The Hong Kong International Film Festival today confirms the return of multi-talented actor Aaron Kwok as its ambassador for the third consecutive year and unveils a new key art to mark its 45th anniversary.
Scheduled between 1 and 12 April for 12 days, HKIFF45 will be the first hybrid edition in the festival’s history, featuring screenings and audience-engagement events simultaneously in physical and online formats.
Aaron Kwok, a Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor nominee last year for I’m Livin’ It and a past winner, is one of Asia’s premier artists. He recently won plaudits for staging a free live-streamed concert to support dancers struggling for work under the Covid-19 pandemic.
While taking part in an HKIFF45 photoshoot, Kwok reflects on what has been a challenging year for everyone and hopes that film production could soon resume.
“I am privileged to be making some contributions towards the embattled entertainment industry,” Kwok said.
Scheduled between 1 and 12 April for 12 days, HKIFF45 will be the first hybrid edition in the festival’s history, featuring screenings and audience-engagement events simultaneously in physical and online formats.
Aaron Kwok, a Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor nominee last year for I’m Livin’ It and a past winner, is one of Asia’s premier artists. He recently won plaudits for staging a free live-streamed concert to support dancers struggling for work under the Covid-19 pandemic.
While taking part in an HKIFF45 photoshoot, Kwok reflects on what has been a challenging year for everyone and hopes that film production could soon resume.
“I am privileged to be making some contributions towards the embattled entertainment industry,” Kwok said.
- 1/23/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Disney’s “Mulan” made only $6.47 million over its second weekend in China, allowing it to be handily defeated once again by the local war epic “The Eight Hundred,” according to data from industry tracker Maoyan.
As of Sunday evening, the Disney title has earned a cumulative $36.5 million (Rmb 247 million) in the key territory. But “The Eight Hundred” led the Chinese box office by more than tripling those earnings, despite already being a month into its theatrical run.
“The Eight Hundred” has now earned a total of $425 million (Rmb 2.88 billion) since is Aug. 21 debut, making it China’s highest grossing film of the year so far. It is projected to continue on to a total box office of $446 million (Rmb 3.02 billion), according to Maoyan estimates.
In contrast, “Mulan” is currently projected to earn just $41 million (Rmb 278 million) — less than a tenth of that tally. The film accounted for about 1 in 5 screenings...
As of Sunday evening, the Disney title has earned a cumulative $36.5 million (Rmb 247 million) in the key territory. But “The Eight Hundred” led the Chinese box office by more than tripling those earnings, despite already being a month into its theatrical run.
“The Eight Hundred” has now earned a total of $425 million (Rmb 2.88 billion) since is Aug. 21 debut, making it China’s highest grossing film of the year so far. It is projected to continue on to a total box office of $446 million (Rmb 3.02 billion), according to Maoyan estimates.
In contrast, “Mulan” is currently projected to earn just $41 million (Rmb 278 million) — less than a tenth of that tally. The film accounted for about 1 in 5 screenings...
- 9/20/2020
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Big-name headliners Aaron Kwok and Miriam Yeung raise the profile of a well-meaning if largely familiar tale about homeless street people living in abject poverty in Hong Kong in I'm Livin' It. Making his directing debut is Wong Hing-fan, who comes from a long-established career as an assistant director in predominantly commercial Hk movies, and whose timely social theme is tinged with too many warm and fuzzy moments for comfort.
The most distinctive and convincing thing about the film is the way so many of the stories about these down-and-outers end: not with some happy twist of fate, or superhuman ...
The most distinctive and convincing thing about the film is the way so many of the stories about these down-and-outers end: not with some happy twist of fate, or superhuman ...
- 11/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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