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Hong Kong films well received at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival
Photo Capton - July 27, 2005
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival concluded earlier this week with the finale screening of Bruce Lee’s “Fist of Fury”, hosted by the leading actress of the film, Miss Nora Miao, at the Concordia Hall Theatre. Miss Miao was given a standing ovation when she was introduced to the 700 viewers there, who responded enthusiastically to the Bruce Lee classic.
The film was one of the 10 pictures, including some legendary Shaw Brothers’ films and Hong Kong’s latest productions, presented by the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office (Canada) in the “Hong Kong Cinema” section of the festival. About 100 films, mostly from Asia, were screened during the 19-day festival, which recorded an all-time-high attendance of 75,000 persons this year.
Derek Yee’s “One Nite in Mongkok”, which was screened to mark the festival’s Hong Kong Night, was given one of the two 50th Anniversary Sequences “Special Mention” awards. The judges described the film as a thriller “which lingers on the humanity of its characters, instead of on the stylized violence,” and “a fascinating path for the Hong Kong cinema to follow in these coming years.”
Picture shows Mr Bassanio So, Director of Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office; and Miss Nora Miao, presenting a souvenir picture of Bruce Lee in action to Marc Lamothe, Assistant Director of the Fantasia Festival at the festival’s finale reception.
Picture shows actress Nora Miao being interviewed by Montreal's "FLASH" television talking about her working experiences with Hong Kong's kungfu superstars Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
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