Simon Chung Tak-sing (), is a

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film director. His films include ''Innocent'', released in 2005, ''End of Love'' which premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009,Simon Chung
Publisher:''Festival Scope.com.'' Retrieved: 24 January 2016. and '' Speechless'', released in 2012, and which premiered at the BFI 26th ''London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival'' (since renamed '' BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival''), on 28 March 2012. Chung is gay.

Early life and education

Chung was born and brought up in Hong Kong, and from the age of fifteen, in the city of

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, where he attended high school. He was later educated at

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in Toronto, where he majored in Film, followed by

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, in

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in Hong Kong, where he made his first independent films in the technical department and at the

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in Shatin, in Hong Kong's

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, where he took a master's degree in Cultural Studies.

Life and career

Chung's first film short was ''Chiwawa Express'', made in 1992. His first full-length feature film, ''Innocent'', made in 2005, premiered at the

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and won the NFB Best Canadian Film Award at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. His second feature, ''End of Love'', premiered at the

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in 2009, while his third, ''Speechless'', premiered at the BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. He is a founding member of Ying e Chi, an independent film distributor in Hong Kong.

Filmography

* ''I Miss You When I See You'' (2018) * '' Speechless'' (2012) * ''End of Love'' (2009) * ''Innocent'' (2005)

Film shorts

* ''First Love and Other Pains'' (1999) * ''Stanley Beloved'' (1998) * ''Life is Elsewhere'' (1996) * ''Chiwawa Express'' (1992)

Awards

* Distinguished Award for ''End of Love'' at the 2009 Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards (IFVA) * NFB Best Canadian Film Award for ''Innocent'' at the 2005 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival * Special Jury Prize for ''Life is Elsewhere'' at the 1997 Image Forum Festival in

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References

External links

Speechless (2012)
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