Full Schedule Booklet

Done by Sebastián Nadilo for AsianFilmFestivals.com | For more information please go to the website of the 42nd HKIFF - www.hkiff.org.hk 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 19th - April 5th, 2018)

- Activities Schedule -

Live Music & Animation Hour Admission Category 70 Years of Polish Animation March 16th Online Live music conducted by Sebastian Perlowski and live animation by Mariusz Wilczynski. Pre Festival Registration 08:00 pm - The Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Hong Kong University -

Master Classes Date Admission Category Master Class: Werner Herzog March 20th Online Screening of Into the Inferno and post screening talk. Master Class Registration 08:30 pm - Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre - Master Class: Hara Kazuo at the Hong Kong Arts Centre - March 25th Admission by Screening of Sennan Asbestos Disaster and post screening talk. Master Class Ticket 06:30 pm - Hong Kong Arts Centre -

April 2nd Master Class: Tsai Ming-Liang Online Master Class 05:30 pm - Communication and Visual Arts Building, Hong Kong Baptist University - Registration

Seminars Date Admission Category The Engaging Detachment of Lucrecia Martel March 24th Admission by Post-Screening Seminar (in Cantonese) with film critics Bryan Chang and Kiki Fun Seminar Ticket 07:30 pm - Hong Kong Science Museum - Filmmaker in Focus: Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia March 25th Admission by Post-Screening Talk: Speaker Ernest Chan, Po Fung Seminar Ticket 05:30 pm - Hong Kong Science Museum - The Engaging Detachment of Lucrecia Martel March 30th Admission by Introduction (in English) by university lecturer Mercedes Vázquez Vázquez Seminar Ticket 07:30 pm - Hong Kong Science Museum -

Face to Face Date Admission Category Face to Face with Kagawa Kyoko March 25th Admission by Post Screening talk (08:30 pm) Face to Face Ticket 06:45 pm - The Grand Cinema -

March 31st Face to Face with Brigitte Lin Online Face to Face 05:00 pm - Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre - Registration Face to Face with Sean Baker April 4th Admission by Post Screening talk (09:50 pm) Face to Face Ticket 08:00 pm - Hong Kong Cultural Centre -

- Day 1 | Monday, March 19th -

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Omotenashi Jay Chern Taiwan, Japan 2018 96 min. OPENING FILM 09:45 pm Xiao Mei Maren Hwang Taiwan 2018 95 min. OPENING FILM

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 09:45 pm Wings of Desire Win Wenders West Germany 1987 128 min. Kaleidoscope 10:00 pm 24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami Iran 2017 114 min. Masters & Auteurs

AFF Recommendation

- Day 2 | Tuesday, March 20th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:30 pm The Green Fog Guy Maddin, Evan USA 2017 63 min. Kaleidoscope Johnson, Galen Johnson 07:15 pm Xiao Mei Maren Hwang Taiwan 2018 95 min. World Cinema

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Miracle Egle Vertelyte Lithuania 2017 91 min. World Cinema

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 08:15 pm My Brother's Name is Robert and Philip Groning Germany, 2018 174 min. Gala Presentation He is an Idiot France 08:30 pm Into the Inferno Werner Herzog UK, Austria 2016 104 min. Gala Presentation 10:15 pm Master Class: Werner Herzog Master Class

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm Angels Wear White Vivian Qu Hong Kong 2017 107 min. Firebird Awards

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:15 pm Mademoiselle Paradis Barbara Albert Austria, Germany 2017 97 min. Masters & Auteurs 04:15 pm Lucía Humberto Solás Cuba 1968 160 min. Kaleidoscope 07:30 pm Xiao Mei Maren Hwang Taiwan 2018 95 min. Opening Film 08:00 pm Omotenashi Jay Chern Taiwan, Japan 2018 96 min. Opening Film 09:45 pm Ava Sadaf Foroughi Canada, Iran 2017 102 min. World Cinema 10:15 pm You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay UK, France, USA 2017 89 min. Gala Presentation

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Hannah Andrea Pallaoro Italy 2017 93 min. World Cinema 09:30 pm Posesif Edwin Indonesia 2017 102 min. Kaleidoscope

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Mariphasa Sandro Aguilar Portugal 2017 86 min. World Cinema 09:45 pm Die Tomorrow Nawapol Thailand 2017 71 min. World Cinema Thamrongrattanarit

AFF Recommendation

- Day 3 | Wednesday, March 21st -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:30 pm Invisible Pablo Giorgelli Argentina, France 2017 87 min. World Cinema 07:30 pm Theatre of War Lola Arias Argentina, UK 2018 77 min. World Cinema

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm The Rider Chloé Zhao USA 2017 104 min. World Cinema

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 08:30 pm Custody Xavier Legrand France 2017 94 min. Gala Presentation

