Marking 25 Years since Hong Kong was handed over to the Ccp, the Hongkongers Film Group presents 5 films made in Hong Kong, showcasing the protests that have been going since 2019 and the spirit of its people.
The team behind the Hongkongers Film Group moved to London in the name of freedom after the protests in 2019. With their season of films showing at The Prince Charles Cinema from 1st to 30th July, they aim to raise awareness of the situation in Hong Kong, and give comfort to Hongkongers across the world – in hopes to protect Hong Kong culture for future generations.
Join the Hongkongers for a selection of 5 films that showcase the spirit of the Hong Kong people and documents the protests in 2019. These films include two performances of Kiwi Chow’s Revolution Of Our Times (which returns after sell out screenings in April), Black Bauhinia, May You Stay Forever Young, Inside...
The team behind the Hongkongers Film Group moved to London in the name of freedom after the protests in 2019. With their season of films showing at The Prince Charles Cinema from 1st to 30th July, they aim to raise awareness of the situation in Hong Kong, and give comfort to Hongkongers across the world – in hopes to protect Hong Kong culture for future generations.
Join the Hongkongers for a selection of 5 films that showcase the spirit of the Hong Kong people and documents the protests in 2019. These films include two performances of Kiwi Chow’s Revolution Of Our Times (which returns after sell out screenings in April), Black Bauhinia, May You Stay Forever Young, Inside...
- 6/4/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The question arising at every Cannes Film Festival lineup announcement about why the festival has not selected films from a particular country tends to irk chief selector Thierry Frémaux. But this year, with films from China notable by their absence, Frémaux may be asking himself if he messed up, or whether bigger forces are at play?
Last year, Cannes was at pains to conceal its selection of Hong Kong pro-democracy film “Revolution of Our Times” until as late as possible, in order not to alert mainland Chinese authorities or disrupt the other Chinese indies showing in the festival.
China experts differ as to how much Cannes’ defiance last year was a factor in this year’s de facto boycott.
“The Chinese Communist Party is well aware of the last-minute showing of ‘Revolution of Our Times’ at Cannes just one day before the Palme d’Or was to be awarded,” says Stanley Rosen,...
Last year, Cannes was at pains to conceal its selection of Hong Kong pro-democracy film “Revolution of Our Times” until as late as possible, in order not to alert mainland Chinese authorities or disrupt the other Chinese indies showing in the festival.
China experts differ as to how much Cannes’ defiance last year was a factor in this year’s de facto boycott.
“The Chinese Communist Party is well aware of the last-minute showing of ‘Revolution of Our Times’ at Cannes just one day before the Palme d’Or was to be awarded,” says Stanley Rosen,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Last month’s Udine festival of all things East Asian was the launch pad for “Making Waves — Navigators of Hong Kong Cinema,” a collection of 13 films that will travel to a dozen cities in Europe and Asia. Billed as an “extravaganza,” mixing old and new talent, the event is pegged to the 25th anniversary celebrations of the return of Hong Kong to China after 150 years of British colonial rule.
But it is no longer clear to everyone that Hong Kong cinema has the energy, willpower or finance to face down its larger demons. Its problems range from the long-term drift of Hong Kong talent into the mainland Chinese industry to censorship and marginalization.
Last year began with Hong Kong cinemas under pressure from pro-Beijing media to change their releases, and raids on private screenings. These were followed by an amended law that introduces film censorship according to national security concerns...
But it is no longer clear to everyone that Hong Kong cinema has the energy, willpower or finance to face down its larger demons. Its problems range from the long-term drift of Hong Kong talent into the mainland Chinese industry to censorship and marginalization.
Last year began with Hong Kong cinemas under pressure from pro-Beijing media to change their releases, and raids on private screenings. These were followed by an amended law that introduces film censorship according to national security concerns...
- 5/18/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
With its acclaimed “Salute! Chinese Independent Documentaries” section, launched in 2014, the Taiwan International Documentary Festival (Tidf) has developed into an important platform for Chinese independent documentaries. This year, the Tidf will screen eight exciting and very diverse films, including the Asian Premiere of Chan Tze Woon’s Blue Island and the World Premiere of Crystal Wong’s The Grass is Greener on the Other Side. Both films look back at Hong Kong’s fate after the 2019 anti-elab movement and its aftermath.
Very differently, films like Weiyena – The Long March Home and I Don’t Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore, both by overseas Chinese female directors, explore family histories, the feelings of alienation and nostalgia, and the search for their identities. The section also includes strong works from young Chinese directors that offer glimpses into Chinese society. The World Premiere of Li Wei’s Silence in the Dust looks into the...
