(Selection) The Hong Kong Worldwide Movie Pageant will mark its fiftieth anniversary with a retrospective program celebrating Chinese language-language cinema, that includes masterclasses and seminars from among the area’s most influential filmmakers.
Titled “Revisiting Chinese language Cinema: The Starting of a New Journey,” this system will display 12 Chinese language-language classics throughout the New Wave actions of the Chinese language Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Filmmakers Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Huang Jianxin, Tsai Ming-liang and Ann Hui are set to take part within the accompanying masterclasses and seminars.
The choice spotlights the Fifth Era of Chinese language Mainland filmmakers, whose work introduced Chinese language cinema to the worldwide stage via symbolic and visually hanging storytelling. Chen Kaige’s “Yellow Earth,” Zhang Yimou‘s “Crimson Sorghum,” Tian Zhuangzhuang’s “The Horse Thief,” and Huang Jianxin’s “The Black Cannon Incident” are among the many titles representing that motion.
Hong Kong’s New Wave is represented by Tsui Hark‘s “The Butterfly Murders,” Ann Hui’s “The Secret,” Patrick Tam’s “The Sword,” and Allen Fong’s “Ah Ying.” Taiwan’s New Cinema is represented by the anthology “In Our Time,” directed by Tao Te-Chen, Edward Yang, Ko I-Chen, and Chang Yi; Wan Jen’s “Ah Fei”; Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s “Mud within the Wind”; and Tsai Ming-Liang’s “Rebels of the Neon God.”
HKIFF50 runs April 1-12, with the complete program set to be unveiled March 10.
Supply: Selection by Naman Ramachandran Mar 2, 2026 11:25pm PT