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm Rokuroku: The Promise of the Yamaguchi Yudai Japan 2017 92 min. Kaleidoscope Witch

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:15 pm Makala Emmanuel Gras France 2017 96 min. World Cinema 04:15 pm The Guardians Xavier Beauvois France 2017 134 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:00 pm April’s Daughter Michel Franco Mexico 2017 103 min. Masters & Auteurs 08:00 pm The Real Estate Axel Petersen, Mans Sweden, UK 2018 88 min. World Cinema Mansson 09:30 pm A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya) Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine, France 2017 143 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:45 pm The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos Ireland, UK 2017 121 min. Gala Presentation

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm Mug Malgorzata Szumowska Poland 2018 91 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:15 pm Ashwatthama Pushpendra Singh India, Korea 2017 120 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Marlina the Murderer in Four Mously Surya Indonesia, 2017 93 min. World Cinema Acts France 09:30 pm Dragonfly Eyes Xu Bing China 2017 81 min. Kaleidoscope

AFF Recommendation

- Day 4 | Thursday, March 22nd -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:30 pm The Wolf House J. Cociña, C. León Chile 2018 75 min. Kaleidoscope 07:15 pm Posesif Edwin Indonesia 2017 102 min. Kaleidoscope

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 09:30 pm Film Star Don’t Die in Liverpool Paul McGuigan UK 2017 105 min. Gala Presentation

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm The Windowed Witch Cai Chengjie China 2017 118 min. PanChinese Cinema 07:30 pm Fitzcarraldo Werner Herzog West Germany 1982 158 min. Focus 09:45 pm Outrage Coda Kitano Takeshi Japan 2017 104 min. Masters & Auteurs

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm Die Tomorrow Nawapol Thailand 2017 71 min. World Cinema Thamrongrattanarit

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Good Luck Ben Russell France, Germany 2017 143 min. Kaleidoscope 05:15 pm Oblivion Verses Alireza Khatami France, Chile 2017 92 min. World Cinema 07:15 pm Tehran Taboo Ali Soozandeh Germany, Austria 2017 96 min. Kaleidoscope 08:00 pm The China Hustle Jed Rothstein USA 2017 82 min. Documentaries 9:30 pm Outside the Window S.Tsun-Shou, Y.Teng-Heung Hong Kong 1973 108 min. PanChinese Cinema 9:45 pm Ava Sadaf Foroughi Canada, Iran 2017 102 min. World Cinema

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm 12 Days (12 Jours) Raymond Depardon France 2017 87 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:30 pm A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano Italy, USA, France 2017 120 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm Nervous Translation Shireen Seno Philippines 2018 90 min. World Cinema 09:30 pm Omerta Hansal Mehta India 2017 96 min. World Cinema

AFF Recommendation

- Day 5 | Friday, March 23rd -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:30 pm Black Kite Tarique Qayumi Afghanistan 2017 88 min. World Cinema 07:45 pm A Sort of Family Diego Lerman Argentina 2017 95 min. World Cinema

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 09:30 pm Custody Xavier Legrand France 2017 94 min. Gala Presentation

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:00 pm Chasing the Dragon Wong Jing, Jason Kwan Hong Kong 2017 128 min. PanChinese Cinema 04:30 pm God of War Gordon Chan Hong Kong 2017 128 min. PanChinese Cinema 07:00 pm La Belle Noiseuse Jacques Rivette France 1991 238 min. Kaleidoscope

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm The Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci UK, France 2017 106 min. Gala Presentation

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm The Judge Erika Cohn Palestine, USA 2017 81 min. Documentaries 04:30 pm Ashwatthama Pushpendra Singh India, Korea 2017 120 min. World Cinema 07:15 pm Dovlatov Alexey German Jr. Russia 2018 125 min. Masters & Auteurs 08:00 pm Cloud of Romance Chen Hung-Lieh Hong Kong 1977 97 min. PanChinese Cinema 09:45 pm Sweet Country Warwick Thornton Australia 2017 110 min. Gala Presentation 10:00 pm The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Werner Herzog West Germany 1974 110 min. Focus

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya) Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine 2017 143 min. Masters & Auteurs 10:00 pm Old Love Park Ki-yong Korea, Japan 2017 89 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Dragonfly Eyes Xu Bing China 2017 81 min. Kaleidoscope 09:45 pm Our House Kiyohara Yui Japan 2017 80 min. World Cinema

AFF Recommendation

- Day 6 | Saturday, March 24th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Filmworker Tony Zierra USA 2017 94 min. Documentaries 07:00 pm Omerta Hansal Mehta India 2017 96 min. World Cinema 09:30 pm Soldiers. Story from Ferentari Ivana Mladenovic Romania, Serbia 2017 119 min. World Cinema

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 09:30 pm Longing Savi Gabizon Israel 2017 103 min. World Cinema

