IFFR 1997

Jackie Chan

Extravagant adventure film set around 1900, filled with brilliant choreography, by and with star Jackie Chan.

golden harvest

A Jihua

Michael Hui

Already a classic comedy with and by the Asian super-star Michael Hui, well-known from TV and film.

Ban jin ba liang

Wang Yu

Dedicated martial-arts pupil loses an arm yet fights on spectacularly... with stunning fight scenes.

Dubiquan wang

Stanley Tong Kwai-lai

First Strike

John Woo

Sombre, cynical variation on martial-arts melodrama by the famous John Woo.

Haoxia

Shu Kei

Moving old-fashioned film about traditional Cantonese opera company with Josephine Siao in a masterful leading role as manager and star actress.

Hu-du-men

Fok Yiu-Leung

Fast, quick-witted action film brings rival warriors from the Ming Dynasty to present-day Hong Kong.

Jidong qixia

Gay relationship between younger and older man is the crux of this brave film, made with charm, humour and intelligence.

A Queer Story

Wu Ma

Strange story that moves between farce and profundity about someone who stages his own death to acquire an inheritance.

Ren xia ren

Stanley Kwan

Collage of historically factual material, dramatised reconstruction and fiction about the life of Chinese film star Ruan Lingyu (1910-1935) played stunningly by Maggie Cheung.

Ruan lingyu

Ann Hui

Beautiful role by Josephine Siao in family comedy about a working woman whose working father-in-law goes senile.

Summer Snow

Lo Wei

Beautifully-choreographed film launched Bruce Lee to super-stardom.

Tangshan daxiong

Comic sketch about e.g. the question of the true gender of the actress Shangguan, shot on location in San Francisco.

Xiao yingxiong da nao tangrenjie

Timeless, passionate love in the decadent, Western Hong Kong of the thirties and the present day is a moving and original ghost story. With Leslie Cheung.

Yanzhi kou

King Hu

Brilliant 'chamber' play with epic dimensions and super cast at the time of the Yuan dynasty.

Yingchunke Zhi Fengbo

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

Part three of a youth-gang series is already one of the most exciting genre films from Hong Kong, growing fast in popularity.

Young and Dangerous III

Jacob Cheung

Funny, moving film is a fascinating snapshot from the history of the Chinese imperial court.

Zhongguo zuihou yi ge taijian

Tsui Hark

Inspired by Star Wars, Tsui Hark was determined to develop a brand of special effects with Chinese imagery. In a great leap forward, he trained a whole generation of special effects experts, laying the foundations for the 1980s golden age of Hong Kong Cinema.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025