Outdoor Music Carnival "ImagineLand" | Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival

1) 25 April (8:00pm): Last Song For You (2024)

Dir/Scr: Jill Leung

Prod Cos: Mei Ah, Film Development Fund, Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA)

Cast: Ekin Cheng, Natalie Hsu, Ian Chan, Cecilia Choi

2024│Colour│Cantonese│Chinese and English subtitles│106 min

Middle-aged musician So Sing Wah (Ekin Cheng) is stuck in a creative slump when he suddenly encounters Summer (Natalie Hsu), who claims to be the daughter of his good friend (Cecilia Choi). Initially, the lonesome man rebukes Summer’s offer to travel to Japan with him to execute her mother’s final wishes, insisting on keeping to himself. Yet he slowly thaws as the young girl reminds him of his classmate and musical soulmate Ha Man Huen (also played by Natalie Hsu), and the memories flood in: Ha telling him that she could see his future; bright summer days in the sun by the sea, sneaking into the school music room together to play the piano, sharing his musical creations … The past and the present ripple into each other as So and Summer travel along the river of time, exploring the origins of his musical passion, the twists and turns of love, and the very meaning of life itself. So comes to the realisation that everything before him is a heartfelt gift left by a kindred soul from many years ago.

Courtesy of Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited

2) 26 April (8:00pm): Fly Me to Polaris (1999)

Dir: Jingle Ma

Scrs: Lo Chi-leung, Yeung Sin-ling

Prod Cos: Golden Harvest, Deltamac, Sil-Metropole

Cast: Richie Jen, Cecilia Cheung, William So Wing-hong, Eric Tsang

1999│Colour│Cantonese│Chinese subtitles│93 min

Onion (Richie Jen) lost his powers of sight and speech in his youth, but he remains cheerful and optimistic despite his condition. Working while receiving treatment at the hospital, he is good friends with everyone, from doctors and nurses to the security guards. He shares a special bond with Autumn (Cecilia Cheung), a nurse who often confides in him, but before the two can confess their feelings for each other, Onion gets hit by a moving vehicle in a traffic accident. After he wakes up, he is told that he has passed away, but is granted one wish. He asks for the opportunity to return and express his love to Autumn—but he has to do so within five days’ time and without revealing his real identity.

Cecilia Cheung, fresh from her luminous debut as club hostess in King of Comedy (1999), is delicate and enchanting as Autumn. Paired with Richie Jen’s wordless but emotional performance, and framed by the old‑world charm of the historical Béthanie transformed into a hospital, their fairy-tale-like love story is tinged with a sense of wistfulness and romance.

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