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| name        = Hong Kong International Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;
| location    = [[Hong Kong]]&lt;br /&gt;
| language    = Multi-language (adapted movies from different countries)&lt;br /&gt;
| website     = http://www.hkiff.org.hk/&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hong Kong International Film Festival&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;HKIFF&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;), is one of Asia’s oldest international [[film festival]]s. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies, filmmakers from different countries in [[Hong Kong]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1186325/hong-kong-themes-give-hometown-heroes-screen-presence-hkiff|title=Hong Kong themes give hometown heroes an on-screen presence at HKIFF|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
HKIFF screens around 230 films from more than 60 countries in different major cultural venues across the territory every year.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2137677/mainland-offers-hong-kongs-film-industry-chance-brighter|title=Mainland offers Hong Kong’s film industry a brighter future|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; New films are featured as gala premieres, with the directors and cast presenting on the [[red carpet]] and meet-and-greet sessions in theatres.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/hong-kong-film-festival-2018-preview/5127522.article|title=Hong Kong Film Festival 2018 preview|work=Screen|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:第四十二屆香港國際電影節開幕典禮.jpg|thumb|234x234px|The 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival Grand Opening]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History==&lt;br /&gt;
Previously operated by [[Urban Council]] and [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]], from 1977 to 2001, and [[Hong Kong Arts Development Council]], from 2002 to 2004, HKIFF was officially incorporated as an independent, charitable organisation – &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; after completing its 28th edition.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/gov-t-to-let-go-of-hong-kong-fest-1117896579/|title=Gov’t to let go of Hong Kong fest|last=Adler|first=Carlye|date=2003-12-03|work=Variety|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200902/24/P200902240255.htm|title=New subvention arrangement for Hong Kong International Film Festival Society announced|website=www.info.gov.hk|access-date=2018-06-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Hong Kong SAR Government has continued to subsidise the festival through venue provision and partial funding.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr16-17/english/panels/itb/papers/itb20170109cb4-372-3-e.pdf|title=Update on the Work of Create Hong Kong|website=Legislative Council, Hong Kong SAR Government|access-date=19 June 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;[[File:HK Cine Fan Com 香港電影節 發燒友 Opening Gala night on 5th April 2013 Gethering HKIFF Society Who&amp;#039;s Who - Do you know 黃耀明 Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming.JPG|thumb|231x231px|Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited]]&lt;br /&gt;
Since 2012, HKIFF produced and premiered anthologies of short films made by well-known award winning filmmakers from Asia, such as [[Ann Hui]], [[Kiyoshi Kurosawa]], [[Jia Zhangke]], [[Brillante Mendoza]], [[Hideo Nakata]], [[Tsai Ming-liang]], and [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} Since 2017, HKIFF started to collaborate with [[Heyi Pictures]] to produce two feature films a year by young Chinese filmmakers that will hold their world premieres at HKIFF.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboardradiochina.com/story/2018-03-20The-42nd-Hong-Kong-International-Film-Festival-Kicks-Off-en|title=Billboard Radio China - The 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival Kicks Off|website=www.billboardradiochina.com|access-date=2018-06-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;[[File:林青霞.jpg|thumb|280x280px|Filmmaker in Focus: Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:古天樂.jpg|thumb|280x280px|The 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival Ambassador: Louis Koo Tin-lok]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Past events==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:第41屆香港國際電影節頒獎典禮.jpg|thumb|187x187px|Young Cinema Competition jury (from left to right: Anthony WONG, Colin GEDDES, and Agnieszka HOLLAND), director Amit V Masurkar, and LI Cheuk-to, Artistic Director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:第42屆香港國際電影節頒獎典禮.jpg|thumb|187x187px|The 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival Award Ceremony]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:第41屆香港國際電影節開幕電影——春嬌救志明.jpg|thumb|187x187px|HKIFF 41 Opening Film Love Off the Cuff]][[File:香港文化中心.jpg|thumb|188x188px|Hong Kong Cultural Centre]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+&lt;br /&gt;
!Event name&lt;br /&gt;
!Date&lt;br /&gt;
!Ambassador&lt;br /&gt;
!Opening film(s)&lt;br /&gt;
!Closing film(s)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF1&lt;br /&gt;
|27 June - 10 July 1977&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Anno uno|Italy: Year One]] (dir. [[Roberto Rossellini]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[A Touch of Zen]] (dir. [[King Hu]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF2&lt;br /&gt;
|26 June - 9 July 1978&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Cría Cuervos|Raise Ravens]] ([[Cría Cuervos]], dir. [[Carlos Saura]])&lt;br /&gt;
The Seagull ([[Il gabbiano|Il Gabbiano]], dir. [[Marco Bellocchio]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF3&lt;br /&gt;
