| Event name
|
Date
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Opening film(s)
|
Closing film(s)
|
Filmmaker(s) in Focus
|
Master Class(es)
|
Ambassador
|
| HKIFF1
|
27 June - 10 July 1977
|
Italy: Year One (dir. Roberto Rossellini)
|
A Touch of Zen (dir. King Hu)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF2
|
26 June - 9 July 1978
|
Raise Ravens (Cría Cuervos, dir. Carlos Saura)
The Seagull (Il Gabbiano, dir. Marco Bellocchio)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF3
|
25 June - 8 July 1979
|
Raining in the Mountain (dir. King Hu)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF4
|
3 - 18 April 1980
|
American Gigolo (dir. Paul Schrader)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF5
|
9 - 24 April 1981
|
Child of the Sun (dir. Kiriro Urayama)
The Uprising (dir. Peter Lilienthal)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF6
|
1-16 April 1982
|
Circle of Deceit (dir. Volkor Schlondorff)
Street Music (dir. Jenny Bowen)
Muddy River (dir. Kohei Oguri)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF7
|
24 March - 8 April 1983
|
Passion (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Moonlighting (dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
Son of the North East (dir. Vichit Kounavudhi)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF8
|
12-27 April 1984
|
The King of Comedy (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Carmen (dir. Carlos Saura)
Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence (dir. Nagisa Oshima)
|
First Name: Carmen (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF9
|
29 March - 13 April 1985
|
Full Moon in Paris (dir. Eric Rohmer)
Paris Texas (dir. Wim Wenders)
Mac Arthurs Children (dir. Masahiro Shinoda)
|
Love on the Ground (dir. Jacques Rivette)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF10
|
27 March - 11 April 1986
|
Ping Pong (dir. Leong Po-chih)
Ran (dir. Akira Kurosawa)
Insignificance (dir. Nicolas Roeg)
|
The Insomniac on the Bridge (dir. Raúl Ruiz)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF11
|
10-25 April 1987
|
The Green Ray (dir. Eric Rohmer)
To Sleep So As To Dream (dir. Kaizo Hayashi)
The Sacrifice (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
|
Document: Fanny and Alexander (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
The Stand-in (dir. Huang Jianxin)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF12
|
31 March - 15 April 1988
|
Les Affaires Publiques (dir. Robert Bresson)
Yeelen (dir. Souleymane Cissé)
Goodbye, Children (dir. Louis Malle)
|
Wings of Desire (dir. Wim Wenders)
Red Sorghum (dir. Zhang Yimou)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF13
|
23 March - 7 April 1989
|
Ashik Kerib (dir. Dodo Abashidze and Sergei Parajanov)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
Pellethe Conqueror (dir. Bille August)
|
Betrayed (dir. Costa-Gavras)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF14
|
6 - 21 April 1990
|
A Terra-Cotta Warrior (dir. Ching Siu-tung)
|
Song of the Exile (dir. Ann Hui)
|
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Theo Angelopoulos
Fumio Kamei
Vasily Shukshin
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF15
|
28 March - 12 April 1991
|
Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch (dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang)
|
My American Grandson (dir. Ann Hui)
|
Aki Kaurismäki
Idrissa Ouédraogo
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF16
|
10 - 25 April 1992
|
Ripples Across Stagnant Water (dir. Ling Zifeng)
High Heels (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
