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Eleqt networking social at Gaucho – 25 February, 2016
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Picada celebrated it’s opening on Elgin Street with a party and some live music.
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India by the Bay 2016 opening reception hosted by the Indian Consul General Prashant Agrawal at India House. This year’s festival curated by Sanjoy Roy includes Sharmila Tagore, Shobha De and Rajasthan Josh… for a full schedule of events see here
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India by the Bay returns from the 25 February – 1 March with a range of events that look to bring India’s cultural dynamism to Hong Kong. There’s a mix of classical and contemporary including music, theatre, dance, food, film and literature as the festival reflects India’s artistic depth and diversity. According to the organisers the India by the Bay aims to celebrate the common cultural strands shared by Hong Kong and India and their multi-ethnic populace.
India by the Bay – 24 February to 1 March 2016
24 February – Festival Opening
7:15pm, 25 February – Film – Sharmila Tagore at Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Indian film actress Sharmila Tagore in conversation with Festival Director Sanjoy Roy.
7:15pm, 26 February – Literature – Shobha De at Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Best- selling author of 18 books and widely-read columnist Shobhaa De in conversation with Sanjoy Roy.
6:45pm, 27 February – Music – Rajasthan Josh at Asia Society Hong Kong Center
World music band which combine the folk traditions of the North Western region of India with vocal styles ranging from mystic Sufi traditions, bhajans to the popular folk songs of Rajasthan.
12:30pm, 27 February – Lunch – Karen Anand at Ovolo Southside Hotel
6:45pm, 28 February – Dance – Nityagram at Asia Society Hong Kong Center
The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble are one of the foremost dance companies in India. Although steeped in and dedicated to ancient techniques, the Nrityagram dancers also look to carry Indian dance into the twenty-first century.
7:15pm, 29 February – Theatre – C Sharp C Blunt at Asia Society Hong Kong Center
C Sharp C Blunt is based on the concept of the loop. An electronic musician, live on stage creates and layers loops from live sound. The loop in its nature reflects the training of the singer through endless repetition and also the process of cultural and social programming. This cultural programming also defines the specific way girls and women are supposed to behave.
The play looks at traditional gender roles as engrained by culture versus the woman as the globalised consumer living in a new market that caters to her wants and needs. We look at the performer as a site of battle between purity and consumption, between servitude and ego, between being-looked-at-ness and self-determination.
7pm, 1 March – Buddhist Day – Shantum Seth at Ovolo Southside Hotel
Tickets for all events are available at www.indiabythebay.com
The third Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong will take place from 22 September – 2 October 2016. The festival will again feature films from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, U.S.A. as well as Q&A sessions and panel discussions with Festival programmers and visiting filmmakers. Screening and ticketing information will be summer 2016.
Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong
Date: 22 September – 2 October, 2016
Venue: The Metroplex
Tickets: tbc
Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong Short Film Competition
Many talented directors have made their mark and kick started their career via a short film. Looking to nurture the creativity of local independent filmmakers the first Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong Short Film Competition is open Hong Kong permanent residents age 18 or above. There are no limitation on genres or themes however all entries must be completed on or after January 1, 2015, with a duration between 3 to 15 minutes.
The jury panel includes representatives from the U.S. and Hong Kong film industry:
John Cooper, Director of Sundance Film Festival
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival
Kim Yutani, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
Mike Plante, Senior Short Film Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
Adam Wong, Hong Kong independent filmmaker; Director of She Remembers, He Forgets
Sam Ho, Film Historian
Jan Lam, Program Manager, The Metroplex
Official selected shorts will be screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong in September. The winner of the Jury Award will receive a HKD$30,000 cash prize as well as an invitation to attend the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in 2017 (roundtrip air ticket and hotel accommodation inclusive).
