The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto) (Toronto ETO) is supporting the screening of six Hong Kong films at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival being held from August 5 to 25. This year the Fantasia festival is presenting its programme in person and online for moviegoers in Montreal and film lovers across Canada.
Speaking before the screening of the Hong Kong films in a pre-recorded message, the Director of the Toronto ETO, Ms Emily Mo, said that Hong Kong has long been a favourite location for moviemakers from around the globe. She also highlighted that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has been very supportive of the film industry's development and around HK$260 million has been earmarked under the Film Development Fund to increase local film production and nurture young talents.
"The HKSAR Government finances the production of small- to medium-budget films, subsidises new filmmakers in their productions, supports the industry to join international film festivals, as well as launches training programmes to help nurture young talents. We are proud that a number of government-sponsored Hong Kong films have successfully made their way to various international film festivals across Canada," Ms Mo said.
Deeply impressed that Hong Kong and Canada share a love for movies, Ms Mo said the Toronto ETO will continue to support more Hong Kong films to participate in various international film festivals held in Canada, including Fantasia.
Among the six Hong Kong films, two will be screened at the Cinéma Impérial in Montreal. The two films are "Septet: The Story of Hong Kong", which features works by seven legendary Hong Kong directors, namely Johnnie To, Tsui Hark, the late Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo-ping, Ann Hui and Patrick Tam, and "Raging Fire" directed by the late Benny Chan and starring Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse. The Hong Kong films to be presented online at the Festival are Chiu Sin-hang's "One Second Champion", Ricky Ko's "Time", Chan Kin-long's "Hand Rolled Cigarette" and Tony Lu's "Return of Bastard Swordsman". More information about the Festival is available at Fantasia’s official website: https://fantasiafestival.com/en/festival-2021/program.
The information about the Hong Kong films is available at https://fantasiafestival.com/en/festival-2021/program/movies?countryId=581708
六部香港電影在Fantasia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）支持六部香港電影於八月五日至二十五日舉行的第二十五屆Fantasia國際電影節放映。今年Fantasia電影節在電影院及網絡平台舉行，滿地可的影迷及加拿大各地的電影愛好者可親身或網上觀影。
在香港電影放映前，香港經貿處處長巫菀菁透過預先錄製的短片致辭，她表示香港向來是全球製片人喜愛的拍攝地點。她亦強調香港特別行政區（香港特區）政府一直非常支持電影業的發展，並透過「電影發展基金」預留約2億6,000萬港元，以增加本地電影製作及培養年青人才。
巫菀菁表示：「香港特區政府資助中低成本的電影製作，支援新進電影工作者製作其作品，推動電影業參與國際電影節，並推出訓練計劃培育後進。不少得政府資助的香港電影曾成功參與加拿大各個國際電影節，我們為此自豪。」
巫菀菁深感香港和加拿大的民眾均熱愛電影，她表示多倫多經貿辦會繼續支持更多香港電影參與包括Fantasia在內的各個於加拿大舉行的國際電影節。
在該六部香港電影中，兩部會在滿地可Cinéma Impérial放映的是由杜琪峯、徐克、已故的林嶺東、洪金寶、袁和平、許鞍華和譚家明七位著名香港導演合作的作品《七人樂隊》，以及由已故導演陳木勝執導、甄子丹和謝霆鋒領銜主演的《怒火》。電影節在網上放映的香港電影為趙善恆的《一秒拳王》、高子彬的《殺出個黃昏》、陳健朗的《手捲煙》和魯俊谷的《布衣神相》。有關電影節和香港電影放映的詳情，可瀏覽Fantasia官方網頁 fantasiafestival.com/en/festival-2021/program。
有關香港電影的詳情，可瀏覽 https://fantasiafestival.com/en/festival-2021/program/movies?countryId=581708
