.5

Hamid is a young Pakistani in Hong Kong who works hard to earn a living and has to take shortcuts sometimes. After he meets a Pakistan youth who loves Pakistani literature, he starts to reflect on his current way of life.

The Poem of Pakistan

2021

Rootless in the City poster
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Thirty-year-old Zhihong, who is still living with his sister, is a useless young man in the eyes of everyone. His daily pleasure is to peek at his sister's girlfriend Li Yifan through the crack of the curtain. A turmoil about Yifan's relocation gave the two a chance to spend time alone. As their relationship progressed, Zhihong gradually released his long suppressed desire

Rootless in the City

2019

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Taiwanese social worker Jia Jia is assigned to gather a football team of foreign workers. Ali, a former football player in his homeland of Indonesia, is forced to work abroad in Taiwan to pay off his loan after getting injured. Due to a series of unfortunate incidents and discrimination from his supervisor, Ali reluctantly becomes an illegal worker. Joining the Foreign Workers’ Football Union rekindles Ali’s enthusiasm. The team plays better and better, while romance grows between Ali and Jia Jia. But then Ali’s illegal identity is exposed, and he is set up for a murder by an unscrupulous Taiwanese foreman. As Ali leads the foreign workers football team into the finals, a group of police arrives the stadium…

Free Kick

—

This Is Not the End poster
4.0

16-year-old Allen lives a chaotic and underprivileged life. Defeated by life from the start, Allen finds joy and hope in hurdling, his favourite sport which he often wins in competitions during middle school. A cruel fate awaits him when he enters high school. Because of his height, his performance is suddenly hampered and he cannot even handle the basic 3-step hurdle. His hope of being in the school team is dashed, let alone winning over his teammates. The more desperately he tries, the more he realises his goal is beyond reach. Can Allen overcome this challenge before high school ends?

This Is Not the End

2020

Old Man and A Dog poster
6.0

When Chan is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decides to end his own life, but his grandson unexpectedly brings him an abandoned old dog. The encounter cannot change their destinies but allow them to accept changes that inevitably happen.

Old Man and A Dog

2019

Old Man and A Dog poster
6.0

When Chan is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decides to end his own life, but his grandson unexpectedly brings him an abandoned old dog. The encounter cannot change their destinies but allow them to accept changes that inevitably happen.

Old Man and A Dog

2019

The Poem of Pakistan poster
8.5

Hamid is a young Pakistani in Hong Kong who works hard to earn a living and has to take shortcuts sometimes. After he meets a Pakistan youth who loves Pakistani literature, he starts to reflect on his current way of life.

The Poem of Pakistan

2021

The Poem of Pakistan poster
8.5

Hamid is a young Pakistani in Hong Kong who works hard to earn a living and has to take shortcuts sometimes. After he meets a Pakistan youth who loves Pakistani literature, he starts to reflect on his current way of life.

The Poem of Pakistan

2021

Rootless in the City poster
NR

Thirty-year-old Zhihong, who is still living with his sister, is a useless young man in the eyes of everyone. His daily pleasure is to peek at his sister's girlfriend Li Yifan through the crack of the curtain. A turmoil about Yifan's relocation gave the two a chance to spend time alone. As their relationship progressed, Zhihong gradually released his long suppressed desire

Rootless in the City

2019