Weaving together various observations and musings -- usually pertaining to aspects of Hong Kong (life) but sometimes beyond.
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Seen on the fourth day of my most recent Taiwan trip Invisible Nation: Extended Cut (USA-Taiwan, 2024)- Vanessa Hope, director and co-producer (along with four others) I first heard about Invisible Nation soon after its September 2023 debut at the Woodstock Film Festival. But with things being the way they now are in Hong Kong (with not only a number of Hong
Three Hong Kong movies currently having local theatrical runs We're Nothing At All (Hong Kong, 2026)- Herman Yau, director-scriptwriter-producer- Starring: Anson Kong, Ansonbean (Anson Chan Ngai-san), Patrick Tam Yiu-man At the recently concluded 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival, seven films I viewed made the top ten list for the Audience Choice
Advertising for the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival hanging on the railings of an overhead bridge All My Sisters (Austria-France-Germany-Iran, 2025) - Massoud Bakshi, director and co-producer (with five others)- Part of the HKIFF's Documentary Competition program The first film of the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival
The kind of poster that makes me want to watch the documentary film it's for! :) Whispers in the Woods (France, 2025) - Vincent Mournier, director, cinematographer (with Laurent Joffrion and Antoine Lavorel) and co-producer (with four others) - Part of the HKIFF's Documentary Competition program When I saw the poster for Whispers in the
The Hong Kong International Film Festival screening of Silent Friend that I attended had a post-screening Q&Awith its Hungarian director and Hong Kong star A more close-up shot of Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Ildikó Enyedi Silent Friend (Germany-Hungary-France, 2025)- Ildikó Enyedi, director and co-scriptwriter (with Tina Kaiser and Corinne Le Hong)- Starring: Tony
One of the posters that was part of the HKIFF's poster exhibition at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Past Future Continuous (Iran-Italy-Norway, 2025) - Firouzeh Khosrovani and Morteza Ahmadvand co-directors, and co-scriptwriters (with Naghmeh Samini)- Part of the HKIFF's Documentary Competition program This deceptively straightforward entry in this
I saw these ticketing machines at the HKIFF venues I went tobut I didn't actually see them being used that much (as mysense is that most fest goers buy their tickets (way) in advance)! Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man (China, 1949)- Sang Hu, director - Starring: Shi Hui, Zhu Jiachen, Han Fei, Li Huanqing - Part of the HKIFF's Chinese-language Restored
Key cast and crew at the world premiere of Spare Queens The movie's two leading ladies Spare Queens (Hong Kong, 2026)- Tommy Tom, director and co-scriptwriter (with Lee Po-chi)- Starring: Stephy Tang, Chrissie Chau, Anson Kong, Adam Pak- Part of the HKIFF's Galas program In bowling, a "spare" is awarded after all the pins that were not hit by the first
Display of posters of films, including that for How to Divorce During the War, screened at the 50th Hong KongInternational Film Festival Lithuanian filmmaker Andrius Blaževičius at the Q&Asession after a Hong Kong International Film Festival screening of his film How to Divorce During the War (Lithuania-Luxembourg-Ireland, 2025)-
The cast and crew met the audience both and beforethe world premiere of The Dating Menu The Dating Menu (Hong Kong, 2026) - Amos Why and Frankie Chung, co-directors, and -scriptwriters (with Kong Yu-sing)- Starring: Lo Chun-yip, Rachel Leung, Renci Yeung, Kearen Pang, Crystal Cheung- Part of the HKIFF's Galas program "This seemed like a film made for you," a
