Hong Kong (AFP) - Shoot the film you've always wanted on a shoestring budget or sell out and make a blockbuster? It is a dilemma Hong Kong directors frequently face as mainland China's lucrative movie industry beckons.
Now, with concerns growing about Beijing's increasing influence on Hong Kong, some film-makers are defying commercial and political pressures to produce homegrown movies with a local voice -- and inject new life into the city's cinema scene.
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