The East, the West and the Local in Pre-war Hong Kong Cinema
(Rivals in Love)
Date & Time: 11/2/2017 (Sat) 16:30
Speaker: Winnie Fu (Ex-Programmer of HKFA), May Ng (Assistant Curator I of HKFA)

Fighting the Invaders with the Arts:
Mak Siu-ha the Cultural Warrior of Pre-War Hong Kong
(The Blood-Stained Peach Blossom Fan)
Date & Time: 18/2/2017 (Sat) 16:30
Speaker: Dr Chan Sau-yan (Scholar specialised in Cantonese opera studies)

Hong Kong Post-war Film Noir and Pulp Fictions
(The Evil Mind)
Date & Time: 19/2/2017 (Sun) 16:30
Guest Commentator: Law Kar (Ex-Programmer of HKFA, veteran curator and film critic)

Storytelling and Visual Style of Post-war Melodrama
(The Inscrutable Heart of Women)
Date & Time: 25/2/2017 (Sat) 16:30
Guest Commentator: Lau Yam (Film researcher and critic)

Between Family-State Love and Romance
(Return of the Swallows)
Date & Time: 4/3/2017 (Sat) 16:30
Guest Commentator: Dr Yau Ching (Professor in Cultural Studies)

A Poor Lover's Tears – From Original Novel to Cinematic Adaptation
(A Poor Lover's Tears)
Date & Time: 12/3/2017 (Sun) 16:30
Guest Commentator: Dr Mary Wong Shuk-han (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese, Lingnan University)

Hung Chung-ho's Movie-Making Strategies
(The Birth of Kiddy Stone)
Date & Time: 18/3/2017 (Sat) 16:30
Guest Commentator: Dr Stephanie Ng (Film critic and researcher)

The Pre-code Hollywood and Pak Yin
(To Kill the Love)
Date & Time: 1/4/2017 (Sat) 16:30
Guest Commentator: Wong Ain-ling (Ex-Research Officer of HKFA, veteran film critic and researcher)

Venue: Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
Conducted in Cantonese‧Free Admission
Limited Seats on First Come First Served Basis

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