Very differently, films like Weiyena – The Long March Home and I Don’t Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore, both by overseas Chinese female directors, explore family histories, the feelings of alienation and nostalgia, and the search for their identities. The section also includes strong works from young Chinese directors that offer glimpses into Chinese society. The World Premiere of Li Wei’s Silence in the Dust looks into the...
- 4/7/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Two Hong Kong protest-related films that are unlikely to ever be screened in their home territory will take center stage at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival, in the event’s Chinese independent documentaries section. The festival runs at multiple venues May 6-15, 2022.
The eight-title Chinese independent documentaries section will give “Blue Island” by Chan Tze Woon (“Yellowing”) its Asian premiere and a world premiere to “The Grass is Greener on the Other Side” by Crystal Wong.
The two films explore the fate of Hong Kong against the backdrop of the aftermath of the 2019 protests. The sometimes violent pro-democracy protests were sparked by the proposal of law to allow suspects to stand trial in mainland China, which operates a legal system different from Hong Kong’s common law system.
The protests were largely silenced by Beijing’s injection of a national security law into the city’s legal system in June...
The eight-title Chinese independent documentaries section will give “Blue Island” by Chan Tze Woon (“Yellowing”) its Asian premiere and a world premiere to “The Grass is Greener on the Other Side” by Crystal Wong.
The two films explore the fate of Hong Kong against the backdrop of the aftermath of the 2019 protests. The sometimes violent pro-democracy protests were sparked by the proposal of law to allow suspects to stand trial in mainland China, which operates a legal system different from Hong Kong’s common law system.
The protests were largely silenced by Beijing’s injection of a national security law into the city’s legal system in June...
- 4/6/2022
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Award-winning documentary about the 2019 Hong Kong protests was first seen at Cannes.
Kiwi Chow’s Revolution Of Our Times, the controversial Hong Kong protests documentary that received a surprise premiere at Cannes last July, has recorded box office success in Taiwan – the first territory to grant a wide release to the film.
Opening on February 25 through VDirect International, the feature crossed $530,000 (Nt$15m) on March 7 at the Taiwanese box office. For comparison, this year’s Chinese New Year box office champion My Best Friend’s Breakfast has grossed $2.4m (Nt$68m) since January 28.
Revolution Of Our Times, which takes its...
Kiwi Chow’s Revolution Of Our Times, the controversial Hong Kong protests documentary that received a surprise premiere at Cannes last July, has recorded box office success in Taiwan – the first territory to grant a wide release to the film.
Opening on February 25 through VDirect International, the feature crossed $530,000 (Nt$15m) on March 7 at the Taiwanese box office. For comparison, this year’s Chinese New Year box office champion My Best Friend’s Breakfast has grossed $2.4m (Nt$68m) since January 28.
Revolution Of Our Times, which takes its...
- 3/9/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong protest films “Revolution of Our Times” and “May You Stay Forever Young” will have their British premiere in March at a new film festival organized by artists and culture sector workers who have relocated to the U.K.
Ng Ka-leung, a producer and director of Hong Kong dystopian anthology “Ten Years,” and documentary filmmaker and writer Wong Ching, co-curators of Hong Kong Film Festival U.K. 2022, said the festival is more than just about screening films that can no longer be shown in their hometown due to political changes.
It is organized by Hong Kong Umbrella Community, a U.K.-based body co-founded by Nathan Law, a former Hong Kong lawmaker who is now living in exile in Britain. The inaugural edition of the festival is funded by private donors, but event organizers hoped to raise funds from other sources for future editions.
The U.K., Hong Kong’s former colonial master,...
Ng Ka-leung, a producer and director of Hong Kong dystopian anthology “Ten Years,” and documentary filmmaker and writer Wong Ching, co-curators of Hong Kong Film Festival U.K. 2022, said the festival is more than just about screening films that can no longer be shown in their hometown due to political changes.
It is organized by Hong Kong Umbrella Community, a U.K.-based body co-founded by Nathan Law, a former Hong Kong lawmaker who is now living in exile in Britain. The inaugural edition of the festival is funded by private donors, but event organizers hoped to raise funds from other sources for future editions.
The U.K., Hong Kong’s former colonial master,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
American Girl took five prizes including best new director and best new performer.
Chung Mong-hong’s The Falls won best narrative feature and three other prizes at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards on Saturday night (November 27), while Kiwi Chow’s Revolution Of Our Times took best documentary feature.
