5+ hour, 18+ min ago   (154+ words) Celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival is an occasion for families to gather, share mooncakes and enjoy the full moon together. Falling on 25 September, this year’s festival sees the inaugural International Lantern Spectacular take…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (171+ words) Partnering with Movie Movie and Alliance Française de Hong Kong, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC)’s monthly Saturday Film series presents a selection themed on “life.” The open-air cinema delves deeper into everyday life through its second-half-of-the-year programme, moving…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (313+ words) “I’m so tired of these rejections from festivals,” says Bessmertny of The Violin Case’s long road to cinemas. “Why do I need to be anointed? I couldn’t care less. Festivals are helpful, but their models can be too rigid. I…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (187+ words) Opening the Kino/26 programme is Amrun, the latest critical hit from Fatih Akin, an arthouse darling best known for hits like kooky restaurant comedy Soul Kitchen and Golden Globe-winning neo-noir In the Fade. Winner of Best Film at the Bavarian…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (231+ words) Can Humans Learn to be AI bots? Inside Lau Wai’s Video Game Art Show ZOLIMA CITYMAG Can Humans Learn to be AI Bots? Inside Lau Wai’s Video Game Art Show Why We Recommend it In After ‘Intelligence,’ Hong Kong artist…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (252+ words) ZOLIMA CITYMAG Bitter Christmas: Pedro Almodóvar Gets Autobiographical, Again Why We Recommend it The arthouse king is back with what is shaping up to be another late-career, meditative masterpiece; any similarity to actual events is strictly a misfortune. If there’s…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) A Mighty Adventure lost the Best Animated Feature prize to fellow Hongkonger Tommy Ng Kai-chung’s Another World — which became Hong Kong’s highest-grossing locally produced animated film — though it did take home Best Sound Effects. Which may be slightly ironic, as…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (378+ words) Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin: Benjamin Grosvenor’s Blockbuster Double Bill Zolima CityMag Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin: Benjamin Grosvenor’s Blockbuster Double Bill Why We Recommend it From the New York Philharmonic and Gewanhausorchester Leipzig, to performing with our very own Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (405+ words) ZOLIMA CITYMAG Tradition Renewed: Four Masters and the Possibilities of Ink Art Why We Recommend it As part of its 45th-anniversary “Then and Now” programme, Alisan Fine Arts’ Tradition Renewed highlights four Chinese literati masters whose practices have redefined the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (136+ words) At The Aftermath ZOLIMA CITYMAG What Was the First Important Song in Your Life? Why We Recommend it Verse, Chorus, Conversation? Six music lovers from different walks of life talk through their formative musical moments at a very special one-off…...