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Golden Scene Selection – August

Golden Scene and Hong Kong Arts Centre proudly present “Golden Scene Selection”, showcasing the cherry-picked selections from around the world and bringing outstanding films to the audience at Hong Kong Arts Centre Cinema.

Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre

Date: 2021.08.25 – 2021.08.28

Price: Standard ticket: $80.

Screening Schedule

25/8 (Wed) 8pm Collective

26/8 (Thu) 8pm Dad, I’m Sorry

27/8 (Fri) 8pm Collective

28/8 (Sat) 2:15pm The Great Buddha+

28/8 (Sat) 4:30pm Classmates Minus

Collective

Director: Alexander NanauRomania, Luxembourg | 2019 | 109’ | In Romanian and English with Chinese and English subtitles | Dcp | Colour

25/8 (Wed) 8pm

27/8 (Fri) 8pm

In 2015, a fire at Bucharest’s Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed,...

The Great Buddha+ Cheng Cheng Films Reviewed for Shockya.com by: Harvey Karten Director: Hsin-yao Huang Screenwriter: Hsin-yao Huang Cast: Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen, Leon Dai, Shao-Huai Chang Screened at: Critics’ DVD, NYC, 11/18/18 Opens: November 23, 2018: Taiwan’s Oscar Candidate for 91st Academy Awards! You should not be surprised to discover that the U.S. […]

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Just when you think 2017 has been a good year for Taiwanese cinema, here comes a movie that upgrades “good” to “excellent”. “The Great Buddha +” is the debut feature film of Taiwanese director Huang Hsin-yao and it’s an extended version (hence the “+”) of his 2014 short movie “The Great Buddha”. Previously a documentary director focused on social and environmental issues, Huang has been helped in his new enterprise by fellow director Chung Mong-hong, in the role of producer and Dop. “The Great Buddha +” scooped several awards at the Taipei Film Festival and later the prestigious New Director Award at the Golden Horse Awards, along with Best Original Film Score, Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Great Buddha + is screening at Art Film Fest Kosice

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Just when you think 2017 has been a good year for Taiwanese cinema, here comes a movie that upgrades “good” to “excellent”. “The Great Buddha +” is the debut feature film of Taiwanese director Huang Hsin-yao and it’s an extended version (hence the “+”) of his 2014 short movie “The Great Buddha”. Previously a documentary director focused on social and environmental issues, Huang has been helped in his new enterprise by fellow director Chung Mong-hong, in the role of producer and Dop. “The Great Buddha +” scooped several awards at the Taipei Film Festival and later the prestigious New Director Award at the Golden Horse Awards, along with Best Original Film Score, Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Great Buddha+ is screening in the Us at the moment, released by Cheng Cheng Films

Like in his documentaries, the storytelling is aided by the director’s own voice-over commentary, punctuating the movie here and there with dark jokes,...