'Dancing Between Words and Images - HK Film and Literature' to introduce additional screenings of movies

The Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is organizing the screening program "Dancing Between Words and Images - Hong Kong Film and Literature", featuring 17 Hong Kong films adapted from or inspired by literary works.

In response to the overwhelming feedback on the screening program, the HKFA will introduce additional screenings of "Red Rose White Rose" (1994) at 7 pm on December 15 (Sunday) and "The Mad Phoenix" (1997) at 7 pm on January 5, 2025 (Sunday), at its Cinema, so that more audience members can revisit these two classics.

Adapted from a short story by Eileen Chang and directed by Stanley Kwan and scripted by Edward Lam, "Red Rose White Rose" delicately depicts the struggles between love and married life under patriarchal norms.

"The Mad Phoenix" is adapted from the critically acclaimed stage play of the same title by its playwright Raymond To. It tells the twists and turns of legendary Cantonese opera playwright Kong Yue-kau, and won To a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay.

Tickets for the additional screenings priced at HK$55 will be available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk) from November 22 (Friday). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For program details, please visit the HKFA website (www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/2024/literature/pe-event-2024-literature.html) or call 2739 2139.

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