--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.

Asia's Largest Lesbian & Gay Film Fest to Kick Off in HK

The largest and longest-running lesbian & gay film festival in Asia, the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Film Festival (HKLGFF) is developing a reputation as the premier destination for Asian premieres of films with queer content. Now in its 13th edition and featuring 60 screenings from 18 countries, the festival will run from November 17th - 27th this year.

 

Saving Face, the award-winning film by Chinese-American filmmaker Alice Wu, opens the festival. It stars veteran actress Joan Chen and Michelle Krusiec, who was recently nominated for Best Actress at the 42nd Golden Horse Awards. Apart from a panorama of films from around the world, this year's HKLGFF features a focus on Latin queer cinema, a retrospective of notorious Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce's works and a compilation of Asian lesbian shorts. The line-up also includes the world premiere of Hong Kong director David Chow's documentary Space of Desire, which gives rare insights into Hong Kong's queer movement. The festival closes with Filipino director Brilliante Mendoza's The Masseur, winner of the Golden Leopard at the recent Locarno Film Festival's Video Competition.

 

Started in 1989 by Fortissimo Films co-chairman Wouter Barendrecht, HKLGFF is a non-profit organization that is fully supported by both Fortissimo and the Edko Films-owned Broadway theatre chain. Gary Mak, Associate Director of the Broadway Cinematheque and co-organizer of the festival, says that the festival has opened up the mind of the general public, giving more representation to those who is always under-represented in this society.

 

In terms of the works programmed, festival director Denise Tang comments, "What makes the HKLGFF unique is that, due to relatively unfettered censorship laws in Hong Kong, the films featured here are shown uncut and uncensored. Screening controversial films such as those by director Bruce LaBruce is a much more difficult proposition in other countries within the region."

 

"The HKLGFF has been regarded as a major cultural event for film festival goers and the only high-profile community event for local lesbian & gay communities. We aim to make the festival the hub for emerging artists in Asia and give them the opportunity to present their works to an open-minded and sophisticated Asian audience."

 

(hkfilmart November 16, 2005)

Gays in Guangdong Show Unity and Pride
Homosex Proposed to Be Included in Textbooks
Growing Interest in Homosexual Research Heralds End of Gay Stigmatization in China
Gays Live a Difficult Life Under Social Bias
Print This Page | Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688