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HKIFF45 Honours Stanley Kwan as Filmmaker-in-Focus Article provided by HKIFF Media 27 January 2021 (Hong Kong) – The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF45) will honour Stanley KWAN as this year’s Filmmaker-in-Focus.   Scheduled to take place from 1 to 12 April, HKIFF45 will celebrate KWAN’s remarkable career with a retrospective of 13 of his seminal works to coincide with a commemorative book’s publication. KWAN will also attend a Face-to-Face session on 5 April to share his insights on films, art, and life with the public.   “Stanley is an auteur, and we are proud to acknowledge his unique...

HKIFF43 Festival Report 2019 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. (Our resident Chief Film Critic represents the Film Critics Circle of Australia at the opening of 43HKIFF) Day 1 - 18 March 2019   Opening Ceremony (Image courtesy of HKIFF) The 43rd edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival kicks off with much fanfare as Hong Kong superstar and film festival ambassador Aaron Kwok and youth ambassadors Jennifer Yu and Neo Yau leads the carpet with the director Renny Harlin...