- Dates
- March 11 (Sun) - 18 (Sun) , 2012
- Venues
ABC HALL (Fukushima)
Umeda Garden Cinema (Umeda)
CINE NOUVEAU (Kujo)- Link
- The 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival
(C)Media Asia Films (BVI) Ltd.
HONG KONG NIGHT (Competition program)
2012/Hong Kong/114min.
Director: Johnnie To
Johnnie To, the leading Hong Kong filmmaker, has established a brand-new style of Hong Kong film, breaking the existing mold of HK films and creating stylish and exciting films. To has made films in a wide variety of genres, from cool action to sweet love romance. His latest touching love story, "Romancing in Thin Air" will be the HONG KONG NIGHT film of OAFF, the film's first festival screening! This film will be also an OAFF2012 Competition film.
- [HONG KONG NIGHT] Ceremony GUEST:
John Chong ("Romancing in Thin Air" Excutive producer)
Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan ("Big Blue Lake" Director/Screenplay)
Carol Lai ("The Second Woman" Director/Screenplay)
Lai Ho ("The Second Woman" Screenplay)
Adam Wong, Saville Chan ("Friends" Director)
*With English subtitles
2011/Hong Kong/98min.
Director: Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan
- GUEST: Director/ Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan
*With English subtitles
The winner of the 1st OAFF Competition Grand Prix in 2011
2010/Hong Kong/118min.
Directors: Derek Tsang, Jimmy Wan
*With English subtitles
(Competition program)
2012/Hong Kong, China/105min.
Director: Carol Lai
Leading Asian actress, Shu Qi, teams with a Hong Kong female director, Carol Lai, in this much talked-about suspense film, depicting Reminiscence and Wondering. International Premiere!
- GUEST: Director/ Carol Lai, Screenplay/ Lai Ho
*With English subtitles
(C)2011 We Pictures Ltd. Stellar Mega Films Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
CLOSING
2011/Hong Kong, China/115min.
Provided by Culture Publishers /
Distributor in Japan: Broadmedia Studio Corporation
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Known as the director of "Comrades, Almost a Love Song" and "The Warlords," Peter Chan is now a leading figure in Asian films. "Wu Xia" is his latest mystery mega-action film, starring Donnie Yeng and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
- GUEST: Director/ Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Friends
2011/Hong Kong/4min.
Directors: Adam Wong, Seville Chan
Adam Wong is an up-and-coming Hong Kong filmmaker who has garnered much attention for "When Beckham Met Owen" and was nominated for Hong Kong Best Film Award's Best New Director with "Magic Boy". Wong created this short film with Seville Chan about a month and half after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The touching film is filled the earnest wishes of Hong Kong citizens to help and encourage people trying to face the unprecedented disaster.
March 11 (Sun) 21:00 at Umeda Garden Cinema
March 12 (Mon) 18:30 at Umeda Garden Cinema
March 14 (Wed) 19:00 at ABC Hall [HONG KONG NIGHT]
- [HONG KONG NIGHT] Ceremony GUEST:
John Chong ("Romancing in Thin Air" Excutive producer)
Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan ("Big Blue Lake" Director/Screenplay)
Carol Lai ("The Second Woman" Director/Screenplay)
Lai Ho ("The Second Woman" Screenplay)
Adam Wong, Saville Chan ("Friends" Director)
