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5th FilmAid Asia Power of Film Gala 2016 – 7 May, 2016

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5th FilmAid Asia Power of Film Gala 2016 – 7 May, 2016
To honour humanitarian filmmaker Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan
Guest of honour: Rebel Wilson.
VIP attendees include FilmAid Global Artist Council members Godfrey Gao and Jamie Campbell Bower, FilmAid ambassador Cissy Wang, Michelle Goh, and Matilda Loather.
Raising money for community outreach amongst Asia’s poor.
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Ten Years – 1 April Screenings

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The popular and controversial independent film Ten Years disappeared from local cinemas screens while houses were still full. Many people had no chance to see a film that via five thought provoking short films imagines what Hong Kong may be like in 2025.

As part of a community initiative Ten Years will be screened – with English subtitles – at 30 different locations across the city on 1 April. The screenings all begin at 7pm and there will be a one-hour online discussion between 9-10pm with the director after the film.

For more on Ten Years see the facebook page. Here’s a list of the screenings, many venues filled up within minutes of the screenings being annouced, so remember to confirm first.

Hong Kong
Admiralty – Legislative Council protest zone next to Tamar Park
Organiser: Mobile Democracy Classroom

Wan Chai – Wood Road, next to Saint Joseph’s Primary School
Organiser: Wan Chai Commons

Shau Kei Wan – Sen Lok Christian Church, 324 Shau Kei Wan Road
Organiser: Paper Shau Kei

Quarry Bay – Mount Parker Road near Quarry Bay Municipal Services Building
Organiser: QuarryBayz, Citizen Charter HK East, Umbrella Blossom

Tai Hang – Lai Yin Lane
Organiser: Power for Democracy, Rainbow for Action and 5 other organisations

Sheung Wan – Putyourself.in, Rm 1501, Chung Ying Commercial Bldg, 20-20A Connaught Road West
Organiser: Putyourself.in ten years april 1

Sheung Wan – Tai Ping Shan Street, next to Pound Lane
Organiser: Tai Ping Shan Cinema

Western District – Hill Road
Organiser: Sai Wan Concern

Cyberport – Function Room, 3/F, No. 100 Cyberport Road
Organiser: D100

Pok Fu Lam – University of Hong Kong Starr Hall
Organiser: HKU Starr Hall

Kowloon
Yau Ma Tei – Block 4, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square Street
Organiser: The Salvation Army Yaumatei Integrated Service

Mong Kok – 17/F, Chun Hoi Commercial Building, 668 Shanghai Street
Organiser: South Asian Lutheran Evangelical Mission

Prince Edward – Caritas Community Centre, 256A Prince Edward Road West
Organiser: Catholic Postsecondary and Love Action Community

Sham Shui Po – Tung Chau Street bridge, Sham Shui Po
Organiser: Citizen Charter Kowloon West

Kwun Tong – Flat B2, 10/F, 60 Hung To Road
Organiser: Parc Store Antique & Lifestyle, Citizen Charter Kowloon East

Kwun Tong – Easypack Industrial Building
Organiser: Kowloon East Community

Mei Foo – Under the Mei Foo bridge
Organiser: Mei Foo Home and Public Affairs

Cheung Sha Wan – Jockey Club Lai Kok Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Centre, 305-309, Lai Lan House, Lai Kok Estate
Organiser: Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Centres

Kowloon Tong – Hong Kong Baptist University
Organiser: HKBU Department of Humanities and Creative Writing

Kowloon Tong – City University of Hong Kong
Organiser: Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union

Tsz Wan Shan – HKSKH Kindly Light Church
Organiser: Anglicans Arise

New Territories
Sheung Shui – Cafe Je T’aime, 7 San Kung Street
Organiser: Cafe Je T’aime, marketnd

Sheung Shui – TBC
Organiser: Tsui Lai Garden Owners Committee

Yuen Long – Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Secondary School, 28 Hong Yip Street
Organiser: Xi Lin Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ka Lun To

Tuen Mun – Le Vélo Cycling Workshop, 11 Kin Fat Street
Organiser: HKG Fixed Gear

Kwai Chung – 3/F, Block E, Mei Luen Industrial Building, 31 Kung Yip Street
Organiser: Betabox Studio Theatre

Sha Tin – The steps at Sha Tin Town Hall
Organiser: Um dot dot dot, Dawnews, Umbrella Parents

Sha Tin – N501, Hang Seng Management College
Organiser: Hang Seng Management College Students’ Union

Tai Po – TBC
Organiser: Remembrance of Grace Church Tai Po Church

Kam Sheung Road – Kam Sheung Road Station outside Exit C
Organiser: Land Justice League, Chu Hoi-dik

India by the Bay

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

Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong 2016

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.

