It was Spring 1969. The world was undergoing amazing changes. Man had yet to wait another 6 months before he would set foot on the moon and our young protagonist is running wild on the streets of Hong Kong wearing a fish bowl for a space helmet. He is the self-proclaimed first astronaut of Hong Kong, and he sees the world with a strange sense of wit. Echoes of the Rainbow revolves around the child’s struggling family: a shoemaker father who treads in a pair of old torn sandals; a happy-go-lucky mother who believes that anything and everything is possible; an aspiring, starry-eyed elder brother who daydreams with his tropical fish; and our little hero who can proudly recite the 26 letters of the English alphabet backwards. Along with these characters, we travel back to a time when all things were new, all girls were charming, all grown-ups were unfathomable and all stories were, simply, beautiful. Or so they seemed.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
