LATEST WORK
OBEDIENCE
2024 / 71min / Colour / 2.35:1 / Cantonese / Chi-Eng Subtitles / Documentary / Hong Kong
"The film’s socioeconomic and ecological enquiry is enriched by a subtly existentialist perspective that invites us to question the meaning of prosperity and well-being in a lopsided society. Looking beyond the glitz and glamour of Asia's World City, Obedience presents a face of Hong Kong rarely seen on screen." – International Film Festival Rotterdam
"With a sensitive lens and gentle yet critical perspective, the filmmaker shows the inseparable relationship between people and the society they live in, pondering the immeasurable weight of human dignity in a time and place that pursues progress and prosperity." - Hong Kong International Film Festival
"Wide-angle shots expose rarely seen urban landscapes, while the layered soundscape of city noise, workers' voices, and seamlessly integrated music creates an immersive experience – akin to listening to the city's heartbeat." - DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
"The questions raised by the film of who has space in the city and who are the people that suffer while others profit are important to our current time." - Zurich Film Festival
- International Film Festival Rotterdam - World Premiere (2024)
- Hong Kong International Film Festival - Firebird Competition - Jury Prize (2024)
- Taiwan International Documentary Festival - TIDF Visionary Award Nominee (2024)
- DMZ International Documentary Film Festival - Official Selection (2024)
- Zurich Film Festival - Official Selection (2024)
- West Lake International Documentary Festival - Glory of Documentary (2024)
- South Taiwan Film Festival - Documentary Competition (2024)
UPCOMING
THE WHISPER OF SUNLIGHT
2025 / Feature Documentary / Hong Kong
A tragedy of losing a young daughter who suffered from an incurable brain cancer offers an opportunity for a single-mother to reconcile with her own mother and to bond again.
Release Date: 2025 Spring
- CNEX Chinese Doc Forum (2021)
- TOKYO Docs (2021)
- Docs by the sea (2023) - No Nation Film Award
- CNEX Investing For Good (2023) - IFG Best Impact Potential Second Prize
- EBS Commissioning Pitch (2024) - Prime Award
PREVIOUS WORKS
FISH STORY
2013 / 72min / Colour / 16:9 / Cantonese / Chi-Eng Subtitles / Documentary / Hong Kong
J and Jacky are two inseparable best friends whose families share a subdivided flat. J is often left under the care of Jacky’s family when his mother returns to the Mainland to renew her residency permit. Soon, we see from J and Jacky’s classmates that such a living arrangement is not a unique situation. Wong Siu-pong’s documentary explores a new generation of immigrants from China who uprooted their lives to secure a Hong Kong education for their children. Told from the perspective of these children, the film shows that the real lessons for them aren’t in the classroom, but from struggling in poverty in the real world.
- Hong Kong Asian Film Festival - New Talent Award Nominee (2013)
- FIRST International Film Festival - Best Documentary (2014)
- Washington DC Chinese Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature Nominee (2014)
- South Taiwan Film Festival: nominated for South Award - Chinese Films Competition (2014)
- France Festival de film Écrans De Chine: Award Segalen Foundation (2014)
- Sichuan International Gold Panda Documentary Festival - Nomination Award (2014)
- Nanjing China Independent Film Festival (2014)
- Dalian Art Film Festival (2014)
- China’s Ten Best Documentary Awards (2014)
- China Academy Awards of Documentary Film - Nomination Award (2014)
SNUGGLE
2016 / 84min / Colour / 16:9 / Cantonese / Chi-Eng Subtitles / Documentary / Hong Kong
After recording the lives of Hong Kong’s children in Fish Story, Director Wong Siu-pong turns his camera to matters of life and death in his new documentary. For two years, Wong documented the lives of three families that are struggling to live beneath the torment of terminal illness. Over time, the subjects begin to rethink their ideas of death and filial obligations over visits to nursing homes, hospitals and even funeral homes. Commissioned by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, this gentle and devastatingly humanistic work shows the importance of love and companionship when we come face-to-face with mortality.
- Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (2016)
- Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards - Films of Merit (2017)
- FIRST International Film Festival - Documentary Feature Competition (2017)
- Taipei Film Festival (2017)
- South Taiwan Film Festival (2017)
- Singaporean Chinese Film Festival (2018)
3CM
2019 / 88min / Colour / 16:9 / Cantonese / Chi-Eng Subtitles / Documentary / Hong Kong
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a genetic disorder that causes noncancerous tumors to grow in different parts of the body. However, the Hong Kong government has been slow to allow treatment for the disease, especially in relaxing regulations for drugs that treat the tumors. After taking an in-depth look at ordinary citizens facing death in his critically-acclaimed documentary Snuggle, director Wong Siu-pong now turns his camera on Hong Kong’s medical system with this heartrending documentary about a young TSC patient who also lost her mother to the disease.
- Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (2019)
- Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival (2020)
- Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: Films of Merit (2021)
ABOUT
WONG Siu-pong is an independent documentarian, who was born in 1986 in Hong Kong. He is one of the first Hong Kong documentarians whose films have been screened in mainstream cinemas and streamers in both Hong Kong and Asia.
His first feature-length documentary, Fish Story (2013), won Best Documentary at FIRST International Film Festival. Snuggle (2016) and 3CM (2019) were both awarded the Films of Merit at Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.
As an observer of the city and its people, WONG is passionate about turning his eye to the society’s underrepresented and forgotten people.
Contact // siupong@twos.pictures