Cannes Film Festival history for Hong Kong cinema as Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In and She’s Got No Name premiere
- Hong Kong’s first film at Cannes was Li Han-hsiang’s The Enchanting Shadow in 1960, with the director’s films also featuring in 1962 and 1963
- Wong Kar-wai and Johnnie To have both had multiple films screen at the festival, though Hong Kong has also seen long periods of absence from the event
Last week, the main selections were announced for the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held in the picturesque city in the South of France between May 14 and 25. Hong Kong filmmakers will be in attendance at one of world cinema’s most prestigious events, but will not be competing for the coveted Palme d’Or.
Hot off his best director win at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Soi Cheang Pou-soi will present the international premiere of his period action drama Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In as part of the festival’s midnight section, after it opens in Hong Kong and mainland China on May 1.
Peter Chan Ho-sun’s She’s Got No Name, starring Zhang Ziyi as a woman accused of murdering and dismembering her husband in 1940s Shanghai, will also premiere at Cannes this year, albeit out of competition.
Despite the two high-profile premieres this year, it must be conceded that Hong Kong has not fared well at Cannes, especially in recent years.