|25 June - 8 July 1979&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Raining in the Mountain]] (dir. [[King Hu]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF4&lt;br /&gt;
|3 - 18 April 1980&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[American Gigolo]] (dir. [[Paul Schrader]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF5&lt;br /&gt;
|9 - 24 April 1981&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Child of the Sun (dir. [[Kirio Urayama|Kiriro Urayama]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Uprising (dir. [[Peter Lilienthal]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF6&lt;br /&gt;
|1-16 April 1982&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Circle of Deceit (1981 film)|Circle of Deceit]] (dir. [[Volker Schlöndorff|Volkor Schlondorff]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Street Music (1981 film)|Street Music]] (dir. [[Jenny Bowen (filmmaker)|Jenny Bowen]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Muddy River (film)|Muddy River]] (dir. [[Kōhei Oguri|Kohei Oguri]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF7&lt;br /&gt;
|24 March - 8 April 1983&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Passion (1982 film)|Passion]] (dir. [[Jean-Luc Godard]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Moonlighting (film)|Moonlighting]] (dir. [[Jerzy Skolimowski]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Son of the Northeast|Son of the North East]] (dir. [[Vichit Kounavudhi]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF8&lt;br /&gt;
|12-27 April 1984&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The King of Comedy (film)|The King of Comedy]] (dir. [[Martin Scorsese]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Carmen (1983 film)|Carmen]] (dir. [[Carlos Saura]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence|Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence]] (dir. [[Nagisa Oshima]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[First Name: Carmen]] (dir. [[Jean-Luc Godard]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF9&lt;br /&gt;
|29 March - 13 April 1985&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Full Moon in Paris]] (dir. [[Éric Rohmer|Eric Rohmer]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris Texas]] (dir. [[Wim Wenders]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[MacArthur&amp;#039;s Children|Mac Arthurs Children]] (dir. [[Masahiro Shinoda]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Love on the Ground]] (dir. [[Jacques Rivette]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF10&lt;br /&gt;
|27 March - 11 April 1986&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ping Pong (1986 film)|Ping Pong]] (dir. [[Po-Chih Leong|Leong Po-chih]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Ran (film)|Ran]] (dir. [[Akira Kurosawa]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Insignificance (film)|Insignificance]] (dir. [[Nicolas Roeg]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Insomniac on the Bridge]] (dir. [[Raúl Ruiz (director)|Raúl Ruiz]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF11&lt;br /&gt;
|10-25 April 1987&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Green Ray (film)|The Green Ray]] (dir. [[Éric Rohmer|Eric Rohmer]])&lt;br /&gt;
To Sleep So As To Dream (dir. [[Kaizo Hayashi]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[The Sacrifice (1986 film)|The Sacrifice]] (dir. [[Andrei Tarkovsky]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Making of Fanny and Alexander|Document: Fanny and Alexander]] (dir. [[Ingmar Bergman]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Stand-in&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF12&lt;br /&gt;
|31 March - 15 April 1988&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Les Affaires Publiques&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Yeelen]] (dir. [[Souleymane Cissé (film director)|Souleymane Cissé]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Au revoir les enfants|Goodbye, Children]] (dir. [[Louis Malle]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Wings of Desire]] (dir. [[Wim Wenders]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Red Sorghum (film)|Red Sorghum]] (dir. [[Zhang Yimou]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF13&lt;br /&gt;
|23 March - 7 April 1989&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ashik Kerib (film)|Ashik Kerib]] (dir. [[Dodo Abashidze]] and [[Sergei Parajanov]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown]] (dir. [[Pedro Almodóvar|Pedro Almodovar]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Pelle the Conqueror|Pellethe Conqueror]] (dir. [[Bille August]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Betrayed (1988 film)|Betrayed]] (dir. [[Costa-Gavras]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF14&lt;br /&gt;
|6 - 21 April 1990&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior|A Terra-Cotta Warrior]] (dir. [[Ching Siu-tung]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Song of the Exile]] (dir. [[Ann Hui]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF15&lt;br /&gt;
|28 March - 12 April 1991&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch]] (dir. [[Tian Zhuangzhuang]])&lt;br /&gt;
|My American Grandson (dir. [[Ann Hui]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF16&lt;br /&gt;
|10 - 25 April 1992&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Ripples Across Stagnant Water (dir. [[Ling Zifeng]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[High Heels (1991 film)|High Heels]] (dir. [[Pedro Almodóvar|Pedro Almodovar]])&lt;br /&gt;
|King of Chess (dirs. [[Yim Ho]], [[Tsui Hark]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF17&lt;br /&gt;
