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Five Golden Dragons (1967) – movie 100% located in Hong Kong with opening footage set in the cross-harbor car ferry; Gambit (1966) Up to His Ears (1965) Lord Jim (1965) Road to Hong Kong (1962) The World of Suzie Wong (1960) – includes footage of the Star Ferry; Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) – starring Orson Welles and includes footage of the ...
Wong, Cindy Hing-yuk; McDonogh, Gary W. (2001). "Consuming Cinemas: Reflections on Movies and Market-places in Contemporary Hong Kong". In Mathews, Gordon; Lui, Tai-lok (eds.). Consuming Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 81– 116. ISBN 9789622095465. See p. 111 for the number of cinemas for the years between 1952 and 1996.
Unlike many film industries, Hong Kong has enjoyed little or no direct government support, through either subsidies or import quotas. It is a thoroughly commercial cinema: highly corporate, concentrating on crowd-pleasing genres like comedy and action, and relying heavily on formulas, sequels and remakes.
This is a list of films produced in Hong Kong ordered by decade and year of release in separate pages. For film set in Hong Kong and produced elsewhere see List of films set in Hong Kong . Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (1913), the first Hong Kong narrative film
The film was based on a novel by Ernest Gann published in October 1954. [4] Gann had lived in Hong Kong in his youth working for a telephone company and always wanted to write a book set there. He moved there in 1953, hired a Chinese junk and researched and wrote the novel. [5]
Hong Kong [e] is a special ... The city's location allowed it to establish a ... a tribute to the city's film industry. Hong Kong developed into a filmmaking hub ...
The Way We Talk had its world premiere at the 68th BFI London Film Festival on 12 October 2024, [29] [30] followed by screenings at the 21st Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and the 2024 Golden Horse Film Festival. [31] [32] The film held 12 early screenings in December 2024, [33] and received its theatrical release in Hong Kong on 20 February ...
The theme of the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival is "A Portal to Another World". [1] [2] The festival's poster features a Hong Kong street with neon signs as the backdrop, while a brightly colored film screen is placed in the center, reflecting the theme of reimagining Hong Kong through a time portal.