|
King of Chess (dirs. Yim Ho, Tsui Hark)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF17
|
8 - 23 April 1993
|
For Fun (dir. Ning Ying)
Opening Night (dir. John Cassavetes)
|
The Wedding Banquet (dir. Ang Lee)
|
Abbas Kiarostami
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF18
|
25 March - 9 April 1994
|
Three Colours: Blue (dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski)
|
Three Colours: White (dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski)
|
Víctor Erice
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF19
|
7 - 22 April 1995
|
In the Heat of the Sun (dir. Jiang Wen)
Summer Snow (dir. Ann Hui)
|
One and a Half (dir. Lawrence Ah Mon)
Burnt by the Sun (dir. Nikita Mikhalkov)
|
Ken Loach
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF20
|
25 March - 9 April 1996
|
Hu Du Men (dir. Shu Kei)
From Dusk Till Dawn (dir. Robert Rodriguez)
|
The King of Masks (dir. Wu Tianming)
Mahjong (dir. Edward Yang)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF21
|
25 March - 9 April 1997
|
Kitchen (dir. Yim Ho)
The River (dir. Tsai Ming-liang)
|
The Valiant Ones (dir. King Hu)
|
Arturo Ripstein
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF22
|
3 - 18 April 1998
|
Beast Cop (dir. Gordon Chan)
Dragon Inn (dir. King Hu)
|
Sweet Degeneration (dir. Lin Cheng-sheng)
|
Errol Morris
Tony Gatlif
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF23
|
31 March - 15 April 1999
|
Ordinary Heroes (dir. Ann Hui)
Where a Good Man Goes (dir. Johnnie To)
|
Mr Zhao (dir. Lü Yue)
Crazy English (dir. Zhang Yuan)
|
Johnnie To
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Walter Salles
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF24
|
12 - 27 April 2000
|
Spacked Out (dir. Lawrence Ah Mon)
The Million Dollar Hotel (dir. Wim Wenders)
|
A Chance to Die
Durian Durian (dir. Fruit Chan)
|
Otar Iosseliani
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF25
|
6 - 21 April 2001
|
Penoy Pavilion (dir. Yonfan)
Mortal Transfer (dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix)
|
Yi Yi (dir. Edward Yang)
|
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Darius Khondji
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF26
|
27 March - 7 April 2002
|
Hollywood Hong Kong (dir. Fruit Chan)
Heaven (dir. Tom Tykwer)
|
What Time is it There? (dir. Tsai Ming-liang)
|
Ann Hui
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF27
|
8 - 23 April 2003
|
The Twilight Samurai (dir. Yoji Yamada)
PTU (dir. Johnnie To)
|
Cala, My Dog! (dir. Lu Xuechang)
Adaptation (dir. Spike Jonze)
|
Jeffrey Lau
Dardenne brothers
Marco Bellocchio
|
-
|
SHINE
|
| HKIFF28
|
6 - 21 April 2004
|
Baober in Love (dir. Li Shaohong)
Jade Goddess of Mercy (dir. Ann Hui)
|
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (dir. Tsai Ming-liang)
Not on the Lips (dir. Alain Resnais)
|
William Chang
Kim Ki-duk
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF29
|
22 March - 6 April 2005
|
Peacock (dir. Gu Changwei)
The Hidden Blade (dir. Yōji Yamada)
|
The World (dir. Jia Zhangke)
Words in Blue (dir. Alain Corneau)
|
Andy Lau
|
-
|
Andy Lau
|
| HKIFF30
|
4 - 19 April 2006
|
Election 2 (dir. Johnnie To)
Isabella(dir. Pang Ho-cheung)
|
Snow Cake (dir. Marc Evans)
Candy (dir. Neil Armfield)
|
-
|
-
|
Andy Lau
|
| HKIFF31
|
10 March - 11 April 2007
|
Eye in the Sky (dir. Yau Nai-Hoi)
I am a Cyborg, but that's OK (dir. Park Chan-wook)
|
-
|
Herman Yau
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF32
|
17 March - 6 April 2008
|
Kabei - Our Mother (dir. Yoji Yamada)
Soul of a Demon (dir. Chang Tso-chi)
|
