24th New York Asian Film Festival

July 11-27, 2025

North American Premiere

The Way We Talk

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Adam Wong (The Way We Keep Dancing, NYAFF 2021) presents his most heartfelt film yet with this empathetic coming-of-age drama. Sophie, Wolf, and Alan are young people navigating life in Hong Kong, all sharing one trait: deafness. Wolf and Alan grew up together attending a school for the hearing impaired, while Sophie received an implant and attended mainstream school. When Sophie meets Wolf and Alan, she embarks on a journey to learn sign language, prompting all three to reflect deeply on identity, language, and acceptance. With clever sound design and dialogue largely in sign language, Wong immerses viewers in his characters’ experiences, celebrating diversity, language, and inclusion.

Director: Adam Wong
Cast: Neo Yau Hawk-Sau, Chung Suet-Ying, Marco Ng
Languages: Hong Kong Sign Language & Cantonese with English subtitles
2024; 132 min.
Country: Hong Kong

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 19, 6:00pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro and Q&A with director Adam Wong and Cinematographer Ming Kai Leung. ASL Interpretation will be provided for Q&A.

Adam Wong
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Adam Wong is a writer and director whose works include The Way We Dance (2013) and She Remembers, He Forgets (NYAFF 2016), both of which were nominated at the Golden Horse Film Awards and received Hong Kong Film Awards. The sequel, The Way We Keep Dancing (NYAFF 2021) earned six nominations at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Award and was the closing film at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. It also won the Best Film Score at the Asian Film Awards and the Film Critics Society's commendation for 2021. Wong will present his newest film, The Way We Talk, at NYAFF 2025.