Hong Kong film director Ann Hui presents major work in Berlin (with photo)
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The Romance of Book and Sword is a 1987 two-part historical epic with stunning landscape images and spectacular fighting scenes. Ann Hui, a key New Wave filmmaker and one of the leading figures of Hong Kong cinema, attended in person to give an introduction and offer insightful comments and answers to questions for the about 100 viewers after the screening.
Preceding the screening, the Director of HKETO Berlin, Ms Betty Ho, spoke to the audience highlighted new opportunities in the Hong Kong movie and creative industries. "Hong Kong, despite its very small size, hosts one of the largest and most dynamic film entertainment industries in the world, and has produced many outstanding movies, as well as film talents and professionals who have made their names known to the world."
The Romance of Book and Sword closed a film series that introduced Hong Kong's multifaceted cinema to the Berlin audience in March, presenting films from archives all over the world in their original 35-millimetre format. The programme included brilliant works of several acclaimed players in Hong Kong's film industry, such as Tsui Hark, Mabel Cheung and Johnny Mak. The 28 selected films depicted the diversity, versatility and dynamism of Hong Kong and its local films. Each of them has a distinctive angle, subject or genre ranging from secret societies to melodrama, and together they showed why the city is a gem in the international film entertainment industry.
To promote the achievements of Hong Kong's film industry, HKETO Berlin will continue and extend collaborations with several leading central and eastern European film festivals to bring to the screen the new generation of distinguished Hong Kong movies.
About HKETO Berlin
HKETO Berlin is the official Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government representative in commercial relations and other economic and trade matters in Germany as well as Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.
Ends/Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Issued at HKT 20:54
Issued at HKT 20:54
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