The Handbook of Suicide Prevention

Death is a moment whose reverberation endures for the living. Three students from the Audio-Visual team are shooting a documentary on a schoolmate who has recently committed suicide. It is intended to convey a ‘positive message’ to the entire school about the importance of life. During interviews, the students notice some discrepancies in the testimonies, particularly those by a prefect and a teacher, while friends of the deceased seem to be withholding some inconvenient truth. Should the team pursue the truth, or act as the school’s propagandist? Filmed in a mocumentary style, The Handbook of Suicide Prevention challenges and exposes the hypocrisy and suppression that haunt adolescence.

Director: Jonathan Wong Ka-nok

Cast

L

Li Siu-tung

Ho Ka Wai

S

Sam Lee Sum Yu

Lam Ka Lok

C

Chan Hin Ko

Yip Chun

Jasmine Leung Kin-Yi

Leung Wing Sze

J

Jamie Leung Suet Yin

Tam Sin Yau

S

Samuel Lam Kin Shun

Ma Sau Shing

G

Giddens Chan Wun-chak

Chow Hoi Lun