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:00 pm An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo China 2017 230 min. World Cinema 06:30 pm Yol Yilmaz Gunez, Serif Goren Switzerland 1982 110 min. Kaleidoscope 09:15 pm The Legend of the Ugly King Huseyin Tabak Germany 2017 122 min. Documentaries

Hong Kong Science Museum Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Ghost of the Mirror Sung Tsun-Shou China 1974 92 min. PanChinese Cinema 04:45 pm The Dream of the Red Chamber Li Han-Hsiang China 1977 108 min. PanChinese Cinema 07:30 pm The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2004 106 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:16 pm The Engaging Detachment of Lucrecia Martel - Film Critics: Bryan Chang and Kiki Fung Seminar

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm Heat Michael Mann USA 1995 172 min. Kaleidoscope 03:45 pm Hannah Andrea Pallaoro Italy 2017 93 min. World Cinema 06:15 pm The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos Ireland, UK 2017 121 min. Gala Presentation 09:15 pm Ichi the Killer Miike Takashi Japan 2001 128 min. Kaleidoscope

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm The Captain Robert Schwentke Germany 2017 118 min. World Cinema 04:45 pm A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano Italy, France 2017 120 min. World Cinema 07:15 pm I’ve Got the Blues Angie Chen Hong Kong 2017 91 min. Documentaries 07:45 pm Summer 1993 Carla Simón Spain 2017 96 min. World Cinema 09:45 pm Nosferatu the Vampyre Werner Herzog West Germany 1979 107 min. Focus 10:00 pm Tower. A Bright Day Jagoda Szelc Poland 2017 106 min. World Cinema 11:55 pm Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch Yamaguchi Yudai Japan 2017 92 min. Kaleidoscope

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Meteors Gurcan Kaltek China 2017 84 min. World Cinema 04:45 pm Father Yang Li-Chon Taiwan 2017 99 min. Documentaries 07:30 pm A Matter of Life and Death M.Powel, E.Pressburger UK 1946 104 min. Kaleidoscope 09:45 pm Marlina the Murderer in four acts Mously Surya Indonesia, France 2017 93 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:15 pm Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia 2017 127 min. Masters & Auteurs 05:00 pm The Insult Ziad Doueiri Lebanon 2017 113 min. Gala Presentation 07:30 pm A Skin So Soft Denis Cote Canada 2017 94 min. Documentaries 09:30 pm The First Lap Kim Dae-kwan South Korea 2017 99 min. World Cinema

AFF Recommendation

- Day 7 | Sunday, March 25th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Insyriated Philippe Van Leeuw Belgium 2017 85 min. World Cinema 07:15 pm Oblivion Verses Alireza Khatami France, Chile 2017 92 min. World Cinema 09:15 pm Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan Bruno Dumont France 2017 106 min. Masters & Auteurs of Arc

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 09:30 pm YOCHO (Forebonding) Kurosawa Kiyoshi Japan 2017 140 min. Gala Presentation

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:00 pm Good Luck Ben Russell France 2017 230 min. Kaleidoscope 04:45 pm The Green Fog G. Maddin, E.Johnson, USA 2017 63 min. Kaleidoscope G.Johnson 06:30 pm Sennan Asbestos Disaster Hara Kazao Japan 2017 215 min. Documentaries 10:05 pm Master Class: Hara Kazuo Master Class

Hong Kong Science Museum Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 04:00 pm Love Massacre Patrik Tam China 1981 91 min. PanChinese Cinema 05:30 pm Filmmaker in Focus: Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia Seminar 07:30 pm All the Wrong Spies Teddy Robin Hong Kong 1983 102 min. PanChinese Cinema

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm In the Intense Now Joao Moreira Salles Brazil 2017 127 min. Documentaries 03:30 pm The Breadwinner Nora Twomey Canada 2017 93 min. Kaleidoscope 06:00 pm On Happiness Road Sung Hsin-Yin China 2017 109 min. Kaleidoscope 09:15 pm Disobedience Sebastián Lelio UK 2017 114 min. Gala Presentation

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm The Venerable W. Barbet Schroeder France 2017 100 min. Masters & Auteurs 02:00 pm The Rider Chloé Zhao USA 2017 104 min. World Cinema 04:15 pm Foxtrot Samuel Maoz Israel 2017 113 min. Gala Presentation 06:45 pm A Story from Chikamatsu Mizoguchi Kenji Japan 1954 102 min. Gala Presentation 08:30 pm Post Screening Talk with Kagawa Kyoko Face to Face 08:00 pm Borg/McEnroe Janus Metz Sweden 2017 107 min. World Cinema 09:45 pm Zama Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2017 115 min. Masters & Auteurs 10:15 pm Aguirre, the Wrath of God Werner Herzog West Germany 1972 95 min. Focus

