TO FREELY FLOURISH

2017年，澳大利亚悉尼，正值婚姻平权激辩的高潮，“爱”这个词随处可见。但对彼得来说，这位出生于澳大利亚的华裔青少年，正在探索自己的性取向，真正困扰他的却是爱与家庭的意义。父母的不断争吵，以及父亲的冷漠与他在政治运动中，所看到的理想形象截然不同。在这个时候，一位新的钢琴老师进入了他的生活，改变了一切。她激励彼得通过对音乐的热爱，找到属于自己的意义。

It is 2017 in Sydney Australia, in the height of the Marriage Equality debate, and the word “Love” is everywhere. But for Peter, an Australian-born Chinese adolescent exploring his sexuality, it is the meaning of love and family itself that he is grappling with, against the background of his parents’ constant bickering and his father’s aloofness resembling nothing of the ideals he sees in the political campaigns. This is when a new piano teacher enters his life and changes everything. She inspires him to find his own meaning through his passion for music.

导演：胡浩端
编剧：胡浩端
主演：胡李龙、Grace Ho、丘瑞婷
制片人：胡浩端、Jude Ella
摄影：Jude Ella
类型：剧情短片
时长：39分27秒
完成时间：2024年
对白语言：粤语、汉语普通话、英语
地区：澳大利亚
制片公司：Victor Wu Productions

Director: Victor Wu
Screenwriter: Victor Wu
Cast: Lelong Hu, Grace Ho, Sel Hiew
Producer: Victor Wu, Jude Ella
Cinematographer: Jude Ella
Genre: Feature short film
Length: 39min 27s
Year: 2024
Dialogue: Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English
Region: Australia
Production Company: Victor Wu Productions

我是说故事的人，出生于香港，并成长于澳大利亚，具有广东潮州-马来西亚背景，致力于讲述以角色内心张力为铺陈、探索边缘和交织性的故事。我是长年的影迷，尤其热爱那些带有角色内心张力、社会反思、生活片段元素的电影。基于对这些领域的兴趣，我开始写剧本和戏剧，因为这几乎是我唯一能应对这些令我沉思又具挑战性议题的方式。新冠疫情改变了我们对生活的看法，我也不例外。这让我在日常工程师工作之外，花了更多时间和精力在艺术追求上。我在2021年初写下了这个剧本，然后我决定要把这个对我来说十分重要的构思给完整起来。这几年，我收到了许多有建设性的反馈，但一直未能找到对此项目感兴趣的电影制片人。后来我意识到，我所喜爱的电影和对这部电影有主要参考意义的影片，都是由编剧兼导演拍摄的。于是我了解，我必须亲自来拍这部电影，才能让我的愿景在银幕上实现。2023年末，我决定延长我软体工程师的休假，专注于这个电影项目。2024年初，我与Jude Ella合作，他成为该片的联合制片人和摄影师，我们在艺术目标和愿景上有很深的共鸣。那时，这个项目才真正启动。

Queer Australian storyteller born in Hong Kong of Cantonese Teochew-Malaysian background, interested in telling character driven stories that explore experiences on the margins and intersection. For many years I was a cinephile with taste for slice-of-life and subtle character-driven cinema often with a social commentary element. From that interest I started writing screenplays and plays as a hobby since it was often the only way I knew how to deal with challenging issues that I found myself ruminating on. As for many, the pandemic had given me a changed perspective on life, which saw me spend a lot more time and energy on my artistic pursuits outside my day job as an engineer. I wrote this screenplay at the beginning of 2021 and due to how important this screenplay was to me personally, I decided to pursue the project. For a few years I had some great constructive feedback on my script but had always failed to find filmmakers interested in taking on the project. But then I realised all the films that I loved and were main reference points for my film, were all made by writer directors. I realised I had to be the one to make this film to see my vision alive on screen. End of 2023, I decided to take an extended career break from software engineering to pursue this film project. And in early 2024, I was connected to Jude Ella as a co-producer and cinematographer, who I felt a strong affinity to in our artistic purpose and vision. That was when the project took flight.

对移民家庭来说，让子女绽放往往是他们的唯一焦点。但真正让我们的孩子和社区蓬勃发展的意义是什么呢？
这是一个关于尽管充满爱，但因未能看见孩子真实模样而导致家庭关系疏远的故事。它讲述了酷儿如何在我们周围日常生活；如何通过公开真实地生活，帮助我们社区中的人重新与他们所爱的人建立联系。这也是一个关于追求热情的故事，探索那些深刻的生活课题带给我们的启示。
我想制作一部充满希望的电影，来连结我们亚洲酷儿离散社群中的人们，并共同激励与疗愈。也借此激励更广泛的亚洲离散社群，共同进步与成长。如果您想分享这部电影到您的社群或朋友圈，请使用以下链接，万分感谢：https://www.tofreelyflourishthefilm.com.au/screenings-events

For our children to flourish, is often the singular focus of migrant families. But what does it really mean for our children and our communities to truly flourish?
A story about family disconnection despite the most loving efforts, simply due to failing to see your child as their whole self. A story about the power of ordinary everyday queer visibility; how simply living openly and truthfully helps others in our communities find that connection again with those they love. A story about the power of pursuing our passions, and the profound life lessons they teach us.
I wanted to make a hopeful film to help those in our Queer Asian diaspora communities on a journey of healing, and to inspire the much needed progress in the wider Asian diaspora communities. If you want to help this film reach your community please visit:
https://www.tofreelyflourishthefilm.com.au/screenings-events