Hong Kong Int’l Film Fest to honor Wong Kar-wai’s Jet Tone FilmsJanuary 16, 2016 - 11:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 21 to April 4, 2016) will hold a 25th anniversary tribute to Jet Tone Films, the production and talent management company founded by Wong Kar-wai, Variety reports. The festival will screen a selection of Jet Tone signature movies. Wong will also hold a master class and the festival will publish a book about Jet Tone with rare photos and interviews. “Jet Tone is known by cineastes worldwide for its unique brand of artful filmmaking,” said the festival. Its credits include “Happy Together,” “In the Mood for Love,” “2046” and†”The Grandmaster,” by Wong himself. It has also produced” Miao Miao,” and “Touch of the Light.” Its first film under a deal with Alibaba Pictures Group is the now-in production “The Ferryman.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |