No Limits Community Showcases and Live Screenings

The No Limits Pilot Creative Programme offers local teachers of dance, drama or performance hands-on experience of incorporating inclusive practice into the classroom. The programme is conducted in collaboration with Candoco Dance Company, a world-leading, professional inclusive dance organisation based in the UK.

In September 2025, selected teachers joined a two-week intensive training course on methodologies for inclusive teaching and performance practices led by members of Candoco Dance Company. After the training, teachers are offered hands-on experience working with people with disabilities at a local community centre. This January at Tai Kwun, they will bring us three pieces of performances. Details as follow:

1. Participating Unit: Lok Chi Association (Lam Tin)
2. Participating Unit: St. James' Settlement Jockey Club Artspiration Academy
3. Participating Unit: Hong Chi Association

Time: 2pm – 2:45pm

Teachers and representatives of the community centres will share with us their journey in the No Limits 2026 Pilot Creative Programme, as well as their insights on inclusive teaching practices.

Time: 2:45pm – 3:15pm

A feature documentary about human strength, optimism and love

Directed by Riccardo Servini and Nick Taussig, A Space in Time is an unflinchingly intimate portrait of one family’s struggle to transcend a fatal childhood disease, and an unsentimental celebration of the disabled life.

Nick and Klara Taussig have two sons, Oskar and Theo, both born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an illness that currently has no cure. Through interviews, candid home videos, and reflections from the boys, their parents and others living with Duchenne, A Space in Time shows its subjects surviving, thriving and grieving through the transitions of the disease. As we witness the complexities and challenges of living with a muscle wasting disease, and the determination and resilience of those affected, we are also asked to consider the ways in which individuals can be disabled more by their environment than their condition.

A Space in Time is the second feature documentary directed and produced by Riccardo Servini and Nick Taussig. Supported by the British Film Institute, it was released theatrically, received a Grierson nomination for Best Single Documentary, and won the Award of Excellence at the 2021 Impact DOCS Awards.

Time: 3:15pm - 4:50pm

* Subtitles in Chinese and English, dubbing in Cantonese, audio description in Cantonese, house programme in audio format available; guide dogs welcome

Language: English

Duration: 88 minutes

A surprising, heart-wrenching film about love, loss and dementia

An award-winning feature film about love, loss and dementia set in remote rural Ontario, written and directed by Canadian director Sarah Polley, and starring Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent and Olympia Dukakis.

Unsentimental, heart-wrenching and superbly acted, Away From Her tells the story of married couple Grant and Fiona. Together for over 40 years, they are adjusting to the effects of Fiona’s advancing early-onset Alzheimer’s disease as it erodes her memory and sense of self. Weaving in and out of the past, just as Fiona’s memory glimmers and fails, the film quietly reveals the complexities of their marriage and the situation they face. After Fiona insists that Grant move her to a retirement home, their relationship changes in surprising and poignant ways.

Away from Her is the critically acclaimed first feature film of Canadian actor-director Sarah Polley. Adapted from Alice Munro’s story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” it debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Direction, and was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Time: 4:50pm - 6:40pm

* Subtitles in Chinese and English, dubbing in Cantonese, audio description in Cantonese, house programme in audio format available; guide dogs welcome

Language: English

Duration: 110 minutes

Simple functions that most of us take for granted – like breathing and walking – can be a profoundly different experience for those with diverse bodies and abilities. This concert for schools, performed by the a cappella ensemble and artists of different abilities, presents a mix of familiar tunes and original compositions inspired by real life stories. Exploring how our experiences are shaped by the ways in which we inhabit our bodies, the songs take the audience through moments of solitude, struggle and courage, inspiring connection and the commitment to pursue what we love, and reminding us that joy and creativity are within our reach. The performance opens up a shared space for listening and reflection, inviting students to see others with greater empathy and to imagine a more inclusive way of being together.

