Cinematic highlights from Hong Kong screened in Vienna

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin (HKETO Berlin) hosted the opening of the HONG KONG PROGRAMME on 22 April 2023 (Vienna time) in the second edition of the Red Lotus Asian Film Festival, which took place from 20-23 April 2023. The Festival is a showcase of Asian cinema and at the same time a hub for communication with, between and amongst the numerous Asian communities in Vienna and beyond.

This year, the festival presented a handpicked selection of recent daring as well as successful films from Asia. Two Hong Kong productions were featured in the dedicated HONG KONG PROGRAMME, which was sponsored by HKETO Berlin: A Guilty Conscience and Let it Ghost.

For the very first time in Austria, Red Lotus Asian Film Festival screened the highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time: A Guilty Conscience, an exciting classic courtroom drama, written and directed by Jack Ng. The second film in the HONG KONG PROGRAMME, Let it Ghost, is an anthology film that delivers three horror stories with a twist.

Speaking at the opening screening of the HONG KONG PROGRAMME, Ms Jenny Szeto, Director of HKETO Berlin, expressed her gratitude for the great collaboration with the festival, which provides an excellent platform to showcase Hong Kong’s rich cinematographic to the wider European audience. “I am deeply thrilled about this partnership, as I find that Red Lotus and Hong Kong are simply a perfect match for each other”, said Ms Szeto. The Director of the HKETO Berlin also took the opportunity to invite the guests to visit Hong Kong and experience the unique East-meets-West culture under the Hello Hong Kong campaign.

About HKETO Berlin
HKETO Berlin is the official Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government representative in commercial relations and other economic and trade matters in Austria as well as the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Contact
Stephanie Pall
Head, Public Relations
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin
Tel: +49 (0) 30 22 66 77 24 2
Fax: +49 (0) 30 22 66 77 28 8
E-mail: stephanie_pall@hketoberlin.gov.hk

HKETO Berlin
24 April 2023

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