23rd Far East Film Festival in Udine

The Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine is one of the largest film festivals in Europe showcasing the latest productions from Asia. HKETO, Brussels has been supporting Hong Kong film events at the FEFF for more than a decade. Following the latest COVID-19 restrictions in Udine, the FEFF this year is organised in a hybrid format with films being shown in theatres and through online screenings.

A total of 14 Hong Kong films will be screened this year.

Eight Hong Kong films are presented under the Hong Kong New Talents Programme –

Jun Li's Drafting

Chan Kin-long's Hand Rolled Cigarette

Erica Li's Just 1 Day

Man Lim-chung's Keep Rolling

Chiu Sin-hang's One Second Champion

Sunny Lau's Sugar Street Studio

Ricky Ko's Time

Jimmy Wan's Zero to Hero

The other six Hong Kong films screened at this year's FEFF are –

Herman Yau's Shock Wave 2

Adam Wong's The Way We Keep Dancing

Fruit Chan's Coffin Homes

Cheang Pou-soi's Limbo

Emily Chan's MadalenaAndrew Lau's and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs (restored classic)

Shock Wave 2 is the opening film of the online edition of this year's FEFF, whereas the restored version of Infernal Affairs is the closing film for both theatre screenings and online screenings.

Sugar Street Studio, Zero to Hero, Coffin Homes and Madalena all have their world premiere at the FEFF.

The Way We Keep Dancing and** Just 1 Day** are two of the successful projects funded by the Film Production Grant Scheme under the Film Development Fund, which was launched by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in November 2015 to support small-budget film productions.