Spacked Out – 25th Anniversary (18)

On the 25th anniversary of its release, we celebrate Spacked Out – a rarely-seen landmark of Hong Kong independent cinema and a vivid time capsule of early 2000s fashion and culture.

Channelling the punkish energy of 1990s productions like Made in Hong Kong (Fruit Chan, 1997) and Kids (Larry Clark, 1995), Spacked Out follows four teenage girls wandering around Tuen Mun, spending their days hustling for cash, taking drugs, and sleeping around; preferring the company of delinquents and triads over their parents, teachers, and unsupportive institutions.

Spacked Out remains a riotous piece of social realism, a testament to found family, and a vital documentation of life for Hong Kong’s angry, queer, and disillusioned teenagers in the uncertain years after the 1997 handover to China. Produced by Johnnie To. 

Presented in partnership with Queer East. Screening from a recent digital restoration.

This screening will begin at the advertised time with no ads or trailers.