Selected as Taiwan’s submission for best international feature at the Oscars, The Falls also won awards for best leading actress (Alyssa Chia), best original screenplay (Chung and Chang Yaosheng) and best original score (Lu Luming). The film received its world premiere at this year’s Venice film festival.
Revolution Of Our Times,...
Chung Mong-hong’s The Falls won best narrative feature and three other prizes at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards on Saturday night (November 27), while Kiwi Chow’s Revolution Of Our Times took best documentary feature.
Selected as Taiwan’s submission for best international feature at the Oscars, The Falls also won awards for best leading actress (Alyssa Chia), best original screenplay (Chung and Chang Yaosheng) and best original score (Lu Luming). The film received its world premiere at this year’s Venice film festival.
Revolution Of Our Times,...
- 11/29/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
“The Falls,” Taiwan’s Oscar contender and a timely drama about the trauma of home quarantine, emerged as the unsurprising winner at the Golden Horse Film Awards in Taipei on Saturday.
And, in a bold decision that has the potential to enrage Mainland Chinese authorities, the prize for best documentary feature was awarded to “Revolution of Our Times.” The film chronicles the brutality of the political crackdown on the streets of Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020.
“The Falls,” which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in September, tells the tale of a mother and daughter cooped up in an apartment during a quarantine. It is directed by Chung Mong-hong, who previously directed “Parking” and “A Sun.”
At the award ceremony “The Falls” earned four prizes, including best narrative feature, best original screenplay, best actress and best original score.
The Golden Horse Film Awards are in their 58th edition and for many...
And, in a bold decision that has the potential to enrage Mainland Chinese authorities, the prize for best documentary feature was awarded to “Revolution of Our Times.” The film chronicles the brutality of the political crackdown on the streets of Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020.
“The Falls,” which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in September, tells the tale of a mother and daughter cooped up in an apartment during a quarantine. It is directed by Chung Mong-hong, who previously directed “Parking” and “A Sun.”
At the award ceremony “The Falls” earned four prizes, including best narrative feature, best original screenplay, best actress and best original score.
The Golden Horse Film Awards are in their 58th edition and for many...
- 11/28/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Tokyo Filmex festival wrapped up on Sunday with a prize ceremony and the surprise screening of “Revolution of Our Times,” a documentary about the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Filmex and the Tokyo International Film Festival have been largely cooperative events in the past two years. TIFF will come to a close with its own prize ceremony on Monday evening.
The Filmex first prize was awarded jointly to “Anatomy of Time,” directed by Thailand’s Jakrawal Nilthamrong, and to “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?,” directed by Georgia’s Aleksandre Koberidze. Each wins a cash prize of JPY500,000.
The competition jury described “Anatomy” as “a suddenly cruel and violent sequence of characters past and present in which different layers of time are intertwined in a fascinating and challenging way.” Of “Sky” the jury said it was “a beautiful portrait of the city of Kutaisi [in which] the...
Filmex and the Tokyo International Film Festival have been largely cooperative events in the past two years. TIFF will come to a close with its own prize ceremony on Monday evening.
The Filmex first prize was awarded jointly to “Anatomy of Time,” directed by Thailand’s Jakrawal Nilthamrong, and to “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?,” directed by Georgia’s Aleksandre Koberidze. Each wins a cash prize of JPY500,000.
The competition jury described “Anatomy” as “a suddenly cruel and violent sequence of characters past and present in which different layers of time are intertwined in a fascinating and challenging way.” Of “Sky” the jury said it was “a beautiful portrait of the city of Kutaisi [in which] the...
- 11/8/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Hong Kong drama “Drifting” leads Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Awards race with 12 nominations including best narrative feature and best adapted screenplay, organizers announced on Tuesday.
The film that revolves around the tragedy of homeless people in Hong Kong also earned a nomination for Jun Li in the best director category. Veteran actor Francis Ng, who plays a homeless drug addict battling for justice, was also nominated for best leading actor.
Since 2019, Beijing has operated a mainland Chinese boycott of the awards that for many years were seen as the highest accoladed for Chinese-language filmmaking. And in 2019 and 2020 most Hong Kong films and filmmakers also stayed away. This year’s list sees an uptick in the Hong Kong participation, but only in the cases of films that are unlikely ever to receive a release in mainland China.
The domination of “Drifting” in the race, however, is closely challenged by “The Falls,...
