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• Hats off to Hong Kong Cinema at the 10th Paris Cinema International Film Festival

  2012-06-10 1:47PM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
  

  Hats off to Hong Kong Cinema at the 10th Paris Cinema International Film Festival In the Face of Demolition (1955) by LEE Tit  © Hong Kong Film Archive The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has entered into an unprecedented collaboration with Paris Cinema International Film Festival (PCIFF) for a focus on Hong Kong cinema at the upcoming PCIFF from 29 June to 10 July, 2012. The full programme was announced at a PCIFF press conference in Paris on 7 June. Over 80 films from the post-war era to the present will be shown, the first time such an extensive selection of Hong Kong films has been shown in Paris. Supported by Create Hong Kong, Film Development Fund and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Brussels, the programme will celebrate the 10th anniversary of PCIFF and the 15th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In the Mood for Love (2000) by WONG Kar Wai  © 2000 Block 2 Pictures Inc. The eclectic programme will introduce audiences to little-seen gems from the '50s and '60s, from LEE Tit's masterpiece In the Face of Demolition (1955) toPatrick LUNG Kong's sensational social realist drama Teddy Girls (1969); classics and rare works by New Wave helmers including Allen FONG, Ann HUI,Patrick TAM, TSUI Hark and YIM Ho; more recent and acclaimed titles by established names such as Fruit CHAN, Peter CHAN, Stanley KWAN andWONG Kar Wai; and a collection of short films by up and coming talents selected by the Fresh Wave - International Short Film Festival. My Life as McDull (2001) by Toe YUEN  © Pretty Pictures The event will kick off with a tribute to Johnnie TO who will travel to Paris with renowned thesp LAU Ching-wan especially for the event, an all-night show on 29 June of four works by the versatile auteur, including Loving You (1995), Lifeline(1997), The Longest Nite (1998), and Life Without Principle (2011). The festivity will continue with a Johnnie TO master class on 1 July, a one-on-one with world class action choreographer and director YUEN Wo Ping on 4 July, and a roundtable on the Hong Kong New Wave with one of its pioneers, Allen FONGalso on 4 July. Two time winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress,Kara HUI, and acclaimed young filmmaker Heiward MAK will join their industry colleagues for the high-profile celebration party, "Hong Kong Night at Paris Cinema" on 3 July. A full list of film titles is now available online at www.pariscinema.org/uk.