*The screenings on 9 Feb, 22 Feb, 24 Feb and 25 Feb are cancelled. Ticket holders will receive details of the refund arrangement via email.

Best known for her romantic comedies, filmmaker Mabel Cheung turns her lens on a group of schoolgirls at her alma mater for her latest coming-of-age documentary. Her camera follows six secondary school students for over a decade to witness the agony and ecstasy of growing up during a turbulent time in Hong Kong. As the girls find their own paths, they must come to terms with their family, their city, their future, and the making of this film.

The screening on 7 January will be followed by a post-screening talk in Cantonese with director Mabel Cheung and M+ Curator of Hong Kong Film and Media Li Cheuk-to.

Mabel Cheung (b. 1950, Hong Kong) studied at the University of Hong Kong before furthering her education at Bristol University and New York University. While in New York, she met fellow student Alex Law, who would become her long-time filmmaking partner. She won Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her debut feature Illegal Immigrant (1985). Her next film, An Autumn’s Tale (1987), starring Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung in New York, was a box office success and an instant classic in the romantic comedy genre. Later in her career, Cheung ventured into the historical drama genre with The Soong Sisters (1997) and A Tale of Three Cities (2015).