Fruit Chan

Between Social Reality and Surrealism

Date: 17 November 2019

Location: Poland (Kino Muranów)

Guest: Fruit Chan

Moderator: Marcin Krasnowolski

Partners: Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) had presented the Masterclass with veteran Hong Kong director and producer Fruit CHAN accompanying the retrospective of his films at the 13th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival (FFAFF). The masterclass had held on 17th November 2019 (Warsaw time) in Kino Muranów. This event is financially supported by Create Hong Kong and Hong Kong Film Development Fund.

The festival is featuring a Fruit Chan Retrospective, presenting to audiences some of the director’s works including Made in Hong Kong, Little Cheung, Durian Durian, Hollywood Hong Kong, Dumplings and Three Husbands which is one of the films under the Asian Cinerama program offered by Asian Film Awards Academy.

CHAN had participate in the Masterclass and post-screening Q&A for sharing his works and career, upcoming projects, casting of new talents and other aspects of filmmaking that have distinguished his work as one of Hong Kong’s internationally recognized directors.

Other Masterclass Series

Sammo Hung Sammo Hung traveled to Singapore to attend the "Masterclass Series" events organized by the Asian Film Awards Academy, including screenings of two of his self-written and directed films — “Warriors Two” and "The Bodyguard,” a press conference, and the highlight, a masterclass session.

Tony Leung Hong Kong actor Tony Leung shared insights from his career with the Japanese audience at the Masterclass series at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Mabel Cheung Mabel Cheung created stories with historical significance. Her career as an influential director, had been shared during the Masterclass.

Stanley Kwan A wonderful opportunity for a deepdive to the films of a renowned Hong Kong director, Stanley Kwan.

Fruit Chan Fruit CHAN have distinguished his work as one of Hong Kong’s internationally recognized directors.

Fruit Chan The “Face-to-Face” Masterclass with veteran Hong Kong director and producer Fruit CHAN Kuo at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival.

Tony Ching Siu Tong The masterclass had examine Tony Ching Siu Tong’s pioneering style of cinematic martial arts and the action-fantasy genre of Chinese filmmaking.

Cheng Pei Pei Cheng Pei Pei had share her illustrious life as an actress on the world stage and as the first woman wuxia/action star in film history in the Masterclass.

John Woo Most of the key elements of the modern action movie that we now take for granted were developed by John Woo in the 1980s.

Johnnie To The occasions provided the UK audience with the rare opportunities to meet a Johnnie To face to face to have a deeper understanding of his film.