HK Summer fest makes living easy

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Festival News

Taiwanese romance Gf*Bf 女朋友 男朋友 (pictured) will open the seventh edition of the Summer International Film Festival 夏日國際電影節 (14 – 28 Aug), the successful spin-off from the Hong Kong International Film Festival 香港國際電影節.

The event will wrap up with a gala outing for Wes ANDERSON's Moonrise Kingdom.

In between the festival gives a largely Asian spin to programming across two thematic sections, 'festival faves' and 'love and laughs', as well as a mixed bag of other material, including three summer titles by French auteur Eric Rohmer.

Receiving full-on gala treatment are two Hong Kong titles, Heiward MAK 麥曦茵's Diva 華麗之後 and the latest instalment in the popular McDull cartoon series, McDull, the Pork of Music 麥兜當當伴我心 .

Films on the festival faves list include In Another Country 다른 나라에서, Punch 완득이 (2011), Beautiful 美好２０１２ and Helter Skelter ヘルタースケルター.

Thermae Romae テルマエ・ロマエ, Key of Life 鍵泥棒のメソッド, Guns and Roses 黃金大劫案, For Love's Sake 愛と誠, Rent-a-Cat レンタネコ (2011), Thank You Gangsters サンキュー窃盗団 (2011) and animation Wolf Children おおかみこどもの雨と雪 make up the Love And Laughs section.

The restored prints section, essentially tribute to Japanese director KINOSHITA Keisuke 木下恵介 features two of his films The Portrait 肖像 (1948) and A Toast to the Young Miss お嬢さん乾杯 (1949).

There is also a revival of In Our Time 光陰的故事 (1981), which includes sections directed by Edward YANG 楊德昌 and CHANG Yi 張毅. The HK Summer festival presents it under the banner 'The Dawn of New Taiwanese Cinema' reflecting its historical importance.

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