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The city of Hong Kong pulsates and glitters with sparkling festivals and exciting events more or less all through the year. The Hong Kong International Film Festival is one of the major events in this city recognizing and honoring some great and memorable Asian movies. Initiated by the Urban Council, Hong Kong in 1977, at present this festival is organized by the Leisure and Culture Services Department. This grand and lavish celebration is marked by appreciating and awarding movies of different genres – old classical movies as well as modern contemporary movies. The Fipresci award is one of the significant awards given in this occasion. Other film awards include Firebird Award, Silver DV Award, Silver Firebird Award, Golden DV Award, Humanitarian Award and Signis Award. The Hong Kong International Film Festival encourages debutante filmmakers and promising artists by rewarding them for their efforts and achievements. Nearly 300 films from all over the world are screened in this festival. Some of the movies are really worth watching, possessing the capacity and power to entertain and enthrall the audience simultaneously. The most talked about classes of movies consist of a movie from Hong Kong Film Archive and Hong Kong Panorama. Documentaries and animated movies – local and international, are also screened during this festival. Gala parties are thrown for the premiers of movies and press conferences also take place on an extensive scale. The Hong Kong International Film Festival opens new vistas and provides good exposure to all those associated with movies and gives them the opportunities to establish their works. It gives enough space to individual filmmakers and promotes archival films from the Chinese film traditions. The local people are made familiar to the international movies through this festival and vice versa. The range of movies includes Hollywood, Latin American, European, South Korean and Japanese movies. Some of the interesting feature films and notable videos are Mirror Image, Bird Land, Glass Tears, Gege, Lament of Sand River, Heroes in Love, Goggles, Juliet in Love, Ha Ha Shanghai, Lavender, Lover Below My Collarbone and Needing You. Some other commendable and major movies include My Life As McDull, Hollywood Hong Kong, Second Time Around, Hidden Half, Rule of the Game, Weekend Plot, Merry-Go-Round and Human Comedy. If you are a die-hard movie-freak or a film professional, then Hong Kong International Film Festival is the perfect place for you from which you can derive the pleasure of watching some fascinating movies, and you will certainly not wish to miss the chance to attend this grand and outstanding fete.
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