Date: Thursday, 30 September 2021
Time: 6:30 pm (GMT +8) on Zoom
Speakers: Valeria Riquelme (Writer/Director), Clarissa Langley Coleman (Producer), Nick Foxall (Director of Photography), Sam Colombie (Sound Design)
Moderator: Dr. Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park
For Her is a short film about Jane, who struggles to write a story about a traumatizing event but ends trapped in her emotions as she attempts to capture the impossible.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director and members of the production and filmmaking team.
Panelists
Valeria Riquelme (Writer/Director)
Valeria is a Mexican filmmaker, multimedia artist, and founder of the production house Tinta Limited. She began her career in the arts with the one-woman show So Went which she wrote, directed, and performed in 2019. She then wrote, directed, and produced her first short film, For Her. Currently, she is completing a Bachelor of Arts at HKU.
Clarissa Langley Coleman (Producer)
Clarissa is a film producer and AD raised in Hong Kong, Japan, China, the US, and the UK who has worked on the sets of Mulan (2020), The Meg (2018), and Outcast (2014). She is co-founder of two film companies: Bao Bao Films and ChinaWest Films.
Nick Foxall (Director of Photography)
Nick is the founder of Nick Foxall Productions and is an accomplished director of photography, lighting cameraman, editor, and scriptwriter.
Sam Colombie (Sound Design)
Sam is a Hong Kong-based producer with experience in multimedia communications. His work has ranged from investigative reporting to podcasting. In For Her, he applied his versatile skills to the film’s sound design.
Moderator
Dr. Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. in Film Studies from the University of Iowa. He specializes in poly-Asian cinema with a focus on Hong Kong action and contemporary South Korean cinema. He engages with film aesthetics, culture, theory, history, and sound from an Asian-centric perspective.
For details, please visit: https://www.tinta-hk.com/for-her
@forhershortfilm / @valriquelmeliya
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