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  • Dubai Youth Film Festival 2019 – Best Performance
  • Across Asia Youth Film Festival 2018 – Best Film
  • Rosaryhill Secondary School Student Council – President (2017-18) & Vice-president (2018-19)
  • The 31st HKSAR Outstanding Students Selection – Top Ten Outstanding Student (2018)
  • Wan Chai District Outstanding Young Persons Selection 2018 (Secondary School Section)

Six years ago, I was nowhere near qualified to graduate to secondary school. With an ‘F’ grade in almost all of my subjects, a conduct grade dismally low and no real heart to change for the better, it isn’t hard to figure out why no school would accept such a student. That time was only six years ago, which gives you an idea of how much this award really means to me.

It really has been quite a journey, and it was not an easy or immediate change, but I am pretty certain it all started when my mum told me that “you can achieve anything as long as you put your heart and mind to it.” It sounds a bit cliché but that was the push I needed, because it was those words that led me down the path to who I am today.

To be honest, it took me a while to fully understand what my mum was trying to say. Now it seems like day and night but at the time, I really did not know what I was doing. I had no real concept of a dream, no plans for the future, even ‘friends’ was a long shot for me. But after I entered secondary school, I vowed that I would start doing ‘something’ with my life, whatever that might have been.

I started by giving everything a shot, even if I am unsure about it, because that is the only way I can know whether I actually liked it or not. So that was exactly what I did, I gave absolutely everything a try. From musical instruments to engineering, I looked everywhere to find something I could truly chase with a passion. It was not until two years ago I found it – filmmaking.

It simply started when I got into a brief course on scriptwriting and it all sprouted from there. My whole life started revolving around writing scripts – every lesson I had, every spare moment, I would even lose sleep to it. I had finally found something that I could call a passion. I did not think I was going to go anywhere with the scripts I wrote, and I considered most of them to be terrible actually. Or at least so I thought, because in late 2017, one was picked up by a producer and thus I debuted as a filmmaker.

After writing, directing and editing my first film, I honestly felt better than I have ever had in my life up to that point. That was when I knew filmmaking was where I belonged; it was just this gut feeling despite all the difficulties that such a passion would entail. I remembered back to what my mum had told me years before and for the first time, started believing in myself.

Two years later, here I am. That simple ideology led me to be in student council for two terms as chairperson and vice- chairperson, to write & direct five short films and best of all, to figure out who I am and what my goal in life is – finally figuring out a purpose.

I figured that I would not have become who I am today if it was not for my mother, who believed in me before anyone else did, and was proud of me even when there was nothing to be proud of. She was the one who inspired me to go above and beyond what I thought I was capable of, and in the end, to chase my dreams. So I aspire to inspire, I hope to encourage others to chase their own dreams no matter what their circumstances are.

I am extremely grateful for everything I have now, from my loving family, my always supportive friends, to of course, a passion and dream that I have been able to pursue. I am forever in debt to all my friends and family for sticking by my side through the bad times. In the long run, I hope that I can always stay humble and forever remember where it all started.[/vc_column_text][tek_button button_text=”Back” button_style=”tt_primary_button” button_color_scheme=”btn_primary_color” button_hover_state=”” button_icon_bool=”no” button_action=”button-action-link” button_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2F159.89.198.89%2Fyoutharch-web%2Fpast-awardees%2F|||” button_position=”button-center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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  • Dubai Youth Film Festival 2019 – Best Performance
  • Across Asia Youth Film Festival 2018 – Best Film
  • 玫瑰崗學校學生會主席 (2017-18) 及副主席 (2018-19)
  • 第三十一屆香港特別行政區傑出學生選舉 – 十大傑出學生 (2018)
  • 灣仔區傑出青年選舉 2018 – 灣仔區傑出青年(學生組)

六年前，以我當時小學的成績，是沒有資格順利畢業然後升讀中學的。我所有科目的成績幾乎都不合格，操行成績也極其差，而且沒有努力上進的決心。像我這樣的學生，也不難明白為什麼沒有學校會接收;但那只是六年之前…你可以想像這個獎項對我有多重大的意義嗎？

這確實是一段漫長的旅程，不是輕輕鬆鬆或什麼轉眼間的改變，但我可以肯定，這一切都始於我媽媽的一句話：「只要全心全意，就可以實現任何目標。」雖然，這聽起來有點陳腔濫調，但這卻是我需要的動力，因為正是這句話使我走上了今天的路途。

其實，我花了好一段時間才能完全理解媽媽所說的話。今時與往日是天淵之別，那時，我真的不知道自己究竟在做什麼。我對夢想沒有什麼概念，沒有對未來的規劃，即使是「朋友」對我來說也很遙遠。但是，當我進入中學後，我發誓無論如何我會開始做一些「事」。

我堅信凡事全力一試，因為那是知道自己是否真正喜歡那事的唯一途徑。於是我非常努力作多方面嘗試，從玩音樂到搞工程，逐樣找尋心中熱愛。直到兩年前我才發現它——「電影製作」。

幾年前參加了一個相關的短期課程後，我就開始撰寫劇本，一切從中萌芽。我整個生活開始圍繞編寫劇本而旋轉，我上的每節課，放學後的課餘時間，甚至會因而犧牲睡眠時間。我終於找到了我所熱愛的！我起初以為自己寫的劇本毫不出眾，甚至認為它們絕大部分都是一文不值。後來在2017年末，有一個製片人竟選了我寫的其中一個劇本，給了我難得的工作機會，這對我的能力是一個強而有力的肯定。

由撰寫劇本，開始執導到嘗試剪接，我的第一部微電影終於面世了，自我感覺從未如此良好過，自覺屬於電影，不管面前有幾多艱辛、險阻，我知道我所愛的就會讓我挺得過。於是回想起幾年前媽媽告訴我的話，我更相信自己。

兩年之後的今日，憑著這份自信，我曾參與兩屆學生會擔任主席和副主席，撰寫並執導了五部短片，其中最重要的是，我對自己以及我的人生目標更為了解。

如果不是我的母親，我將無法成為今天的我，她比任何人都相信我，即使沒有什麼值得驕傲的，她也會為我感到自豪。她啟發我去超越自己，她讓我相信自己有能力一步步最終實現夢想。因此，我希望可以鼓勵更多人，無論自己的情況如何，也應追求自己的夢想。

我非常感恩自己現在所擁有的一切，包括我的家人，一直支持我的朋友，當然還有我所追求的夢想。我希望由始至終都能夠保持謙虛，不忘初心。[/vc_column_text][tek_button button_text=”返回” button_style=”tt_primary_button” button_color_scheme=”btn_primary_color” button_hover_state=”” button_icon_bool=”no” button_action=”button-action-link” button_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2F159.89.198.89%2Fyoutharch-web%2Fzh-hant%2Fpast-awardees%2F|||” button_position=”button-center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]