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I Heard That They Are Not Going to See Each Other Anymore 傷心公園
I Heard That They Are Not Going to See Each Other Anymore 傷心公園

Wed 30 Sept

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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

I Heard That They Are Not Going to See Each Other Anymore 傷心公園

Ka Ki Wong's debut feature turns the streets of Taipei into a kaleidoscopic lucid dream, following two people trying to make love leave a mark. Screening as a UK premiere in the Hong Kong Film Festival UK's Experimental and Expanded strand, with an in-person Q&A with the director. SDH subtitles throughout and BSL interpretation for the post-screening discussion.

Time & Location

30 Sept 2026, 18:30 – 20:30

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH

About the event

Experimental and Expanded • UK Premiere • Q&A • SDH • BSL

Taiwan, Hong Kong, Türkiye, UK | 2026 | Colour | 86’

In Cantonese, Mandarin, Turkish and English with English subtitles

Dir.: Ka Ki Wong 黃嘉祺

Cast: Melih Selçuk, Elizabeth Tang 鄧濤, Shin Cheung 張毓軒, Wang Yu-Ping 王渝屏

Tao (Elizabeth Tang) is infatuated with Shin (Shin Cheung) and trying to invent a way to make their relationship leave an indelible mark on him — and the idea she lands on is to inflict pain, like sending gangs to beat him up on the street. Melih (Melih Selçuk), the Turkish owner of a noodle shop the couple frequents, is also struggling to connect with someone he’s in love with: Ping (Wang Yu-ping), who one day sent him a flower out of the blue. As Melih stares at the flower day after day, he gains an unexpected insight into Tao’s story, and the two develop an inexplicable connection with each other.

Playful, quirky, and poetic, Ka Ki Wong’s first feature transforms the streets of Taipei into a kaleidoscopic lucid dream, probing the relationship between connection, memory, and pain through the intertwined stories of her characters, whom the filmmaker interviews, leaving us unsure whether the answers are coming from the actors themselves or from the characters they play.

Followed by an in-person Q&A with Ka Ki Wong, moderated by Erin Li, Curator (Public Programmes and Residencies) at YDP.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation provided for post-screening discussion.


Find out more info or book your tickets on https://www.ica.art/films/hkff-i-heard-that-they-are-not-going-to-see-each-other-anymore-q-a


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