Date & Time: 8 March 2026 (Sun) 1pm to 1:40pm

The No Limits Pilot Creative Programme offers local teachers of dance, drama or performance hands-on experience of incorporating inclusive practice into the classroom. The programme is conducted in collaboration with Candoco Dance Company, a world-leading, professional inclusive dance organisation based in the UK.

In September 2025, selected teachers joined a two-week intensive training course on methodologies for inclusive teaching and performance practices led by members of Candoco Dance Company. After the training, teachers are offered hands-on experience working with people with disabilities at a local community centre. This March at Tai Kwun, they will bring us three pieces of performances. Details as follow:

Participating Unit:

1. Lok Ch Youth Centre Service in Tai Wo Hau
2. Hong Kong Blind Union
3. Hong Kong PHAB Association New Territories PHAB Centre

Date & Time:
7 March 2026 (Sat) 2pm to 2:45pm
8 March 2026 (Sun) 1:40pm to 2:25pm

Teachers and representatives of the community centres will share with us their journey in the No Limits 2026 Pilot Creative Programme, as well as their insights on inclusive teaching practices.

Date & Time:
7 March 2026 (Sat) 2:45pm to 3:05pm
8 March 2026 (Sun) 2:25pm to 2:40pm

A short film about isolation, companionship and understanding

Set in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Lapse is a quiet, thought-provoking short film written and directed by Caroline Cavalcanti, and deftly carried by young leads Beatriz Oliveira and Juan Queiroz.

Bel and Juliano, two teenagers caught in separate acts of vandalism, meet doing community service in a public library. Bel, a skateboarder and artist, is deaf and faces the challenges of communicating through sign language. Cool and aloof, she catches the attention of Juliano, who has a passion for rap and makes audio-recordings of his everyday life. When Juliano learns sign language to share his thoughts and anxieties about life with Bel, they slowly establish a friendship. Through their shared experiences and struggles, they find ways to resist the toughness of their lives and the ignorance and neglect of the system.

Lapse is the second short film by Brazilian director and screenwriter Caroline Cavalcanti. It has screened in Brazil and internationally, and been recognised with a number of awards, including the Canal Brasil Short Film Award at the 2023 São Paulo International Short Film Festival, the Jury Award at Kinoarte Film Festival, Brazil, and a Special Mention at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival.

Time: 3:10pm - 3:35pm

* Subtitles in Chinese and English, dubbing in Cantonese, audio description in Cantonese, house programme in audio format available; guide dogs welcome

Language: Portuguese

Duration: 25 minutes

A radiant, intimate film about individuality, disability and the purpose and worth of all lives

Fujiyama Cottonton is an empathetic observational documentary about disability, and the importance of community, work and purpose, by emerging Japanese director Taku Aoyagi.

Mirai Farm is a garden and nursery located in rural Japan. Watched over by the constant presence of Mount Fuji, the establishment offers work, stability and creative openings to disabled individuals. Fujiyama Cottonton introduces the distinct talents and personalities of the people working at Mirai without narration or explanation, unfolding quietly through scenes of everyday life, and the words and actions of the individuals depicted. Inspired by the work of French documentarian Nicolas Philibert (On the Adamant, screened in No Limits 2025), Aoyagi’s gentle lens portrays its subjects without exploitation or sentimentality, allowing them to convey their personalities and characters in their own way, at their own pace, and without exaggeration.

Beautifully interspersed with scenes of humour and seasonally changing landscapes, Fujiyama Cottonton is an understated, unsentimental affirmation of the dignity of all life that encourages us to see the world with kindness.

Fujiyama Cottonton is Aoyagi’s third documentary. The film had its international premiere at the inaugural Critics’ Week Montreal in 2025.

Time: 3:35pm - 5:10pm

* Subtitles in Chinese and English, dubbing in Cantonese, audio description in Cantonese, house programme in audio format available; guide dogs welcome

Language: Japanese

Duration: 95 minutes