I am fine, thank you. + Panel Discussion
Narrating Migration- HKFFUK X Amnesty International UK • Discussion • SDH • BSL
3 Oct 2026 (Sat) • 13:15 • Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
UK | 2026 | Colour | 79’
In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles
Dir.: Kanas Liu 廖潔雯 and Sui-Ting Kong 江瑞婷
I am fine, thank you. documents the stories of Hongkongers who migrated to the UK after 2019, as each gradually settled into a new life in the country while finding their own way to connect with memories of the homeland.
How are you? A simple greeting can often be the most difficult question to answer — if you take it seriously enough, and if the person asking cares enough to learn the details. For many Hongkongers, it is easiest to spare the details: the complicated experience and feelings of leaving Hong Kong for some years and settling in a country where the language, culture and climate are vastly different from home, and brush it off with a generic ESL textbook-like answer. But how are they, really?
This documentary originated from the ‘We Are Hongkongers’ research project, funded by the British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship. Eleven Hongkongers who have moved to the UK since 2019 participated in sharing their experiences and feelings in multiple filmed visits. This film features a few of these participants’ stories.
Followed by a panel discussion with co-directors Sui-Ting Kong and Kanas Liu, Tsang Chi-ho of Nowhere UK 飛地英國, and Mona Jamil, community-oriented organiser and civic engagement lead at the Migration Museum. Moderated by Global journalist and editor Jessie Lau.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation provided for post-screening discussion. Presented in partnership with Amnesty International UK(AIUK).
Content warning: this work contains footage of police violence at protest scenes and strong language which some individuals may find distressing.
Panelists
Sui-Ting Kong is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University. She was awarded a British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship in 2021 to work on transnational social work and the Hongkonger diaspora in the UK for three years, looking at the contested identities of Hongkongers and how these shape community and home-building in the UK. She also collaborates with the British Association of Social Workers to develop a national curriculum and workplace support for Hong Kong diaspora social workers who have recently moved to the UK.
Kanas Liu produced and directed more than 10 documentary films (shorts and features) such as Comrades and Van Drivers. Her documentaries were screened at international film festivals in many countries such as Germany, Switzerland, the US, South Korea and Taiwan. Her award winning documentary short “Comrades” was nominated in Berlinale and the Chicago International Film Festival. I am fine, thank you. is her second documentary feature.
Tsang Chi Ho is a Hong Kong media professional and a current news and political YouTuber. He is best known for his long-running work with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), where he co-hosted the iconic satirical TV show Headliner 頭條新聞. He is also a co-founder of Nowhere UK—a cultural organisation and book hub operating under the Nowhere Global network, which was originally founded in Taipei by a group of Hong Kong emigrants.
Mona Jamil is a community-oriented coordinator with experience in co-production and co-curation. They are passionate about work that creatively examines connections across the globe, identity, and underrepresented histories. Mona has been a part of the Migration Museum since 2016, and manages the museum’s civic engagement initiatives. She has worked with people seeking sanctuary in a number of capacities, and as the child of Iraqi refugees, they are personally and professionally invested in work that uplifts those that have been displaced.
Moderator
Jessie Lau is a feminist writer and journalist from Hong Kong. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, Times Literary Supplement, WIRED, The Economist and many more publications. She founded New Tide, Britain’s only East and Southeast Asian journalism network, and serves on the board at NüVoices, a non-profit supporting women and minorities working on China topics. Jessie also edits at Translator, a magazine of translated journalism, and teaches journalism at Kingston University.
