Hong kong film ten years rattles beijing washington times. Controversial hong kong film ten years to be shown in. Running hot and cold as all anthologies do, ten years is nonetheless a vital, angry and despairing statement by five young hong kong. Apr 26, 2016 the film ten years imagines life in hong kong under chinese rule in the year 2025. Ten years trailer european premiere far east film festival 18. Dec 17, 2015 five thoughtprovoking shorts imagine what hong kong will be like ten years from now. With brenda chan, cow chan, funkei chan, kam hei chan. The film was also spammed with an inordinate number of onestar ratings. What happened to the filmmakers behind the dystopian. Oct 17, 2017 hong kong s ten years film inspires japan, thailand, taiwan spinoffs. Ten years has gained a box office 12 times its cost since released last dec. Speaking candidly to both heart and mind, the five brilliantly crafted short films that make up ten years realise some of hong kong natives greatest apprehensions at a time when the citys. Ten years proved hugely controversial for its dystopian vision of hong kong in the year 2025. Imagining hong kongs future, under chinas tightening grasp.
Others say its a reflection of whats already happening and. Where can i watch or download the hk film ten years. Which hong kong film would rank number 1 if it was compiled by chow yunfat. Mar 17, 2016 ten years, a film which portrays a dystopian future hong kong under tight chinese communist party control, has been a hit in hong kong and abroad, selling out cinemas, sparking discussions and. In extras, two genial lowlevel gangsters are hired to stage an attack, but theyre mere sacrificial lambs in a political conspiracy. Imagining hong kong s future, under chinas tightening grasp in ten years, a film imagining a hong kong in chinas tightening grip a. The night of their high school reunion, a group of friends realize they still havent quite grown up in some ways. Jul 07, 2016 in ten years, a dystopian vision of hong kongs future under china. If its romance youre after, check out hong kong s best romcoms or these romantic films on. In ten years, a film imagining a hong kong in chinas tightening grip a decade from now, members of the youth guards throw. Ten years film gains praise and criticism in hong kong.
Ten years hong kong dystopian speculation fiction film. Ten years 2015 tvma 1h 41m social issue dramas five shorts reveal a fictional hong kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under iron. Hong kong movie predicts dark future cnn lowbudget hong kong movie ten years has gripped audiences with its dark vision of the citys future under greater chinese rule. Chinese shills join imdb to lower the rating of hong kong. To sort the wheat from the chaff, li cheukto of the hong kong international film festival society has handpicked the top 10 hong kong movies. Although the film won the best film award at the 35th hong kong film awards, the film. Jul 09, 2016 hong kong controversial film, ten years, winner of the best film in 2016 hong kong film awards, premiered in america on new york asian film festival. Ten years is an independent film featuring five separate stories that imagine what hong kong would be like in 2025.
Hong kong controversial film, ten years, winner of the best film in 2016 hong kong film awards, premiered in america on new york asian film festival. In the two years since hong kongs 2015 independent film ten years garnered international attention for its dystopian critique. Audacious and inventive, the portmanteau is the first of three local remakes borrowing the format of ten years, the bannedinchina hong kong omnibus film that defied the odds to win the top. If the government didnt ban it, some mainland people would think this movie is shit, the rest would not know this movie. Ten years proved hugely controversial for its dystopian vision of hong kong in. Ten years, released in 2015, envisages what hong kong could become in 2025 as interference from china intensifies. Pocket films indian short films recommended for you. A scene from ten years, an awardwinning film that shook up hong kong with its bleak visions of the citys future. Hong kongs ten years film inspires japan, thailand. Microbudget film about growing anxiety that beijing is eroding the citys freedoms wins. Hong kongs orphans find their battle cry in ten years. It is 2025, and cantonese cuisine and language are dying, youth guards report people using banned words such as local, and a national security law looms large. Ten years presents five shorts that imagine hong kong in the year 2025, with storylines and themes that extrapolate on local social and political issues. Jan 20, 2016 lowbudget hong kong movie ten years has gripped audiences with its dark vision of the citys future under greater chinese rule.
Ten years, a film that imagines life in hong kong under mainland chinas control in 2025, won best picture at the the hong kong international film festival. The hong kong movie industry is best known for martial arts and crime thrillers, but this years hottest film is a dark meditation on what hong. The lowbudget, independent movie ten years has packed screenings in hong kong, but is banned in mainland china. Hong kong ap its the hong kong movie that beijing doesnt want you to see made on a shoestring budget, ten years became a surprise hit with local audiences for its dystopian view. In the two years since hong kong s 2015 independent film ten years garnered international attention for its dystopian critique of mounting chinese power, the implications of. Set in 2025, it depicts political gangs and persecution of local people for speaking.
