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The Burning Night
Hong Kong | 2024 | 20 min | Drama | Mandarin Chinese / Cantonese
Director: Demon WONG
Screening Time：10/19/2025
11 am-12:22 pm
Synopsis:
This is a story set among marginalized youths who vent their dissatisfaction with life through extreme behavior. On that "Burning Night," they recklessly caused trouble, but their actions were overshadowed by even greater anger, eventually dissipating in the dazzling fireworks of the city's revelry. For these confused youths, growing up is like a fleeting firework, leaving no trace behind.
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About The Director
Demon WONG
An independent advertising director. He has many years of creative and production experience and has worked for many domestic and international brands. Bold colors and a strong personal style make his works popular among the young generation.
Director's Statement
Mixed with young memories and experiences, we hope to return to the streets of Guangzhou, China in 2008 with you. It is about the confrontation of collective individuals in the context of the big era, as well as the group catharsis, loneliness and helplessness of individuals. The young marginalised boys try to gain recognition and attention through external catharsis. And their madness is wrapped up in the larger violence and the unknown spectacle to come. In the end, they still cannot find an exit but enter into a greater emptiness as fireworks are lit and blossomed over and over again. Everyone's madness, anger, and hopelessness dissipated in the big-time celebration with the bright fireworks. Thank you all for bearing witness to this memory with me.
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