PIONEERING PICTURES
The Hong Kong International Film Festival will mark its 50th anniversary with a retrospective program celebrating Chinese-language cinema, featuring masterclasses and seminars from some of the region’s most influential filmmakers.
Titled “Revisiting Chinese Cinema: The Beginning of a New Journey,” the program will screen 12 Chinese-language classics across the New Wave movements of the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Filmmakers Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Huang Jianxin, Tsai Ming-liang and Ann Hui are set to participate in the accompanying masterclasses and seminars.
The selection spotlights the Fifth Generation of Chinese Mainland filmmakers, whose work brought Chinese cinema to the international stage through symbolic and visually striking storytelling. Chen Kaige’s “Yellow Earth,” Zhang Yimou‘s “Red Sorghum,” Tian Zhuangzhuang’s “The Horse Thief,” and Huang Jianxin’s “The Black Cannon Incident” are among the titles representing that movement.
Hong Kong’s New Wave is represented by Tsui Hark‘s “The Butterfly Murders,” Ann Hui’s “The Secret,” Patrick Tam’s “The Sword,” and Allen Fong’s “Ah Ying.” Taiwan’s New Cinema is represented by the anthology “In Our Time,” directed by Tao Te-Chen, Edward Yang, Ko I-Chen, and Chang Yi; Wan Jen’s “Ah Fei”; Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s “Dust in the Wind”; and Tsai Ming-Liang’s “Rebels of the Neon God.”
HKIFF50 runs April 1-12, with the full program set to be unveiled March 10.
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