IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

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      Johnnie To

      Johnnie To

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      Johnnie TO (1955, Hong Kong) formed a partnership in 1996 with Wai Ka-Fai, resulting in the production company Milky Way and their first film, Handover, in 1997. To has made successful films in virtually all genres, from film noir, romantic dramas and comedies to violent thrillers and action films. He is famously prolific, building a vast body of work since his debut, The Enigmatic Case (1980). He received a Time Machine Career Achievement Award at the 2005 Sitges Film Festival. In 2007, IFFR screened a retrospective of his work as part of the programme ‘Filmmaker in Focus: Johnnie To’. That same year, Mad Detective was nominated for a Golden Lion in Venice, his second nomination in two years. In 2009, Vengeance was nominated for a Golden Palm in Cannes. While in France, he was made an officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters. Drug War screened at IFFR 2013 and was nominated for a Big Screen Award. Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020), an anthology for which To collaborated with six other leading Hong Kong directors, premiered at Cannes.

      Filmography

      (selection) Bi shui han shan duo ming jin/The Enigmatic Case (1980), The Wild Bunch (1982, TV series, 20 episodes), Suet san fei wu/The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1985, TV series, 37 episodes), Kai xin gui zhuang gui/Happy Ghost 3 (1986), Qi nian zhi yang/Seven Years Itch (1987), Cheng shi te jin/The Big Heat (1988, co-dir), Ba xing bao xi/The Eighth Happiness (1988), It’s No Heaven (1988, TV), Die xue huang pu tan/The Betrayal (1988, TV), Dak ging 90/The Iron Butterlfy (1989, TV), Ji xing gong zhao/The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990), Ah-Lang de gu shi/All About Ah-Long (1989), Ai de shi jie/The Story of My Son (1990), Dak ging 90 II – Zi mong meng tin ngaai/The Iron Butterfly 2 (1990, TV), Sha Tan-Zi yu Zhou Shih-Nai/Royal Scoundrel (1991), Zhi zun wu shang zhi yong ba tian xia/Casino Raiders II (1991), Sum sei goon/Justice, My Foot! (1992), Ti dao bao/Lucky Encounter (1992), Chi jiao xiao zi/The Bare-Footed Kid (1993), Dong fang san xia/Heroic Trio (1993), Chai gong/Mad Monk (1993), Xian dai hao xia zhuan/Executioners (1993), Wu wei shen tan/Loving You (1995), Dak ging 90 III – Ming yat tin ngai/Tomorrw (1995, TV), Tian ruo you qing III feng huo jia ren/A Moment of Romance III (1996), Shi wan huo ji/Lifeline/Fireline (1997), Zhen xin ying xiong/A Hero Never Dies (1998), Joi gin a long/Where a Good Man Goes (1999), Am zin/Running Out of Time (1999), Cheung fo/The Mission (1999), Lat sau wui cheun/Help (2000, co-dir), Goo laam gwa lui/Needing You (2000, co-dir), Shou shen nan nu/Love on a Diet (2001), Am zin 2/Running Out of Time 2 (2001, co-dir), Zhong wu yen/Wu yen (2001), Chuen jik sat sau/Full Time Killer (2001, co-dir), Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai/My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002, co-dir), Lik goo lik goo san nin choi/Fat Choi Spirit (2002), 1:99 dian ying xing dong/1:99 Campaign on Sars (2003, short, co-dir), PTU (2003), Xiang zuo zou xiang you zou/Turn Left, Turn Right (2003), Da zhi lao/Running on Karma (2003), Baak nin hiu gap/Love for All Seasons (2003), Lung fung dau/Yesterday Once More (2004), Radao longhu bang/Throw Down (2004), Da shi jian/Breaking News (2004), Hei she hui/Election (2005), Zi xing wo lu/The Open Road (2005, short), Hei she hui zhi yi he wei gui/Election 2 (2006), Fangshu/Exiled (2006), Tie saam gok/Triangle (2007), San taam/Mad Detective (2007), Hu die fei/Linger (2008), Man jeuk/Sparrow (2008), Fuk sau/Vengeance (2009), Daan gyun naam yu/Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (2011), Dyut meng gam/Life Without Principle (2011), Gao hai ba zhi lian II/ Romancing in Thin Air (2012), Du zhan/Drug War (2012), Man tam/Blind Detective (2013), Daan gyun naam yu 2/Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014), Hua li shang ban zu/Office (2015), San ren xing/Three (2016), Chihuo Quan Wang/Chasing Dream (2019), Baat Bou Bun/Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020, omnibus film)

      More info: Wikipedia, Johnnie To

      Johnnie To at IFFR