Brigitte LIN Ching-Hsia has been named the “Filmmaker in Focus” of the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, taking place March 19 to April 5, 2018. With a career spanning over two decades and performing in more than a hundred films, LIN is widely recognized as one of the most acclaimed and distinguished actresses in Chinese language cinema. In celebrating her achievements, the Festival will screen 14 of her films and publish a retrospective book. LIN will also attend the “Face to Face” seminar to be held on 31 March, 2018 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, sharing her insights on film, art and life.
Born in Sanchung near Taipei, LIN was spotted by a talent scout at the age of seventeen, and was cast by renowned Taiwanese director SUNG Tsun-Shou as the female lead in his film Outside the Window (1973). Captivating the audience with her astonishing beauty and charisma, she became an overnight sensation. With the trend of romance films emerging in the seventies, the young actress, with an innocent girl image, flourished into a new idol in Taiwanese cinema through her collaborations with novelist and producer CHIUNG Yao, featuring in many of her productions including Cloud of Romance (1977) and A Love Seed (1979). In the eighties she moved her career platform to Hong Kong, where she displayed her versatile acting skills in different film genres, such as Love Massacre (1981), All the Wrong Spies (1983) and Starry is the Night (1988).
Instead of confining her persona to just a beauty icon, she has consciously extended her screen presence, covering historical and contemporary roles, and male and female characters. She is one of the few actresses who has succeeded in both romantic and martial film genres. LIN’s pioneering androgyny has inspired many directors such as LI Han-hsiang, who cast her to play the male role of JIA Baoyu in The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977), and TSUI Hark, who turned her into a handsome, alluring man in Peking Opera Blues (1986). Fusing masculine charm and feminine elegance in Swordsman II (1992) took her career to new heights.
LIN’s remarkable performances have won accolades from the audience and the industry alike. She has received four nominations for Best Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards, namelyZU: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), Police Story (1985), Swordsman II and Handsome Siblings (1992), and also two nominations at the Golden Horse Awards for Magnificent 72 (1980) and The Switch/Hero vs Hero (1982). She finally took home the Award for Best Actress at the 27th Golden Horse Awards for her role in Red Dust (1990).
Before leaving the industry, LIN capped her career with three iconic roles in the 1990s: a heartbroken femme fatale in Ronny YU’s The Bride with White Hair (1993); a brother-sister duo-in-one in Ashes of Time (1994); and a blonde killer in Chungking Express (1994), both films by WONG Kar Wai.
In addition to being a great actress, LIN has also pursued other artistic endeavors, such as acting in the theatrical production of The Peach Blossom Land (1992), and narrating the films Bishonen (1998) and Peony Pavilion (2001), both directed by Yonfan. She became a writer in 2011 and published two books, Inside and Outside the Window and Cloud Goes, Cloud Comes.
On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of her career debut in 2018, and the completion of the restored version of her first film Outside the Window, the Hong Kong International Film Festival will revisit and celebrate her dazzling and pioneering body of work.Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)
As one of the oldest film festivals in Asia, the global reputation of the Hong Kong International Film Festival was built on the pioneering work of programming Asian films and its retrospectives when Asian and Hong Kong cinema were not well known to the international community. Built on a solid reputation for programming, the HKIFF became the model for many subsequent film festivals around the region.
Today, the HKIFF has grown to be Hong Kong’s largest cultural event and 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. Screening over 280 titles from 50 countries in 11 major cultural venues in Hong Kong, the HKIFF reaches an audience of over 600,000 and 4,500 business executives attending the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART).
Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) started in 1977 and takes place in Hong Kong, China
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Brigitte LIN Ching-Hsia Named “Filmmaker in Focus” of 2018 Hong Kong International Film Festival
Brigitte LIN Ching-Hsia has been named the “Filmmaker in Focus” of the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, taking place March 19 to April 5, 2018. With a career spanning over two decades and performing in more than a hundred films, LIN is widely recognized as one of the most acclaimed and distinguished actresses in Chinese language cinema. In celebrating her achievements, the Festival will screen 14 of her films and publish a retrospective book. LIN will also attend the “Face to Face” seminar to be held on 31 March, 2018 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, sharing her insights on film, art and life.
