Art house movie Archives - Zolima City Magazine

All the Single Ladies: Norris Wong’s Debut Film Depicts a China-Hong Kong Love Triangle

Elizabeth KerrMay 27, 2020

In her debut feature My Prince Edward, first-time director Norris Wong contemplates independence, choice and wedding stigma ...

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Cinema: What Happens When McDonald’s is Home? Wong Hing-fan’s i’m livin it

Elizabeth KerrMay 19, 2020

A film industry veteran but first-time director, Wong Hing-fan takes a seat in the big chair for a look at Hong Kong’s working poor....

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The New Golden Age of Hong Kong Film

Elizabeth KerrMarch 18, 2020

After years in the doldrums, Hong Kong's once-influential film industry is finally turning a corner and finding new artistic, social and political relevance...

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Filmmaker Heiward Mak on Gender, Sexuality and How Hong Kong Film is Changing

Elizabeth KerrSeptember 10, 2019

In a rare interview, writer and director Heiward Mak reflects on how Hongkongers are embracing smaller and more intimate movies....

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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Hong Kong: Are Film Festivals Still Relevant?

Elizabeth KerrJune 13, 2019

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....

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In “Tracey,” Actor-Director Jun Li Explores Trans Identity and More

Elizabeth KerrNovember 22, 2018

In his feature-length debut, Jun Li aims to bring a different brand of political filmmaking to Hong Kong....

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How Director Amos Why Found Creative Freedom in the Collapse of Hong Kong Film

Elizabeth KerrNovember 14, 2018

Ahead of the release of his second feature, director Amos Why reflects on the future of Hong Kong and the virtue of embracing the mainstream....

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Culture

Hong Kong Gen Z, Part II: How We Made Bubble Tea Our Own

A Marriage of Art and Cultures: Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly

Young Bruce Lee, Part I: Street Brawling and Cha-Cha Dancing in Seattle

People

What the M+ Archigram Archive Means for Hong Kong

A Marriage of Art and Cultures: Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly

Young Bruce Lee, Part I: Street Brawling and Cha-Cha Dancing in Seattle

Art

Asia Art Archive at 20: How Claire Hsu Built a Home For Asia’s Own Stories

Far From Apart: Nicole Schoeni’s disConnect Brings Art from London to Hong Kong

History

Hong Kong’s Colonial Heritage, Part IX: Kom Tong Hall, the Sun Yat-sen Museum

Hong Kong’s Colonial Heritage, Part VIII: Shanghai Street Shophouses

Sir Catchick Paul Chater: How a Calcutta Orphan Became Hong Kong’s Most Important Man

Design