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In this picture taken on June 7, 2016, recent graduate Crosby Yip (front C), 24, reacts as he watches footage between takes on the set of his privately-funded debut rom-com "Diary of First Love" in Hong Kong. Now, with concerns growing about Beijing's increasing influence on Hong Kong, some film-makers are defying commercial and political pressures to produce homegrown movies with a local voice -- and inject new life into the city's cinema scene. / AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE / To go with "HONGKONG-CHINA-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-PROTEST-POLITICS-MEDIA" by Theo Merz (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

In this picture taken on June 7, 2016, recent graduate Crosby Yip (front C), 24, reacts as he watches footage between takes on the set of his privately-funded debut rom-com "Diary of First Love" in Hong Kong. Now, with concerns growing about Beijing's increasing influence on Hong Kong, some film-makers are defying commercial and political pressures to produce homegrown movies with a local voice -- and inject new life into the city's cinema scene. / AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE / To go with "HONGKONG-CHINA-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-PROTEST-POLITICS-MEDIA" by Theo Merz (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)
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