Tai Kwun Movie Steps Celebrates Summer with Four Films

Why We Recommend it

This sweltering summer, Tai Kwun Movie Steps holds a three-day screening of Benson Koo’s The Perks of Being Wild and three short films, celebrating childhood memories, nostalgia and family.

Description

Bensoon Koo’s The Perks of Being Wild is screening at Tai Kwun’s JC Cube during a three-day event called Tai Kwun Movie Steps – Summer of Wild Grass. A film about three kids and a dog on misadventures and growing up, it is also screened at the Hong Kong Kids International Film Festival 2025. Celebrating childhood memories and nostalgia through the lens of independent filmmakers in Hong Kong, there will also be screenings of three short films by two directors together with Koo’s film: Game Rules, See You and My Besties by Chan Wing-ki and When Grandma Turns Orange by Ho Sze-wai.

Aside from the film screenings, a post-screening sharing by Koo, directors and interviewees of the short films will also be held each day. Tai Kwun guided tours are also available for audiences before screenings. Please note that films will be in Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles, while post-screening sharings will be held in Cantonese. Registration for each film screening and guided tour is required.

Details

When: 1 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025 Where: JC Cube, Tung Yuen Building – 7 Chancery Lane – Central