The Works：Interview with Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang, Isaac Chong's time and history & in th

Two weeks ago we spoke to German film director Werner Herzog about his work, including his recent documentary on volcanoes, the distinctions, if any, between fiction and documentary, and the impact of technology on filmmaking. He was here for the Hong Kong International Film Festival, as was Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang.
Tsai’s latest film is a virtual reality movie, “The Deserted”. We spoke to him about it.
Berlin-based Hong Kong artist Isaac Chong Wai uses performance art to deal with history and memory and how they relate to public spaces and monuments. The starting point for his research on his newest project is the Nazi period in Germany. In “Future of the Past – Past of the Future: Creating Time in Public Space Through Performance” at the Goethe Institute, Chong asks what those public spaces could mean for our past and our future.

Pianist, composer, arranger and producer Patrick Lui composes for feature films, television programmes and theatrical works. He is also known for his collaboration with Cantopop band, RubberBand, and as a keyboardist accompanying singer Eason Chan. But he’s also into jazz. He’s here to tell us more.