EVENTS

 

 

FORUM

An Amorous History of Shanghai and Hong Kong Cinema
2.00–4.00pm Saturday 3 March / Cinema A

On the opening weekend of Hong Kong, Shanghai: Cinema Cities, a film forum will explore filmmaking in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s, early filmmakers and stars, the movement of key actors and filmmakers between Shanghai and Hong Kong, and the project to preserve the extraordinary history of Chinese cinema. Presentations by Zhang Jianyong, Vice Director, and Chen Biqiang, Research Fellow, China Film Archive; Marie-Claire Quiquemelle, Centre de Documentation du Cinema Chinois; and Professor Mary Farquhar, Griffith University.

LECTURES

Hong Kong, Shanghai: Cinema Cities
12.30–1.30pm Wednesday 21 March/ Cinema A

Kathryn Weir, Head of Cinema and curator of Hong Kong, Shanghai: Cinema Cities, introduces the themes of the program and the interconnected social, political and cinematic histories of Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Growing Up on the Streets in Shanghai and Hong Kong Cinema
12.30–1.30pm Wednesday 18 April / Cinema A

Professor Mary Farquhar, co-author of China on Screen: Cinema and Nation 2006, discusses cinematic representations of the experience of adolescence on the streets of Shanghai and Hong Kong in films including Orphan on the Streets 1949 and early Bruce Lee titles Little Cheung 1950 and The Kid 1960, all screening in Hong Kong, Shanghai: Cinema Cities.

Songstress to Mambo Girl: Singing Stars of Shanghai and Hong Kong
1.30–2.30pm Saturday 12 May / Cinema A

Join Sam Ho, Head Programmer at the Hong Kong Film Archive, as he celebrates the songstress, musicals and Mandarin pop through the films of Zhou Xuan, Li Lihua and Grace Chang.

Eileen Chang’s Shanghai Stories
1.30–2.30pm Saturday 19 May / Cinema A

Wong Ainling, Hong Kong Film Archive, discusses the screenplays and film adaptations of celebrated Chinese novelist Eileen Chang (1920–1995).