Hong Kong picks “Port of Call” for foreign-language Oscars raceSeptember 23, 2016 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hong Kong Film Awards-winning Port of Call has been selected to represent Hong Kong in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards, the Federation of Motion Film Producers Hong Kong announced, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Aaron Kwok-starrer, about the investigation of the murder of a young female immigrant from Mainland China, took seven awards including five in the acting categories at the Hong Kong Film Awards last April. The film was written and directed by Philip Yung with cinematography by Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love), who also won the best cinematography category. Port of Call was chosen out of a shortlist that included Call of Heroes by director Benny Chan, The Mermaid by Stephen Chow, Weeds on Fire by newcomer Chan Chi-fat, and Heaven in the Dark by Steve Yuen. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |