HKIFF 08

HKIFF 08, originally uploaded by New Territories.

My fourth year in some way or another at HKIFF-- this time around as head English editor of the festival newsletter. Crazy but always worth it, especially when working with stellar peeps like Alvin, Wai Leng, legendary Li Cheuk-to, and the inimitable Jupiter Wong.

Fun run-ins: Malaysian indie rascals Liew Seng-tat and Woo Ming-jin (KL knows how to represent for karaoke), Guy Maddin's producer Jody Shapiro (Canadians rule!), a fiery-tempered Wakamatsu Koji, cherubic Pang Ho-Cheung, lightning-bolt-haired Eric Tsang, Louis Koo (less tan! Bravo!), elegant (can I say cougar-candidate?) Sylvia Chang, cute-as-a-button Kate Yeung, David Bordwell (if film studies had a Santa Claus, it would be him), effing Peter Greenaway and Bela Tarr (!), ohhhhhh others, and some who shall remain nameless. Good stuff.

The product of our sleepless days and nights here: http://www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/info/newsletter.php

(Photo: Jupiter Wong... Note: in the picture above I appear to be in serious contemplation about the state of the world or at least that of cinema, but was most likely just trying to scribble down the inane banter of an MC and some squeaky starlet)