Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2008

To what extent and to what end can familial memoirs be (re-)experienced? Point of Departure converges scattered pieces of family history as Ng combines audio interviews, archival footage, and sites on 16mm film of Hong Kong to test the parallels between architectural spaces and the strength of personal memories.

Iris Ng was born in Toronto, Canada, and is a graduate of York University’s film production program. She is a director of photography of feature length and short narrative, documentary, and experimental films including Circa 1960 by Chris Curreri (Toronto International Film Festival in 2006), and Rushes for 5 Hats by Oliver Husain. The short documentary Point of Departure is her directorial debut.