Hong Kong International Film Festival
The Hong Kong International Film Festival is one of Asia's oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies and filmmakers from different countries, and takes place in Hong Kong.
HKIFF screens around 230 films from more than 60 countries in different major cultural venues across the territory every year. New films are featured as gala premieres, with the directors and cast presenting on the red carpet and meet-and-greet sessions in theatres.
History
Previously operated by Urban Council and Leisure and Cultural Services Department, from 1977 to 2001, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council, from 2002 to 2004, HKIFF was officially incorporated as an independent, charitable organisation – Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited after completing its 28th edition. The Hong Kong SAR Government has continued to subsidise the festival through venue provision and partial funding.Since 2012, HKIFF produced and premiered anthologies of short films made by well-known award winning filmmakers from Asia, such as Ann Hui, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Jia Zhangke, Brillante Mendoza, Hideo Nakata, Tsai Ming-liang, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Since 2017, HKIFF started to collaborate with Heyi Pictures to produce two feature films a year by young Chinese filmmakers that will hold their world premieres at HKIFF.
Past events
| Event name | Date | Opening film | Closing film | Filmmaker in Focus | Master Class | Ambassador |
| HKIFF1 | 27 June - 10 July 1977 | Italy: Year One | A Touch of Zen | |||
| HKIFF2 | 26 June - 9 July 1978 | Raise Ravens The Seagull | ||||
| HKIFF3 | 25 June - 8 July 1979 | Raining in the Mountain | ||||
| HKIFF4 | 3 - 18 April 1980 | American Gigolo | ||||
| HKIFF5 | 9 - 24 April 1981 | Child of the Sun The Uprising | ||||
| HKIFF6 | 1-16 April 1982 | Circle of Deceit Street Music Muddy River | ||||
| HKIFF7 | 24 March - 8 April 1983 | Passion Moonlighting Son of the North East | ||||
| HKIFF8 | 12-27 April 1984 | The King of Comedy Carmen Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence | First Name: Carmen | |||
| HKIFF9 | 29 March - 13 April 1985 | Full Moon in Paris Paris Texas Mac Arthurs Children | Love on the Ground | |||
| HKIFF10 | 27 March - 11 April 1986 | Ping Pong Ran Insignificance | The Insomniac on the Bridge | |||
| HKIFF11 | 10-25 April 1987 | The Green Ray To Sleep So As To Dream The Sacrifice | Document: Fanny and Alexander The Stand-in | |||
| HKIFF12 | 31 March - 15 April 1988 | Les Affaires Publiques Yeelen Goodbye, Children | Wings of Desire Red Sorghum | |||
| HKIFF13 | 23 March - 7 April 1989 | Ashik Kerib Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pellethe Conqueror | Betrayed | |||
| HKIFF14 | 6 - 21 April 1990 | A Terra-Cotta Warrior | Song of the Exile | Krzysztof Kieślowski Theo Angelopoulos Fumio Kamei Vasily Shukshin | ||
| HKIFF15 | 28 March - 12 April 1991 | Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch | My American Grandson | Aki Kaurismäki Idrissa Ouédraogo | ||
| HKIFF16 | 10 - 25 April 1992 | Ripples Across Stagnant Water High Heels | King of Chess | |||
| HKIFF17 | 8 - 23 April 1993 | For Fun Opening Night | The Wedding Banquet | Abbas Kiarostami | ||
| HKIFF18 | 25 March - 9 April 1994 | Three Colours: Blue | Three Colours: White | Víctor Erice | ||
| HKIFF19 | 7 - 22 April 1995 | In the Heat of the Sun Summer Snow | One and a Half Burnt by the Sun | Ken Loach | ||
| HKIFF20 | 25 March - 9 April 1996 | Hu Du Men From Dusk Till Dawn | The King of Masks Mahjong | |||
| HKIFF21 | 25 March - 9 April 1997 | Kitchen The River | The Valiant Ones | Arturo Ripstein | ||
