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FROM KING
KHAN TO QUEEN
SANDRINE, SIFF
CELEBRATES THE
IMMIGRANT
EXPERIENCE IN
FILM
A Muslim man
undertakes an
unusual and
dangerous
pilgrimage
across the
United States.
An illegal
immigrant
escaping the law
turns nudist to
save his own
skin. A young
girl risks her
life in a city
of lost women.
At the 5th SIFF,
be inspired by
the unbreakable
human will to
survive! |
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My Name is Khan
August 22
(Sunday) 2:00PM
The Grand
September 1
(Wednesday)
7:15PM
HK Science
Museum
With a beautiful
wife and a life
in the States,
Khan (played by
Bollywood
megastar
Shahrukh Khan)
seems to be on
the track for
the perfect
American dream
when the
onslaught of
9/11 changes
everything.
“My Name Is
Khan as a
riotously
overstuffed and
enormously
enjoyable
drama.”
Variety |
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Queen to Play
August 26
(Thursday)
7:30PM HK Arts
Centre
August 31
(Tuesday) 7:30PM
UA Langham Place
In her quest to
learn the game
of chess, a
lowly hotel maid
(Sandrine
Bonnaire) is
inspired to a
journey of
self-discovery.
Kevin Kline
surprises in a
delightful
French-speaking
supporting role.
2009 Tribeca,
Montréal Film
Festival |
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Backyard
August 26
(Thursday)
9:30PM
HK Arts Centre
September 7
(Tuesday) 7:30PM
UA Langham Place
A gripping
thriller
starring Ana de
la Reguera as a
tough,
idealistic
policewoman
determined to
find the truth
about young
women found
murdered in the
hundreds along
the Mexico-U.S.
border.
2009 Havana Film
Festival Best
Screenplay, Best
Editing |
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Eden Is West
September 5
(Sunday) 2:30PM
UA Langham Place
September 9
(Thursday)
7:30PM
UA Langham Place
Mistaken for a
bellboy, and
running from the
law, an illegal
immigrant finds
himself the
object of desire
for the patrons
of a nudist
colony in this
hilarious farce.
A delight from
master of
political drama
Costa-Gavras (Z,
The Missing).
2009 Berlin Film
Festival Closing
Film |
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Meet the
Filmmakers in
Post-screening
Q&As! |
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Comrade Couture
It’s not easy to
be
fashionable…especially
if you lived in
the former
communist state
of East
Germany. Director
Marco Wilms, at
the time a model
who was labeled
“an enemy of the
state”, will be
answering
questions after
the screening on
August 27
(Friday) at the
Hong Kong Arts
Centre Agnes b.
CINEMA! |
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Hong Kong
Animation
Join pioneering
Hong Kong
animator Neco Lo
and John Chan,
director of
The Postgal
Animation
Collection 2.0,
as they embark
on a dialogue
into the lost
world of Hong
Kong animation
history.
Discover the
past, present
and future of
animation in the
post-screening
seminar, “Hong
Kong Animation:
Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow” on
August 28
(Saturday)
7:00PM at the
Hong Kong Arts
Centre Agnes b.
CINEMA! |
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JCCA Youth
Volunteer
Programme Opens
for Submission! |
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Get involved and
be an essential
part of Asia's
most important
film events!
An exciting
Youth Volunteer
Programme of
Jockey Club Cine
Academy (JCCA)
is now open for
submission!
For more
information,
please visit
http://www.hkiff.org/jcca |
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