After Years on the Shelf, Why Is ‘Ciao UFO’ Suddenly Getting Buzz?
A coming-of-age story inspired by UFO sightings on Wah Fu Estate is finally getting attention, years after its premiere...
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Hong Kong Cinema is Not Dead. How? A New Independent Model
Faced by a brain drain and less profitable film industry, Hong Kong filmmakers are turning to innovative approaches...
Filmmaker Nick Cheuk Confronts Suicide in Hong Kong
Time Still Turns the Pages offers a nuanced take on depression in a city that struggles with mental health...
This Filmmaker Wants to Haunt You
Nate Ki is doing his part to revitalise Hong Kong’s art horror traditions in one of the year’s best debuts...
A Film That Sounds Like Hong Kong
Amos Why’s latest feature, Everyphone Everywhere, turns the camera on our love-hate relationship with our phones...
Anthony Pun Wants One More Chance
The cinematographer-turned-director landed Chow Yun-fat to play a gambling addict who must take care of his autistic son...
Hong Kong’s Neon Shines On in Anastasia Tsang’s Film Debut
A Light Never Goes Out rides the wave of Hong Kong’s cinematic renaissance with a thoughtful look at everything represented by neon heritage...
Voices of a Generation: “To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self”
Hong Kong New Wave giant Mabel Cheung returns to the screen with a decade-in-the-making chronicle that confirms we should never underestimate a young woman...
Portrait of a City: The Narrow Road
Lam Sum together with Wong Hin-yan, his school chum and composer, makes his debut with a pandemic-era drama that refuses to be grim or dreary...
Even Covid Can’t Kill Hong Kong Film: What to Watch This Autumn
At the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and beyond, it's a good season for local film...
Mama’s Affair: Kearen Pang’s New Film is More Than Just Buzzy
Playwright and filmmaker Kearen Pang wades straight into the mainstream with a little help from Cantopop phenomenon MIRROR for her second feature film...
Far, Far Away: A New Kind of Hong Kong Rom-Com
Amos Why's latest film is a small production filmed early in the pandemic – but its portrayal of the city rings true...
What’s Next for Hong Kong Film? Creativity in the Face of Hardship
Emerging directors wrestle with a changing landscape, finding ways to make it their own...
Behind the Scenes of Hong Kong’s First Homegrown Indian Movie
Could Hong Kong-based Indian director Sri Kishore be the vanguard for a new global film production model for Hong Kong? ...
Sound and Emotion: Anson Mak’s New Documentary
Multi-disciplinary artist Anson Mak shines a spotlight on our basest emotion and the art it produces....
Stay Home? Or Go to the Cinema? This Year, the HKIFF Chooses Both
The hybrid Hong Kong International Film Festival designed for these pandemic times may mark a turning point for future festivals...
How a Stylish New Cinema is Throwing Its Support Behind Hong Kong Film
Local film distributor Golden Scene is giving Kennedy Town a front row seat in Hong Kong's cinematic renaissance....
New Year, New Stream: Discover New and Old Indie Movies in Hong Kong
With cinemas once again closed during the peak moviegoing time of the year, now's the chance to explore some of Hong Kong's alternative streaming options...
Ann Hui in the Spotlight: A Rare Documentary About a Hong Kong Filmmaker and Hong Kong itself
Art director turned filmmaker Man Lim-chung examines film titan Ann Hui, whose long career reflects Hong Kong as a whole....
A Marriage of Art and Cultures: Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly
As they launch their new film, Hong Kong filmmaker Leung Ming-kai and American actor-producer Kate Reilly shine a warm light on the city that is their home – and muse....
All the Single Ladies: Norris Wong’s Debut Film Depicts a China-Hong Kong Love Triangle
In her debut feature My Prince Edward, first-time director Norris Wong contemplates independence, choice and wedding stigma ...
Cinema: What Happens When McDonald’s is Home? Wong Hing-fan’s i’m livin it
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....
The New Golden Age of Hong Kong Film
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...
Still Human: A Film About a Domestic Helper, a Paraplegic – and Human Dignity
Oliver Chan's highly anticipated debut feature brings together Hong Kong-based Filipina actress Crisel Consunji and local legend Anthony Wong....
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Hong Kong: Are Film Festivals Still Relevant?
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....
G Affairs: Lee Cheuk-pan Keeps His Film Uniquely Hong Kong
Ahead of his Hong Kong International Film Festival debut, director Lee Cheuk-pan asserts the need for local movies to tell local stories....
The Personal is Political: Filmmaker Ying Liang Reflects on His Exile from China
Ying Liang's new film A Family Tour reflects on the personal loss of being exiled from your home and family. ...
How Director Amos Why Found Creative Freedom in the Collapse of Hong Kong Film
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....
Jevons Au, Hong Kong Cinema’s Optimistic Revolutionary
Director Jevons Au had forged a reputation by turning a critical eye on Hong Kong and everyone in it — including himself....
Derek Chiu Defies the Odds With a Drama on Hong Kong’s Political Taboos
A new film about the 1967 riots and the Umbrella Revolution almost wasn't made. Now it's receiving international attention...