Hong Kong International Film Festival Unveils Programme for 2021 Hybrid Edition1 min read

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The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF, April 1-12) has announced it will open with the world premiere of Philip Yung’s Where The Wind Blows and the gala premiere of omnibus Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong.

However, Where The Wind Blows is being announced as “TBC” suggesting that it still needs to finalise mainland China censorship clearance. Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Chiu-wai star in the big-budget crime drama, based on the true stories of two notoriously corrupt Hong Kong police officers in the 1960s when the city was still under British colonial rule.

Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong will be screening for the first time in its place of origin, after being selected for the Cannes 2020 label, opening Busan International Film Festival and playing in Rotterdam.

Closing the festival is the Asian premiere of Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy, winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Berlinale.

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