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Hong Kong Contemporary Films Kicks Off at VAFF
Press Release - November 2, 2002
To promote Hong Kong�s contemporary films in Vancouver, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada) (HKETO) is co-organizing a �Hong Kong Spotlight: Gems from Asia�s Hollywood� with the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) at Cinemark Tinseltown Theatre from today (November 1) to November 4, showcasing four of Hong Kong�s recent outstanding contemporary films.
�Hong Kong Spotlight: Gems from Asia�s Hollywood� is the fourth component of the �Hong Kong - From Reel to Real� Promotion in Vancouver organized by the HKETO from October 24 to November 4 to mark the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Addressing the audience before the premiere show �Hollywood Hong Kong�, the Director of the HKETO, Mrs Rosanna Ure, said: �Hong Kong has been a culture and entertainment hub of Asia. And there is nothing more representative of our cultural industry than our vibrant film industry.
�In recent decades, we have produced a number of talented directors and actors who have gained widespread recognition for their creativity and inspiration, and have made their way to Hollywood.�
We hope that featuring their work would further promote the Hong Kong film industry and its position as Asia�s Hollywood, she added.
Apart from the premiere film �Hollywood Hong Kong� (directed by Fruit Chan), which was shown this evening, the other three films featured at this year�s VAFF �Hong Kong Spotlight: Gems from Asia�s Hollywood� are:
Film titles - Screening date and time:
2002 - Saturday, November 2 - 9:30 pm
July Rhapsody - Sunday, November 3 - 4:00 pm
Midnight Fly - Monday, November 4 - 7:00 pm
The other three events of the �Hong Kong: From Reel to Real� Promotion in Vancouver are: a large-scale photo exhibition on Hong Kong�s infrastructure at UBC Robson Square which will last until November 4, as well as a seminar on action film production and a Kung Fu film series which already have been concluded.
The �Hong Kong � From Reel to Real� Promotion is supported by Fairchild Television, Talentvision, AM1470, FM96.1 and Ming Pao as its media sponsors while the Long Shong Group rendered assistance in the Kung Fu film series.
For more information, please contact:
John Tam, Chief Information Officer of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office at: (416) 924-5544 or email: [email protected] or
Elison Chu, Senior Information Office, [email protected] or
Catherine Yuen, Principal Consultant (Communications) at (604)331-1300 or
[email protected]
Photograph shows the HKETO Director, Mrs. Rosanna Ure, addressing the audience this (November 2) afternoon before the Premier Show �Hollywood Hong Kong� at the Cinemark Tinseltown Theatre in Vancouver to launch the �Hong Kong Spotlight: Gems from Asia�s Hollywood� in this year�s Vancouver Asian Film Festival.
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