Funded by the Create Hong Kong and Hong Kong Film Development Fund, co-organized with the Golden Scene Cinema, this year Film Craft Workshops concluded successfully with presenting award-winning Japanese film director Naomi KAWASE on 27 March. Two workshops included one opened to public and one special session for students who came from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), were moderated by renowned film critic Mr. Thomas SHIN and HKAPA senior lecturer Mr. FUNG Ka Ming.

Two special screenings of director Naomi KAWASE’s representative works, “An” and “True Mothers” were arranged for both public and students of HKAFA, in order to foster a better understanding of the audience for director Naomi KAWASE. After the screenings, live virtual workshops were held respectively and comprised questions raised by the moderators and the audience. During the workshops, director Naomi KAWASE focused on “An” and “True Mothers” to share her filming process and techniques; she also shared her experiences on collaborating with French editor, filming documentaries and ways she communicated with actors/actresses, etc.