Lights, camera … film festivals
Hong Kong has been making movies for more than a century and remains an Asian cinematic leader.
Hong Kong’s exciting style of action cinema has also inspired a number of Hollywood productions. Our talented special effects creators and digital animators are turning their savvy into cinematic art for productions at home and abroad.
Over the past decade, Hong Kong films and talent have won over 300 international awards. Hong Kong movies are screened in film festivals around the world. They draw fans keen to experience juicy slices of Hong Kong life, through new releases, indies and old classics. Check out these film festivals by clicking the links below.
- Feb 9 - 15, 2021 Online UK film festival Focus Hong Kong
- Dec 10 - 13, 2020 London London East Asia Film Festival 2020
- Nov 23 - Dec 8, 2020 Barcelona 8th Asian Film Festival
- Nov 12 - 19, 2020 Toronto 24th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
- Nov 5 - 15, 2020 Thessaloniki Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- Nov 5 - 29, 2020 Hawaii 40th Hawaii International Film Festival
- Oct 14 - 18, 2020 San Francisco CAAMFest Forward
- Oct 8 - 18, 2020 Sitges 53rd Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
- Sep 24 – Oct 4, 2020 Zurich Zurich Film Festival
- Sep 1 - 6, 2020 Tricase Salento International Film Festival
- Jul 12 – Aug 5, 2020 San Francisco Hong Kong Cinema
- Jul 10 – Aug, 2020 Washington, D.C. 25th Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival
- Mar 10 – Apr 9, 2020 Chicago Asian Pop-Up Cinema
- Mar 4 - 8, 2020 Amsterdam CinemAsia Film Festival 2020
- Jan 19 and 23, 2020 London Chinese Visual Festival 2020
- Dec 5 - 8, 2019 Prague 15th FILMASIA festival
- Nov 19 - 26, 2019 Nantes Festival des 3 Continents
- Nov 13 - 20, 2019 Warsaw Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
- Nov 6 - 24, 2019 Hawaii 39th Hawaii International Film Festival
- Oct 31 – Nov 10, 2019 Thessaloniki Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- Oct 24 – Nov 3, 2019 London London East Asia Film Festival 2019
- Oct 3 - 13, 2019 Sitges Sitges 2019 – 52nd International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
- Sep 26 – Oct 6, 2019 Zurich Zurich Film Festival
- Sep 4 - 8, 2019 Tricase Salento International Film Festival
- Aug 2–13, 2019 Manila Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2019
- Jul 18 – Aug 18, 2019 Washington D.C. 24th Annual "Made in Hong Kong" Film Festival
- Jul 15 – 21, 2019 Vic 16th Asian Summer Film Festival
- Jun 28 – Jul 14, 2019 New York 2019 New York Asian Film Festival
- May 9 - 19, 2019 San Francisco and Oakland CAAMFest 37
- May 2 - 9, 2019 London Chinese Visual Festival 2019
- April 30 - May 5, 2019 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
- Apr 26 - May 4, 2019 Udine 21st Far East Film Festival
- Apr 10-23, 2019 San Francisco 62nd San Francisco International Film Festival
- Apr 9 - 21, 2019 Brussels 37th Brussels International Fantasy, Fantastic, Thriller and Science Fiction Film Festival
- Mar 12 – Apr 24, 2019 Chicago Asian Pop-Up Cinema
- Mar 8 - 17, 2019 Osaka Osaka Asian Film Festival
- Mar 5 - 10, 2019 Amsterdam CinemAsia Film Festival 2019
- Jan 19 – Feb 2, 2019 London Chinese Visual Festival 2019
- Oct 25 – Nov 8, 2018 Vienna Vienna International Film Festival
- Sep 28 – 30, 2018 San Francisco Hong Kong Cinema
- Sep 27 – Oct 7, 2018 Zurich Zurich Film Festival
- Sep 20 – Oct 1, 2018 Hong Kong Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong
- Sep 14 - 23, 2018 Miskolc Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival
- Jul 17 - 22, 2018 Vic Asian Summer Film Festival
- Jun 29 - Jul 15, 2018 New York New York Asian Film Festival
- Mar 13 - May 16, 2018 Chicago Asian Pop-Up Cinema
- Apr 20 – 28, 2018 Udine Far East Film Festival
- Apr 3 – 15, 2018 Brussels 2018 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
- Mar 19 – Apr 5, 2018 Hong Kong Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Mar 9 – 18, 2018 Osaka Osaka Asian Film Festival 2018
- Mar 6 – 11, 2018 Amsterdam CinemAsia Film Festival 2018
- Mar 1 – 28, 2018 Berlin Splendid Isolation: Hong Kong Cinema 1949–1997
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Berlin Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997-2017 - Nov 15 – 22, 2017 Warsaw The 11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
- Oct 19 – Nov 2, 2017 Vienna Vienna International Film Festival 2017
- Oct 12 - 21, 2017 Busan Busan International Film Festival
- Oct 5 - 15, 2017 Stiges Sitges 2017 - 50th International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
- Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2017 San Francisco SFFILM 7th Hong Kong Cinema
- Sep 28 - Oct 8, 2017 Zurich Zurich Film Festival - “Hong Kong Window”
- Sep 1 - 10, 2017 Tricase Salento International Film Festival
- Jun 30 - Jul 16, 2017 New York New York Asian Film Festival
- Jun 22 - Jul 1, 2017 Munich Munich International Film Festival
- Apr 21 - 29, 2017 Udine Udine Far East Film Festival
- Apr 11 - 25, 2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Mar 7 - 12, 2017 Amsterdam CinemAsia Film Festival
- Mar 3 - 12, 2017 Osaka The Osaka Asian Film Festival
- Oct 20 - Nov 2, 2016 Vienna Vienna International Film Festival 2016
- Sep 23 - 25, 2016 San Franscisco Hong Kong Cinema
- Jun 23 - Jul 2, 2016 Munich Munich International Film Festival
- Jun 22 - Jul 9, 2016 New York New York Asian Film Festival
- Mar 21 - Apr 4, 2016 Hong Kong Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Mar 4 - 13, 2016 Osaka Osaka Asian Film Festival
- Nov 24 - Dec 1, 2015 Nantes Festival des 3 Continents (Festival of the 3 Continents)
- Nov 12 - 20, 2015 Warsaw Five Flavours Film Festival
- Oct 22 - Nov 5, 2015 Vienna Viennale (Vienna International Film Festival)
- Oct 9 - 18, 2015 Sitges 2015 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
- July 17 - Aug 16, 2015 Washington D.C. 20th Annual "Made in Hong Kong" Film Festival
- Jul 14 - 19, 2015 Vic 2015 12th Edition Asian Summer Film Festivals
- Jun 26 - Jul 11, 2015 New York New York Asian Film Festival
- Mar 23 - Apr 6, 2015 Hong Kong Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Mar 6 - 15, 2015 Osaka Osaka Asian Film Festival