Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival Coming On June 22 // News // Tube Culture

On June 22, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival is bringing 20 international shorts to Louis Koo Cinema. The festival was founded in 2015 as an online film festival designed to support filmmakers and celebrates the best of contemporary independent filmmaking. There will be 2 screening sessions:

Session 1 (reception: 18:30, screening: 19:00 - 21:00)

Interrogation (United Kingdom) by Ivo Krankowski

How to get to the bottom of things. An examination of the nature of truth in a tense interview situation.

Duration: 00:01:08

Birth Of A Poet (United States) by James Franco, Pedro Gómez Millán, Zachary Kerschberg

Birth Of A Poet is a dramatic short film that captures the moment Stephen Dobyns transitions from a disillusioned journalist to an emerging poet. It is adapted from autobiographical poems.

Duration: 00:14:23

Magic Kingdom (United States) by Nelson Ng Chak Hei

The story is set in 1997 against the backdrop of the looming handover. Kit, a middle-aged single parent, brings his son from Hong Kong to California under the pretense of visiting Disneyland. The son, Chun, comes to realize the real intention of the trip is for his own adoption.

Duration: 00:15:00