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HKIFFS E-Newsletter Issue 43 |
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Citibank I.T Visa Cardholders
Exclusive Privileges for the 5th
Summer International Film
Festival
From July 23 10 a.m. to July 25
10 p.m., 2010, holders of
Citibank I.T Platinum Card and
Citibank I.T Classic Card can
enjoy exclusive Priority Booking
of Summer International Film
Festival tickets at
www.hkiff.org. Also, during the
public sales starting July 26,
cardholders can enjoy 10% off on
tickets at all URBTIX counters.
Act now to join this summer film
event and experience the
Cultural Privileges brought to
you by Citibank I.T Visa Card.
Terms and Conditions
apply. |
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World-renowned
dance films
screened at SIFF
For all
dance-lovers and
festival-goers,
do not miss the
"Dancing Queens"
section of the
5th SIFF
featuring three
internationally
acclaimed dance
films: |
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Dancing Dreams –
Teenagers
Perform
“Kontakthof” by
Pina Bausch
August 19
(Thursday)
7:30PM HK Arts
Centre
September 6
(Monday) 9:30PM
HK Science
Museum
Although
world-renowned
German dancer
choreographer
Pina Bausch
passed away last
summer, her
legacy lives on
in this
uplifting and
life-affirming
tribute.
Dancing Dreams
follows a group
of teens who,
over the course
of a year,
rehearse in
preparation for
a performance of
one of Bausch’s
signature
pieces, "Kontakthof".
2010 Berlin Film
Festival
Berlinale
Special |
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Sylvie Guillem:
On the Edge
(Sylvie Guillem:
Sur le fil)
August 19
(Thursday)
9:30PM HK Arts
Centre
September 3
(Friday) 7:30PM
HK Arts Centre
Sylvie Guillem
is a legendary
figure in
ballet.
Branching out
into modern
dance, this
revealing
documentary,
shot over a
period of two
years, Sylvie
collaborates
with renowned
theatre director
Robert Lepage
and
choreographer
Russell
Maliphant on a
new performance
titled "Eonnagata". |
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The Red Shoes
August 16
(Monday) 9:00PM
HK Science
Museum
Do not miss your
last chance to
catch The Red
Shoes after
its
sold-out
screening at
the 34th HKIFF.
Often cited as
one of the
greatest British
films ever made,
The Red Shoes
took 35 years of
restoration
overseen by
Martin Scorsese
and inspired
many film-makers
including
Francis Ford
Coppola and
Steven
Spielberg.
Directed by
Michael Powell,
the 1948 film
is visually one
of the most
innovative and
beautiful works
of cinema ever
created.
"We must be
contented with
repeating that
The Red Shoes
is one you must
see."
The New York
Times |
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3 Restored
Taiwanese
Classics
The SIFF will be
the first event
outside Taiwan
to present three
digitally
restored
masterpieces
directed by
three Taiwanese
masters,
including Hou
Hsiao-Hsien’s
Dust in the Wind,
Edward Yang’s
The Terrorizers
and Tsai
Ming-Liang’s
Vive L’amour. |
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Dust in the Wind
(restored
version)
(Lianlian
Fengchen)
August 14
(Saturday)
1:50PM The Grand
August 22
(Sunday) 5:00PM
The Grand
The title refers
to man's
inability to
halt the march
of time, and in
this
melancholic,
critically
acclaimed work
by master
director Hou,
youthful
innocence is the
greatest
casualty.
1990 Kinema
Junpo Awards
Best Foreign
Language Film
Director
"Dust in the
Wind
is a
brilliant,
elegiac work
that is also
among Hsien's
most accessible.
A must-see for
anyone
interested in
film outside of
Hollywood."
All Movie Guide |
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The Terrorizers
(restored
version)
(Kongbu
Fenzi)
August 12
(Thursday)
7:15PM The Grand
August 21
(Saturday)
9:30PM The Grand
One of late
director Edward
Yang’s most
accomplished
films, The
Terrorizers
interplays
fiction, media
and reality to
create a jigsaw
puzzle whereby
three unrelated
couples are
drawn together
by a crime.
1987 Silver
Leopard winner,
Locarno Film
Festival.
1987
Asia-Pacific
Film Festival
Best Screenplay
"The Terrorizers
realistically
records the
people’s private
sentiment at a
specific moment
of Taiwan’s
rapid
socio-economical
transformation." Time Out |
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Vive l’amour
(restored
version)
(Aiqing
Wansui)
August 15
(Sunday) 2:15PM
The Grand
August 23
(Monday) 7:15PM
The Grand
Vive l’amour,
the masterpiece
which forever
cements Tsai
Ming-Liang’s
reputation as a
world renowned
auteur, is a
wrenching study
of alienation,
demoralization
and loneliness.
1994 Venice Film
Festival Golden
Lion
1994 Venice Film
Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
1994 Golden
Horse Award Best
Director, Best
Film and Best
Effects
“Vive
l'amour,
Tsai Ming-liang's
haunting second
feature, is a
virtual homage
to the Antonioni
films
La Notte
and
Eclipse"
New York
Times |
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Get Ready to Buy
SIFF tickets
Citibank I.T
Visa Card
Priority Booking
will begin on
July 23, and the
public sales
will be
available at
URBTIX from July
26 onwards. The
official website
of the SIFF 2010
at
www.hkiff.org
will launch the
full programme
line-up on July
23, 2010. |
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