Cathay’s Cantonese Tour de Force

In 1954 to cater to the local predominately Cantonese-speaking audience the Motion Picture & General Investment Co Ltd, later known as Cathay, began making Cantonese language films in Hong Kong. Recruiting, amongst others, the directorial talents of Tso Kea, Wong Tin-lam and Wong Toi, these films included adaptations of literary classics, airwave novels (stories originally told over the radio) and foreign films.

As part of the retrospective Angels over the Rainbow – Cathay’s 80th Anniversary Celebration the LSCD is screening several Cantonese films from that era at the HK film Archive over the weekend of the 12-13 March. All films are black and white and in Cantonese with, sadly, no English sub-titles.

The romantic tragedy Love Lingers On (1957) is based on Emily Brontë’s gothic novel Wuthering Heights. Concentrating on the characters’ simmering mental troubles, Tso Kea shepherds the tale of profound passion, thwarted love and bitter vengefulness with broad narrative strokes and delicate orchestration of mise-en-scène.
Love Lingers On: 1pm, 12 March, 2016 at HK Film Archive, $40

Based on the Hollywood film Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Sorrowful Lute (1957) features the rooftop entertainment scene of Guangzhou and portrays love and careers, and fame and power, in the Cantonese opera world. Tso Kea brilliantly depicts a crazed relationship balanced with extreme and subtle emotions. Ng Cho-fan embraces his role as a crippled sponsor with a shady side, while Fong Yim-fun counters with a riveting turn as a Cantonese opera diva struggling in lust and fame.
The Sorrowful Lute: 5pm, 12 March, 2016 at HK Film Archive, $40

Second Spring (1960) is adapted from a typical airwave novel by Li Ngaw and tells of the reunion of two miserable lovers (Law Kim-long and Christine Pai Lu-ming) after going through ordeals. Wong Tin-lam’s skilful mise-en-scène brings out the strong script structure and introduces a humorous servant (Leung Sing-po) and a defiant maid (Chan Ho-kau) to provide much comic relief.
Second Spring: 7:30pm, 12 March, 2016 at HK Film Archive, $40

Also adapted from a Li Ngaw airwave novel, The Song of the Nightingale (1961) follows a poor young man (Woo Fung) and an ill-fated village girl (Christine Pai Lu-ming) being forced to leave their home village and toil away to rise from despair. Wong Toi fluently lays out the twist-filled plot, in which Pai shows her resilience with measured precision and depth. In a role that moves from wealthy heir to poor and desperate scammer, Cheng Kwan-min utterly inhabits a loathsome character, and is paired in a duo of classic melodrama villains with Lee Hong-kum playing his two-faced partner in crime.
The Song of the Nightingale: 7:30pm, 13 March, 2016 at HK Film Archive, $40

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Opens in Hong Kong on 17 December, 2015

The Force Awakens, the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga opens in Hong Kong on the 17 December, one day before the US opening.

The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow.

Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk are producing with Tommy Harper and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt.

KINO/15

This year’s KINO/15 film festival features 10 recently released German films. Organised by the Goethe Institut the festival takes place from 22 October to 2 November.

A major issue currently facing Germany as well as other European countries is the tide of refugees. ‘Rescuing’ refugees is the humanitarian thing to do, but doing so can cause social pressures and anti-refugee sentiment in existing communities. KINO/15’s opening film We are Young. We are Strong looks at this controversial issue by recounting the violent xenophobic riots in Rostock in 1992, a time when hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived in Germany from the Balkans. Taking the helm is Burhan Qurbani, who’s family fled Afghanistan in 1979 to seek political asylum in Germany.

In October this year Germany celebrates the 25th anniversary of its reunification. Christian Schwochow’s film Bornholmer Straße (director of KINO/14’s Opening Film Westen) recounts the moment the Berlin Wall falls on 9 November 1989 when officers at the border checkpoint in Bornholm Street were absolutely clueless on how to handle the situation.

Germany in the 80s is also in the focus of the documentary film B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin. To quote The Hollywood Reporter, “B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin is a clumsily titled but highly engaging documentary about Berlin’s vibrant post-punk underground scene, as filtered through the personal story of British-born Berliner Mark Reeder.”

KINO/15 also includes Christian Zübert’s Tour de Force which gracefully combines a road movie with an incurable disease as an example of how to embrace and celebrate the fullness of life. Uwe Janson’s To Life! sees Jonas, a young man on the run, and Ruth, an ageing Jewish cabaret singer tortured by her past, helping each other to stand on their own feet again.

Other films: A Godsend, Jack, Who am I –No System is safe, Sanctuary, Concrete Love – The Böhm Family

Kino/15
Date: 22 October – 2 November, 2015
Venue: HK Arts Centre, HK Science Museum, the Grand Cinema, the University of Hong Kong and Comix Home Base.
Tickets: variou$
More info: screening schedule www.goethe.de/ins/cn/en/hon/ver/hon15.html

Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong

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The second Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong featuring 11 films from the US Festival runs from 17-27 September, screenings will take place at The Metroplex in Kowloon Bay.
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