Twentytиǝwt

Hong Kong / Experimental / 00:07:00 min

Shot entirely from an apartment on the 36th floor of a high-rise building, the images in this experimental animation survey large parts of Hong Kong’s cityscape, drawing attention to the individual lives hidden inside its buildings - together alone, collectively sequestered. Initially recorded in 2020 and completed in 2023 with the advantage of critical distance, Twentytиǝwt (“Twenty-Twenty”) attempts to encapsulate the darkness, confinement, and uncertainty of 2020 – the year of the global pandemic and the introduction of Hong Kong’s national security law.
Friday, 23rd Aug. 21:00
Block 13
Cafe Cup


Film maker
Max Hattler

Max Hattler is a German-born experimental animator and audiovisual artist interested in the space between abstraction and representation, where storytelling is freed from the constraints of traditional narrative. His practice contemplates microcosms, moments, and atmospheres: close-ups as reflections on the big picture, and aesthetics as reflections on politics. While his works are devoid of dialogue, they explore the relationship between sound, music and the moving image. After studying at Goldsmiths and the Royal College of Art in London—and for one semester at Escuela de Cine de Madrid—he completed a doctorate in fine art at the University of East London. Max Hattler is a tenured Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong. His work has been shown worldwide and has received prizes from Annecy Animation Festival, Prix Ars Electronica, Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Punto y Raya Festival, Cannes Lions and London International Animation Festival, among many others.