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm In the Aisles Thomas Stuber Germany 2018 125 min. Gala Presentation 05:00 pm Old Love Park Ki-yong Korea 2017 89 min. World Cinema 07:30 pm My 20th Century Ildikó Enyedi Hungary 1989 101 min. Kaleidoscope 09:45 pm Village Rockstars Rima Das India 2017 87 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:45 pm Suleiman Mountain Elizaveta Stishova Kyrgyzstan 2017 103 min. World Cinema 05:00 pm Our House Kiyohara Yui Japan 2017 80 min. World Cinema 07:30 pm Invisible Pablo Giorgelli Argentina 2017 87 min. World Cinema 09:30 pm In the Fade Fatih Akin Germany 2017 105 min. Gala Presentation

AFF Recommendation

- Day 8 | Monday, March 26th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Djam Tony Gatlif France 2017 97 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:15 pm Father Yang Li-Chon Taiwan 2017 99 min. Documentaries

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm A Season in France Mahamat-Saleh Haroun France 2017 100 min. Masters & Auteurs

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm In Your Dreams Tam Wai-Ching Hong Kong 2017 94 min. PanChinese Cinema 04:45 pm Our Tiume Will Come Ann Hui Hong Kong 2017 130 min. PanChinese Cinema 07:30 pm World Animation for Adults - - - 67 min. Kaleidoscope 09:15 pm Jean Douchet: Restless Child F.Hagege, G.Namur, France 2017 85 min. Documentaries V.Haasser

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm Film Star Don’t Die in Livepool Paul McGuigan UK 2017 105 min. Gala Presentation

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Under the Tree Hafsteinn G. Sigurosson Iceland 2017 89 min. World Cinema 07:45 pm Tremble All You Want Ooku Akiko Japan 2017 117 min. Kaledoscope 09:45 pm The Swamp Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2001 102 min. Masters & Auteurs 10:10 pm Mug Malgorzata Szumowska Poland 2018 91 min. Masters & Auteurs

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm Yol Yilmaz Gunez, Serif Goren Switzerland 1982 110 min. Kaleidoscope 09:45 pm I’ve Got the Blues Angie Chen Hong Kong 2017 91 min. Documentaries

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm The First Lap Kim Dae-kwan South Korea 2017 99 min. World Cinema 09:45 pm The Dead Nation Radu Jude Romania 2017 83 min. Documentaries

AFF Recommendation

- Day 9 | Tuesday, March 27th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm The Seen and Unseen Kamila Andini Indonesia 2017 86 min. World Cinema 07:15 pm A Story from Chikamatsu Mizoguchi Kenji Japan 1954 102 min. Gala Presentation

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm On Happiness Road Sung Hsin-Yin China 2017 109 min. Kaleidoscope

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 03:30 pm Poetry in Motion Programme I - - - 77 min. Kaleidoscope 05:15 pm Poetry in Motion Programme II - - - 83 min. Kaleidoscope 07:30 pm World Animation - - - 81 min. Kaleidoscope 09:30 pm The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Jean-Luc Godard Switzerland, 1986 92 min. Kaleidoscope Company France

Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm Outrage Coda Kitano Takeshi Japan 2017 104 min. Masters & Auteurs

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:15 pm 3/4 Ilian Metev Bulgaria 2017 82 min. World Cinema 07:30 pm Winter Brothers Hlynur Pálmason Denmark 2017 93 min. World Cinema 07:45 pm River’s Edge Yukisada Isao Japan 2018 118 min. Kaleidoscope 09:45 pm The Headless Woman Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2008 87 min. Masters & Auteurs 10:15 pm Rainbow - A Private Affair Vittorio & Pablo Taviani Italy, France 2017 82 min. Masters & Auteurs

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm The Legend of the Ugly King Huseyin Tabak Germany 2017 122 min. Documentaries 09:45 pm Dovlatov Alexey German Jr. Russia 2018 126 min. Masters & Auteurs

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Village Rockstars Rima Das India 2017 87 min. World Cinema 09:45 pm The Distant Barking of Dogs Simon Lereng Wilmont Hong Kong 1977 108 min. Firebird Awards

AFF Recommendation

- Day 10 | Wednesday, March 28th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Silas A. Nayar, H. Essuman Canada 2017 80 min. Documentaries 07:15 pm The Emperor’s Naked Army Hara Kazuo Japan 1987 122 min. Documentaries Marches ON

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Suleiman Mountain Elizaveta Stishova Kyrgyzstan 2017 103 min. World Cinema

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm The Insult Ziad Doueiri Lebanon 2017 113 min. Gala Presentation 09:45 pm The Ringside Story Take Masaharu Japan 2017 104 min. Kaleidoscope