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong Short Film Competition is open for submission from March 21 to June 30, 2016. For further information on submission procedures and rules and regulations see hk.sundance.org
Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong Short Film Master Class
Short film have been an important part of cinema, storytelling, and culture since the first days of the moving image. The 2016 Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong Short Film Master Class looks to empower the next generation of film-makers. The half-day seminar focuses on narrative short-form storytelling, offering insight into story development, writing, production, working with cast and crew, what to do with your short once it is complete, and how to get the most out of making a short film. Participants will also learn how the Sundance Film Festival finds short films, and filmmakers will share their experiences in making shorts.
The Master Class speakers include:
Mike Plante, Senior Short Film Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
David Zellner, U.S. independent filmmaker, Director of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Adam Wong, Hong Kong independent filmmaker; Director of She Remembers, He Forgets
Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong Short Film Master Class
Date: 19-20 March
Venue: The Metroplex
Tickets: $150
More info: hk.sundance.org.
A disappointing Asia Cup Qualifying Tournament ended with a third defeat for Hong Kong against Afghanistan by 66 runs in Dhaka. The bowlers have leaked runs and the batsmen, Babar Hayat apart, have not found any sort of form on what have been pretty good batting wickets.
Captain Tanwir Afzal won the toss and chose to bowl first, but some costly errors in the field saw Afghanistan post 7-178 – including 32 from the penultimate over.
In response, Hong Kong got off to a great start to be 0-55 after 6 overs but the innings then fell apart. Hong Kong lost 9-33 to be all out for 112 – resulting in a 66-run loss. Anshuman Rath top scored with 41 off 38 balls.
Babar Hayat looked dangerous again but fell for just 18 off 16 balls. The pattern of good starts that went unfinished a sore point for captain Tanwir Afzal when summing up the tour. “The middle order batsmen made the same mistakes in all three games and we didn’t learn from it and that’s disappointing,” Afzal said. “We are a better team than this and we have a couple of players who were missing coming back for the World T20 so hopefully we can prove that.”
In the field, Hong Kong had restricted Afghanistan to 6-138 after 17 overs, but 40 runs off the last three saw the score blow out. Aizaz Khan was the main destroyer and finished with 3-38, while 18-year-old Tanveer Ahmed impressed on debut taking 1-27 from four overs at the death.
“As you could see, Tanveer is a future star of Hong Kong cricket,” Afzal said. “He was very impressive with the ball in death bowling and he just does the basics really well. Everybody is really disappointed with these matches but we will come back strong and do Hong Kong proud at the World Cup.”
Hong Kong will arrive in Mumbai tomorrow tonight to begin a two-week training camp ahead of their World T20 opener against Zimbabwe on March 8.
Afghanistan 7-178 (Aizaz Khan 3-38) def Hong Kong 112 (Anshuman Rath 41 Kinchit Shah 29) by 66 runs
Source: HK Cricket Association
In the seven-team Women’s Premiership Valley Black Ladies stormed through the league undefeated for a second straight season, closing out their 2015/16 league campaign with an emphatic 49-12 win over their nearest rivals, Gai Wu Falcons.
Valley was paced by fullback and New Zealand Black Fern Olivia Coady, who scored five tries, four consecutively with two on either side of halftime, in the eight-try rout over Falcons, the last side in the Women’s Premiership to hand Valley a loss – in the 2013/14 season.
Sevens star Stephanie Cuvelier opened the scoring with an early try, but Falcons replied almost immediately through a try from their own sevens sensation, winger Aggie Poon Pak Yan leveling the scoring at 5-all early on.
After Poon’s tally it was one-way traffic for the league champions with Coady doing all of the driving, scoring two tries for Valley in the second quarter. Bella Milo added a penalty between the first two Coady tries, and a conversion on Coady’s second, to give Valley a 20-5 lead at the half.
Coady completed her natural hat-trick shortly after the re-start – securing the bonus point for Valley – before adding her fourth consecutive score to push Valley out to a 30-5 lead. Sam Scott added a fifth try for Valley, followed by Jen Mackay before Coady collected her fifth with five minutes remaining. Milo’s conversion brought the score to 49-5 before Falcons picked up a consolation try through Chong Ka Yan, the successful conversion bringing the final score to 49-12.
All the weekend’s results here
Source: HKRU
