Hong Kong school hits back at filmmaker in row over Italian festival screening

A Hong Kong secondary school, Ying Wa Girls’ School, is in a dispute with the director and distributor of the documentary "To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self" over a planned screening at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, later this month. The school's supervisor, Reverend Eric So Shing-yit, sent a letter to students accusing the filmmaker and distributor of defaming the school's principal and placing her in an unjust position. This response follows distributor Golden Scene's announcement that the documentary would not be shown at the festival. The school claims the letter was necessary to clarify the facts of the dispute. The conflict centers around the integrity of the school's principal in relation to the film's content and distribution.