Hong Kong film evening in Milan

SIFF is a major international film festival based Tricase in southern Italy. It has also launched screening events in cities around the world, including Hong Kong.

Two critically-acclaimed Hong Kong films will be screened.

• A Light Never Goes Out (2023) by Anastasia Tsang. The director will be present to introduce her first feature film.

• Better Days (2021) by Derek Tsang

A Light Never Goes Out has been described as 'a passionate exploration of the beauty and struggles behind keeping Hong Kong's distinctive neon signs alive.';

A still from A Light Never Goes Out

Derek Tsang's award-winning youth drama Better Days (2021) was also a massive commercial success.

A still from Better Days

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Update

In her welcoming remarks at the Hong Kong film evening, Deputy Representative of the HKETO, Brussels, Miss Fiona Li, thanked the Festival for being a great partner for cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and Italy. The Festival had not only shown strong support for Hong Kong films over the years, it had also brought Italian films to Hong Kong.

Emphasising Hong Kong as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange, Miss Li said that 'Hong Kong is a crossroads for exchanges between East and West, a role that is set to develop further in the years ahead with growing creative industries in the Mainland China and Asia.';

Miss Li also underlined that the Hong Kong Government is deeply committed to providing support to our film industry, noting that 'A Light Never Goes Out'; is a project of the Film Development Fund's First Feature Film Initiative.

Turning to Hong Kong's recovery after the pandemic, she said the city is bursting with all kinds of cultural events and festivals, and tourists and business visitors alike were flocking back. She encouraged the audience to visit Hong Kong to check out this vibrant scene for themselves.