ephwaipi — Two Girls Declare Freedom From Social Norms

ephwaipi, a homophone of ‘FYP’ (Final Year Project) is the debut short of Kitty Yeung and Candice Ng. The film, originally produced as their graduate thesis film, is the manifesto of two teenage girls about gender, romance and labour exploitation. Together, they seek to declare freedom from their teachers, lovers, bosses, and the most notorious villain of all — social norms. ephwaipi is not merely an ordinary coming-of-age story featuring love-struck school girls or caged Catholic girls. Their struggles ar