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‘The Brightest Sun’, ‘Pavane For An Infant’ To Open HKIFF; Leos Carax & Ando Sakura Among Filmmakers Set To Attend


Japanese filmmaker Nakashima Tetsuya’s The Brightest Sun and Malaysia-Hong Kong co-production Pavane For An Infant, directed by Chong Keat-Aun, will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival

HKIFF’s Cinephile Paradise section will screen films such as Geng Jun’s Bel Ami, Vivian Qu’s Girls On Wire, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Luis Ortega’s Kill The Jockey and Yeo Siew Hua’s Stranger Eyes. French director Leos Carax and Japanese actress Ando Sakura are also among the international filmmakers attending the festival in person to meet with local audiences. Other filmmakers attending the festival to present their works and meet audiences include China’s Wang Bing and Vivian Qu, Japan’s Yaguchi Shinobu and Taiwan’s Lee Kang-Sheng.

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