2011 (35th) Hong Kong International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Hong Kong International Film Festival
• Edition: 35th
• Period: March 20 - April 5, 2011
• Location: Hong Kong

Awards

• Asian Digital Competition
  • Golden Digital Award - "Old Dog" - Pema Tsedan (Tibet)
  • Silver Digital Award - "Eternity" - Sivaroj Kongsakul (Thailand)
  • Special Mention - "The Sun Beaten Path" - Sonthar Gyal (Tibet)
• Humanitarian Awards for Documentaries
  • Best Documentary - "Peace - Kazuhiro Soda (Japan)
  • Outstanding Documentary - "Pink Saris" - Kim Longinotto (UK)
• FIPRESCI Prize - "Bleak Night" - Yoon Sung-Hyun (South Korea)
  • Special Mention - "Good Morning to the World!" - Hirohara Saturo (Japan)
• SIGNIS Award - "Winter’s Bone" - Debra Granik (USA)
  • Special Mention - "The Human Resources Manager" - Eran Riklis (Israel/Germany/Romania)
• Short Film Competition
  • Grand Prize - "Pigs" - Pawel Wojtasik
  • Jury Prize - "Little Children, Big Words " - Lisa James Larsson

South East Asian Feature Films @ 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival

Opening Films

• "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Johnnie To (Hong Kong) *Hong Kong Premiere
• "Quattro Hong Kong 2" - various (Hong Kong) *World Premiere

Awards Gala

• "Buddha Mountain" - Yu Li (China)

Gala Premieres

• "Hi, Fidelity" - Yuen-Leung Poon (Hong Kong) *World Premiere
• "Punished" - Wing-cheong Law (Hong Kong) *World Premiere
• "Sacrifice - Kaige Chen (China)
• "Vampire" - Shunji Iwai (USA/Canada) *Asian Premiere
• "Little Ghostly Adventures Of The Tofu Boy" - Gisaburo Sugii, Shimmei Kawahara (Japan) *World Premiere

Special Presentation

• "Last Romance" - Yonfan (Hong Kong) *World Premiere / Digitally Remastered Version

Asian Digital Competition

• "The Sun Beaten Path" - Sonthar Gyal (Tibet) *World Premiere
• "Good Morning to the World!" - Hirohara Saturo (Japan)
• "FIT" - Hiromasa Hirosue (Japan)
• "Balangay" - Robin Fardig, Sherad Anthony Sanchez (Philippines, Sweden)
• "Old Dog" - Pema Tseden (Tibet) *World Premiere
• "Senior Year" - Jerrold Tarog (Philippines) *International Premiere
• "Dance Town" - Jeon Kyu-Hwan (South Korea)
• "Eternity" - Sivaroj Kongsakul (Thailand)

Humanitarian Awards for Documentaries

• "One Nation, Two Cities" - King-wai Cheung (Hong Kong) *World Premiere
• "Bachelor Mountain" - Guangyi Yu (China) *World Premiere
• "Shattered" - Tong Xu (China) *World Premiere
• "Peace - Kazuhiro Soda (Japan)
• "Lumpinee" - Chira Wichaisuthikul (Thailand)

Master Class

• "I Wish I Knew" - Jia Zhangke (China, The Netherland)

Auteurs

• "Chongqing Blues" - Xiaoshuai Wang (China)
• "The Man Without Name" - Bing Wang (China)
• "The Ditch" - Bing Wang (China)
• "Oki's Movie" - Hong Sang-Soo (South Korea)

Hong Kong Panorama 2010-2011

• "beside(s,) happiness" Heiward Mak (Hong Kong) *World Premiere
• "Cure" - Bill Yip (Hong Kong)
• "Once a Gangster" - Felix Chong (Hong Kong)
• "The Stool Pigeon" - Dante Lam (Hong Kong)
• "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" - Hark Tsui (China/Hong Kong)
• "The Drunkard" - Freddie Wong (Hong Kong/China)

