Hong Kong film showcase to bring four screenings to Ho Chi Minh City
A November 22 seminar at Fulbright University Vietnam will bring visiting actors and directors together with Vietnamese film professionals.
Ho Chi Minh City will host four Hong Kong films and a visiting delegation of filmmakers and performers for the three-day Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation. Screenings are scheduled for November 21 and 22 at CGV Crescent Mall Phu My Hung.
The programme includes a November 22 seminar at Fulbright University Vietnam, where actors and directors involved in the selected films will discuss their professional experience with Vietnamese counterparts. An opening event at the cinema will follow.
- November 21, Cinema 2: NJO Kui-ying’s “Road to Vendetta” at 2:00 pm, followed at 4:00 pm by Mary Stephen’s “Palimpsest, The Story of a Name”.
- November 22: Fung Chih Chiang’s “Wakesurf Lovers” at 7:15 pm in Cinema 4, and Lam Lok-hin’s “Dead End” at 7:30 pm in Cinema 2.
Among those meeting local audiences will be “Wakesurf Lovers” lead actor Jeffrey Ngai and director Fung Chih Chiang. Fung’s screenwriting credits include “Shaolin Soccer”, “CJ7”, “The Mermaid” and “Sparrow”, and he has worked extensively with Stephen Chow and Johnnie To.
The delegation also includes COLLAR member Marf Yau, a young ambassador for the Hong Kong International Film Camp. Her acting debut in “Blossoms Under Somewhere” (2024) brought her a Best New Performer nomination at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Asian Film Awards Academy organises the travelling showcase with funding from the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency and the Hong Kong Film Development Fund. The programme supports filmmaking exchanges between Hong Kong and ASEAN countries.
