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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 - 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) - 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 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) - 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 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) - 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. 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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 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) - 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.
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