Up-and-coming local film directors have it marked on their calendar - January 25, the opening of the “I SHOT HONG KONG” short film festival, where 20 films, all of which use Hong Kong as their backdrop, will be screened at the Agnes B. CINEMA! over two days, culminating in a wrap party...
HK Magazine: Has music always been a part of your life?
Hanjin Tan: You could say that. I started singing when I was 7; luckily I never listened to my primary school teacher, because she told me I had a horrible voice! I joined the school choir in Singapore when I was 13, which I actually really...
After Bergen, San Francisco, Vienna, Honolulu, Melbourne, Seoul and Singapore, the annual City Festival at the Fringe Club finally swings its spotlight over Hong Kong, highlighting some of our best and brightest performers, directors, artists and cultural commentators.
Each year, when the Fringe...
I am very brave when doing all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I am so shy. - Jet Li, Martial Arts Star
Sometimes I cry when I read the newspaper. - John Sham Kin-fun, TV Personality and Activist
You can...
1. Bookshop Café adjoining Broadway Cinematheque (Yau Ma Tei). “Love the open concept and snack bar. There’s somehow a flow in the space and I just enjoy my cuppa even more surrounded by the awesome art books available. Definitely my little haven in Hong Kong.”
2. Isola Bar...
Favorite Hong Kong noise:
Airplanes. I used to go to school near Kai Tak. I miss the old airport. The new airport is sterile.
In your pocket:
Eye drops, chapstick and tissues.
Stupidest trend:
Kids who pronounce Cantonese incorrectly and think it’s cool, but it’s not.
Can we dance...
Once every twenty years, masters from the Jiangsu Province Kunqu Opera Company travel around the primary schools of northern China. They are looking for beautiful faces, strong bodies and pitch-perfect voices; they are looking for the next generation of Kunqu opera stars.
Kunqu opera is considered...
HK Magazine: Did you ever get in trouble as a kid for playing drums at the dinner table with your chopsticks?
Simon Chiu: No, I never did that! I didn’t actually start playing drums until I was in my teens, and even then I didn’t start practicing until after my family left the house.
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