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  • Garcia to head HK Film Festival

    Thursday, Sep 2, 2010 1:48PM / Members only

    AnD is happy to welcome the new head to the HKIFF!

    Here's a news item posted on filmbiz.asia:
    http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/garcia-to-head-hk-film-festival?utm_source=fba&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly

    Garcia to head HK Film Festival


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    By Patrick Frater

    Thu, 02 September 2010, 12:26 PM (HKT)


    Executive Shuffle News

    Roger Garcia has been appointed executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (香港國際電影節). He replaces Shaw Soo-wei (邵素薇) who has been in the job since September 2008.

    Garcia has been a strategic and programming consultant, adviser, curator and juror for many international film festivals in Europe, US and Asia. He was also previously director of the HKIFF in the late 1970s. He has also been a regular film critic.

    Born in Hong Kong and currently based in Los Angeles, Garcia is also an active film producer. He recently produced Filipino director Raymond Red's Manila Skies (Himpapawid).

    "As a pioneer in Asian film programming, Garcia has played a pivotal role in both the evolution of the [HKIFF] Society and the development of festivals globally," said Wilfred Wong, chairman of the HKIFFS. "He brings a deep understanding of the HKIFF brand and culture, the needs of the changing film economy and is the ideal successor to continue the recognition and growth of Asia’s leading film events."

    The role involves oversight not just of the festival, but also the Asian Film Awards (AFA) and the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).

    “My film career basically began with the HKIFF," said Garcia in a prepared statement. “It was the first international film festival in Asia and over the years its programmes of discovery and revelation have had much to do with the acceptance of Asian and Hong Kong cinema around the world. I have much affection and personal connection to the festival and it’s an honour to come on board again, and help to steer it to new horizons."

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  • FROM KING KHAN TO QUEEN SANDRINE, SIFF CELEBRATES THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN FILM

    Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 11:10PM / Members only

    A Muslim man undertakes an unusual and dangerous pilgrimage across the United States. An illegal immigrant escaping the law turns nudist to save his own skin. A young girl risks her life in a city of lost women. At the 5th SIFF, be inspired by the unbreakable human will to survive!

    My Name is Khan

     

    August 22 (Sunday) 2:00PM The Grand

    September 1 (Wednesday) 7:15PM
    HK Science Museum

     

    With a beautiful wife and a life in the States, Khan (played by Bollywood megastar Shahrukh Khan) seems to be on the track for the perfect American dream when the onslaught of 9/11 changes everything.

     

    My Name Is Khan as a riotously overstuffed and enormously enjoyable drama.” Variety

    Queen to Play

     

    August 26 (Thursday) 7:30PM HK Arts Centre

    August 31 (Tuesday) 7:30PM UA Langham Place

     

    In her quest to learn the game of chess, a lowly hotel maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) is inspired to a journey of self-discovery. Kevin Kline surprises in a delightful French-speaking supporting role.

     

    2009 Tribeca, Montréal Film Festival

    Backyard

    August 26 (Thursday) 9:30PM
    HK Arts Centre

    September 7 (Tuesday) 7:30PM
    UA Langham Place

     

    A gripping thriller starring Ana de la Reguera as a tough, idealistic policewoman determined to find the truth about young women found murdered in the hundreds along the Mexico-U.S. border.

     

    2009 Havana Film Festival Best Screenplay, Best Editing

    Eden Is West

    September 5 (Sunday) 2:30PM
    UA Langham Place

    September 9 (Thursday) 7:30PM
    UA Langham Place

     

    Mistaken for a bellboy, and running from the law, an illegal immigrant finds himself the object of desire for the patrons of a nudist colony in this hilarious farce. A delight from master of political drama Costa-Gavras (Z, The Missing).

     

    2009 Berlin Film Festival Closing Film

    Meet the Filmmakers in Post-screening Q&As!

    Comrade Couture

     

    It’s not easy to be fashionable…especially if you lived in the former communist state of East Germany. Director Marco Wilms, at the time a model who was labeled “an enemy of the state”, will be answering questions after the screening on August 27 (Friday) at the Hong Kong Arts Centre Agnes b. CINEMA!

    Hong Kong Animation

     

    Join pioneering Hong Kong animator Neco Lo and John Chan, director of The Postgal Animation Collection 2.0, as they embark on a dialogue into the lost world of Hong Kong animation history. Discover the past, present and future of animation in the post-screening seminar, “Hong Kong Animation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” on August 28 (Saturday) 7:00PM at the Hong Kong Arts Centre Agnes b. CINEMA!

    JCCA Youth Volunteer Programme Opens for Submission!

    Get involved and be an essential part of Asia's most important film events!

     

    An exciting Youth Volunteer Programme of Jockey Club Cine Academy (JCCA) is now open for submission!

     

    For more information, please visit http://

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  • Program Highlight - King of Thorn

    Sunday, Aug 15, 2010 6:58PM / Members only

    The writer and storyboard artist for Appleseed has made his directorial debut with this intense apocalyptic sci-fi drama that is a cross between Aliens and Lost. It begins with an epidemic which turns people into stone. With no cure in sight, the government cryogenically preserves 160 people from around the world so that they could outlive the virus. But the survivors receive a rude awakening by a gigantic plant-like creature. It is up to seven remaining individuals to carry on and find out the fate of the world.

    http://www.kingofthorn.net

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  • Program Highlight - Have You Heard From Johannesburg

    Saturday, Aug 14, 2010 6:56PM / Members only

    This summer, all eyes were focused on South Africa as the host of the World Cup. But behind the stadiums and multi-million sponsorships lie the ghost of Apartheid, which remains today, 16 years after its end. Connie Field’s sprawling, captivating Have You Heard From Johannesburg is the ultimate document on how one nation, with the help of the world, frees itself from the tyranny of segregation. Hailed as “a triumph of maximalist filmmaking” by the Village Voice and “massive, engrossing and surprisingly exciting” by New York magazine, the film is already considered an essential viewing.

    Programme 1: The Road to Resistance (64 min), begins with Nelson Mandela’s release but flashes back to Apartheid’s beginning and the African National Congress leaders’ arrests. Hell of a Job (58 min) then focuses on the efforts of exiled dissident Oliver Tambo.
    The New Generation (58 min) from within South Africa led to the Soweto Uprising, which brought about international action.

    http://www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/index.html

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  • Get your Summer International Festival Tickets now before they're sold out!

    Friday, Aug 13, 2010 6:22PM / Members only

    The response to the SIFF has been really strong!  screenings have been selling out at a tremendous rate! 

    But don't worry,  there are still a lot of tickets available.  ALSO in response to the demand, the organizers have added additional screenings for many sold out shows!

    Additional Screenings of SOLD-OUT films!
    The September Issue – Aug 24
    Dancing Dreams – Sep 2
    Sylvie Guillem – Sep 2
    Quattro Hong Kong/607 – Sep 13

    The September Issue - Aug 24
      24/8/2010 (Tue) 19:15 GC 
    Tickets NOW available at URBTIX

    Dancing Dreams – Teenagers Perform “Kontakthof” by Pina Bausch - Sep 2
      2/9/2010 (Thu) 19:30 AC
    Tickets NOW available at URBTIX

    Sylvie Guillem: On the Edge - Sep 2
      2/9/2010 (Thu) 21:30 AC 
    Tickets NOW available at URBTIX

     Quattro Hong Kong / 607 -Sep 13
      13/9/2010 (Mon) 19:30 AC
    Tickets NOW available at URBTIX


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