Hong Kong cinema plans to resurrect its golden age with fresh faces at Cannes


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Tony Leung Ka-fai poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Sons Of The Neon Night' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2025. Photo: AP

Hong Kong's once world-famous movie industry wants to bring back the heydays of the 1970s to the 1990s by investing in a new generation of directors, the chairman of the city's film development council said at the Cannes Film Festival.

"We should not forget our identity. How the people all over the world would look at us when they recognise a Hong Kong movie," said Wilfred Wong, chairman of the council that is mainly responsible for government funding of the industry.

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