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Director

Ann Hui

Ann Hui On-wah, BBS MBE (Chinese: 許鞍華; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hong Kong which include literary adaptations, martial arts, semi-autobiographical works, women's issues, social phenomena, political changes, and thrillers. She served as the president of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild from 2004 to 2006.

 

Hui has won numerous awards. She won Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards three times (1999, 2011, 2014); Best Film at the Asia Pacific Film Festival; and Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards six times (1983, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018).

 

Only two films have won a Grand Slam (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress) at the Hong Kong Film Awards; they are Summer Snow and A Simple Life, both directed by Ann Hui. She was honoured for her lifetime accomplishments at the 2012 Asian Film Awards. In 2017, the US based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Hui to become a member. In 2020, Hui was awarded an Honorary Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.

Ann HUI - Portrait Photo 許鞍華 - CHIME Canada

Elegies - Key Interviewees

​《詩》主要受訪者

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片長:101 分鐘

從《投奔怒海》到《明月幾時有》,從家庭掙扎到抗日歷史,威尼斯影展終身成就獎得主許鞍華終於拍攝了她最關心的主題 — 詩 。

透過她與香港著名詩人們的交情,訪問飲江、淮遠、鄧阿藍、馬若、西西和梁秉鈞,許鞍華導演展現了香港這座城市的當代詩歌光譜。

現實中的兩極,無拘無束的黃燦然和多姿多彩的廖偉棠,兩個截然不同的個性、理想和生活方式比對呈現。

看到已故的西西朗誦她關於舊啟德機場的詩,那一刻,最溫暖人心。

About the Documentary

Runtime: 101min

 

From Boat People to Our Time Will Come, from family struggles to anti-Japanese history, Venice Career Golden Lion-winning auteur Ann Hui finally films a topic she holds most dear – poetry.

 

Through her personal encounters with some of Hong Kong’s most notable poets, including Yam Gong, Wai Yuen, Deng Ah Lam, York Ma, Xi Xi and Leung Ping Kwan. Hui shows the topography of contemporary poetry on and of the city.

 

Two poles of reality, the unrestrained Huang Can-ran and the cosmopolitan Liu Wai-tong, are juxtaposed to reveal two distinctively different personalities, ideals, and ways of life. Seeing the late Xi Xi recite her own poem about the old Kai Tak Airport is a deeply heart-warming moment.

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