The Hong Kong International Film Festival will mark its 50th anniversary next month with a pair of Asia premieres from two of the region’s most closely watched young auteurs. Singaporean director Anthony Chen’s We Are All Strangers has been selected as the opening-night film of the landmark edition of the festival, while Hong Kong filmmaker Philip Yung’s Cyclone will close the event. The festival runs April 1–12.
Chen’s film will kick off the festivities with a gala screening at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The drama is the concluding installment of the director’s Singapore-set “Growing Up” trilogy and recently premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it was very well received. Starring Yeo Yann Yann and Koh Jia Ler, the story examines questions of family, identity and belonging beyond conventional blood ties.
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Yung’s Cyclone, which debuted earlier this year
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