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:45 pm Félicité Alain Gomis Senegal 2017 123 min. World Cinema 05:30 pm Lucky John Carroll Lynch USA 2017 88 min. World Cinema 07:30 pm You Disappear Peter Schonau Fog Denmark 2017 117 min. World Cinema 08:00 pm Girl’s Encounter Eda Yuka Japan 2018 101 min. Kaleidoscope 10:00 pm Disobedience Sebastián Lelio UK 2017 114 min. Gala Presentation 10:15 pm Miracle Egle Vertelyte Lithuania 2017 91 min. World Cinema

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Becoming Cary Grant Mark Kidel France 2017 85 min. Documentaries 09:30 pm Samui Song Pen-ek Ratanaruang Thailand 2017 108 min. Masters & Auteurs

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Belle de Jour Luis Buñuel France 1967 100 min. Kaleidoscope 09:45 pm A Matter of Life and Death M.Powell, E.Pressburger UK 1946 104 min. Kaleidoscope

- Day 11 | Thursday, March 29th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Jean Douchet: Restless Child F.Hagege, G.Namur, France 2017 85 min. Documentaries V.Haasser 07:15 pm Extreme Private Eros: Love Songs Hara Kazuo Japan 1974 92 min. Documentaries 1974

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Scary Mother Ana Urushadze Georgia 2017 107 min. World Cinema

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm In the Edge Fatih Akin Germany 2017 105 min. Gala Presentation 09:30 pm River’s Edge Yukisada Isao Japan 2018 118 min. Kaleidoscope

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 03:00 pm Daughter of Mine Laura Bispuri Germany 2018 100 min. Firebird Awards 05:15 pm Styx Wolfgang Fischer Germany 2018 94 min. Firebird Awards 07:30 pm Pity Babis Makridis Greece 2018 99 min. Firebird Awards 09:45 pm Amiko Yamanaja Yoko Japan 2017 66 min. Firebird Awards 11:55 pm Revenge Coralie Fargeat France 2017 108 min. Kaleidoscope

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Scotty and the Secret History of Matt Tyrnauer USA 2017 97 min. Documentaries Hollywood 09:30 pm Borg/McEnroe Janus Metz Sweden 2017 107 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Gustavo Salmerón Spain 2017 88 min. Firebird Awards Castle 09:45 pm The Other Side of Everything Mila Turajlic Serbia 2017 104 min. Firebird Awards

AFF Recommendation

- Day 12 | Friday, March 30th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Hitler’s Hollywood Rudiger Suchsland Germany 2017 105 min. Documentaries 07:00 pm The Widowed Witch Cai Chengjie China 2017 118 min. PanChinese Cinema 09:30 pm Sunshine that Can Move Wang Qiang China 2017 109 min. PanChinese Cinema Mountains

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Die Tomorrow Nawapol Thailand 2017 71 min. World Cinema Thamrongrattanarit (Community 08:41 pm Post Screening discussion with William Lau Screening)

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 01:30 pm My 20th Century Ildikó Enyedi Hungary 1989 101 min. Kaleidoscope 04:00 pm The Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci UK, France 2017 106 min. Gala Presentation 06:30 pm Sweet Country Warwick Thornton Australia 2017 110 min. Gala Presentation 09:00 pm Girl’s Encounter Eda Yuda Japan 2018 101 min. Kaleidoscope

Hong Kong Science Museum Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Peking Opera Blues Tsui Hark China 1986 104 min. PanChinese Cinema 05:00 pm Starry is the night Ann Hui China 1988 93 min. PanChinese Cinema 07:30 pm The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2004 106 min. Masters & Auteurs

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm Samui Song Pen-ek Ratanaruang Thailand 2017 108 min. Masters & Auteurs 02:30 pm Wangdrak’s Rain Boots Lhapal Gyal China 2017 90 min. Firebird Awards 04:45 pm Girls Always Happy Yang Mingming China 2018 118 min. Firebird Awards 09:15 pm The Charmer Milad Alami Denmark 2017 100 min. World Cinema 11:55 pm Verónica Paco Plaza Spain 2017 112 min. Kaleidoscope

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm April’s Daughter Michel Franco Mexico 2017 103 min. Masters & Auteurs 05:00 pm A Skin So Soft Denis Cote Canada 2017 94 min. Documentaries 07:15 pm Bombshell:The Hedy Lamarr Story Alexandra Dean USA 2017 90 min. Documentaries 09:15 pm You Disappear Peter Schonau Fog Denmark 2017 117 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Eldorado Markus Imhoof Switzerland 2018 92 min. Firebird Awards 04:30 pm Mama Jin Xingzheng China 2017 89 min. Documentaries 07:00 pm Of Love & Law Toda Hikaru Japan 2017 94 min. Firebird Awards 09:30 pm Napalm Claude Lanzmann France 2017 100 min. Masters & Auteurs

AFF Recommendation

- Day 13 | Saturday, March 31st -

Communication and Visual Arts Building, Hong Kong Baptist University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 01:30 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 03:00 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 04:30 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 06:00 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 07:30 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:15 pm Grass Hong Sang-soo South Korea 2018 66 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:00 pm The Headless Woman Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2008 87 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:00 pm Heat Michael Mann USA 1995 172 min. Kaleidoscope

