HKETO Berlin’s culture and film festival highlights

This year, Hong Kong is embracing the liveliness of the Rabbit as we open up ourselves once again after three full years of pandemic restrictions. HKETO Berlin is delighted to organise the festive Chinese New Year celebrations again as well as other cultural events to reconnect with its community in Central and Eastern Europe.

Chinese New Year Celebrations

Chinese New Year reception held in Berlin, Germany on 13 February 2023.

We were particularly pleased to celebrate the new year of the Rabbit with local contacts in Warsaw (7 February), Berlin (13 February), Budapest (16 February), Zurich (22 February), Ljubljana (23 February), Bratislava (1 March), Vienna (2 March) and Prague (9 March). The receptions brought together representatives from government, political, business and cultural sectors, whom we had the chance to furnish with the latest updates about Hong Kong. We also invited them to experience the East-meets-West culture in Hong Kong through the recently launched “Hello Hong Kong” campaign. In addition, Hong Kong music talents were invited to perform classical and modern pieces at the receptions, showcasing Hong Kong’s diverse music scene. In total, some 1 300 guests attended the receptions.

Musicus Soloists Hong Kong Concert in Berlin

Musicus Soloists Hong Kong at Konzerthaus in Berlin.

In the past few months, HKETO Berlin continued to support cultural activities to showcase Hong Kong’s talents to the wider European audience. In this regard, HKETO Berlin was pleased to support the concert Bauhaus @ Hong Kong by Musicus Soloists Hong Kong. The concert, with the superb cellist Trey Lee and violinist Florian Donderer as Guest Concertmaster and Artistic Director, took place on 21 April 2023 in Berlin.

Red Lotus Asian Film Festival in Vienna

Ms Jenny Szeto at the opening screening of the Hong Kong Programme.

HKETO Berlin was delighted to extend its support for the Hong Kong Programme in this year’s Red Lotus Asian Film Festival in Vienna, Austria from 20 to 23 April 2023. In its second year, the festival presented a handpicked selection of recent daring as well as successful films from Asia. The two featured films of the Hong Kong line-up were A Guilty Conscience (Jack Ng, 2023) and Let It Ghost (Wong Hoi, 2022). The Director of HKETO Berlin, Ms Jenny Szeto, officiated the opening of the Hong Kong Programme, highlighting the position of Hong Kong as an East-meets-West hub for international arts and cultural exchange.