Ten years studio 2015 hong kong film critics society awards winner recommended film ten years studio. Ten years hongkongers worst postoccupy fears depicted in 5 short films. Mar 02, 2016 hong kongs orphans find their battle cry in an independent film turned boxoffice hit. Ten years the terrifying vision of hong kong that beijing wants obscured a dystopian independent film has played to packed houses but after chinese criticism it has disappeared from public screens. Produced on a shoestring budget, the film was a surprise hit, beating star wars. It later went on to win the award for best film at the 2016 hong kong film awards, prompting mainland broadcasters to either refuse to air the awards ceremony, or to cut the broadcast short before the winning film was announced. It offers a vision of the semiautonomous territory in the year 2025, with human rights and freedoms gradually diminishing as the chinese government exerts increasing influence there. Dystopian hong kong smash hit ten years now available on netflix. A film that speaks to hong kongs worst fears as the lights came back on, a near fullhouse crowd of viewers departed from the cinema in. Ten years is an anthology film comprised of five short vignettes that imagine what hong kong will look like in the. China news blackout as ten years takes hong kong best film.
Aug 16, 2017 a scene from chow kwunwais mockumentary selfimmolator, one of five short films included in hong kong film ten years. Hong kong police just entered the british consulategeneral in hong kong and arrest protesters inside the border of britain. Six films that explain whats happening in hong kong quartz. Hong kong movies are considered some of the best in the world and its not all about kungfu. Ten years 2015 tvma 1h 41m international dramas five shorts reveal a fictional hong kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under ironfisted rule. Ten years and the politics of fear in postumbrella hong kong. Ten years 2015 tvma 1h 41m social issue dramas five shorts reveal a fictional hong kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under ironfisted rule.
Official media called it a virus that spread despair. Controversial dystopian movie ten years wins best picture. Film whose dystopian vision of hong kong in 2025 angered beijing to receive its second overseas release, after screening in taiwan, following. In ten years, a dystopian vision of hong kongs future under. In mainland china, is the hong kong 2015 film ten years. Audiences who watched the dystopian filmwhich imagines a number of different scenarios what hong kong 10 years from now looks likewere driven to tears because of the. Hong kong film ten years pulled from cinemas by chinese. Five thoughtprovoking shorts imagine what hong kong will be like ten years from now. In dialect, a taxi driver struggles to adjust after putonghua. Ten years has transcended being a film, and it shows that there are many possibilities for hong kong cinema, the pics producer, andrew choi said sunday night at the glitzy ceremony, which is. Hong kong s ten years film inspires japan, thailand, taiwan spinoffs. Ten years directors on why the hong kong film spoke to.
Oct 17, 2017 a controversial awardwinning film that shook up hong kong with its bleak visions of the citys future is to be turned into a panasian franchise, with japanese, taiwanese and thai versions in the works. Apr 04, 2016 media caption ten years is set in a dystopian future where the city is totally under beijings influence a controversial film depicting a bleak future for hong kong under beijings control has. Mar 10, 2016 the film captures the angst about the future felt by many in hong kong and it strikes a chord with the audience. The original ten years movie was a collection of short films imagining how life.
May 11, 2018 audacious and inventive, the portmanteau is the first of three local remakes borrowing the format of ten years, the bannedinchina hong kong omnibus film that defied the odds to win the top. This controversial hong kong omnibus provoked china with its presentation five dystopian visions of the citys future. Yet the film s critique of mainland rule was only the beginning of. Five shorts reveal a fictional hong kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under ironfisted rule. Outside the theatre, ramsy, a 16yearold student, says that seeing ten years made. The production company behind the movie has announced that the concept. Seen as a thinly veiled warning about life under beijings rule including diminished human rights and widespread censorship the film was banned on the mainland but was a critical success, with screenings around the world. Parallels the hong kong movie industry is best known for martial arts and crime thrillers, but this year s hottest film is a. The original ten years movie was a collection of short films imagining how life might be in hong kong in 2025.
Apr 05, 2016 andrew choi, center, the executive producer of ten years, with directors and cast members, after accepting the statuette for best film at the hong kong film awards on sunday. It offers a vision of the semiautonomous territory in the year 2025, with human. By focusing on the highly controversial film ten years which was awarded the best film at the 35th hong kong film awards but heavily criticized for its poor artistic value and intense political implications, this article explores a range of affective cultural practices of fear generated by the film and their social effects on hong kongs post. Though unevenly executed, indie omnibus ten years is a worthwhile attempt at sociallyrelevant hong kong film. Fly to the sky even if ten years pass legendado em ptpt. Dystopian film about hong kong in 2025 touches nerve with beijing. Mainland chinese media ignored a filmfestival award for ten years, a collection of five shorts that depict a gloomy future for hong kong in which freedom of speech has all but disappeared.