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Pig Mani Haghighi Iran 2018 109 min. Masters & Auteurs

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:15 pm Outside the Window Sung Tsun-Shou, Yok Hong Kong 1973 108 min. PanChinese Cinema Teng-Heung 05:00 pm Filmmaker in Focus: Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia - Moderator: Nansun Shi Face to Face 07:00 pm Thelma Joachim Trier Norway 2017 116 min. World Cinema 09:30 pm Tremble All You Want Ooku Akiko Japan 2017 117 min. Kaleidoscope

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm Angels Wear White Vivian Qu Hong Kong 2017 107 min. Firebird Awards 02:15 pm Last Child Shin Dong-seok South Korea 2017 124 min. Firebird Awards 05:15 pm Daughter of Mine Laura Bispuri Germany 2018 100 min. Firebird Awards 07:30 pm Tower. A BrightDay Jagoda Szelc Poland 2017 106 min. World Cinema 09:45 pm Styx Wolfgang Fischer Germany 2018 94 min. Firebird Awards 11:55 pm The Bride With White Hair Ronny Yu Hong Kong 1993 92 min. PanChinese Cinema

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Miracle Egle Vertelyte Lithuania 2017 91 min. World Cinema 04:01 pm (Community Post Screening discussion with Long Tin Screening) 04:45 pm In the Intense Now Joao Moreira Salles Brazil 2017 127 min. Documentaries 07:30 pm 78/52 Alexandre O. Philippe USA 2017 91 min. Documentaries 09:30 pm Under the Tree Hafsteinn G. Sigurosson Iceland 2017 89 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Young Solitude Claire Simon France 2018 100 min. Firebird Awards 04:45 pm The Distant Barking of Dogs Simon Lereng Wilmont Hong Kong 1977 108 min. Firebird Awards 07:00 pm Inland Sea Soda Kazuhiro Japan 2018 122 min. Firebird Awards 09:45 pm Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Gustavo Salmerón Spain 2017 88 min. Firebird Awards Castle

AFF Recommendation

- Day 14 | Sunday, April 1st -

Communication and Visual Arts Building, Hong Kong Baptist University Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 01:30 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 03:00 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 04:30 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 06:00 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation 07:30 pm The Deserted (VR) Tsai Ming-Liang Hong Kong 2017 55 min. Gala Presentation

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm A Season In France Mahamat-Saleh Haroun France 2017 100 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:15 pm The Swamp Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2001 102 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:30 pm The Taste of Rice Flower Pengfei China 2017 102 min. PanChinese Cinema

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Becoming Cary Grant Mark Kidel France 2017 85 min. Documentaries 04:30 pm Scotty and the Secret History of Matt Tyrnauer USA 2017 97 min. Documentaries Hollywood 07:00 pm Jacques Rivette - Practice Films Jacques Rivette - 1949- 133 min. Masters & Auteurs 1956 09:45 pm Poetry in Motion Programme I - - - 77 min. Kaleidoscope

Hong Kong City Hall Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 06:00 pm The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Jean-Luc Godard Switzerland 1986 92 min. Kaleidoscope Company 08:00 pm Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan Bruno Dumont France 2017 106 min. Masters & Auteurs of Arc 10:15 pm Ashes of Time Redux Wong Kar Wai Hong Kong 2008 93 min. PanChinese Cinema

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Sunshine that Can Move Wong Qian China 2017 109 min. PanChinese Cinema Mountains

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 01:30 pm Wings of Desire Win Wenders West Germany 1987 128 min. Kaleidoscope 04:15 pm Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia 2017 127 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:00 pm Foxtrot Samuel Maoz Israel 2017 113 min. Gala Presentation 09:30 pm Tehran Taboo Ali Soozandeh Germany 2017 96 min. Kaleidoscope

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm Amiko Yamanaja Yoko Japan 2017 66 min. Firebird Awards 02:15 pm Girls Always Happy Yang Mingming China 2018 116 min. Firebird Awards 05:00 pm The Lion Sleeps Tonight Suwa Nobuhiro France, Japan 2017 103 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:30 pm Wangdrak’s Rain Boots Lhapal Gyal China 2017 90 min. Firebird Awards 09:45 pm Pity Babis Makridis Greece 2018 99 min. Firebird Awards 11:55 pm Ichi the Killer Miike Takashi Japan 2001 128 min. Kaleidoscope

