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• FROM KING KHAN TO QUEEN SANDRINE, SIFF CELEBRATES THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN FILM

  2010-08-19 11:10PM / 新聞 / 會員可以看
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  A Muslim man undertakes an unusual and dangerous pilgrimage across the United States. An illegal immigrant escaping the law turns nudist to save his own skin. A young girl risks her life in a city of lost women. At the 5th SIFF, be inspired by the unbreakable human will to survive!

  My Name is Khan   August 22 (Sunday) 2:00PM The Grand September 1 (Wednesday) 7:15PM HK Science Museum   With a beautiful wife and a life in the States, Khan (played by Bollywood megastar Shahrukh Khan) seems to be on the track for the perfect American dream when the onslaught of 9/11 changes everything.   “My Name Is Khan as a riotously overstuffed and enormously enjoyable drama.” Variety

  Queen to Play   August 26 (Thursday) 7:30PM HK Arts Centre August 31 (Tuesday) 7:30PM UA Langham Place   In her quest to learn the game of chess, a lowly hotel maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) is inspired to a journey of self-discovery. Kevin Kline surprises in a delightful French-speaking supporting role.   2009 Tribeca, Montréal Film Festival

  Backyard August 26 (Thursday) 9:30PM HK Arts Centre September 7 (Tuesday) 7:30PM UA Langham Place   A gripping thriller starring Ana de la Reguera as a tough, idealistic policewoman determined to find the truth about young women found murdered in the hundreds along the Mexico-U.S. border.   2009 Havana Film Festival Best Screenplay, Best Editing

  Eden Is West September 5 (Sunday) 2:30PM UA Langham Place September 9 (Thursday) 7:30PM UA Langham Place   Mistaken for a bellboy, and running from the law, an illegal immigrant finds himself the object of desire for the patrons of a nudist colony in this hilarious farce. A delight from master of political drama Costa-Gavras (Z, The Missing).   2009 Berlin Film Festival Closing Film

  Meet the Filmmakers in Post-screening Q&As!

  Comrade Couture   It’s not easy to be fashionable…especially if you lived in the former communist state of East Germany. Director Marco Wilms, at the time a model who was labeled “an enemy of the state”, will be answering questions after the screening on August 27 (Friday) at the Hong Kong Arts Centre Agnes b. CINEMA!

  Hong Kong Animation   Join pioneering Hong Kong animator Neco Lo and John Chan, director of The Postgal Animation Collection 2.0, as they embark on a dialogue into the lost world of Hong Kong animation history. Discover the past, present and future of animation in the post-screening seminar, “Hong Kong Animation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” on August 28 (Saturday) 7:00PM at the Hong Kong Arts Centre Agnes b. CINEMA!

  JCCA Youth Volunteer Programme Opens for Submission!

  Get involved and be an essential part of Asia's most important film events!   An exciting Youth Volunteer Programme of Jockey Club Cine Academy (JCCA) is now open for submission!   For more information, please visit http://