What does it mean to remember a city that is constantly rewriting itself?
We are delighted to come together with Associação Audio-Visual CUT (Macao) to co-present a special screening of “Made In Macao: Random Access Memory“.
Since the 1999 handover, marking its transition from Portuguese colony to Chinese Special Administrative Region, Macao has hovered in a state of perpetual liminality.
The programme brings together five short films from Macao — spanning docu-fiction, animation, essay film, cine-magic, and everything in between. Each work functions as a distinct spatio-temporal coordinate, and collectively they form a moving database of a city in flux. The colonial ghosts emerge as unstable forms of memory: manipulated, rewritten, and abruptly erased. Neon lights and mechanical rhythms overload the senses, while bodies, sounds, and consciousness mutate amidst rapid transformation. Family memories linger like afterimages between these shifting landscapes. Across these films, fragmented histories and lived experiences are woven into an evolving portrait of Macao — a city that forgets even as its people continue to remember.
Films:
- Ah Ming’s Macau丨dir. Chu Iao Ian丨1996丨32 min.
- Mui丨dir. Wong Weng Chon丨2021丨8 min.
- Flôr de Panchão丨dir. Kate Ao Ngan Wa丨2025丨16 min.
- Dirty Eye丨dir. Lao Keng U丨2025丨13 min.
- The Unearthed Memory丨dir. Ho Kueng Lon丨2022丨23 min.
The screening is followed by a Q&A session moderated by Dr. Narius Kairys. 3 directors from Macao, including Keng U Lao, Kate Ngan Wa Ao and Kueng Lon Ho will be present for the discussion.
Time: June 5th, 7:30 PM (Friday)
Venue: „Meno avilys“ cinematheque
Event is free of charge. Registration required: https://forms.gle/C4pJtN5wZT57w3B39
Co-Organised by “Meno Avilys” & Associação Audio-Visual CUT (Macao).
Curated by Keng U Lao.