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:45 pm The Workshop Laurent Cantet France 2017 113 min. Masters & Auteurs 05:15 pm The China Hustle Jed Rothstein USA 2017 82 min. Documentaries 07:15 pm Filmworker Tony Zierra USA 2017 94 min. Documentaries 09:15 pm The Charmer Milad Alami Denmark 2017 100 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Of Love & Law Today Hikaru Japan 2017 94 min. Firebird Awards 05:00 pm The Other Side of Eveything Mila Turaklic Serbia 2017 104 min. Firebird Awards 07:15 pm Mama Jin Xingzheng China 2017 89 min. Documentaries 09:45 pm Eldorado Markus Imhoof Switzerland 2018 92 min. Firebird Awards

AFF Recommendation

- Day 15 | Monday, April 2nd -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Scary Mother Ana Urushadze Georgia, Estonia 2017 107 min. World Cinema 07:15 pm Zama Lucrecia Martel Argentina 2017 115 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:30 pm Looking for Lucky Jiang Jiachen Hong Kong 2017 102 min. PanChinese Cinema

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm The Florida Project Sean Baker USA 2017 115 min. Gala Presentation

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm The Wolf House J.Cociña, C.León Chile 2018 75 min. Kaleidoscope 04:15 pm The Nothing Factory Pedro Pinho Portugal 2017 177 min. World Cinema 07:45 pm Short Film Competition - - - 85 min. Firebird Awards Programme I 09:45 pm Poetry in Motion Programme II - - - 83 min. Kaleidoscope

Hong Kong City Hall Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 01:15 pm Napalm Claude Lanzmann France 2017 100 min. Masters & Auteurs 03:30 pm Ex Libris - The New York Public Frederick Wiseman USA 2017 197 min. Masters & Auteurs Library 07:30 pm The Breadwinner Nora Twomey Ireland 2017 93 min. Kaleidoscope (Community 09:03 pm Post Screening discussion with Keeto Lam Screening) 09:45 pm Mademoiselle Paradis Barbara Albert Austria 2017 97 min. Masters & Auteurs

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 01:30 pm Belle de Jour Luis Buñuel France 1967 100 min. Kaleidoscope 03:45 pm You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay UK, France 2017 89 min. Gala Presentation 07:30 pm Transit Christan Petzold Germany 2018 101 min. Gala Presentation 09:45 pm The Children Act Richard Eyre UK 2017 105 min. Gala Presentation

Hong Kong Science Museum Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:30 pm Swordsman II Ching Siu-tung China 1992 107 min. PanChinese Cinema 08:00 pm The Peach Blossom Land Stan Lai China 1992 107 min. PanChinese Cinema

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 12:00 pm Last Child Shin Dong-Seok South Korea 2017 124 min. Firebird Awards 03:00 pm Pig Mani Haghighi Iran 2018 109 min. Masters & Auteurs 05:45 pm 12 Days (12 Jours) Raymond Depardon France 2017 87 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:45 pm The Real Estate A. Petersen, M. Mansson Sweden, UK 2018 88 min. World Cinema 08:00 pm Longing Savi Gabizon Israel 2017 103 min. World Cinema 09:45 pm Theatre of War Lola Arias Argentina 2018 77 min. World Cinema 10:15 pm Meteors Gurcan Keltek China 2017 103 min. World Cinema

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Rainbow - A Private Affair Vittorio & Paolo Taviani Italy 2017 84 min. Masters & Auteurs 04:45 pm The Dead Nation Radu Jude Romania 2017 83 min. Documentaries 07:00 pm Hitler’s Hollywood Rudiger Suchsland Germany 2017 105 min. Documentaries 09:15 pm Thelma Joachim Trier Norway 2017 116 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm Inland Sea Soda Kazuhiro Japan 2018 122 min. Firebird Awards 05:15 pm Young Solitude Claire Simon France 2018 100 min. Firebird Awards 07:45 pm The Ringside Story Take Masaharu Japan 2017 104 min. Kaleidoscope 10:00 pm Black Kite Tarique Qayumi Afghanistan 2017 88 min. World Cinema

AFF Recommendation

- Day 16 | Tuesday, April 3rd -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm Soldiers. Story from Ferentari Ivana Mladenovic Romania 2017 119 min. World Cinema 07:45 pm Lucky John Carroll Lynch USA 2017 88 min. World Cinema

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm The Taste of Rice Flower Pengfei China 2017 102 min. PanChinese Cinema

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:00 pm 29+1 Kearen Pang Hong Kong 2016 110 min. PanChinese Cinema 04:15 pm The Empty Hands Chapman To China 2017 87 min. PanChinese Cinema 06:00 pm Short Film Competition - - - 75 min. Firebird Awards Programme II 07:45 pm Le Belle Noiseuse Jacques Rivette France 1991 238 min. Kaleidoscope

Hong Kong City Hall Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm The Lion Sleeps Tonight Suwa Nobuhiro France, Japan 2017 103 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:45 pm Red Dust Yim Ho China 1990 94 min. PanChinese Cinema

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Grass Hong Sang-soo South Korea 2018 66 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:30 pm In the Aisles Thomas Stuber Germany 2018 125 min. Gala Presentation

