大家一起玩，才好玩  | The More, The Merrier

故事摘要

Logline

在新界做了十多年農夫的幾位「社運青年」，為人父母後選擇「在家教育」代替傳統學習，於大自然中開辦了另類親子中心 – Kids Club，和孩子一同流動、共學。

As the patriotic education looms, a group of parents, with the background of being activists and farming, fight back in their own way and start an alternative home-schooling centre: “Kids Club”.

故事大綱

Synopsis

幾位當年的「社運青年」，在香港新界做了十多年的農夫。為人父母後，他們選擇「在家教育」，甚至開辦了一所另類親子中心 – Kids Club。

不斷有朋友遠走他鄉，他們雖憂心卻選擇留下。Kids Club的教學既帶來希望，也對他們的知識、體力和耐心提出挑戰；疲勞和焦慮在所難免。他們不時與即將離開的朋友告別，又盡力做好每一次的教學。由幾萬呎的農田和數千呎的大屋所構成的Kids Club，成為他們信心與力量的來源。

隨著時間推移，他們感到惴惴不安：房東是否會續約？房租是否會調漲？一切看起來雖不穩定，但每一天又過得很有意義，他們總能找到堅持下去的理由。太陽升起落下，孩子長大，亂世歲月如此珍貴，何況他們還有不朽的友誼。

Under the regime’s implementation of patriotic education to preschool children, this group of parents, with a background of being activists, fight back in their own way. Having worked as farmers in Hong Kong’s New Territories for over a decade, they decide to establish an alternative home-schooling centre: “Kids Club”. Amid the city’s deteriorating conditions, they keep receiving news of friends emigrating to foreign countries. Though they are worried, they still choose to stay. 

The teaching and co-learning experiences at Kids Club bring them hope but also pose challenges to their knowledge, energy and patience. Fatigue and anxiety are unavoidable, but they still do their best in every lesson they teach. The kids also have to face their own conflicts in order to grow and make progress, and resolution always arrives through communication. In this self-built playground, they can remove themselves from the over-urbanised city and retreat into the diminishing wilderness, the fluidity, the coexistence of humans and animals of Hong Kong’s rural area.

As the sun rises and sets, they witness the growth of the children. Life in troubled times is so precious especially when there is enduring friendship between them.

導演闡述

Director’s Statement

這是我朋友們的故事，也是我的孩子與他朋友們的故事。我和孩子在Kids Club學會了種植，如今也與朋友們的家庭一起共學。我不只想拍攝他們外觀上的生活和工作，也不僅想講出一則故事，而是希望對這段時光中人們的精神活動有一次「紀錄」。我不想做一齣悲情的電影，或者只是讚美；我想像中好的傳播效果，是當非香港的觀眾，或數十年後的觀眾看到這部片時，也能與自身生活和生命經驗產生連結。

This is a story about my friends and my child and his friends. We learn to farm at Kids Club together. I want to do more than just filming how they live and work. It is not just about our mission. I want to keep a record of these people’s spiritual journeys. It is not my intention to showcase a sad tale nor to marvel at what they have achieved. The best outcome I imagine would be for audiences not from Hong Kong or those who will watch this documentary decades later to find a connection with their own lives and life experiences.

總預算

Total Budget

US $109,377

應亮 

YING Liang

獨立電影導演、講師和策展人，代表作有：《背鴨子的男孩》、《我還有話要說》、《九月二十八日·晴》（短片）、《自由行》等。本次項目《大家一起玩，才好玩》，為其首部紀錄長片。

YING Liang is an independent filmmaker, lecturer and curator. His notable films are Taking Father Home (2005), When Night Falls (2012), A Family Tour (2018) and A Sunny Day (2016) (Short). The More, The Merrier is his first documentary feature project. 

任硯聰

YAM Yin-cheung, Peter

監製作品《亂世備忘》獲2017年山形國際紀錄片影展小川紳介賞，並入圍金馬奬最佳紀錄片；《地厚天高》獲2018年台灣國際紀錄片影展華人紀錄片評審團特別獎；《迷航》獲第57屆金馬獎最佳紀錄片。 

Peter YAM is an independent film producer. He produced Yellowing, which won the Ogawa Shinsuke Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival; Lost in the Fumes, which won the Special Jury Prize of the Chinese Documentary Award at the 11th Taiwan International Documentary Festival; and Lost Course, which won the Best Documentary at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards. 

羅昊培

Prescott LAW

生於香港，曾參與紀錄片和長片剪接。作品《庇里牛斯山的城堡》入圍第一屆平地學生電影節； 2018年鮮浪潮作品《離境》獲第二十四屆ifva比賽公開組評審推薦。曾於文學平台「虛詞」、《字花》等發表影評。 

Based in Hong Kong, Prescott LAW has participated in the editing of documentaries and feature films. His work The Castle in the Pyrenees was nominated at the 1st Ground Up Student Film Festival. His directing work Lacuna was selected in the 12th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival and as the Jury Recommendation at the 24th ifva Awards (Open Category). He has published several film reviews online and in literature platforms.

影像單位 / 製作公司

Film Unit / Production Company

七十志製作公司

70 Plus Production Company