The film anthology ten years is a collection of five shorts that paint a dark and disturbing picture of hong kong s future in 2025. Oct 18, 2016 china banned this movie, named best film at the hong kong film awards 2016. Apr 04, 2016 yes, because the government is always rough and stupid like that. Ten years the terrifying vision of hong kong that beijing. Ten years film award proves too much for chinas censors wsj. Ten years will be difficult going for fans of movies in general, as its segments rarely excel in ways unrelated to their social or political views.
A film that speaks to hong kongs worst fears by elson tong 7th february 2016 31st march 2020. Ten years was named best film at the 35th hong kong film awards in 2016 after a release that was cloaked in controversy, with accusations that. Polarizing drama film ten years receives best picture at hong kong film awards. Speaking candidly to both heart and mind, ten years realises some of hong kong natives greatest apprehensions at a time when the citys social landscape is fast becoming unrecognisable. Tsou right speaking at a press conference for the official launch of the ten years international. A controversial awardwinning film that shook up hong kong with its bleak visions of the citys future is to be turned into a panasian franchise, with japanese, taiwanese and thai versions in the works.
Jan 30, 2016 imagining hong kongs future, under chinas tightening grasp. Jay pharoah, host of new imdb series special skills, shares his favorite saturday night live cast members. Ten years after the death of hong kong hong kong connection. Ten years was named best film at the 35th hong kong film awards in 2016 after a release that was cloaked in controversy, with accusations that theatre owners had been strongarmed into pulling. It shows a protester selfimmolating in front of chinese government offices, and mandarin replacing the use of.
Hong kong ten years film to get japan, thai spinoffs. One is about a prodemocracy protester who immolates herself in. Ten years, an anthology film see the trailer, envisions hong kong a decade from now, when the territory will be more than halfway through the planned 50 year transition toward integration. Such hong kong movies are very much rare in the past recent years. Watch full episode of ten years 2015 hong kong drama. Controversial hong kong film ten years to be shown in cinemas in. Dec 17, 2015 speaking candidly to both heart and mind, the five brilliantly crafted short films that make up ten years realise some of hong kong natives greatest apprehensions at a time when the citys. The film ten years imagines life in hong kong under chinese rule in the year 2025. Sap6 nin4 is a 2015 hong kong dystopian speculative fiction anthology film. Ten years is currently screening as part of the 2016 new york asian film festival nyaff lineup. Dystopian hong kong smash hit ten years now available on.
In the two years since hong kongs 2015 independent film ten years garnered international attention for its dystopian critique of mounting chinese power, the implications of the. Filmed for just 55,000, ten years is a smoke grenade lobbed into the febrile political and civic climate of the special administration region. Dystopian film about hong kong in 2025 touches nerve with. With five young hong kong directors at the helm, the film raises questions about central issues concerning the direction of hong kongs future. All the films below are widely available and can be purchased with english subtitles. With so many to choose from, heres our pick for hong kong s top 10 sexiest movies. Lowbudget hong kong movie ten years has gripped audiences with its dark vision of the citys future under greater chinese rule. Ten years, a film which portrays a dystopian future hong kong under tight chinese communist party control, has been a hit in hong kong and abroad, selling out cinemas, sparking discussions and. In ten years, a dystopian vision of hong kongs future. Best film at the hong kong film awards, ten years is a rare example of politically committed cinema that also strikes gold at the box office. Hong kongs ten years film inspires japan, thailand, taiwan. Five short films set in hong kong in the year 2025. Nyc welcomes hong kong controversial film ten years to. Ten years this controversial hong kong omnibus provoked china with its presentation five dystopian visions of the citys future a decade hence.
Ten years is a 2015 hong kong dystopian speculative fiction anthology film. Ten years film award proves too much for chinas censors. Microbudget film about growing anxiety that beijing is. Ten years has been hailed as one of the best films to come out of hong kong in decades, but has emboldened the voice of protest from leaders of the prodemocracy movement in the city. The fearless political theme of ten years is the vital part of the reason for the movie to win the best film in the 2016 hong kong film awards. Controversial hong kong film ten years to spawn international. Rebels strive to preserve destroyed homes and objects as specimens in the mesmerizing season of the end.
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