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Homecoming and Going

逆留

Kristie KO

  • 20 min
  • 2025
  • Fiction
  • Cantonese, English
  • English and Chinese Subtitles

Canadian Premiere

Content Advisory: This film contains scenes of tobacco use; substance use

The 19th Fresh Wave International Short Film FestivalAudience Award

8:00 PM, MON, NOV 23

Screening with Dear Kankan (17 min), Delay (15 min), Other Side of a Seesaw (22 min), The Girl Next Door (15 min)

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Emily has just arrived in London, while her old friend Megan prepares to return to Hong Kong and hand over her flat. One is settling in; the other uprooting herself once again. For those caught in between, returning and leaving can carry the same quiet ache.

Director

Kristie KO - Headshot

Kristie KO is a writer and director based between Hong Kong and London. Her short films have screened at Fresh Wave, Golden Harvest, Shanghai and Asian American International Film Festival. She is a USC graduate, Tribeca Through Her Lens and HAF Film Lab alum.

Credits

  • DirectorKristie KO
  • Principal CastJoanne LEUNG, Bonde SHAM, Boing YUEN
  • ProducerSophia SHEK
  • ScreenplayKristie KO
  • CinematographerNatalie A. CHAO
  • Production DesignerDavid HURTADO
  • EditorJonny HO
  • SoundLI Ka Wai
  • MusicCEHRYL
Homecoming and Going