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm The Workshop Laurent Cantet France 2017 113 min. Masters & Auteurs 10:00 pm Ravenge Coralie Fargeat France 2017 108 min. Kaleidoscope

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm The Judge Erika Chon Palestine, USA 2017 81min. Documentaries 09:30 pm Winter Brothers Hlynur Pálmason Denmark 2017 93 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm Miracle (Himala) Ishmael Bernal Philippines 1982 125 min. Focus 10:00 pm 3/4 Ilian Metev Bulgaria 2017 82 min. World Cinema

AFF Recommendation

- Day 17 | Wednesday, April 4th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:15 pm Mariphasa Sandro Aguilar Portugal 2017 86 min. World Cinema 07:30 pm The Captain Robert Schwentke Germany 2017 118 min. World Cinema

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Looking for Lucky Jiang Jianchen Hong Kong 2017 102 min. PanChinese Cinema

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:00 pm Love Education Sylvia Chang China, Taiwan 2017 119 min. PanChinese Cinema 04:30 pm Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Alexandra Dean USA 2017 90 min. Documentaries Story 06:30 pm Short Film Competition - - - 78 min. Firebird Awards Programme III 08:15 pm Ex Libris - The New York Public Frederick Wiseman USA 2017 197 min. Masters & Auteurs Library

Hong Kong City Hall Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 09:30 pm Chungking Express Wong Kar Wai Hong Kong 1994 98 min. PanChinese Cinema

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 08:00 pm The Florida Project Sean Baker USA 2017 115 min. Gala Presentation 09:50 pm Post-Screening Talk with Sean Baker Face to Face

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm I Miss You When I See You Simon Chung Hong Kong 2017 93 min. PanChinese Cinema 10:00 pm Transit Christian Petzold Germany 2018 101 min. Gala Presentation

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm Silas A. Nayar & H. Essuman Canada 2017 80 min. Documentaries 09:30 pm Makala Emmanuel Gras France 2017 96 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:15 pm You Are Mine Ishmael Bernal Philippines 1978 126 min. Focus 10:00 pm Verónica Paco Plaza Spain 2017 112 min. World Cinema

AFF Recommendation

- Day 18 | Thursday, April 5th -

Festival Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 05:00 pm The Venerable W. Barbet Schroeder France 2017 100 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:00 pm Félicité Alain Gomis Senegal 2017 123 min. World Cinema 09:30 pm The Guardians Xavier Beauvois France 2017 134 min. Masters & Auteurs

Grand Kornhill Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:30 pm The Children Act Richard Eyre UK 2017 105 min. Gala Presentation

Hong Kong Arts Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm 78/52 Alexandre O. Philippe USA 2017 91 min. Documentaries 04:30 pm Jacques Rivette - Practice Films Jacques Rivette - - 133 min. Masters & Auteurs 07:15 pm An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo China 2017 230 min. World Cinema

Hong Kong City Hall Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 01:30 pm Lucía Humberto Solás Cuba 1968 160 min. Kaleidoscope A Season in France Mahamat-Saleh Haroun France 2017 100 min. Masters & Auteurs 05:00 pm (Community Post Screening discussion with Stephen Ng Screening) 07:30 pm Season of the Devil Lav Diaz Philippines 2018 234 min. Masters & Auteurs

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:30 pm My Brother's Name is Robert and Philip Groning Germany, 2018 174 min. Gala Presentation He is an Idiot France 06:00 pm YOCHO (Forebonding) Kurosawa Kiyoshi Japan 2017 140 min. Gala Presentation 09:00 pm What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Yamada Yoji Japan 2018 115 min. Closing Film Wife, My Life

The Grand Cinema Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 07:45 pm Djam Tony Gatlif France 2017 97 min. Masters & Auteurs 09:45 pm A Sort of Family Diego Lerman Argentina 2017 95 min. World Cinema

The Metroplex Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:45 pm World Animation - - - 81 min. Kaleidoscope 04:45 pm World Animation for Adults - - - 67 min. Kaleidoscope 06:30 pm The Breadwinner Nora Twomey Canada 2018 93 min. Kaleidoscope 08:30 pm The Nothing Factory Pedro Pinho Portugal 2017 177 min. World Cinema

The Sky Hour Film Director Country Year Duration Category 02:15 pm The Seen and Unseen Kamila Andini Indonesia 2017 86 min. World Cinema 04:30 pm Summer 1993 Carla Simón Spain 2017 96 min. World Cinema 06:45 pm At the Top (Pagdating sa Dulo) Ishmael Bernal Philippines 1971 117 min. Focus 09:45 pm Insyriated Philippe Van Leeuw Belgium 2017 85 min. World Cinema

AFF Recommendation

Done by Sebastián Nadilo for AsianFilmFestivals.com | For more information please go to the website of the 42nd HKIFF - www.hkiff.org.hk