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• The Summer International Film Festival 2009 Grand Opening

  Thursday, Aug 6, 2009 12:53PM / Press Release

  Feasting the Eyes of Film Goers with Vengeance Kicking Off the Event

   

  Presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS), the Summer International Film Festival (Summer IFF) 2009 kicked off today with a Grand Opening Ceremony and the Asia Premiere of Vengeance at The Grand. 

   

  Present at the Grand Opening were Ms Shaw Soo Wei, Executive Director and Mr Li Cheuk To, Artistic Director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society; Mr Johnnie To, film director, Mr Anthony Wong, actor, Mr Simon Yam, actor, Mr Gordon Lam, actor, Ms Michelle Ye, actress and Mr Lam Suet, actor of Vengeance; Mr Peter Lam, Chairman and Mr John Chong, CEO of Media Asia Group; Mr Victor Cheng, Senior Account Director, Advertising Sales and Marketing of Sony Pictures Television, the Summer IFF official sponsor.

   

  Mr Li Cheuk To, Artistic Director of HKIFFS said at the Grand Opening, “The annual Summer International Film Festival has been enjoying great success since its launch in 2006.  Aiming to inspire interest in the art and culture of film among the younger audience, we have gained full support from our sponsors.  We hope that with the incessant support cultivating audience for Hong Kong International Film Festival from all walks of life, Hong Kong’s film culture will continue to flourish.”

   

  To celebrate this auspicious occasion, Johnnie To, the film director of Vengeance also officiated at the Grand Opening with Anthony Wong and Simon Yam, actors of Vengeance.  They also met and greeted the audience of the movie.

   

  Sony Entertainment Television, the channel for Wickedly Juicy TV, is the official sponsor of Summer IFF 2009.  With the Wickedly Juicy Selection presented by Sony Entertainment Television, film buffs can indulge in feature films filled with love, drama, scandal, food and lust.

   

  The Summer IFF 2009 features diverse programming from around the globe, including award-winners, innovative independent films, controversial documentaries and indisputable classics, Summer IFF sets the stage for some of the most highly anticipated films of the year highlighting 10 Asian, international and world premieres with other 27 titles, from 15 countries and regions, and 75 screenings in total, from August 5 – September 7, 2009.

   

  Tickets are available at URBTIX from July 17, 2009 (Fri).

   

  The Summer IFF 2009 is proudly sponsored by Sony Entertainment Television.

   

  Summer IFF Website: www.summeriff.org.hk 

  
  

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• The Summer International Film Festival is BACK

  Monday, Jul 20, 2009 7:32PM / Standard Entry

  
  Feast your eyes with over 35 movies from around the world!

  Presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS), the annual Summer International Film Festival this year will be held from August 5 (Wed) to September 7 (Mon), 2009. Featuring diverse programming from around the globe, including award-winners, innovative independent films, controversial documentaries and indisputable classics, Summer IFF sets the stage for some of the most highly anticipated films of the year highlighting 10 Asian, international and world premieres with other 27 titles, from 15 countries and regions, and 73 screenings in total, to inspire interest in the art and culture of film among the younger audience.

  Stylish thriller Vengeance, which competed for the prestigious Palme D'Or at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, is the Opening Film of Summer IFF 2009, which is also the film's Asia premiere, while the American romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer has been selected as the Closing Film of the Festival.

  Directed by acclaimed director Johnnie TO, Vengeance stars an international ensemble cast including Veteran French rocker Johnny HALLYDAY, French actress, two times Cesar-winner Sylvie TESTUD, together with TO's regulars Anthony WONG, Simon YAM, LAM Suet and LAM Ka-tung for a journey into the dark heart of revenge.

  Directed by the up-and-coming filmmaker Marc WEBB, (500) Days of Summer has been selected as the Opening Film of 2009 Locarno Film Festival and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Starring Joseph GORDON-LEVITT, one of the hottest young stars in the indie firmament, as well as Zooey DESCHANEL and Geoffrey AREND, this delightful film jumps and twists through postmodern romance, bursting out into song-and-dance, reflection and transformations of expectations, thus is destined to be a template for the future of romantic inspiration.

