Anthony Chen’s We Are All Strangers will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (April 1-12), which is celebrating its 50th edition, while Philip Yung’s Cyclone will play as the closing film.
We Are All Strangers, the third part of Chen’s Singapore-set Growing Up trilogy, recently received its world premiere in the main competition section of Berlin film festival. Yung’s Cyclone, which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam, examines transgender identity and social marginalisation.
The two films headline HKIFF’s selection of 215 films from 71 countries and regions, including 11 world premieres, four international premieres and 49 Asian premieres. As previously announced, Jia Zhangke has been selected as the Filmmaker in Focus.
Along with Jia, Chen and Yung, other filmmakers expected to attend the event and interact with audiences include Juliette Binoche, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Huang Jianxin, Ann Hui, Tsai Ming-Liang, Ildikó Enyedi, Pen-ek Ratanaruang,
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