This film is about how people understand Hong Kong and Hong Kongers, thus also about how we understand ourselves, as Hong Kongers. Tracing personal histories from spatial memories is the essence of this film. The juxtaposition of two stories on “first home” – director’s story (as a local born Hong Konger) in Kwun Tong and the actress’ story (a new immigrant from China to Hong Kong in the 80’s) in Mei Foo Sun Chuen, may re-inscribe Hong Kong history and Hong Kongers’ changing identities in a more interesting way than what the grand narrative history offers, be it the British colonial government, or the seemingly self-governed Hong Kong government under People’s Republic of China
And identities… have been tarrying between moving and rootedness…

Dr. Anson Hoi-shan MAK is a moving image and sound artist. Besides single channel film/video, she also does phonography sound art and web-based projects. She is especially interested in experimental ethnography, essay film and super 8 film, as well as lens-based inter-media works. Her film/video works have been shown at various festivals, including the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Busan Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Vancouver International Film Festival, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, , Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, etc. Her works have also been featured at galleries such as M+, Taipei MOCA, Times Art Center Berlin，FACT Liverpool, Whitechapel Gallery London, CAFA Art Museum Beijing, CornerHouse Manchester, Crossing Art New York, White Box New York, RockBund Art Museum Shanghai, AFIAS Spain Moving Images Festival, Madrid etc