|8 - 23 April 1993&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|For Fun (dir. [[Ning Ying]])&lt;br /&gt;
Opening Night (dir. [[John Cassavetes]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Wedding Banquet]] (dir. [[Ang Lee]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF18&lt;br /&gt;
|25 March - 9 April 1994&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Three Colors: Blue|Three Colours: Blue]] (dir. [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Three Colours: White]] (dir. [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF19&lt;br /&gt;
|7 - 22 April 1995&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[In the Heat of the Sun]] (dir. [[Jiang Wen]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Summer Snow (film)|Summer Snow]] (dir. [[Ann Hui]])&lt;br /&gt;
|One and a Half (dir. [[Lawrence Ah Mon]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Burnt by the Sun]] (dir. [[Nikita Mikhalkov]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF20&lt;br /&gt;
|25 March - 9 April 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Hu-Du-Men|Hu Du Men]] (dir. [[Shu Kei]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[From Dusk till Dawn|From Dusk Till Dawn]] (dir. [[Robert Rodriguez]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The King of Masks]] (dir. [[Wu Tianming]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Mahjong (film)|Mahjong]] (dir. [[Edward Yang]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF21&lt;br /&gt;
|25 March - 9 April 1997&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kitchen (1997 film)|Kitchen]] (dir. [[Yim Ho]]) &lt;br /&gt;
[[The River (1997 film)|The River]] (dir. [[Tsai Ming-liang]])&lt;br /&gt;
|The Valiant Ones (dir. [[King Hu]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF22&lt;br /&gt;
|3 - 18 April 1998&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Beast Cops|Beast Cop]] (dir. [[Gordon Chan]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Dragon Inn]] (dir. [[King Hu]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Sweet Degeneration]] (dir. [[Lin Cheng-sheng]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF23&lt;br /&gt;
|31 March - 15 April 1999&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ordinary Heroes (1999 film)|Ordinary Heroes]] (dir. [[Ann Hui]])&lt;br /&gt;
Where a Good Man Goes (dir. [[Johnnie To]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mr. Zhao|Mr Zhao]] (dir. [[Lü Yue]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Crazy English (film)|Crazy English]] (dir. [[Zhang Yuan (director)|Zhang Yuan]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF24&lt;br /&gt;
|12 - 27 April 2000&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Spacked Out]] (dir. [[Lawrence Ah Mon]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[The Million Dollar Hotel]] (dir. [[Wim Wenders]])&lt;br /&gt;
|A Chance to Die&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Durian Durian]] (dir. [[Fruit Chan]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF25&lt;br /&gt;
|6 - 21 April 2001&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Peony Pavilion (film)|Penoy Pavilion]] (dir. [[Yonfan]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Mortel Transfert|Mortal Transfer]] (dir. [[Jean-Jacques Beineix]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Yi Yi]] (dir. [[Edward Yang]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF26&lt;br /&gt;
|27 March - 7 April 2002&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Hollywood Hong Kong]] (dir. [[Fruit Chan]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Heaven (2002 film)|Heaven]] (dir. [[Tom Tykwer]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[What Time Is It There?|What Time is it There?]] (dir. [[Tsai Ming-liang]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF27&lt;br /&gt;
|8 - 23 April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Shine (Hong Kong group)|SHINE]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Twilight Samurai]] (dir. [[Yoji Yamada]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[PTU (film)|PTU]] (dir. [[Johnnie To]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Cala, My Dog!]] (dir. [[Lu Xuechang]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]] (dir. [[Spike Jonze]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF28&lt;br /&gt;
|6 - 21 April 2004&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Baober in Love]] (dir. [[Li Shaohong]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Jade Goddess of Mercy]] (dir. [[Ann Hui]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Goodbye, Dragon Inn]] (dir. [[Tsai Ming-liang]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Not on the Lips]] (dir. [[Alain Resnais]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF29&lt;br /&gt;
|22 March - 6 April 2005&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Andy Lau]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Peacock (2005 film)|Peacock]] (dir. [[Gu Changwei]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[The Hidden Blade]] (dir. [[Yōji Yamada]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The World (film)|The World]] (dir. [[Jia Zhangke]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Words in Blue]] (dir. [[Alain Corneau]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF30&lt;br /&gt;
|4 - 19 April 2006&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Andy Lau]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Election 2]] (dir. [[Johnnie To]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Isabella (2006 film)|Isabella]](dir. [[Pang Ho-cheung]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Snow Cake]] (dir. [[Marc Evans]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]] (dir. [[Neil Armfield]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF31&lt;br /&gt;
