Film Talk with Andrea Ufer, Producer of BE WATER – VOICES FROM HONG KONG

Moderation: Vera Drude


BE WATER – VOICES FROM HONG KONG, DE 2023, Lia Erbal


The fight for democracy in Hong Kong has long been a battle of
systems, as well as a brutal game of economic dependencies. With
a collage of found footage, interviews with experts and sketches
of the thoughts of young activists, the filmmaker paints a
picture of a city between wild hope for change and resignation to
the Chinese regime. 


Biography


Lia Erbal sees the work of Johann van der Keuken and her
encounters with Bela Tarr and György Ligeti as the most important
impulses for her work. Her films focus on the questions of
fundamental changes brought about by the era of economic
globalisation and what the upheavals do to the lives of each
individual. She searches for new ways of working and expressing
complexity, the dialogical and the change of perspective.