"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……

南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……

"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

穿越中华文脉，历史朝代为主题，用美文做剧本，用声音做表演。每场邀请多位嘉宾同台围读，涵盖演绎名家、音乐名家、文化学者，畅读国人必读经典。自2021年以来，穿越8个朝代，包括先秦风雅、泱泱汉风、魏晋风骨、大唐风华、大宋风韵、大元曲韵、昭昭大明和大清文华。

穿越中华文脉，历史朝代为主题，用美文做剧本，用声音做表演。每场邀请多位嘉宾同台围读，涵盖演绎名家、音乐名家、文化学者，畅读国人必读经典。自2021年以来，穿越8个朝代，包括先秦风雅、泱泱汉风、魏晋风骨、大唐风华、大宋风韵、大元曲韵、昭昭大明和大清文华。

作品是香港著名作家西西的紀錄片，然而妙處在於片中卻無西西登場。創作原意是要用西西的作品談西西本人。這位生於 1938 年的資深作家，個性低調。不出鏡，既符合作者原意，也把觀眾對主角的理解交托到文學著作手上。 　　映片長六十三分鐘，內容主要是由多位作者、藝術家、評論家、學者，以至普通讀者，包括劉群章、許迪鏘、邱禮濤、梁寶山、黃怡、袁兆昌、廖偉棠、文思慧、鄧小樺、馬麗華及小西，先後飾演「朗讀人」，讀一段西西，說一段西西。所讀片段皆來自西西經典之作，而所說則為讀後感之抒發，及敘述讀後的行動，以反映西西作品的生活及社會意義。影片輔以郭達俊、溫美妍、曹祺、黃志輝、花苑、鄭逸宇及 Mavis Chan 的藝術創作。「簡言之，是向作家西西致意的一部謙卑製作。」 　　首映會由香港中文大學書寫力量、香港中文大學中國語言及文學系、香港中文大學逸夫書院及進一步多媒體有限公司合力舉行。

作品是香港著名作家西西的紀錄片，然而妙處在於片中卻無西西登場。創作原意是要用西西的作品談西西本人。這位生於 1938 年的資深作家，個性低調。不出鏡，既符合作者原意，也把觀眾對主角的理解交托到文學著作手上。 　　映片長六十三分鐘，內容主要是由多位作者、藝術家、評論家、學者，以至普通讀者，包括劉群章、許迪鏘、邱禮濤、梁寶山、黃怡、袁兆昌、廖偉棠、文思慧、鄧小樺、馬麗華及小西，先後飾演「朗讀人」，讀一段西西，說一段西西。所讀片段皆來自西西經典之作，而所說則為讀後感之抒發，及敘述讀後的行動，以反映西西作品的生活及社會意義。影片輔以郭達俊、溫美妍、曹祺、黃志輝、花苑、鄭逸宇及 Mavis Chan 的藝術創作。「簡言之，是向作家西西致意的一部謙卑製作。」 　　首映會由香港中文大學書寫力量、香港中文大學中國語言及文學系、香港中文大學逸夫書院及進一步多媒體有限公司合力舉行。