Years of Macau
"Years of Macau" is an anthology film consisting of nine short films set in different years and locations in Macau. They include "Go Back Home", "REC-Last Days", "Sparkling Mind", "The Last Show", "Till the End of World", "The First Cigarette", "A Moment", "Dirty Laundry" and "Summer". All nine directors are from Macau, most of whom were born and raised here. The stories of each film share what the directors feel about Macau using the language of cinema to convey their love for the city.
António Caetano Faria
António Caetano Faria
Maxim Bessmertny
Maxim Bessmertny
Peeko Wong
Peeko Wong
Mike, Ao Ieong Weng Fong
Mike, Ao Ieong Weng Fong
Emily Chan
Emily Chan
Koi Wang Chao
Koi Wang Chao
Albert Chu
Albert Chu
Tou Kin Hong
Tou Kin Hong
King Kuan Lam
King Kuan Lam
Also Directed by António Caetano Faria
O Cravo (The Carnation) revisits the old streets of Macau, from the point of view of film noir: a passionate Portuguese man, a broken heart, an intrigue, a dark alley, memories of a lost territory.
Nineteen-year old Ina inherits a sauna and decides to build a new future for the girls working there, but first she needs to confront her father's dangerous past.
Eric is a young blindman who as always tried to fight for an independent life and better conditions. When the imagination is used as a wonderful tool to create images, we can discover more about us. "How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.”
Macau Stories 3 - City Maze is composed of three individual stories.
Wong Kei is a 25 year old boy who quited his job and spends his days wandering around the streets taking pictures of people. One day he takes a photo that will change his monotonous life and take him through a journey to the past of his hometown, the small old fishing village of Macao.
Also Directed by Maxim Bessmertny
A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?
A fisherman, a banker and an actress are involved in a love triangle in the middle of the ocean.
An artist tries to convince a group of casino executives to finance his art project.
The sevn sins of a group of hotel employees.
Cheng, an ambassador of Peranakan Culture in Singapore discovers a painting that propels him to leave Singapore.
On the day they move apartments, a couple struggles to get everything in order before the landlord arrives for a final inspection.
A laundry cleaner named Wonton falls for a prostitute.
After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.
A monument handcrafted by Konstantin Bessmertny is exhibited at Venice Biennale 2007.
A group of studio executives cast for the replacements of a band gone missing.
Also Directed by Peeko Wong
Bats have been living happily in the forest, until the day a huge shadow appears, changing the fates of both the flying mammals and humans…
Three grannies came up with a crazy and dangerous idea.
One night, three artists meet in a bar and discuss the same question: why do we make art? Although they know the answer is not easy, at least they are not alone.
Also Directed by Mike, Ao Ieong Weng Fong
After completing “Macao Stories”, Chu Iao Ian produced “Macao Stories 2: Love in the City” by inviting six new directors (including Macanese, Portuguese, and Chinese) to make 6 short films about love and the city. The film took into account market considerations while cultivating local film talents. The six stories are: “A Book to Remember” (directed by Jordan Cheng), “June” (directed by Fernando Eloy), “Sofa” (directed by Ao Ieong Weng-Fong), “Cake” (directed by Tou Kin Hong), “Shocking” (directed by Elisabela Larrea), and “Frozen World” (directed by Harriet Wong).
Youngsters Gassi, Lily and Sun are in a concert when they meet Yoko, Sun’s ex-girlfriend. Together, they spend their days getting drunk, crying out their depressions in a subtle but destructive way. As Gassi breaks up with his girlfriend, he will get a chance to get along with Yoko. Shocked by the sudden change, Sun releases his anger, by taking revenge against Yoko.
Also Directed by Emily Chan
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A Macau photographed with elegant realism forms the backdrop to the life of Lina, a Chinese immigrant working both as a waitress in a restaurant and as a hostess in a bar in order to save money to join her mother and daughter in China. By chance she meets taxi driver Mada, also an immigrant from China. Both have a past they want to forget and love feels like it might be their last chance to avoid being alone. But as is always the case in a melodrama, the past isn't easily tamed.
A group of troubled high-school students look to rise above their broken family backgrounds and pursue their music dreams in the diverting, if haphazardly scripted, Our Seventeen.
Also Directed by Koi Wang Chao
Macau Stories 3 - City Maze is composed of three individual stories.
Fighting for a lottery ticket, two star-crossed lovers and a big flock of greedy fools experienced an eccentric night. Love is never simply the bond between two souls. It gets even more complicated when comes to money. Casino host Wei Wei and her boyfriend Chi-ho put all of their hope and energy into winning the weekly lottery, until one day Lady Luck makes them the jackpot winners. Struggling with huge debt loads due to a wrong investment decision, Chi-ho is overjoyed by this sudden change in his fortunes; however, having to choose between love and money, Wei Wei is planning something different. With luck and misfortune coming at the same time, can they still hold on to a faint ray of hope?
Also Directed by Tou Kin Hong
After completing “Macao Stories”, Chu Iao Ian produced “Macao Stories 2: Love in the City” by inviting six new directors (including Macanese, Portuguese, and Chinese) to make 6 short films about love and the city. The film took into account market considerations while cultivating local film talents. The six stories are: “A Book to Remember” (directed by Jordan Cheng), “June” (directed by Fernando Eloy), “Sofa” (directed by Ao Ieong Weng-Fong), “Cake” (directed by Tou Kin Hong), “Shocking” (directed by Elisabela Larrea), and “Frozen World” (directed by Harriet Wong).
Also Directed by King Kuan Lam
Two Mainland Chinese come to Macao to work illegally, one at a construction site and the other as a sex-worker. The changes on the policy towards illegal workers and the increment on penalties complicate their situation, merging altogether their lives, wealth and their ways out.