Classic and Contemporary Gallic Cinema: The Hong Kong French Film Festival 2017

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Now in its 46th year, the Hong Kong French Film Festival (HKFFF) returns with a varied programme  showcasing the best of contemporary and classic French cinema.

The selected films are divided into three main themes: Unveiling the lives of great masters in history, Origin, Family and Dreams, and Identity, Sexuality and Love. Films include Lola Pater (2017), a drama about a man who finds out that his long-lost father has transitioned into a woman; Gauguin (2017), a film that zooms in on the French post-Impressionist artist’s life in Tahiti, and The Price of Success (2017), which tells the struggles of a stand-up comedian struggling between fame, ambition and family.

The festival will also screen documentaries and animated movies, such as March of the Penguins 2 – The Call (2017) and The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales (2017), an endearing and funny tale about a group of farm animals that get dragged into a series of adventures.

Together with the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the HKFFF will organise ‘A Weekend with New Wave’, in memory of the late actress Jeanne Moreau, by screening a selection of New Wave classics and setting up a corresponding photography exhibition.

The festival will also honour the life and career of renowned filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville by screening some of his best works.