In collaboration with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, İstanbul Modern Cinema presents a selection of seven films from the emerging cinema of Hong Kong. Among the films in the selection are Echoes of the Rainbow (Sui Yuet San Tau), which won the Crystal Bear at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival and is considered one of the Top 10 movies of 2010 in China; Gallants (Da Lui Toi), which was selected best movie at the Hong Kong Film Awards; and The Drunkard (Jiu Tu), based on the 1963 novel by Liu Yichang, a prominent author in Hong Kong literature.
ALL ABOUT LOVE (DUK HAAN CHAU FAAN), 2010
Hong Kong | 35mm, Color, 105´ | Cantonese
Director: Ann Hui
Cast: Sandra Ng, Vivian Chow, Eddie Cheung
BREAK UP CLUB (FUN SAU SUET OI NEI), 2010
Hong Kong | 35mm, Color, 104´ | Cantonese
Director: Chun-Chun Wong
Cast: Jaycee Cho-Ming Chan, Fiona Sit, Hiro Hayama
CROSSING HENNESSY (YUT MUN HINNEISI) 2010
Hong Kong | 35mm, Color, 105´ | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director: Ivy Ho
Cast: Jacky Cheung, Tang Wei, Ekin Cheng
ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SUI YUET SAN TAU), 2010
Hong Kong | 35mm, Color, 117´ | Cantonese, Mandarin
Director: Alex Law
Cast: Simon Yam, Sandra Ng, Aarif Lee
GALLANTS (DA LUI TOI), 2010
Hong Kong | 35mm, Renkli, 98´ | Cantonese
Directors: Clement Sze-Kit Chen, Chi-kin Kwok
Cast: You-Nam Wong, J.J. Jia, Teddy Robin Kwan
LA COMÉDIE HUMAINE (YAN GAAN HEI KAT)
Hong Kong | 35mm, Color, 100´ | Cantonese
Directors: Hing-Ka Chan, Janet Chun
Cast: Chapman To, Cho-Lam Wong, Fiona Sit
THE DRUNKARD (JIU TU), 2010
Hong Kong | 35mm, Color, 106´ | Cantonese
Directors: Kwok-shiu Freddie Wong, Wing-Chiu Chan
Cast: Kuo-Chu Chang, Irene Wan, Wei Wei