Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation returns with stops in Bali and Riyadh
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The Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation is returning this June with events in Bali, Indonesia, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Organized by the Asian Film Awards Academy AFAA and supported by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency CCIDA, the Film Development Fund FDF, and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office HKETO, the program aims to promote Hong Kong cinema. The first stop will be in collaboration with the Bali International Film Festival from June 1 to 6, featuring six Hong Kong productions: Ciao UFO, Road to Vendetta, Night King, Golden Boy, Back to the Past, and Gamer Girls. This event will include screenings, post-screening Q&A sessions, filmmaker exchanges, and a "Hong Kong Night" industry networking event. Filmmakers and artists such as actors Jeffrey Ngai and Wong Yau-nam, and directors Njo Kui Ying, Chou Man Yu, and Jack Lai, will attend. Following Bali, the initiative will continue in Riyadh to showcase the diversity of contemporary Hong Kong filmmaking, including films like Ciao UFO and Behind the Shadows.
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