For more than two decades, independent collective Ying E Chi has pushed the boundaries of Hong Kong film – and a new programme of Québécois movies continues the mission....
As Hong Kong celebrates 50 years of the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight, it raises the question of whether traditional film festivals still have an important role to play....
Filmmaker Ruby Yang heads to the Tibetan Plateau for her latest step in a body of work that explores what it means to live on the fringes of Chinese society.
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The Hong Kong International Film Festival’s new director of programming, Geoffrey Wong, sets a different course for one of Asia’s oldest film festivals....
Acclaimed documentarian Cheung King-wai honours his non-fiction roots and maintains a critical eye on Hong Kong society in his feature film debut, Somewhere Beyond the Mist...
China, Hong Kong and Hollywood stars come together in The Great Wall, a fantasy epic that marks a new stage in the evolution of globalised filmmaking....
Elizabeth Kerr is a native of Canada who has lived in Hong Kong since 2004. A Bachelor of Fine Arts (Cinema), she has worked in the film industry since finishing university, in production and for non-profit festivals, and she has written about cinema since 2002. Elizabeth has covered various international film festivals in South Korea, Berlin, Toronto, Shanghai and Tokyo. She is also a contributor to trade publication The Hollywood Reporter, China Daily Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post and The Peak among others. Her media career highlight to date was attending San Diego Comic-Con. (She describes herself as a nerd.) Her work on and off set, combined with a dedication to devouring Hong Kong movies back when they could only be found in the dusty corners of niche video stores, make her Zolima CityMag's resident movie expert, snob or geek – whatever your chosen adjective.
