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At the Cannes cocktail reception for My
Blueberry Nights, Mr Fred Lam (second from right), Executive Director
of the HKTDC, gets cosy with the movie's stars Mr Jude Law and Ms Norah
Jones. My Blueberry Nights, the first English-language film directed
by Mr Wong Kar Wai (far right), opened the 60th Festival de Cannes yesterday.
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| Mr Fred Lam, Executive Director of the HKTDC,
and actor Mr Jude Law enjoy the glittering moment at the cocktail reception
in Cannes for Mr Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, the opening
film of the 60th Festival de Cannes. |
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| My Blueberry Nights is the first film
directed by a Chinese filmmaker to open the Cannes Film Festival in its
60-year history. The opening ceremony for the film was held at the Grand
Théâtre Lumière. Director Wong Kar Wai, his wife and
the movie's principal actors, Jude Law and Norah Jones, were among the first
to make their way up the red carpet. |
May 17, 2007 (Cannes, France) - My Blueberry Nights, the first
English-language movie from renowned Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, opened
the 60th Festival de Cannes yesterday. Mr Wong becomes the first Chinese filmmaker
to open Cannes in the film festival's 60-year history.
Speaking at the cocktail reception in Cannes, France, for My Blueberry Nights,
Mr Fred Lam, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC),
said it was a great honour to have Wong Kar Wai's new film open the Cannes Film
Festival.
"It shows that Hong Kong films are highly regarded in Europe," said
Mr Lam. "The Hong Kong Trade Development Council is dedicated to supporting
the Hong Kong film industry through our organisation of the annual Hong Kong
Film and TV Market (FILMART). We also support outreach programmes in major film
markets around the world, and provide tailor-made business matching services,
helping Hong Kong film companies find the right partners for film financing,
production and distribution."
Hong Kong FILMART, held in March, attracted 453 exhibitors and 4,094 buyers,
a jump of 11.3 per cent and 18.9 per cent respectively over the previous year.
The celebrated, 12-day Cannes Film Festival features dozens of films from around
the world, including The Triangle, another Hong Kong film. Co-directed
by Mr Johnnie To, Mr Tsui Hark and Mr Ringo Lam, The Triangle will be
shown at Cannes' Midnight Screenings.
Media Enquiries
Lawrence Yau
Tel: (852) 9198 4266/(33) 06 80 23 06 39
Email: lawrence.yau@tdc.org.hk
Beatrice Lam
Tel: (852) (852) 9034 4320/(33) 06 88 28 63 79
Email: beatrice.hy.lam@tdc.org.hk
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Maggie Cheung
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Shu Qi
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Gong Li and Kerry Washington
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Gong Li and Andie MacDowell
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Wong Kar Wai and his wife
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Wong Kar Wai and Jude Law
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(Left to right) Wong Kar Wai,
his wife, Norah Jones and Jude Law
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Zhang Chen
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