Fans can look forward to new and classic films from around the world when the curtain goes up on the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival next month.
While there are fewer of the star-studded Chinese hits that have been a major part of the festival in previous years, those who love discovering big-screen gems from around the world will be in for a treat.
The festival's opening night on March 21 will see the premiere of Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung's feature Love in the Buff at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
A sequel to Pang's acclaimed and widely popular local romance Love in the Puff, Miriam Yeung Chin-wah and Shawn Yue Man-lok reprise their roles as a pair going through relationship dramas, this time taking place north of the border.
The closing film will be the latest offering by award-winning mainland director Wang Quan'an, White Deer Plain. An adaptation of Chen Zhongshi's controversial novel of the same name, the film, which was screened in competition at this year's Berlin International Film Festival and won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic achievement, tells an epic story involving two families living in White Deer Plain in Shaanxi province.
This year's film festival features 283 films from 50 countries or regions. While the latest works from big name stars and directors will feature, organisers are keen to salute world cinema.
The Animation Unlimited section features Alois Nebel, a Czech Republic/German 'animated crime noir' and Crulic - The Path to Beyond, the true story of the death of a young Romanian retold in animation.
