Tag: Hong Kong French Film Festival

Hong Kong French Film Festival Celebrates 5 Decades

The Hong Kong French Film Festival (HKFFF) celebrates its 50th edition this year. Since 1953, the festival has brought more than 1600 French films to local screens.

Organized by the Alliance Française de Hong Kong, and featuring more than 50 films, the 50th HKFFF runs from 24 November – 14 December at 5 cinemas. A full screening schedule can be found on the festival’s website.

The HKFFF’s opens with two films Martin Bourboulon‘s Eiffel and Titane by Julia Ducournau. There’s a tribute to female directors and a collaboration with Greenpeace – Cinema for the Climate.

50th Hong Kong French Film Festival
Date: 24 November – 14 December, 2021
Venue: Various cinema and online
Tickets: various
More info:
www.hkfrenchfilmfestival.com

Twenty Second Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival

After going online last year the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (HKJFF) returns to theatres for its 22nd year.

The HKJFF will screen 32 films, documentaries and shorts, over 8 days and nights from 13-21 November at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center in Admiralty and the Golden Scene Cinema in Kennedy Town.

Opening the festival is Mano Khalil‘s Neighbours a film full of humour and satire based on the experiences of Sero, a Kurdish boy dealing with border wars and anti-Zionist rhetoric, in 1982 Syria.

In 2021 the HKJFF teams up with the Hong Kong French Film Festival on the 18 November at Golden Scene cinema for a night of French films including Aurélie Saada’s Rose, and Sandrine Kiberlain‘s A Radiant Girl (Une fille qui va bien).

The Auschwitz Report
The Auschwitz Report – 15 November, HKJFF

Twenty Second Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Date: 13-21 November, 2021
Venue: Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Golden Scene Cinema
Tickets: $100
More info: www.hkjff.org