Record-breaking courtroom drama ‘A Guilty Conscience’ screened at Zurich Film Festival

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin (HKETO Berlin) presented four Hong Kong productions to the Swiss audience at the 19th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), taking place from September 28 to October 8 (Zurich time).

Hong Kong is not to be missed at the second largest festival in the German-speaking world as the ZFF presented some of the most beautiful discoveries as well as the most anticipated films of the year this autumn.

The Hong Kong Window, a dedicated programme of four Hong Kong films, was opened with the screening of A Guilty Conscience, an exciting courtroom drama from Hong Kong. The film tells the thrilling story of a mother’s struggle for justice for her deceased child. Written and directed by Jack Ng, A Guilty Conscience has reached a record-breaking milestone: it is now the highest-grossing Hong Kong film ever. It achieved this feat in less than 30 days of its release, the fastest movie to ever do so.

Speaking at the opening screening of the Hong Kong Window, Ms Jenny Szeto, Director of HKETO Berlin, said that Hong Kong people had always been proud of its film industry, and that the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was strongly determined to further nurture the city’s arts and culture sector, including the film industry.

“Hong Kong is now actively positioning itself as an East‑meets‑West centre for international cultural exchange,” Ms Szeto explained. The current-term Government is committed to fostering the cultural development of Hong Kong, and is in the course of mapping out a blueprint for arts and culture and creative industries development, nurturing a diverse talent pool, , and upgrading cultural infrastructure to further enhance the ecosystem for the relevant industries.

“This will open up plenty of opportunities in Hong Kong’s film sector I sincerely invite all the film and creative professionals from around the world to come to Hong Kong, and join us in creating even better quality productions that bring a positive impact to the world.” Ms Szeto concluded.

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

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

HKETO Berlin
29 September 2023

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