Taiwanese Cinema Returns

• "The Fourth Portrait" - Mong-Hong Chung (Taiwan)
• "Hotel Blackcat" - Herb Hsu (Taiwan) *World Premiere
• "Return Ticket" - Yung-Shing Teng (Taiwan) *World Premiere
• "When Love Comes" - Tso-chi Chang (Taiwan)

Gala Presentation

• "The Unjust" - Ryoo Seung-Wan (South Korea)
• "The Man From Nowhere" - Lee Jeong-Beom (South Korea)

Global Vision

• "Hospitalite" - Koji Fukada (Japan)
• "When Hainan Meets Teochew" - Yew Kwang Han (Singapore) *International Premiere
• "Come Rain Come Shine" - Lee Yoon-Ki (South Korea)
• "Hi-So" - Aditya Assarat (Thailand)

Reality Bites

• "Yulu" - various (China) *World Premiere
• "Together" - Zhao Liang (China) *Asian Premiere
• "ANPO: Art X War" - Linda Hoaglund (USA, Japan)
• "The Day When the Sun Was Lost " - Fumiro Sato (Japan) *World Premiere

Dear Earth...

• "The Warriors of Qiugang" - Ruby Yang (China) *Asian Premiere

Indie Power

• "The Old Donkey" - Ruijun Li (China)
• "Single Man" - Jie Hao (China)
• "Winter Vacation" - Hongqi Li (China)
• "Are We Really So Far From a Madhouse?" - Hongqi Li (China) *International Premiere
• "Belkibolang" - various (Indonesia)
• "Heaven's Story" - Takahisa Zeze (Japan)
• "Love Addiction" - Nobuteru Uchida (Japan)
• "New World - Kah-Wai Lim (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Year Without a Summer" - Tan Chui Mui (Malaysia)
• "Anti Gas Skin" - Kim Gok, Kim Sun (South Korea)
• "Self Referential Traverse: Zeitgeist and Engagement" - Kim Sun (South Korea)
• "Bleak Night" - Yoon Sung-Hyun (South Korea)
• "The Journals of Musan" - Park Jung-Bum (South Korea)

Animation Unlimited

• "Piercing I" - Liu Jian (China)

I See It My Way

• "MILOCRORZE - A Love Story" - Yoshimasa Ishibashi (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Honey PuPu" - Hung-i Chen (Taiwan) *World Premiere

Midnight Heat

• "I Saw the Devil" - Kim Jee-Woon (South Korea)
• "Madame X" - Lucky Kuswandi (Indonesia) *International Premiere

20th Anniversary of Fortissimo Films

• "Love Letter" - Shunji Iwai (Japan)
• "Happy Together" - Kar Wai Wong (Hong Kong)
• "Devils on the Doorstep" - Wen Jiang (China)

Wai Ka-fai, Filmmaker in Focus

• "Peace Hotel" - Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Too Many Ways to Be No. 1" - Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "The Longest Nite" - Tat-Chi Yau (Hong Kong)
• "Needing You.." - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Help!!!" - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Wu Yen" - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Fat Choi Spirit" - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "My Left Eye Sees Ghosts" - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Running on Karma" - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Mad Detective" - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Written By" - Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)

Kawamoto Kihachiro, the Puppet Master

• "Winter Days" - Kihachiro Kawamoto (Japan)
• "The Book of the Dead" - Kihachiro Kawamoto (Japan)

Shibuya Minoru, Master of All Trades

• "The Days of Evil Women" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)
• "Doctor's Day Off" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)
• "Drunkard's Paradise" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)
• "Modern People" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)
• "The Radish and the Carrot" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)
• "Righteousness" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)
• "The Shrikes" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)
• "Good Man, A Good Day" - Minoru Shibuya (Japan)

Kuei Chih-hung, the Rebel in the System

• "The Delinquent" - Chang Cheh, Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)
• "The Killer Snakes" - Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)
• "The Teahouse" - Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)
• "The Deaf Mute Killer" - Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)
• "Killer Constable" - Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)
• "Hex" - Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)
• "Hex after Hex" - Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)
• "The Boxer's Omen" - Chih-Hung Kuei (Hong Kong)