The Handbook of Suicide Prevention 防止自殺手冊
Hong Kong / 2022 / 30 mins / Colour / In Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles / Dir. Jonathan Ka Nok WONG
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2023 / 03 / 24 (FRI) - 2023 / 03 / 31 (FRI)
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When facing student suicides, what comes to our minds?
Another attempt at suicide in Berg’s College happened after a girl’s death in 2021. Teacher Cheung Ting bureaucratically explained that it was nothing but a misunderstanding. Three students from the AV team, Ka Wai, Ka Lok, and Chun, tried to investigate with documentary videos, although the truth seemed to cascade away……
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Jonathan Wong Ka Nok was born in Hong Kong, a graduate of the HKAPA School of Film and Television, majoring in cinematography. "The Handbook of Suicide Prevention" is his first short film. He hopes to ignite conversations between different minds by visualising his way of seeing.
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Numerous students have committed suicide in Hong Kong since 2016. Absurd bureaucratic phrases and the authority's silly "No-suicide contract" bring us here to write about it (Thanks to Gidens). As an outsider, it is hard for us to offer a helping hand to a stranger. Would things be better if they were someone we know? How powerless is it when it comes to this?
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Special Mention at 16th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival 202