|10 March - 11 April 2007&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Eye in the Sky (2007 film)|Eye in the Sky]] (dir. [[Yau Nai-hoi|Yau Nai-Hoi]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[I&amp;#039;m a Cyborg, But That&amp;#039;s OK|I am a Cyborg, but that&amp;#039;s OK]] (dir. [[Park Chan-wook]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF32&lt;br /&gt;
|17 March - 6 April 2008&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Sammi Cheng]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kabei: Our Mother|Kabei - Our Mother]] (dir. [[Yoji Yamada]])&lt;br /&gt;
Soul of a Demon (dir. [[Chang Tso-chi]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Shine a Light (film)|Shine a Light]] (dir. [[Martin Scorsese]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Coffee or Tea (dirs. [[Shu Kei]], Kwan Man-hin)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF33&lt;br /&gt;
|22 March - 13 April 2009&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Karen Mok]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Night and Fog (2009 film)|Night and Fog]] (dir. [[Ann Hui]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[Shinjuku Incident]] (dir. [[Derek Yee]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[24 City]] (dir. [[Jia Zhangke]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF34&lt;br /&gt;
|18 March - 6 April 2010&lt;br /&gt;
| -&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Crossing Hennessy]] (dir. [[Ivy Ho]])&lt;br /&gt;
Like a Dream (dir. [[Clara Law]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Amphetamine (film)|Amphetamine]] (dir. [[Scud (filmmaker)|Scud]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ex (dir. [[Heiward Mak]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF35&lt;br /&gt;
|20 March - 5 April 2011&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Miriam Yeung]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Don&amp;#039;t Go Breaking My Heart (2011 film)|Don&amp;#039;t Go Breaking My Heart]] (dirs. [[Johnnie To]], [[Wai Ka-fai]])&lt;br /&gt;
Quattro Hong Kong 2 (dirs. [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]; [[Brillante Mendoza]]; [[Stanley Kwan]]; [[Ho Yuhang]])&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF36&lt;br /&gt;
|21 March - 5 April 2012&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Miriam Yeung]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Love in the Buff]] (dir. [[Pang Ho-cheung]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[White Deer Plain (film)|White Deer Plain]] (dir. [[Wang Quan&amp;#039;an]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF37&lt;br /&gt;
|17 March - 2 April 2013&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Miriam Yeung]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ip Man: The Final Fight|Ip Man - The Final Fight]] (dir. [[Herman Yau]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Closed Curtain]] (dirs. [[Jafar Panahi]], [[Kambuzia Partovi]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF38&lt;br /&gt;
|24 March - 7 April 2014&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Louis Koo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Aberdeen (2014 film)|Aberdeen]] (dir. [[Pang Ho-cheung]])&lt;br /&gt;
[[The Midnight After]]  (dir. [[Fruit Chan]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[That Demon Within]] (dir. [[Dante Lam]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF39&lt;br /&gt;
|23 March - 6 April 2015&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Louis Koo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Murmur of the Hearts]] (dir. [[Sylvia Chang]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Port of Call (2015 film)|Port of Call]] (dir. [[Philip Yung]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF40&lt;br /&gt;
|21 March - 4 April 2016&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Louis Koo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chongqing Hot Pot]] (dir. Yang Qing)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Trivisa]] (dirs. Frank Hui, Jevons Au, [[Vicky Wong]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Creepy (film)|Creepy]] (dir. [[Kiyoshi Kurosawa]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF41&lt;br /&gt;
|11 - 25 April 2017&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Louis Koo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Love Off the Cuff]] (dir. [[Pang Ho-cheung]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mon Mon Mon Monsters|mon mon mon MONSTERS]] (dir. [[Giddens Ko]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF42&lt;br /&gt;
|19 March - 5 April 2018&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Louis Koo]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Omotenashi (dir. [[Jay Chern]])&lt;br /&gt;
Xiao Mei (dir. Maren Hwang)&lt;br /&gt;
|[[What a Wonderful Family!]] 3: My Wife, My Life (dir. [[Yoji Yamada|Yamada Yoji]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF43&lt;br /&gt;
|18 March - 1 April 2019&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Aaron Kwok]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bodies at Rest]] (dir. [[Renny Harlin]])&lt;br /&gt;
|[[By the Grace of God (film)|By the Grace of God]] (dir. [[François Ozon]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF44&lt;br /&gt;
|Cancelled&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Aaron Kwok]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Keep Rolling (dir. Man Lim-chung)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Little Big Women]] (dir. Joseph Hsu)&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese#Film|The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese]] (dir. [[Isao Yukisada]])&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF45&lt;br /&gt;
