Hong Kong International Film Festival

48^th Edition

where:	Hong Kong
when:	March 28th - April 8th, 2024
address:	8/F, The Rays, 71 Hung To Road Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
tel:	+852 2970 3300
fax:	+852 2970 3011
email:	info@hkiff.org.hk
website:	www.hkiff.org.hk
deadline:	December 31^st, 2023
entry form:	Online Submission

The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is one of Asia's most reputable platforms for filmmakers, film professionals and filmgoers from all over the world to launch new work and experience outstanding films. As a competitive event, the HKIFF serves as a platform for international film exchange, to promote better understanding between global cultures, and to discover new talents from around the world.
Programme
The programme comprises features, documentaries, shorts and animations organized into the following sections:
1.Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language)
2.Young Cinema Competition (World)
3.Documentary Competition
4.Short Film Competition
5.Global Vision, 30-40 new works including special programmes and tributes
6.Indie Power, 15-20 new independent and avant-garde works
7.Reality Bites, 8-12 new documentaries
8.Animation Unlimited, 12-15 new animated films
9.Poetry in Motion, 12-14 new experimental films

participations

2024	Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone: Gala Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio: Masters & Auteurs Priscilla by Sofia Coppola: Masters & Auteurs
2023	Disco Boy by Giacomo Abbruzzese: Firebird Awards The Eight Mountains by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch: Gala It is night in America by Ana Vaz: Kaleidoscope The March on Rome by Mark Cousins: Documentaries
2022	A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano: World Cinema Dark Glasses by Dario Argento: Kaleidoscope Django and Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained by Steve Della Casa, Luca Rea: Documentaries EO by Jerzy Skolimowski: Masters & Auteurs France by Bruno Dumont: Masters & Auteurs Onoda - 10.000 nights in the jungle by Arthur Harari: World Cinema The Story of My Wife by Ildikó Enyedi: Masters & Auteurs
2021	2046 by Wong Kar-Wai: Pan-Chinese Cinema Bad Tales by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo: Kaleidoscope Fortuna – The Girl and the Giants by Nicolangelo Gelormini: Firebird Awards Marghe and Her Mother by Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Gala Presentation Martin Eden by Pietro Marcello: Gala Presentation The Nightwalk by Adriano Valerio: Short Film Competition Notturno by Gianfranco Rosi: Masters & Auteurs An Officer and a Spy by Roman Polanski: Gala Presentation Rifkin’s Festival by Woody Allen: Gala Sole by Carlo Sironi: World Cinema The Ties by Daniele Luchetti: Gala Presentation
2019	Ether by Krzysztof Zanussi: The Masters Everybody Knows by Asghar Farhadi: The Masters Loro by Paolo Sorrentino: Cinephile Paradise Santiago, Italia by Nanni Moretti: The Masters Walking on Water by Andrey Paounov: Reality Bites What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire? by Roberto Minervini: Auteurs
2018	A Ciambra by Jonas Carpignano: World Cinema Daughter of Mine by Laura Bispuri: Firebird Awards - Jury Prize Hannah by Andrea Pallaoro: World Cinema Rainbow - A private affair by Paolo Taviani: Masters & Auteurs
2017	Water And Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, The Colours Of Life by Fariborz Kamkari: Documentaries
2016	Blood of my Blood by Marco Bellocchio: Master Class Mia madre by Nanni Moretti: Master Class Tale of Tales by Matteo Garrone: Gala
2015	L'attesa del maggio by Simone Massi: Short Film Competition Programme Foreign Body by Krzysztof Zanussi: Master Class Human Capital by Paolo Virzì: Gala The Salt of the Earth by Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado: Master Class La sapienza by Eugène Green: Global Vision Sworn Virgin by Laura Bispuri: Young Cinema Competition - Firebird Award
2014	Bertolucci on Bertolucci by Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano: Filmmakers and Filmmaking Intrepido - A lonely hero by Gianni Amelio: Master Class Miele by Valeria Golino: Global Vision Those Happy Years by Daniele Luchetti: Auteurs
