Osaka Asian Festival to Open With Keep Rolling Ann Hui-Themed Documentary
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Next month’s Osaka Asian Film Festival will open with a screening of documentary feature “Keep Rolling.” The festival, which runs in front of live audiences March 5-14, 2021, will close with the world premiere of Ishii Yuya’s “The Asian Angel.”
“Keep Rolling” is a touching portrait of the long, up and down career of Ann Hui, the Hong Kong film maker who was this year awarded an honorary Golden Lion at the Venice film festival. Hui, who has consistently worked without the backing of a large studio, and has often made idiosyncratic films about everyday nobodies, was born to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father, educated in the U.K., before establishing herself as a fore-runner of the ‘Hong Kong New Wave.’
The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival to go hybrid 13 Jan 2021 / 14:52 H.
The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF45) will go hybrid with both in-theatre and online screenings and audience-engagement events.
In making the announcement today, Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Executive Director Albert Lee said a hybrid HKIFF45 would allow audiences to connect through an online platform without sacrificing the irreplaceable big-screen cinematic experience.
HKIFF45 is due to take place from
1-12 April 2021 for 12 days.
“The COVID-19 pandemic had severely disrupted the international film festival circuit last year. Many festivals, including our very own HKIFF44, were either cancelled or forced to move online,” Mr Lee said.
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COVID-19 effect: Hong Kong Film Festival makes plans for hybrid edition ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 17:14 IST
Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): The Hong Kong International Film Festival, delayed last year by the coronavirus outbreak, has announced plans to return to its normal Springtime slot. But with a lingering virus impact, the 2021 edition will be a hybrid, combining both in-theatre and online screenings and audience-engagement events.
According to Variety, Executive director Albert Lee said that a hybrid 45th edition would allow audiences to connect through an online platform without sacrificing the irreplaceable big-screen cinematic experience. The event will run for 12 days, April 1-12, 2021.
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