  The Summer IFF 2009 presents the hottest movies premiered or competed in major international film festivals including the Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Locarno, etc., with a line- up of world-class directors and stars. To name just a few, Claude CHABROL's first-time cooperation with Gerard DEPARDIEU in Bellamy; Jim JARMUSCH, the most adventurous and arresting filmmaker to surface in the American independent cinema, presents his latest absurdist comedy The Limits of Control; the Golden Globe winning English actor Clive OWEN starring in a paranoid political thriller, The International; popular Korean star KWONE Sang-woo drew inspiration of playing melodramatic parts of More Than Blue from his own and recent marriage; Isabelle ADJANI's return to the cinema after a half-decade in Skirt Day; first-time screen appearance in the role of an actor by famed Taiwanese director TSAI Ming-liang in Taipei 24H; Sam Mendes, the Oscar Best Director winner presents his most recently comedy Away We Go and many more.

  Apart from contemporary movies, the Festival also pays tribute to classic films and filmmakers of yesteryear. Two Taiwanese classics A City of Sadness and A Brighter Summer Day have been revived recently and the new or restored prints will be premiered at the Summer IFF. In remembrance of the film master from Japan ICHIKAWA Jun and the renowned producer Wouter BARENDRECHT, movie goers and film lovers should not miss their most representative works.

  BUY TICKETS NOW!

  Don’t miss out on the coolest treats this summer!
  Visit the Summer IFF website www.summeriff.org.hk for more details.

  Tickets available from July 17, 2009 (Fri) onwards at
  1. Counter Booking: All URBTIX outlets
  2. Online Booking: www.urbtix.hk
  3. Credit Card Booking: 2111 5999
  4. Telephone Reservations: 2734 9009
  

  
  

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• 33rd HKIFF Post-Event Trailer

  Friday, Apr 24, 2009 6:31PM / Video

  
  

• WINNERS OF THE 33rd HKIFF PHOTO COMPETITION!

  Thursday, Apr 23, 2009 11:39AM / Standard Entry

  Congratulations to the HKIFF Buzz Photo contest winners! All winners will be contacted directly to claim exclusive HKIFF T-shirts! Here are some of our winning favourites:
  

  
  

  smeLLphant37	Chung Tsang	Etchy	Rachel Tan
  Grace Huang	Simon Yin	Frederic Ambroisine	Patrick Chow

  
  

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• Another Rainy Day

  Saturday, Apr 18, 2009 11:04AM / Standard Entry

  
  
  2009年4月17日，電影公司安排了一場《天水圍的夜與霧》特別放映，影片描述的駭人倫常慘劇，案發日期正是2005年4月17日，已經四周年。

   

  諷刺的是，同日，某發展商在天水圍新盤開售，反應超乎理想。

   

  

   

  早於2006年，許鞍華導演已籌備這部作品，當時片名簡單的叫《天水圍》，劇本更在HAF獲得大獎，但投資的電影公司突然打退堂鼓，原因是怕得罪地產商，後果嚴重，而當時政府亦施壓，指明不準抹黑。之後來最不尋常白勇士出現，就是王晶導演，由他公司出資先拍了《天水圍的日與夜》，口碑絕佳，令《天水圍的夜與霧》有機會現世。

   

  拍這宗滅門慘案的最後一幕，導演選擇了慢鏡表達、攝影師Charlie震懾畫面，盡現靜初一刀刺在心的表情 ，it’s simply mesmerising。片中有句對白這樣說，張靜初每次回家鄉，天都滂沱大雨，她當農民的父親稱，是福氣。

   

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRw-ycyo-I
  

   

  我對雨天是情有獨鍾，Corinne Bailey Rae 的Another Rainy Day 是一首3年前天天都聽的歌，再很多年前替寫報紙發表的連載短篇小說，其中一個也叫《雨點》。今日不停重溫此曲的聽了，想起一部本來不打算看的電影，是韓國電影巨匠俞賢穆於1979年拍攝的作品《下雨天》。

   

  

   

  他擅長拍低下層蟻民的生活，從家庭問題暴露生活的黑暗面，他的《下雨天》始於30年前，另一部亞倫雷奈執導，拍納粹集中營的紀錄片《夜與霧》是1955年出品。世界各地每個導演都探討人性仇恨，透析社會阻止不了的暴力。

   

  人間悲天憫事，雨水，可就是上天眼淚。

  
  

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