Semi | 半熟時光

Goal 參與目標
Funds, Distribution Partner, Festival Screening
籌集資金、發行夥伴、電影節放映

Logline 故事摘要
A pair of 13-year-old friends, who survived the chaos of the city and the pandemic, resume a normal life that is abruptly shattered end when one of them takes his own life.
在滿城烽火又肺炎肆虐的日子之後，香港漸漸復常，一對十三歲的摰友過著半熟的美好時光，隨著其中一人突然自殺身亡而戛然中止。

Synopsis 故事大綱
Guk and Lun are two thirteen-year-old best friends, who survived the chaos of the city and the pandemic. Their normal life abruptly ends when Lun kills himself. 
The teachers and the headmaster, as adults, are caught off guard by Lun’s suicide and have to deal with his death with composure. Guk becomes a matter of concern for everyone, as he cannot accept that Lun, who was far better off in terms of family and studies, committed suicide without any hints. 
Counselling, police questioning and support from Guk’s family all fail to help him come to terms with Lun’s sudden departure. The memories of the “coming-of-age” times he shared with his best friend are the only thing that keeps resurfacing in his mind. Meanwhile, those people around Guk are leaving the city one by one, he struggles to understand, but is being taught to accept it and say goodbye.

阿谷與子麟是一對十三歲的摰友，渡過了滿城烽火又肺炎肆虐的日子後，兩人一起升上中學。復常而美好的時光，隨著子麟毫無預警地自殺身亡而戛然中止。
成年人如老師、校長也都措手不及，卻要冷靜地處理子麟的死亡，阿谷面對自己成為所有人的關切對象，卻無法明白在家境、學業各方面條件都遠遠比他優勝的子麟，自殺離逝的真相。
心理輔導、警察查問、摯親開導，都無法讓阿谷原諒這位忽然拋下自己離開的摯友，他的腦海中只有不停重現與子麟一起渡過的半熟時光⋯⋯而讓阿谷更不懂的是，身邊的人都要一一離開這座城市，更教導他要去接受，好好道別⋯⋯

Director’s Statement 導演闡述
This is a Hong Kong film that tells the story of a teenage boy grappling with parting with his dearest friend. As we look back at the past few years, we have all faced various occasions of separation, big or small. Yet it has become a wordless ache, a sorrowful weight that we now seem to bear in silence.
Despite being only 13 years old, the number of times he experienced “separation” in Hong Kong is more than anyone else who has ever grown up here. I always hope to explore the changing environment of the past few years from the perspective of a child, to reveal why, for adults, when “staying” or “leaving” happens in this most familiar place, some people treat it seriously and indifferently. 
As a teenage boy facing life and death in this harsh moment, I hope to leave this for Hong Kong and the world audience the beautiful sorrow of Hong Kong people in a new era of stability. If this Hong Kong story, which is based on the theme of suicide, can serve as a sort of cure for those who are still here, that is its greatest meaning.

《半熟時光》是一部講述半熟少年面對摯友死亡的新香港電影，回顧過去數年，我們在這裡都面對了許多大大小小的「別離」，不能言喻。
對於一個13歲孩子來說，在時下香港所經歷的，早已超出所能接受。我希望站於小孩的純真角度，去發掘這幾年的人和事，拆解對成人來說也很難接受的「生離死別」，當無可避免地在最熟悉的土地上發生時，我們又能如何自救⋯⋯
電影以沉穩的長鏡頭紀錄小孩處於平穩新時代的美麗哀愁、無形壓力，再以純真眼光面對殘酷真相。這是一部以自殺為題材講述香港故事的電影，能夠作為某種治癒，去撫慰仍在這裡堅持的人，是它極重大的意義。

LEUNG Kin Pong 梁健邦
LEUNG studied film and television at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and graduated in Directing. His first short film, Little by Little, won the Best Feature (Short Film) Award at Monterrey International Film Festival in Mexico. In 2019, he directed his first TV drama Alpha Maria, which was selected as the only drama production to represent Hong Kong at INternational PUblic Television Screening Conference (INPUT).

梁氏於香港演藝學院電影電視導演系畢業，在學首部短片《井裡的時光》即獲墨西哥蒙特雷國際電影節最佳劇情短片大獎，2019年導演首部電視劇《萬輻瑪利亞》，成唯一香港作品入選 INPUT 世界公視大展。

WONG Wan Sze 王韻詩
WONG has produced and directed numerous productions since 2011. Her works are gender-diverse. In 2019, French-Hong Kong actor Sony CHAN was cast in the lead role in Alpha Maria, the first Hong Kong TV drama to feature a transgender actor, which sparked media interest; in 2020, her film project Love to Bits, was selected for Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2021.

於2011年起擔任監製、策劃及編導，作品具性別多元，2019年《萬輻瑪利亞》起用法籍華裔香港演員Sony CHAN，為本港首部跨性別演員主演的電視劇，引發關注；2021年入選香港亞洲電影投資會。

Film Unit / Production Company 影像單位 / 製作公司
Electric Diamond Production Limited 電鑽重創影像有限公司
Electric Diamond Production was founded by WONG Wan Sze and LEUNG Kin Pong. It produces professional and unique works. Alpha Maria, Radio Television Hong Kong’s outsourced drama, is noted for its bold theme and high standard, compared with the dramas of three major television channels through media. In recent years, its works have been selected for numerous script competitions and investment conferences.

電鑽重創影像由導演王韻詩和梁健邦成立，作品具專業水平又別樹一格，《萬輻瑪利亞》為香港政府電視台外判劇集，題材大膽與水準之高，被傳媒與三大商營電視台同時段劇集比較。近年多次入選電影劇本比賽及投資會議。