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Today it is our very special honour to introduce to you 15-year-old Ewan Windebank, a Hong Kong filmmaker whose film The Recital won two of the most important awards at the Across Asia Youth Film Festival 2018 (AAYFF, www.aayff.com, supported by HBO, Disney and Mediacorp), held by the Tanglin Trust School in Singapore:

Best Film (Age 13-15)
Best Film 2018

In this post you can watch the award-winning version and a slightly longer version here: youtu.be/NGuZDYegxFc

Ewan spelt out his motivation to make The Recital in a recent interview:

There was a girl in my school who seemed like a bad person; she treated everyone poorly, never smiled, and always snapped back, especially when she lost marks. She was extremely smart but she would fight teachers endlessly to try and get that one mark deduction removed. No one liked her really, I mean, how could you? But then one day, I saw her with her mother after school. The girl hesitantly handed a report card to her mother and immediately she started shouting. It was really harsh. I heard the mother say that one mark could mean life or death. But she genuinely got 97% on her average. I found that crazy but then I realised, it’s actually quite common in Hong Kong and it sort of goes unnoticed.

anza.org.sg/2018/06/04/10-mins-with-ewan-windebank/

We are already looking forward to Ewan's next film. ... See moreSee less