Shine a Light (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Coffee or Tea (dirs. Shu Kei, Kwan Man-hin)
|
Eric Tsang
|
-
|
Sammi Cheng
|
| HKIFF33
|
22 March - 13 April 2009
|
Night and Fog (dir. Ann Hui)
Shinjuku Incident (dir. Derek Yee)
|
24 City (dir. Jia Zhangke)
|
-
|
-
|
Karen Mok
|
| HKIFF34
|
18 March - 6 April 2010
|
Crossing Hennessy (dir. Ivy Ho)
Like a Dream (dir. Clara Law)
|
Amphetamine (dir. Scud)
Ex (dir. Heiward Mak)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| HKIFF35
|
20 March - 5 April 2011
|
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (dirs. Johnnie To, Wai Ka-fai)
Quattro Hong Kong 2 (dirs. Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Brillante Mendoza; Stanley Kwan; Ho Yuhang)
|
-
|
Wai Ka-fai
|
Jia Zhangke
|
Miriam Yeung
|
| HKIFF36
|
21 March - 5 April 2012
|
Love in the Buff (dir. Pang Ho-cheung)
|
White Deer Plain (dir. Wang Quan'an)
|
Peter Chan
|
Keanu Reeves
|
Miriam Yeung
|
| HKIFF37
|
17 March - 2 April 2013
|
Ip Man - The Final Fight (dir. Herman Yau)
|
Closed Curtain (dirs. Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi)
|
Andrew Lau
|
Wong Kar-wai
|
Miriam Yeung
|
| HKIFF38
|
24 March - 7 April 2014
|
Aberdeen (dir. Pang Ho-cheung)
The Midnight After (dir. Fruit Chan)
|
That Demon Within (dir. Dante Lam)
|
-
|
-
|
Louis Koo
|
| HKIFF39
|
23 March - 6 April 2015
|
Murmur of the Hearts (dir. Sylvia Chang)
|
Port of Call (dir. Philip Yung)
|
Sylvia Chang
|
Peter Greenaway
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Pedro Costa
|
Louis Koo
|
| HKIFF40
|
21 March - 4 April 2016
|
Chongqing Hot Pot (dir. Yang Qing)
Trivisa (dirs. Frank Hui, Jevons Au, Vicky Wong)
|
Creepy (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
|
-
|
Béla Tarr
|
Louis Koo
|
| HKIFF41
|
11 - 25 April 2017
|
Love Off the Cuff (dir. Pang Ho-cheung)
|
mon mon mon MONSTERS (dir. Giddens Ko)
|
-
|
Olivier Assayas
Agnieszka Holland
Ildikó Enyedi
|
Louis Koo
|
| HKIFF42
|
19 March - 5 April 2018
|
Omotenashi (dir. Jay Chern)
Xiao Mei (dir. Maren Hwang)
|
What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (dir. Yamada Yoji)
|
Brigitte Lin
|
Werner Herzog
Tsai Ming-liang
Kazuo Hara
|
Louis Koo
|
| HKIFF43
|
18 March - 1 April 2019
|
Bodies at Rest (dir. Renny Harlin)
|
By the Grace of God (dir. François Ozon)
|
Sammo Hung
|
Lee Chang-dong
Asghar Farhadi
Jiang Wen
|
Aaron Kwok
|
| HKIFF44
|
Cancelled [note 1]
|
Keep Rolling (dir. Man Lim-chung)
Little Big Women (dir. Joseph Hsu)
|
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (dir. Isao Yukisada)
|
Michael Hui
|
-
|
Aaron Kwok
|
| HKIFF45
|
1 April - 12 April 2021
|
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (dir. Ann Hui, Sammo Hung, Ringo Lam, Patrick Tam, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark, and Yuen Woo-ping)
Where the Wind Blows (dir. Philip Yung), later cancelled
|
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
|
Stanley Kwan
|
Frederick Wiseman
Kazuo Hara [note 2]
|
Aaron Kwok
|
| HKIFF46
|
15 August - 31 August 2022 [note 3]
|
Where the Wind Blows (dir. Philip Yung)
Warriors of Future (dir. Ng Yuen-fai)
|
Tori and Lokita (dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
|
Sandra Ng
|
Dardenne brothers
Chung Mong-hong [note 2]
|
Aaron Kwok
|
| HKIFF47
|
30 March - 10 April 2023
|
Mad Fate (dir. Soi Cheang)
Elegies (dir. Ann Hui)
|
Vital Sign (dir. Cheuk Wan-chi) |
Soi Cheang |
Tsai Ming-liang
|
Aaron Kwok
|
| HKIFF48
|
28 March - 8 April 2024
|
All Shall Be Well (dir. Ray Yeung)
|
All the Long Nights (dir. Miyake Sho) |
Fruit Chan |
Víctor Erice
Martin McDonagh
Bill Plympton
|
Karena Lam
|