|1–12 April 2021&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Aaron Kwok]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (dir. [[Ann Hui]], [[Sammo Hung]], [[Ringo Lam]], [[Patrick Tam (film director)|Patrick Tam]], [[Johnnie To]], [[Tsui Hark]], and [[Yuen Woo-ping]])&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Where the Wind Blows]] (dir. [[Philip Yung]]), later cancelled&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy]] (dir. [[Ryusuke Hamaguchi]])&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Competition==&lt;br /&gt;
HKIFF Firebird Awards include three categories: Young Cinema Competition, Documentary Competition and Short Film Competition. The results are decided by three jury teams consisting of film industry professionals such as [[Film criticism|film critic]]s, directors and film festival delegates. Besides Firebird Awards, HKIFF also established FIPRESCI Prize in HKIFF23 to recognize enterprising filmmakers and promotes young talent in Asian cinema.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.screenz.co.nz/hkiff-closes-with-gifts-and-greenaway/|title=HKIFF closes with gifts and Greenaway|date=2015-04-06|work=SCREENZ|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en-GB}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Starting from HKIFF41, Audience Choice Award is held during the film festival when the audience members who purchased tickets and festival passes could vote for their favorite films.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/awardswatch/hkiff41_honors_filmmakers_with_awards_of_five_competition_sections_and_the_audience_choice_award|title=HKIFF41 honors filmmakers with awards of five competition sections and the Audience Choice Award|website=www.filmfestivals.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; From HKIFF43, the Young Cinema Competition was divided into &amp;quot;Chinese Language&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;World&amp;quot; sections.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=HKIFF43 Winners of Firebird Awards Announced at Gala |url=http://www.hkiff.org.hk/news/detail?id=366 |website=HKIFF |access-date=9 September 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!Event name&lt;br /&gt;
!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Young Cinema Competition&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Documentary Competition&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Short Film Competition&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;FIPRESCI Prize&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Audience Choice Award&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF40&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: Life After Life&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Tomcat&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: Behemoth&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Under The Sun&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: Batrachian’s Ballad&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Prelude to the General&lt;br /&gt;
|The Island Funeral&lt;br /&gt;
|  -&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF41&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: My Happy Family&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Newton&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: House in the Fields&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Inmates&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: Jukai&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Ten Mornings Ten Evenings And One Horizon&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Special Mention: Everything&lt;br /&gt;
|Happy Bus Day&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mad World (film)|Mad World]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF42&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: [[Girls Always Happy]]&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Daughter of Mine&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: Of Love &amp;amp; Law&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: The Distant Barking of Dogs&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Special Mention: Mama&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: Wicked Girl&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: The Burden&lt;br /&gt;
|Girls Always Happy&lt;br /&gt;
|[[An Elephant Sitting Still]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|HKIFF43&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award (Chinese Language): A First Farewell&lt;br /&gt;
Firebird Award (World): You Have the Night&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: Midnight Family&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: Advocate&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|Firebird Award: All These Creatures&lt;br /&gt;
Jury Prize: The Call&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|The Golden-Laden Sheep and the Sacred Mountain&lt;br /&gt;
|  -&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of film festivals]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of film festivals in China]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist|30em}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*{{Official website}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Hong_Kong_International_Film_Festival/ IMDb: Hong Kong International Film Festival]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Film festivals in China}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__FORCETOC__&lt;br /&gt;
__INDEX__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Film festivals in Hong Kong]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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