Born in Sanchung near Taipei, LIN was spotted by a talent scout at the age of seventeen, and was cast by renowned Taiwanese director SUNG Tsun-Shou as the female lead in his film Outside the Window (1973). Captivating the audience with her astonishing beauty and charisma, she became an overnight sensation. With the trend of romance films emerging in the seventies, the young actress, with an innocent girl image, flourished into a new idol in Taiwanese cinema through her collaborations with novelist and producer CHIUNG Yao, featuring in many of her productions including Cloud of Romance (1977) and A Love Seed (1979). In the eighties she moved her career platform to Hong Kong, where she displayed her versatile acting skills in different film genres, such as Love Massacre (1981), All the Wrong Spies (1983) and Starry is the Night (1988).
Instead of confining her persona to just a beauty icon, she has consciously extended her screen presence, covering historical and contemporary roles, and male and female characters. She is one of the few actresses who has succeeded in both romantic and martial film genres. LIN’s pioneering androgyny has inspired many directors such as LI Han-hsiang, who cast her to play the male role of JIA Baoyu in The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977), and TSUI Hark, who turned her into a handsome, alluring man in Peking Opera Blues (1986). Fusing masculine charm and feminine elegance in Swordsman II (1992) took her career to new heights.
LIN’s remarkable performances have won accolades from the audience and the industry alike. She has received four nominations for Best Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards, namelyZU: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), Police Story (1985), Swordsman II and Handsome Siblings (1992), and also two nominations at the Golden Horse Awards for Magnificent 72 (1980) and The Switch/Hero vs Hero (1982). She finally took home the Award for Best Actress at the 27th Golden Horse Awards for her role in Red Dust (1990).
Before leaving the industry, LIN capped her career with three iconic roles in the 1990s: a heartbroken femme fatale in Ronny YU’s The Bride with White Hair (1993); a brother-sister duo-in-one in Ashes of Time (1994); and a blonde killer in Chungking Express (1994), both films by WONG Kar Wai.
In addition to being a great actress, LIN has also pursued other artistic endeavors, such as acting in the theatrical production of The Peach Blossom Land (1992), and narrating the films Bishonen (1998) and Peony Pavilion (2001), both directed by Yonfan. She became a writer in 2011 and published two books, Inside and Outside the Window and Cloud Goes, Cloud Comes.
On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of her career debut in 2018, and the completion of the restored version of her first film Outside the Window, the Hong Kong International Film Festival will revisit and celebrate her dazzling and pioneering body of work.
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World Premiere of LOVE OFF THE CUFF, Part 3 of Pang Ho-cheung’s Romantic Comedy, to Open Hong Kong International Film Festival
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The 41st Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF41), will kick off on April 11, 2017, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre, with the World Premiere of Love Off the Cuff, directed by Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung.
Love Off the Cuff is a long-awaited reunion between Jimmy and Cherie in Pang Ho-cheung’s third installment of the romantic comedy since Love in a Puff (2010) and Love in the Buff (2012). Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue reprise their popular roles as a star-crossed couple who strive to stay together happily ever after, only to find their already precarious relationship further strained by external circumstances. While the first and second films took place in Hong Kong and Beijing respectively, this time the action moves to Taiwan.
“Many people are very interested in the relationship between Cherie and Jimmy. In fact, their love story has not only spanned seven years, but also spanned different regions – Hong Kong, Beijing, and now Taiwan. I always think that a good relationship can cross borders and stand the test of time.” said director Pang Ho-cheung.
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2011 Hong Kong International Film Festival To Open with Don’t Go Breaking My Heart and Quattro Hong Kong 2
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) announced Miriam YEUNG as the ambassador of the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF); and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, by the Hong Kong film industry’s duo of Johnnie TO and WAI Ka-fai; and Quattro Hong Kong 2, jointly directed by four award-winning filmmakers as the two opening films of this year.