| HKIFF22 | 3 - 18 April 1998 | Beast Cop Dragon Inn | Sweet Degeneration | Errol Morris Tony Gatlif | ||
| HKIFF23 | 31 March - 15 April 1999 | Ordinary Heroes Where a Good Man Goes | Mr Zhao Crazy English | Johnnie To Kiyoshi Kurosawa Walter Salles | ||
| HKIFF24 | 12 - 27 April 2000 | Spacked Out The Million Dollar Hotel | A Chance to Die Durian Durian | Otar Iosseliani | ||
| HKIFF25 | 6 - 21 April 2001 | Penoy Pavilion Mortal Transfer | Yi Yi | Tony Leung Chiu-wai Jean-Jacques Beineix Darius Khondji | ||
| HKIFF26 | 27 March - 7 April 2002 | Hollywood Hong Kong Heaven | What Time is it There? | Ann Hui | ||
| HKIFF27 | 8 - 23 April 2003 | The Twilight Samurai PTU | Cala, My Dog! Adaptation | Jeffrey Lau Dardenne brothers Marco Bellocchio | SHINE | |
| HKIFF28 | 6 - 21 April 2004 | Baober in Love Jade Goddess of Mercy | Goodbye, Dragon Inn Not on the Lips | William Chang Kim Ki-duk | ||
| HKIFF29 | 22 March - 6 April 2005 | Peacock The Hidden Blade | The World Words in Blue | Andy Lau | Andy Lau | |
| HKIFF30 | 4 - 19 April 2006 | Election 2 Isabella | Snow Cake Candy | Andy Lau | ||
| HKIFF31 | 10 March - 11 April 2007 | Eye in the Sky I am a Cyborg, but that's OK | Herman Yau | |||
| HKIFF32 | 17 March - 6 April 2008 | Kabei - Our Mother Soul of a Demon | Shine a Light Coffee or Tea | Eric Tsang | Sammi Cheng | |
| HKIFF33 | 22 March - 13 April 2009 | Night and Fog Shinjuku Incident | 24 City | Karen Mok | ||
| HKIFF34 | 18 March - 6 April 2010 | Crossing Hennessy Like a Dream | Amphetamine Ex | |||
| HKIFF35 | 20 March - 5 April 2011 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart Quattro Hong Kong 2 | Wai Ka-fai | Jia Zhangke | Miriam Yeung | |
| HKIFF36 | 21 March - 5 April 2012 | Love in the Buff | White Deer Plain | Peter Chan | Keanu Reeves | Miriam Yeung |
| HKIFF37 | 17 March - 2 April 2013 | Ip Man - The Final Fight | Closed Curtain | Andrew Lau | Wong Kar-wai | Miriam Yeung |
| HKIFF38 | 24 March - 7 April 2014 | Aberdeen The Midnight After | That Demon Within | Louis Koo | ||
| HKIFF39 | 23 March - 6 April 2015 | Murmur of the Hearts | Port of Call | Sylvia Chang | Peter Greenaway Mohsen Makhmalbaf Pedro Costa | Louis Koo |
| HKIFF40 | 21 March - 4 April 2016 | Chongqing Hot Pot Trivisa | Creepy | Béla Tarr | Louis Koo | |
| HKIFF41 | 11 - 25 April 2017 | Love Off the Cuff | mon mon mon MONSTERS | Olivier Assayas Agnieszka Holland Ildikó Enyedi | Louis Koo | |
| HKIFF42 | 19 March - 5 April 2018 | Omotenashi Xiao Mei | What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life | Brigitte Lin | Werner Herzog Tsai Ming-liang Kazuo Hara | Louis Koo |
| HKIFF43 | 18 March - 1 April 2019 | Bodies at Rest | By the Grace of God | Sammo Hung | Lee Chang-dong Asghar Farhadi Jiang Wen | Aaron Kwok |
| HKIFF44 | Cancelled | Keep Rolling Little Big Women | The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese | Michael Hui | Aaron Kwok | |
| HKIFF45 | 1 April - 12 April 2021 | Septet: The Story of Hong Kong Where the Wind Blows, later cancelled | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Stanley Kwan | Frederick Wiseman Kazuo Hara | Aaron Kwok |
| HKIFF46 | 15 August - 31 August 2022 | Where the Wind Blows Warriors of Future | Tori and Lokita | Sandra Ng | Dardenne brothers Chung Mong-hong | Aaron Kwok |
| HKIFF47 | 30 March - 10 April 2023 | Mad Fate Elegies | Vital Sign | Soi Cheang | Tsai Ming-liang | Aaron Kwok |
| HKIFF48 | 28 March - 8 April 2024 | All Shall Be Well | All the Long Nights | Fruit Chan | Víctor Erice Martin McDonagh | Karena Lam |
| HKIFF49 | 10 April - 21 April 2025 | The Brightest Sun Pavane for an Infant | Dreams | Louis Koo | Albert Serra Wang Bing | Angela Yuen |