Martial arts icons

Anthony Wong and Sahal Zaman represent refugees from different generations in Hong Kong-based Malaysian director Lau Kok-rui’s first feature film.

‘I hope to celebrate this award with all the filmmakers I have worked with. This award is a tribute to all of them as well,’ veteran performer says.

From the first public screenings in 1897 to the first Chinese film shot in the city, the first film studio, the first Cantonese ‘talkie’ and the eventual supremacy of Mandarin-language films, a short history of Hong Kong cinema.

Vesoul, in rural France, hosts an international film festival that sees the great and good of Asian cinema descend each year to rub shoulders with cinephiles and like-minded locals.

Aimée Kwan plays a relative of Donnie Yen’s character in John Wick: Chapter 4 – but a week before she found out she had the role, she had been thinking about giving up acting. The Oxford University graduate tells the Post why.

Quirky, outgoing Mi-so meets pretty, introverted Ha-eun and they become fast friends. A handsome boy tests their friendship. A softer remake of 2016 Chinese hit Soul Mate, this will appeal to a younger audience.

The 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival makes a full return after three years of Covid-19 pandemic disruptions. From Mad Fate and Vital Sign to Aftersun, we pick 10 highlights not to be missed.

Michelle Yeoh and Jackie Chan have been collaborating on-screen since the 1980s … here’s everything you need to know about the pair’s decades-long friendship

The first three John Wick movies have got nothing on this insanely outrageous movie – Reeves’ killer John Wick is as indestructible as ever, Donnie Yen stupendous, and the fight scenes like art.

The ambitious works of visual artist Red Hong Yi – including her 2014 work of Jackie Chan made out of chopsticks – are the subject of her first book, How To Paint Without a Brush.

In interviews with the Post down the years, Tony Leung talked about being tricked by Wong Kar-wai on Happy Together, how he hated having his hair shaved off for a role, and why he considers himself a shy person.

Michelle Yeoh thanked Hong Kong cinema during her iconic and historic Oscars acceptance award speech ... here’s what you need to know about the icon’s long-term relationship with the Fragrant Harbour

They may be low-key compared to other stars, but Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and her partner Jean Todt are even more of a power couple than you might think – here’s why

Leung honoured for role in crime thriller Where the Wind Blows, while Drive My Car from Ryusuke Hamaguchi wins best film, best editing and best original music.

Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee and actress Anna May Wong’s niece Anna Wong talk about how the actors paved the way for Asians in Hollywood, and the pain of the ‘horrible tropes’ they had to endure.

On their first visit to the city that inspired their name, the seminal 90s rap group talk John Woo, the movies that inspired debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – and the OG MCs they really respect

Michelle Yeoh, who won an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, was the queen of Hong Kong action films for a decade from the mid-1980s, doing her own stunts opposite Jackie Chan, Jet Li and others.

To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self is currently being considered for three categories, while the school behind the documentary has reiterated its refusal to take part in awards competition.

Kwok plays an ex-jailbird computer hacker working in cybersecurity in a film packed with action-movie tropes but rendered ridiculous by its ludicrously outdated portrayal of how the internet works.

Benny Chan made his mark in 1990 with A Moment of Romance, a vehicle for Hong Kong star Andy Lau. Chan artfully blended triad action, melodrama and romance in a film that is still fondly remembered.

She stars in A Guilty Conscience, Hong Kong’s highest grossing movie in cinematic history, and played Anita Mui in the late Cantopop star’s smash biopic – so how did Louise Wong get here?

Sammi Cheng shines in Lost Love as a grieving mother who loses her three-year-old son to illness and decides to devote herself to fostering children with her husband, played by Alan Luk.

Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, created by director and actor Stephen Chow, were game-changers for the martial arts movie genre, expanding its potential.

Stephy Tang shines as a psychiatrist who can read her patients’ subconscious, and who suspects a senior doctor is compelling his patients to commit murder.

Museums like M+ and Tai Kwun mark Hong Kong on the international cultural map, but there are many smaller, more-obscure institutions that offer unique experiences. Here are five of the best.

Hong Kong studios turned to sex movies when kung fu films didn’t sell, and made Hong Kong Emmanuelle; Andy Lau learned martial arts – and other surprising Hong Kong film facts.

Complaints by students featured in ‘To My Nineteen-year-old Self’ about their lack of input regarding the film’s production or release highlight a need to balance creative vision with integrity. Ensuring everyone knows their rights and obligations is vital if filmmakers are to continue making worthwhile content.