More pictures from the 12thUdine Far East Film festival featuring legendary Hong Kong
writer/director Patrick Lung Kong (“Teddy Girls”, “Story of a Discharged Prisoner”, “The Call Girls”, “Hiroshima
28”…)...
Patrick Lung Kong presenting "The Call Girls" and "Prince of "Broadcaster" (April 27th, 2010)
Patrick Lung Kong meets the press (April 27th, 2010)
...and the young talents Derek
Kwok & Clement Cheng,
writers and directors of my favorite Hong Kong movie of 2010, “Gallants” (starring veterans like Cheng Kwan-tai, Teddy Robin Kwan, Susan Shaw Yin-yin, Michael Chai Wai-man, Bruce
Leung,Lo Meng… and actors from
the new generation including Wong
You-nam, Jia Xiaochen & MC Jin ) which is personally the best
kung-fu comedy I’ve seen since “Shaolin
Soccer”.
The Udine
premiere of “Gallants” (a film
produced by Gordon Lam Ka-tung for Focus Films, Andy Lau’s company) was the second screening in the world after the
one of the Hong Kong International Film
Festival last March. It will be released in the Hong
Kong theaters next June.
Coincidence: Clement Cheng
& Derek Kwok started as
scriptwriters on Wilson Yip’s “Skyline
Cruisers”, where Patrick Lung Kong
(who’s currently based in New York)
worked on as an actor. Ten years later, they met again at the Far East Fiml
Festival, where Patrick Lung Kong enjoyed “Gallants”
screening very very much. After the movie, he warmly congratulated the young
directors and had with them a great conversation about filmmaking. Magic moment!
Derek Kwok, Patrick Lung Kong & Clement Cheng
Chapman To was there too. He's presenting "La Comédie Humaine" tomorrow.
"Gallants" directors & Patrick Lung Kong with Sabrina Baracetti & Thomas Bertacche of the Far East Film Festival.
After screening cocktail party
"Gallants" directors meet the press (Apr. 28th, 2010)
Frederic Ambroisine is a Hong Kong cinema expert and documentary director who has made over 140 DVD bonus features for film distribution companies in France, the UK, the USA and Germany...
Frederic Ambroisine is a Hong Kong cinema expert and documentary director who has made over 140 DVD bonus features for film distribution companies in France, the UK, the USA and Germany. Born in France, his passion and knowledge of Asian cinema led him to become a regular writer since 2002 for the French magazines Kumite, Asia Pulp and Mad Asia. He is an artistic consultant, writer and director of DVD extra features for Wild Side Film’s 100+ DVD/Blu-Ray collection “Shaw Brothers – Les Essentiels”. Fredederic visits Hong Kong annually and has interviewed hundreds of cinema industry personalities over the years. Many of his interviews and extra features have appeared on dvds/blu-rays from CTV International, Pathé Distribution, Des Films, StudioCanal, BQHL, One Plus One, Eureka Entertainment, Image Entertainment, Koch Media, Anolis, Tiberius Film and Galileo Medien Ag. His feature-length documentary “Fica: From the Near East to the Far East” was screened in 2010 at the Vesoul International Asian Film Festival. In 2011 Frederic directed the official “Making Of” documentary for Michele Placido’s action thriller “Le Guetteur” (The Lookout) starring Daniel Auteuil, Matthieu Kassovitz, Olivier Gourmet and Violante Placido.
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