''Do Not Split'' ( zh, , p=Bù gē xí, s=不割席, t=不割席) is a 2020 documentary

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed by

Anders Hammer Anders Hammer (born 3 April 1980) is best known as the former bass player for the melodic death metal band Nightrage. Anders also plays bass for the Swedish power metal band Dragonland. Gear/Endorsements ESP Viper Standard series, Warwick ...

about the

2019–2020 Hong Kong protests The Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, also known as the 2019 Hong Kong protests, or the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, were a series of demonstrations from 15 March 2019 in response to the introduction by the Hong Kong government ...

. The film was nominated for the

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at the

93rd Academy Awards The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released from January 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. The ceremony was held on April 25, 2021 ...

. The film was funded and produced by

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and supported by Fritt Ord and Viken Filmsenter.

Synopsis

The film is about 35 minutes long and records many landmark events of the anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti-ELAB) movement in Hong Kong, including the

siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong The siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong or Chinese University of Hong Kong conflict ( zh, t=中大衝突、中大保衛戰、中大保衛戰、或二號橋衝突) was a part of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. As protesters disrup ...

, the

siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University The siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University occurred during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). The event was preceded by a similar conflict at the Chinese University of Ho ...

, and protests at the

City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a world-class public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. Currently, CityU is ...

. It also includes interviews with demonstrators and scholars at the scene, and the film also records the suppression of the protests and movement in 2020 and the passage of the

Hong Kong national security law The Hong Kong national security law, officially the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a piece of national security legislation concerning Hong Kong. It ...

. The director Anders Hammer believed that the anti-ELAB movement was one of the most important political events in the world in 2019, and that Hong Kong is facing challenges to democratic values. By presenting the events from a street-level perspective, Hammer hopes that the film will be as close to the events as possible.

Release

A 20-minute preliminary version was shown at the 2020

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in January 2020. Then, a 35-minute cut was premiered at DOC NYC in the fall of 2020. The film was screened at a number of film festivals internationally, including the

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in the US and the

Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX is the official name for the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, an international documentary film festival established in 2003 and held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. CPH:DOX has since grown to become one of the largest ...

in Denmark. It was released by

on 25 January 2021. ''Do Not Split'' was uploaded on

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and

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on 25 January 2021, and is available to watch for free.

Awards and nominations

''Do Not Split'' was nominated for the

at the

. The film is the third Field of Vision short film to receive an Oscar nomination in three years. Following the nomination, the Chinese government told local media not to live transmit the Oscars and to downplay the significance of the awards ceremony, according to reports.

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...

, the largest free-to-air broadcaster in Hong Kong, announced that it would not broadcast the Oscars for the first time in 50 years. Anders Hammer won the Video Journalist of the Year and the long documentary award for the film at the 2020 Photo of the Year Awards in Norway. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the

AFI Docs The AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) documentary film festival is an American international film festival created by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel. It is held every year in Silver Spring, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Started ...

2020.

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Synopsis

Release

Awards and nominations

See also

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