Four Hong Kong productions featured at Zurich Film Festival (with photo)

     The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin (HKETO Berlin) continues to support the Hong Kong film industry by once again sponsoring the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland. The film festival is running from September 26 to October 6 (Zurich time) and welcoming around 100 000 visitors from around the world. Four Hong Kong productions are featured in the dedicated "Window: Hong Kong" section.

     This year's "Window: Hong Kong" features a variety of films showcasing talents from Hong Kong: "G Affairs" by Cheuk Pan Lee, "No. 7 Cherry Lane" by Yonfan, "Still Human" by Oliver Siu Kuen Chan, and "Three Husbands" by Fruit Chan. Each film demonstrates different aspects of Hong Kong life, as well as the diverse range of aesthetic perceptions and the technical skills of our Hong Kong film talents.

     The Director of HKETO Berlin, Mr Bill Li, spoke at one of the Hong Kong screenings on September 28 (Zurich time), highlighting the importance of the film industry for Hong Kong's development as a value-added and diversified economy. "We will promote further development of the local film industry, and nurture more talents. We also welcome film production professionals from around the world including Switzerland to work in Hong Kong," he said. Mr Li also updated the audience about the latest situation in Hong Kong, and assured the international community that Hong Kong would bounce back through pragmatic solutions.

About HKETO Berlin

     HKETO Berlin is the official Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government representative in commercial relations and other economic and trade matters in Switzerland as well as Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.