Chinese Film Panorama 2016 opens to showcase winners of international awards (with photos)
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The programme is jointly organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and the South China Film Industry Workers Union, in association with Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd, Southern Film Co Ltd and the China Film Foundation, and is presenting 11 works as highlights of the Chinese films that have won international awards. Audiences will be able to revisit signature works and get to know more about the development of Chinese cinema. The films are being screened from today to October 23 at the Theatre of Hong Kong City Hall, the Cinema of the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Lecture Halls of the Hong Kong Space Museum and the Hong Kong Science Museum.
The officiating guests at the opening ceremony included the President of the China Film Foundation, Mr Zhang Pimin; the Deputy Director of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Ms Elsie Leung; the Under Secretary for Home Affairs, Ms Florence Hui; the Director-General of the Publicity, Culture and Sports Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR, Mr Zhu Wen; the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Ms Michelle Li; the Vice President of the China Film Foundation, Mr Yan Xiaoming; the Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Development Council, Mr Ma Fung-kwok; the Chairman of Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd, Mr Chen Yiqi; the Chairman of Southern Film Co Ltd, Ms Ren Yue; and the Chairman of the South China Film Industry Workers Union, Mr Cheung Hong-tat. Huo Jianqi and other members of the film industry also attended the ceremony.
The opening film, "Postmen in the Mountains", is about a retiring old postman from the rugged Xiangxi region passing his lifetime job on to his son by accompanying him on the first delivery, together with his loyal dog. The son witnesses the exquisite view, rustic villagers and the old postman's passion to work and affection towards the dog along the way. The old postman also realises that there was a lack of fatherly love and affection during the son's childhood. The film has enjoyed a strong reputation at home and abroad, and won the Air Canada People's Award in the Montreal World Film Festival 1999, Best Foreign Film in the Mainichi Film Awards 2002 and Audience Favorite Film in the Maine International Film Festival 2003.
The other selected films are "Old Well" (1986) directed by Wu Tianming, "The Horse Thief" (1986) directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, "King of the Children" (1987) directed by Chen Kaige, "The Swordsman in Double-Flag Town" (1990) directed by He Ping, "The Story of Qiu Ju" (1992) directed by Zhang Yimou, "On the Beat" (1995) directed by Ning Ying, "Still Life" (2006) directed by Jia Zhangke, "Getting Home" (2007) directed by Zhang Yang, "The Piano in a Factory" (2010) directed by Zhang Meng and "Black Coal, Thin Ice" (2014) directed by Diao Yinan.
"Still Life" is in the Chongqing and Shanxi dialects, while the other films are in Putonghua. All films have Chinese and English subtitles.
Tickets priced at $55 are now available at URBTIX. Credit card bookings can be made at 2111 5999 or on the Internet at www.urbtix.hk. For enquiries, please call 2734 2900. Detailed programme information and concessionary schemes can be found at all performance venues of the LCSD, or by browsing the website www.lcsd.gov.hk/fp/en_US/web/fpo/programmes/2016cfp/index.html.
Ends/Monday, September 26, 2016
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Issued at HKT 19:48
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