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Give Them A Chance
Sam and brother Jack are both passionate in dancing. Jack left Sam and starts teaching dance classes to youngsters. Later Sam meets Jack and his students in a dancing contest outside the Cultural Center. Sam discovers that Jacks students are brilliant and talented. Yet, the elder brother of Ching (one of Jacks students) questionss his practice and causes Jack to lose his teaching job. At this point Sam supports Jack in his own dancing studio and the team works hard for the forthcoming dance performance in an arts festival ... ... 

Director:

Herman Yau

Year/Length:

2003, 94-min

Cast:

Andy Hui, Cheung Wing Hong, Ellis Tang

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fubo
Fu Bo
Three interrelated tales inspired by forensic crime dramas and linked by the theme of death. A morgue assistant named Fubo, someone who cleans up after the coroner has collected forensic data, watches gut-wrenching autopsies and mutilated corpses on a daily basis. Tragically enough, Fubo encounters his son only when he examines him as a corpse. But strangest of all is his oddball colleagues, when they throw a birthday party for a dead child in the autopsy room. 

In another part of town, a professional killer begins to view his job with guilt. This tormented soul begins to act erratic much to the dismay of his triad bosses. 

The third character is a Portuguese cook who works in a prison in Macau. His job is to cook for inmates on death row, and to record their dying wishes. This unholy trio, who practically live with dead people and consider corpses as their family, find out in different ways that the most beautiful moments of life are often those closest to death.

Director:

Wong Ching Po, Lee Kung Lok

Year/Length:

2003, 84-min

Cast:

Liu Kai Chi, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang

8th Busan International Film Festival

  • Official Selection

 

Toronto International Film Festival 2003

  • Official Selection
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runawaypistol
Runaway Pistol
Guns don't kill people, it is people who kill people.

The runaway pistol, which has a life of its own, traveled from the underbelly of Mongkok (Hong Kong) to seedy Shenzhen (China) across the border. It found its way into the hands of a motley crowd of characters, and transformed the lives of a sex worker, a small-time hood, a middle class family, troubled teenagers, a suicidal fisherman, illegal immigrant and innocent and not-so-innocent bystanders, each with their own pain, loss, regrets and dreamsK The Runaway Pistol fashioned a one-of-a-kind road movie. It was a complex kaleidoscope of images with subversive and surreal intensity. It was a cruel fairy tale about a city on the verge of a moral meltdown.

Director:

Lam Wah Cheuen

Year/Length:

2002, 86-min

Cast:

Wilson Yip, Wong Chun Chun

8th Golden Bauhinia Awards

  • Best Picture Nomination

 

39th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Best Film Nomination
  • Best Original Screenplay Nomination
  • Best Director Nomination
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danceofadream
Dance of a Dream
Dancing Instructor Nam Sun was popular among his students and attracted much attention in social gatherings. Even Banquet service waitress Kim fell for him in the grand ballroom when Nam Sun met the rich dancing woman, Tina. Their dancing performance in the ballroom has yielded much applause. On the other hand, Kim found herself in the queue of paying expensive tuition fee at Nam Suns dancing school the next day. In order to pay for the tuition, Kim worked double shifts and at the same time, practiced hard on Waltz. Nam Sun knew Kim has a feeling for him but still turned her down cruelly. Only until Kim left ... ...

Director:

Andrew Lau

Year/Length:

2001, 94-min

Cast:

Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Sandra Ng

21st Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Best Supporting Actor Nomination

 

45th San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Official Invitation

 

52nd International Berlin Film Festival

  • Official Selection of the International Forum of New Cinema

 

4th Far East Film Festival

  • Official Invitation
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fulltimekillers
Fulltime Killer
For years O resided on an isolated world of killing. A disciplined perfectionist, he knew any contacts with the outside world would jeopardize his life. The death of his love Nancy only added to his loneliness. Tok, a flamboyant newcomer, fancied the thrill of killing and was driven to become the No.1 killer. The only challenge stood on his way was O. Tok thus forced O out of seclusion by approaching his secret crushK Interpol agent Lee has been investigating O for years. Just when he was closed to cracking the case, O vanished altogether with Chin after a violent shootout. Lee had a hard time letting go of the case. He knew Tok wanted to challenge O into a duel. So who will be the winner? What Lee needed now, was someone to finish the story for him ... ...

Director:

Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai

Year/Length:

2001, 101-min

Cast:

Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Simon Yam, Kelly Lin

21st Hong Kong International Film Festival

  • Best Film Editing Nominaiton

 

Festival De Film Asiatique De Deauville

  • Official Invitation

 

7th Golden Bauhinia Awards

  • Best Supporting Actor Nomination
  • Best Photography Nominaiton

 

52nd International Berlin Film Festival

  • Official Selection of the International Forum of New Cinema

 

21st Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Best Film Editing Nomination

 

4th Far East Film Festival

  • Official Invitation

 

45th San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Official Invitation

 

38th Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Best Special Effects Nomination
  • Official Invitation


Toronto International Film Festival 2001

 

6th Pusan International Film Festival

  • Official Invitation
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