2013	Alì blue eyes by Claudio Giovannesi: Indie Power Bergman & Magnani: the War of Volcanoes by Francesco Patierno: Filmmakers and Filmmaking Caesar Must Die by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani: Master Class Dormant Beauty by Marco Bellocchio: Master Class The Ideal City by Luigi Lo Cascio: Global Vision It Was the Son by Daniele Ciprì: Global Vision Me and You by Bernardo Bertolucci: Master Class Piazza Fontana: the Italian Conspiracy by Marco Tullio Giordana: Auteurs
2012	Habemus Papam by Nanni Moretti: Master Class the Jewel by Andrea Molaioli: Global Vision Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese: Global Vision
2011	Le quattro volte by Michelangelo Frammartino: Global Vision The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Saverio Costanzo: Global Vision
2010	The Little One by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel: Global Vision Vincere by Marco Bellocchio: Master Class
2009	Il divo by Paolo Sorrentino: Italian Landscape 2008 Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone: Italian Landscape 2008 Machan by Uberto Pasolini: Italian Landscape 2008 Mid-August Lunch by Gianni di Gregorio: Italian Landscape 2008 The Past Is a Foreign Land by Daniele Vicari: Italian Landscape 2008 Quiet chaos by Antonello Grimaldi: Italian Landscape 2008 Il resto della notte by Francesco Munzi: Italian Landscape 2008 Sonetàula by Salvatore Mereu: Italian Landscape 2008
2008	Disengagement by Amos Gitai: Israeli Cinema It's a Free World... by Ken Loach: Master Class My Brother is an Only Child by Daniele Luchetti: Global Vision One Hundred Nails by Ermanno Olmi: Master Class L'ora di punta by Vincenzo Marra: Global Vision The Romance of Astrea and Celadon by Eric Rohmer: Master Class The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach: Master Class
2007	Along the Ridge by Kim Rossi Stuart: Global Vision Born and Bred by Pablo Trapero: Global Vision The Caiman by Nanni Moretti: Master Class Conversazione a Porto by Daniele Segre: Filmmakers and Filmmaking L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio by Agostino Ferrente: Reality Bites The Wedding Director by Marco Bellocchio: Master Class
2006	Gabrielle by Patrice Chéreau: Gala Presentation Little red flowers by Zhang Yuan: Chinese Renaissance Mary by Abel Ferrara: Gala Presentation Persona non grata by Krzysztof Zanussi: Master Class The sun by Aleksandr Sokurov: Master Class Tickets by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, kKen Loach: Master Class
2005	2046 by Wong Kar-Wai: Hong Kong Panorama 2004-2005 The Holy Girl by Lucrecia Martel: Global Vision Hotel Rwanda by Terry George: Gala Presentation The house keys by Gianni Amelio: Master Class Land wind by Vincenzo Marra: Global Vision The Merchant of Venice by Michael Radford: Gala Presentation Private by Saverio Costanzo: Global Vision The Tulse Luper Suitcases - Part II: Vaux to the Sea by Peter Greenaway: Digital Cinema The Tulse Luper Suitcases - Part III. From Sark to Finish by Peter Greenaway: Digital Cinema
2004	The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci: Master Class Facing window by Ferzan Ozpetek: Global Vision Good morning, night by Marco Bellocchio: Master Class A talking picture by Manoel De Oliveira: Master Class The Tulse Luper Suitcases - Part I. The Moab Story by Peter Greenaway: Master Class
2003	The angel on the right shoulder by Djamshed Usmonov: Global Vision Angela by Roberta Torre: Italian Cinema Today Burning in the wind by Silvio Soldini: Global Vision Carlo Giuliani, a boy by Francesca Comencini: International Competitions Clown in Kabul by Enzo Balestrieri, Stefano Moser: International Competitions Grazia's Island by Emanuele Crialese: Italian Cinema Today A Journey Called Love by Michele Placido: Italian Cinema Today Monday morning by Otar Iosseliani: Master Class Un mondo d'amore by Aurelio Grimaldi: Italian Cinema Today My mother's smile by Marco Bellocchio: Italian Cinema Today Pater Familias by Francesco Patierno: International Competitions Truth and lies by Piergiorgio Gay: Italian Cinema Today V-Max by Daniele Vicari: Italian Cinema Today

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