25 Feb - The 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) will open with Johnny To's rom-com "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and another film specially commissioned for it, called "Quattro Hong Kong 2" by Stanley Kwan and three other distinguished filmmakers from Southeast Asia – Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Philippines' Brillante Mendoza and Malaysia's Ho Yu-hang.
Held from March 20 to April 5, over 300 films from over 56 countries will be screened, including 19 world premieres and 35 Asian premieres.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival was launched in 1977, it is one of Asia's most reputable platforms for filmmakers, film professionals and filmgoers from all over the world to launch new works and experience the latest outstanding cinema projects.
"The theme for this year's festival is 'Let's Meet Here', an invitation to everyone to take part in Hong Kong's biggest celebration of film, and this year, the HKIFF continues to serve the Hong Kong public by bringing to it the best and the brightest in the contemporary and classical cinema, and the filmmaking community as a major platform to launch their new works," said HKIFF Society Chairman Wilfred Wong.
Meanwhile, the 3rd Hong Kong Film Festival (HKFF) in Malaysia is coming soon to GSC Pavilion KL, GSC Mid Valley & GSC 1 Utama from Mar 17 -20. The organisers have indicated that this edition will showcase classics from the 80s up to the present day.
There is no word on the Singaporean edition yet at the time of publishing. Last year's April 8-11 do at Golden Village was the first after a hiatus of three years.