Video Premiere: Kowloon Forest – a virtual reality film follows five strangers finding intimacy in a changing Hong Kong
“Set in Hong Kong, it is a film about finding intimacy in a city of density,” director Alexey Marfin told HKFP. “It uses the format of VR to inhabit the tiny personal spaces of characters.” The film is set to premiere at Osage Gallery on July 5.
Marfin takes a wry look at the social dynamics that govern residents in contemporary cities. The film’s cast includes: Toonyun, a local musician; Sara Meredith, a Hong Kong-born actress and daughter of a domestic worker, who plays a Filipina maid; Raghuram Shetty, a spiritual teacher from South India who plays a Hong Kong-Indian astrologer; and Ming Lo, a Wall Street financier-turned-actor, who plays a Chinese businessman.
In contrast to VR films that take place in sprawling environments, Marfin said he hopes to bring audiences in extremely close to characters in moments of intimacy.
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