HKETO Newsroom

August 12, 2022

HKETO supports Hong Kong films at Mulan International Film Festival

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto) (HKETO) supported the screening of two Hong Kong Films “Keep Rolling” and “Happy Together” at this year’s edition of Mulan International Film Festival (Festival) in Toronto held from August 12 to 20.  

Speaking before the screening of “Keep Rolling” at the opening night of the Festival, Director of HKETO, Ms Emily Mo, is delighted to share with participants that the Hong Kong film has been selected as the Opening Night Film of the Festival. She moved on to introduce the dynamic film industry in Hong Kong and highlighted Hong Kong's success in film-making.  “Hong Kong has a big pool of film talents and is a leading film-making centre in Asia. Over the past decade, Hong Kong films and talents have won more than 300 international awards,” she said. 

Ms Mo noted the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is committed to supporting the development of Hong Kong film industry.  “We finance the production of small-to-medium budget films, provide funding support for the industry to attend film festivals overseas, and subsidise training programmes to help nurture young directors and scriptwriting talents for the industry,” she said.

Noting that people in Hong Kong and Canada share a love for movies, she remarked that the Toronto ETO would continue to support Hong Kong films to participate in various international film festivals held in Canada, including Mulan.  

Directed by Man Lim Chung, “Keep Rolling” is a documentary about one of Hong Kong's most celebrated filmmakers, Ms Ann Hui's astonishing life and prolific career. While “Happy Together” directed by acclaimed Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai portrayed a relationship in breakdown casts Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung as a couple travelling through Argentina as they break up, make up, and fall apart again and again. More information about the Festival is available at Mulan’s official website: https://mulanfestival.com/festival-2022/.

August 12, 2022

香港經貿處支持香港電影在木蘭國際電影節放映

香港駐多倫多經濟貿易辦事處(香港經貿處)支持兩部香港電影《好好拍電影》及《春光乍洩》於八月十二至二十日在本年度木蘭國際電影節放映。

香港經貿處處長巫菀菁在電影節開幕晚會上放映《好好拍電影》前致辭,她向觀眾表示欣悉香港電影獲選為木蘭國際電影節的開幕電影。她同時介紹香港電影業的蓬勃發展,並強調香港在電影製作方面的成功。巫菀菁說:「香港匯聚電影業人才,亦是亞洲首屈一指的電影製作中心。在過去十年,香港電影和業界人才獲頒逾三百個國際獎項。」

巫菀菁表示,香港特別行政區政府一直非常支持香港電影業發展,她說:「我們資助中低成本的電影製作,贊助業界人士出席海外的電影節,並且資助訓練計劃,協助培育業界新進導演和編劇人才。」

巫菀菁深感香港和加拿大的民眾均熱愛電影,她表示香港經貿處會繼續支持香港電影參與包括木蘭國際電影節在內的各個於加拿大舉行的國際電影節。

由文念中執導的紀錄片《好好拍電影》是關於香港最傑出電影製片人之一許鞍華傳奇的一生及其豐富多創的導演生涯。至於由香港著名導演王家衛執導的《春光乍洩》是描述一對情侶在遊歷阿根廷的旅途中,一次又一次分手、和好、分離的關係,由香港巨星梁朝偉和張國榮主演。有關木蘭國際電影節的詳情可瀏覽其官方網頁:https://mulanfestival.com/festival-2022/