Hong Kong is in a constant state of flux. In the name of development, some locales and neighborhoods that once held individual and communal significance have ceased to exist. This series of short films pays tribute to some of the disappearing beauty of Hong Kong’s past.

Commissioned by M+, Dorothy Cheung uses new and archival images to express her feelings towards Yau Ma Tei in Reverberation (2023). In the desktop documentary Lost and Found (2023), she delves into her practice and her personal connection with Yau Ma Tei.

Anson Mak presents a newly produced film Frame by Frame—Kwun Tong Yu Man Square (2024) for this programme, which consists of images she captured in the now demolished town centre and a soundtrack she created with Chinese music played by the local tailors. In Goodbye (2006), a music video for the eponymous song by the indie band Fan Hung A, Mak makes use of archival footage made on 16 mm film, Super 8, and DV tapes to reminisce the old Star Ferry Pier.

Set at the same Stary Ferry Pier, French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s Central (2001) focuses on an unnamed narrator waiting for her brother to arrive. The Hong Kong depicted is both familiar and alienating.