Organized by Cinematheque Passion , the 3rd Filmmaker-in-Residence project will be held between January 12 and 19, 2019, where veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Pun-Leung Kwan – the cinematographer of 2046 – will hold a film talk on January 13. He will visit Macau to meet local audiences and host an intensive cinematography workshop and several film talks. Pun-Leung Kwan is the third Filmmaker-in-Residence at Cinematheque Passion after director Cheung King-wai and Adam Wong visited them in the previous two years. Pun-Leung Kwan has collaborated with renowned Hong Kong film directors as Wong Kar-Wai, Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang and Ann Hui. Kwan works not only in award-winning feature film productions, his enthusiasm also extends to photography, short films and documentary filmmaking.
“Film Talk – My Encounters in Cinematography” will be a sharing of his inspirations from learning cinematography at different stages of his career. Young filmmaker and planner Nicole Chan from Hong Kong is invited to be the guest speaker and will have a dialogue with Kwan about film.
Several films in which Kwan was involved will be screened at Cinematheque, including the award-winning documentaries Let The Wind Carry Me, co-directed with Hsiu-Chiung Chiang. 2046, in which he worked as director of photography with Christopher Doyle, won them Best Cinematography in the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. The films Miao Miao and More Than Blue, in which Kwan worked as director of photography, will also be screened. To stimulate the interest in film culture, and cultivate audiences from an early age, Cinematheque will show Kwan’s documentary film Let The Wind Carry Me in campus followed by a talk with the filmmaker in which Kwan will share his cinematographic world and the challenges of being a cinematographer.
Filmmaker-in-Residence will finale with a Workshop on Cinematography aimed at elevating participants’ cinematographic creativity. The workshop will take a maximum of five participants to ensure the best tutorial effect. Participants must be experienced in film production. Interested parties will need to fill in the application form and submit a 300-500- word essay with the reasons for applying to this workshop, and the meaning of filmmaking in their world. Workshop fee (MOP 600) must be settled on or before 13 Jan 2019, or the enrolment will be cancelled. Enrolment for Film Talk and Workshop has already started.
When: Film Talk – My Encounters in Cinematography – Sunday, 3:00pm–5:00pm, January 13, 2019
Workshop on Cinematography – Friday–Sunday, January 18–20, 2019
Movie screenings: 2046 – Saturday, 8:30pm, January 12, 2019
Let the Wind Carry Me – Sunday, 7:30pm, January 13, 2019
More Than Blue – Saturday, 9:30pm, January 19, 2019
Miao Miao – Sunday, 4:30pm, January 20, 2019
Where: Cinematheque Passion, 13 Travessa da Paixão, Macau
How much: Film Talk – My Encounters in Cinematography – Free admission
Workshop – MOP $600
Movie screenings – MOP $60 per person
Full-time students and senior citizens aged 65 or above can enjoy 50% discount. Each purchase of 10 regular tickets or more can enjoy 20% discount at the ticket office of Cinematheque Passion. Ticketing for film screenings start December 29 onwards at the ticket office of the Cinematheque, as well as their official website
The film talk will be conducted in Cantonese with English simultaneous interpretation provided. Interested parties may enroll via email to [email protected] before 10 Jan 2019
The essay for the workshop should be submitted on or before January 5, 2019 via email to [email protected] (Subject: Enrolment for 2019 Filmmaker-in-Residence) or in person. Final entrants will be announced and contacted on January 10, 2019.
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