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HKIFF45 UNVEILS NEW KEY ART AARON KWOK RETURNS AS AMBASSADOR Article provided by HKIFF Media  Photo by KAON 22 January 2021 (Hong Kong) – The Hong Kong International Film Festival today confirms the return of multi-talented actor Aaron KWOK as its ambassador for the third consecutive year and unveils a new key art to mark its 45th anniversary.   Scheduled between 1 and 12 April for 12 days, HKIFF45 will be the first hybrid edition in the festival’s history, featuring screenings and audience-engagement events simultaneously in physical and online formats.   Aaron KWOK, a Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor nominee...

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...

Film Review: Fist of Legend 霍家拳之精武英雄 (2019) - China   Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 13/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   Rather than holding the same namesake as Jet Li’s all time martial arts classic “Fist of Legend”, the film is better of being titled as a prequel of sorts “Making of the Fist of Legend”. The story follows the happenings prior to Chen Zhen return to Shanghai from his Japanese studies. It is set entirely during the period of his Japanese education and...

Film Review: Beasts Clawing at Straws 지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들(2020) - South Korea 🇰🇷   Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 12/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   The film just never stop stop having fun and thrills till the very last scene of the most unexpected person striking lucky and walking away unscratched. “Beasts Crawling at Straws” directed and written by Kim Yong-hoon instantly reminds me of Johnnie To’s crime thrillers. It follows the same framed story, where everything, our decisions have a direct...

Film Review: The Golden Holiday (국제수사) Gookjesoosa (2020) - South Korea 🇰🇷 Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 11/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews   “The Golden Holiday”, written and directed by Kim Bong-Han is precisely what it’s movie title suggest, it’s a holiday action comedy. Those trying hard to go deeper than it really is, will have a hard time enjoying the film. It is one of those senseless and mindless action comedy that will either annoy the daylights out of you or you...