The Inquisition: Filmmaker Heiward Mak
The director, soon to turn 30, ponders her future ahead of the festival premiere of her fourth feature film
I'm not really sure because it hasn't been officially released in cinemas, although there's a director's cut that will screen [on August 12, 15 and 17] as part of the Summer International Film Festival. I'm very grateful that the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society accepted my film even though I submitted just a rough cut at the last minute.
At the beginning, I was looking to make an inspirational teenage movie. The film as a whole may be more family-friendly and approachable for a mass audience than my previous works. The subject matter of Uncertain Relationships Society is less adult-orientated than any of those films.
The oldest is 25 or 26. The story begins in 2008, when the characters are 17 or so, and ends in 2014. Many of the actors here were also in my first film, High Noon. There's a line in that film that asks: "What will we be doing in five years?" And this is what we've done. It's a gift to both myself and the actors.