Heiward Mak, Movie Director of "Lover's Lover" and "High Noon"

On this episode of 'the brief', we meet 24 year-old writer and director Heiward Mak, whose new film High Noon has recently attracted great acclaim. Set in present-day Hong Kong, High Noon follows the lives of seven teenagers as they negotiate the challenges of school, parents, girlfriends and drug use. Mak tells us her motivations for making the film and describes what its like to produce a feature at such a young age and as a woman. She also explains some of the key developments of the Hong Kong film industry. Not to be missed!

Special thanks to Will McCallum for helping to write, produce, and edit this episode; as well as Nathan Leung who helped in the filming and translations.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Heiward Mak
• Hei Yan Mak
• Lover's Lover
• High Noon
• HK Film
• Hong Kong Film

[ceralinn]

Heiward Mak is so awesome. She's a refreshing voice in HK cinema which is so often tied down by cliches of triad movies and silly romantic comedies.

[anna333]

i looove her ! she s great !