Mad World (2016) 一念無明 Dir. Wong Chun Mad World is the last film I saw in 2017. As I was watching it, I thought of a quote from the animated feature of The Little Prince (2015) – “Growing up is not the problem. Forgetting is.” Interestingly, the film also makes a direct reference to the original Little Prince, quoting “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Growing up, we are inevitably subject to social conditioning in

Lost in the Fumes (2017) 地厚天高 Dir. Nora Lam I’m so proud of my HKU schoolmates who contributed to this genuine documentary on Edward Leung. Despite its unsatisfactory audio quality and subtitles, it gives an honest account of the 26-year-old’s ups and downs (mostly downs) following the 2016 by-election. While Leung is known as a radical localist, the director eschews political discourse with the aim of revealing his private, depoliticised side. The English title of the film,