Chicago – Season 15 of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) is wrapping up its Fall Edition with Hong Kong Week, and this final weekend is packed with films and in-person events. Click links for details, the following two are on Saturday, November 5th … Far Far Away, The First Girl I Loved. And on Sunday, November 6th … Pretty Heart, Septet and Screenings With The Stars.
‘The First Girl I Loved,’ Directed by Candy Ng and Yeung Chiu-Hoi
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“The First Girl I Loved” is a story of two Hong Kong teenage girls, Nam and Sylvia. Nam treats their schoolgirl relationship as love, while the other deems it as growth. Years later, when Sylvia gets engaged to a man, she invites Nam to be her bridesmaid. As they spend the night before the wedding together, Nam recalls the circumstances of their relationship and the uncertainty that swirled around it. Will their...
‘The First Girl I Loved,’ Directed by Candy Ng and Yeung Chiu-Hoi
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
“The First Girl I Loved” is a story of two Hong Kong teenage girls, Nam and Sylvia. Nam treats their schoolgirl relationship as love, while the other deems it as growth. Years later, when Sylvia gets engaged to a man, she invites Nam to be her bridesmaid. As they spend the night before the wedding together, Nam recalls the circumstances of their relationship and the uncertainty that swirled around it. Will their...
- 11/4/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago, Il – Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Season 15 concludes with an exclusive world premiere and first-ever programming partnerships with emerging short film platform Sorry Not Sorry (Sns) and Facets. The in-person festival runs through
November 6 with two closing night films, awards presentations, and Screenings with the Stars: Season 15 Finale, an inaugural reception benefitting the expansion of Asian Pop-Up Cinema. Tickets are on sale now at: www.asianpopupcinema.org/s15-finale
Making its world premiere, Deliverance tells a story of a fractured family of four brothers and one sister confronting haunting memories of their mother’s passing. Lead actress Summer Chan will receive the third Bright Star Award of this season and will be honored in person at the October 29, 4:30 pm screening at AMC Newcity 14. Director Kelvin Shum, screenwriter Kyle Shum, and producer Charlie Wong are also scheduled to appear for the introduction and post-film Q&A moderated by Hollywood Chicago’s Pat McDonald.
November 6 with two closing night films, awards presentations, and Screenings with the Stars: Season 15 Finale, an inaugural reception benefitting the expansion of Asian Pop-Up Cinema. Tickets are on sale now at: www.asianpopupcinema.org/s15-finale
Making its world premiere, Deliverance tells a story of a fractured family of four brothers and one sister confronting haunting memories of their mother’s passing. Lead actress Summer Chan will receive the third Bright Star Award of this season and will be honored in person at the October 29, 4:30 pm screening at AMC Newcity 14. Director Kelvin Shum, screenwriter Kyle Shum, and producer Charlie Wong are also scheduled to appear for the introduction and post-film Q&A moderated by Hollywood Chicago’s Pat McDonald.
- 9/29/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Season 15 is taking its show on the road to various ethnic communities throughout Chicago and the north suburbs. The in-person festival will present 31 films and opens on September 10 and runs through November 6. Tickets are on sale now at https://buytickets.at/apuc
The festival will highlight the best of Asian animation with a unique lineup of films from Taiwan, China, and South Korea. Programming highlights include films from Japan and special guest appearances from Japan Cinema Showcase host Mark Schilling; this year’s Bright Star Award recipient, Hong Kong actress Jennifer Yu (Pretty Heart); director Yeung Chiu-hoi (The First Girl I Loved); and lead actor Kaki Shum, director Amos Why, and producer Teresa Kwong of Far Far Away.
To enhance the audience’s understanding of the cultural and artistic background of the films, Columbia College Chicago’s Professor Ron Falzone will be leading the post-film discussion...
The festival will highlight the best of Asian animation with a unique lineup of films from Taiwan, China, and South Korea. Programming highlights include films from Japan and special guest appearances from Japan Cinema Showcase host Mark Schilling; this year’s Bright Star Award recipient, Hong Kong actress Jennifer Yu (Pretty Heart); director Yeung Chiu-hoi (The First Girl I Loved); and lead actor Kaki Shum, director Amos Why, and producer Teresa Kwong of Far Far Away.
To enhance the audience’s understanding of the cultural and artistic background of the films, Columbia College Chicago’s Professor Ron Falzone will be leading the post-film discussion...
- 8/26/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Making Waves – Navigators of Hong Kong Cinema, a touring programme to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hksar), comes to London 8-10 July, bringing an exciting selection of new films and restored classics to the big screen. Also featuring a live holo-presence and an online virtual exhibition, the event is an evocative multimedia experience that takes audiences on a journey through contemporary Hong Kong cinema through a diverse range of genres and forms.
This celebration of Hong Kong cinema is presented by Create Hong Kong in partnership with Focus Hong Kong, and supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London, with a programme of 7 films at Soho Hotel and The Garden Cinema, including a very special live holo-presence event featuring legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan in conversation and a gala screening of his beloved classic Comrades, Almost A Love Story in a restored version.
This celebration of Hong Kong cinema is presented by Create Hong Kong in partnership with Focus Hong Kong, and supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London, with a programme of 7 films at Soho Hotel and The Garden Cinema, including a very special live holo-presence event featuring legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan in conversation and a gala screening of his beloved classic Comrades, Almost A Love Story in a restored version.
- 6/17/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The treatment of sapphic love in films could be an uncomfortable toss-up between tragedy and bliss, but “The First Girl I Loved” does neither of these. Co-directed by Candy Ng Wing-shan and Chiu Hoi Yeung, the entry to the 2021 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival instead explores the liminal space between the two, where love simply evolves and is not punctuated by anything.
“The First Girl I Loved” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
The film tells the story of Lee Wing Nam and Sylvia Lee Sum Yuet and how their romance blossoms in a Catholic all-girls school in Hong Kong during their youth, only to see its certitude challenged as they slowly enter the realm of adulthood. The hurdles to their love first come in the form of institutions, with restrictions and rules imposed by an educational system defined by dogma. Wing and...
“The First Girl I Loved” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
The film tells the story of Lee Wing Nam and Sylvia Lee Sum Yuet and how their romance blossoms in a Catholic all-girls school in Hong Kong during their youth, only to see its certitude challenged as they slowly enter the realm of adulthood. The hurdles to their love first come in the form of institutions, with restrictions and rules imposed by an educational system defined by dogma. Wing and...
- 4/27/2022
- by Purple Romero
- AsianMoviePulse
The treatment of sapphic love in films could be an uncomfortable toss-up between tragedy and bliss, but “The First Girl I Loved” does neither of these. Co-directed by Candy Ng Wing-shan and Chiu Hoi Yeung, the entry to the 2021 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival instead explores the liminal space between the two, where love simply evolves and is not punctuated by anything.
“The First Girl I Loved” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The film tells the story of Lee Wing Nam and Sylvia Lee Sum Yuet and how their romance blossoms in a Catholic all-girls school in Hong Kong during their youth, only to see its certitude challenged as they slowly enter the realm of adulthood. The hurdles to their love first come in the form of institutions, with restrictions and rules imposed by an educational system defined by dogma. Wing and Sylvia...
“The First Girl I Loved” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The film tells the story of Lee Wing Nam and Sylvia Lee Sum Yuet and how their romance blossoms in a Catholic all-girls school in Hong Kong during their youth, only to see its certitude challenged as they slowly enter the realm of adulthood. The hurdles to their love first come in the form of institutions, with restrictions and rules imposed by an educational system defined by dogma. Wing and Sylvia...
- 3/12/2022
- by Purple Romero
- AsianMoviePulse
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