The film that revolves around the tragedy of homeless people in Hong Kong also earned a nomination for Jun Li in the best director category. Veteran actor Francis Ng, who plays a homeless drug addict battling for justice, was also nominated for best leading actor.
Since 2019, Beijing has operated a mainland Chinese boycott of the awards that for many years were seen as the highest accoladed for Chinese-language filmmaking. And in 2019 and 2020 most Hong Kong films and filmmakers also stayed away. This year’s list sees an uptick in the Hong Kong participation, but only in the cases of films that are unlikely ever to receive a release in mainland China.
The domination of “Drifting” in the race, however, is closely challenged by “The Falls,...
- 10/6/2021
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
As soon as Chinese film fanatic Li heard the news earlier this month that the Cannes Film Festival had scheduled a surprise special screening for a documentary about political unrest in Hong Kong, he rushed straight to his computer to open the page for his favorite online bookstore.
He already owned a copy of festival director Thierry Fremaux’s book, “Selection officielle,” but he didn’t want to miss the chance to order two more, fearing they could soon be taken off the physical and digital shelves.
“When something [politically sensitive] like this happens, people worry that those involved will be banned because of past statements, and so we buy their books frantically,” he explained, giving only his surname out of fear of repercussions.
He was understandably concerned.
Cannes’ decision to screen “Revolution of Our Times” from Hong Kong director Kiwi Chow, a chronicle of the mass anti-government protests that drew millions to the street,...
He already owned a copy of festival director Thierry Fremaux’s book, “Selection officielle,” but he didn’t want to miss the chance to order two more, fearing they could soon be taken off the physical and digital shelves.
“When something [politically sensitive] like this happens, people worry that those involved will be banned because of past statements, and so we buy their books frantically,” he explained, giving only his surname out of fear of repercussions.
He was understandably concerned.
Cannes’ decision to screen “Revolution of Our Times” from Hong Kong director Kiwi Chow, a chronicle of the mass anti-government protests that drew millions to the street,...
- 7/27/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival always delivers a few cinematic discoveries, but the big surprise at this year’s edition was much more overt than usual. On July 16, just a day before the Palm d’Or was set to be awarded, Cannes organizers announced that Revolution of Our Times, a gripping, previously unknown documentary about Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests, would be screening as a last-minute addition to the official selection. (Watch the trailer for the film below.)
It later became known that the film had been accepted into Cannes months prior, but organizers opted to keep its inclusion secret, for fear ...
It later became known that the film had been accepted into Cannes months prior, but organizers opted to keep its inclusion secret, for fear ...
- 7/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival always delivers a few cinematic discoveries, but the big surprise at this year’s edition was much more overt than usual. On July 16, just a day before the Palm d’Or was set to be awarded, Cannes organizers announced that Revolution of Our Times, a gripping, previously unknown documentary about Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests, would be screening as a last-minute addition to the official selection. (Watch the trailer for the film below.)
It later became known that the film had been accepted into Cannes months prior, but organizers opted to keep its inclusion secret, for fear ...
It later became known that the film had been accepted into Cannes months prior, but organizers opted to keep its inclusion secret, for fear ...
- 7/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kiwi Chow, the Hong Kong-based director of the controversial “Revolution of Our Times” documentary that screened on the penultimate day of the Cannes Film Festival, says he has disposed of his interests in the film.
“Revolution,” which takes its title from a pro-democracy protest slogan, chronicles the popular uprising in Hong Kong that started in mid-2019 and the government’s strongarmed suppression of the movement. Cannes gave the film its world premiere towards the end of the festival and without any fanfare in order to minimize any possible diplomatic reaction that would hurt Chinese filmmakers present at the fest or impact the ongoing events. The public reaction from Beijing has been muted.
Chow said on Thursday, however, that he has sold the copyright of “Revolution of Our Times” to a European distributor. He said he has also disposed of all his footage from the 150-minute picture.
“It’s a kind of risk assessment.
“Revolution,” which takes its title from a pro-democracy protest slogan, chronicles the popular uprising in Hong Kong that started in mid-2019 and the government’s strongarmed suppression of the movement. Cannes gave the film its world premiere towards the end of the festival and without any fanfare in order to minimize any possible diplomatic reaction that would hurt Chinese filmmakers present at the fest or impact the ongoing events. The public reaction from Beijing has been muted.
Chow said on Thursday, however, that he has sold the copyright of “Revolution of Our Times” to a European distributor. He said he has also disposed of all his footage from the 150-minute picture.
“It’s a kind of risk assessment.
- 7/22/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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