"Our Time Will Come" launches seventh annual Hong Kong Cinema (with photos)

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     The seventh annual Hong Kong Cinema, presented by SFFILM in partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco, opened with Ann Hui's "Our Time Will Come" at the New People Cinema in San Francisco this evening (September 29, San Francisco time).

     The film's producer, Roger Lee, introduced the movie and joined the audience's question-and-answer session after the screening. The second screening of the movie will be held at 1.30pm tomorrow (September 30, San Francisco time).

     At the opening night reception, the Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco, Mr Ivanhoe Chang, welcomed Lee and thanked him for attending the opening of the festival. "With the attendance of the filmmaker the festival audience has the opportunity for a more in-depth look and understanding of the movie," he said.

     Mr Chang also thanked SFFILM for presenting a total of eight outstanding Hong Kong movies in this three-day festival of Hong Kong Cinema. Productions from internationally known masters as well as up-and-coming filmmaking talents are included. Alongside Ann Hui's new movie "Our Time Will Come" and her early classic, "Boat People", are Herman Yau's "77 Heartbreaks" and "The Sleep Curse"; Pang Ho-cheung's "Love Off the Cuff"; Derek Hui's "This is Not What I expected"; Lawrence Lau's "Dealer/Healer", and Wong Kwok-kuen's "With Prisoners".

     "Hong Kong productions are no strangers to many of you, thanks to film festival presenters like SFFILM who not only bring you movies from more well-known filmmakers like Ann Hui or Johnnie To, but also recognise our young talents and feature their first feature movies," said Mr Chang.

     "In fact, filmmaking is a very important and widely supported industry in Hong Kong. The Film Development Fund, set up by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, not only helps finance local film productions, but also supports the First Feature Film Initiative, set up in 2013 to identify new talents through a competition on screenplay and production proposals by providing funding to the winning new directors to make their feature films. We are encouraged to see that these movies have achieved impressive results," he added.

Ends/Saturday, September 30, 2017
Issued at HKT 10:51

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The Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco, Mr Ivanhoe Chang (right); the Executive Director of the San Francisco International Film Festival, Mr Noah Cowan (left), and Hong Kong film producer Roger Lee (centre), pictured at the seventh annual Hong Kong Cinema opening night reception in San Francisco today (September 29, San Francisco time).

The Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco, Mr Ivanhoe Chang, speaks at the seventh annual Hong Kong Cinema opening night reception in San Francisco today (September 29, San Francisco time).

Hong Kong film producer Roger Lee introduces the seventh annual Hong Kong Cinema opening night movie, “Our Time Will Come”, at the New People Cinema in San Francisco today (September 29, San Francisco time).