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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you are in London, it's time to ditch your morning newspaper and pick up the Hong Kong Film Festival UK's programme booklet instead - which is newspaper-like! If you can't go to any of the London venues to get one, download here: www.hkff.uk/s/HKFFUK_bro... For those in London, grab your tix!

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Éric Rohmer editor Mary Stephen on directing her first feature in 45 years, and she will be in #London to attend Hong Kong Film Fest UK next week! The festival will also show her early works and two Rohmer films that she edited, followed by Q&A with Mary Stephen. a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/co...

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Éric Rohmer editor Mary Stephen on directing her first feature in 45 years - A Rabbit's Foot

Mary Stephen, Éric Rohmer’s longtime editor and an accomplished filmmaker in her own right, talks cinema and her career ahead of her retrospective at the Hong Kong Film Festival UK.

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Éric Rohmer editor Mary Stephen on directing her first feature in 45 years - A Rabbit's Foot

Mary Stephen, Éric Rohmer’s longtime editor and an accomplished filmmaker in her own right, talks cinema and her career ahead of her retrospective at the Hong Kong Film Festival UK.

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hong Kong Film Festival UK returns for its fourth edition from 25 September to 4 October in London across 11 venues, presenting reflective and shape-shifting cinema from Hong Kong and the wider Asian diaspora, from commercial titles to artist moving image works. Full programme and tickets→ hkff.uk

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

20 years ago, I had the pleasure of translating Tony Rayns' essay on Stanley Kwan into Chinese, which prefaced a book on the filmmaker. Working on this elegantly written and insightful piece was a joy. Tony's passing is a great loss to the world of film studies. RIP.

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My pleasure to host the Q&A with director Herman Yau at the UK premiere of his latest film WE'RE NOTHING AT ALL, as a collaboration between Hong Kong Film Festival UK and Trinity Cine Asia. A very intense film offering sharp critique on social injustice and hypocrisy in an seemingly liberal city.

Scene of a post-screening Q&A session. Host on stage with mic. Filmmaker on screen.

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

UK screenings of MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD - last 3 screenings at Brimingham, Brighton, Edinburgh “It astutely examines the collision zone between traditional expectations of a mother’s role and the contemporary pressures to be your own woman.” - Screen Daily Tickets: beacons.ai/hkff.uk

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Special #ClaraLaw programme at Hong Kong Film Festival UK in #London this Sept! From her debut feature THEY SAY THE MOON IS FULLER HERE to her latest Golden Horse-winning DRIFTING PETALS, the programme also features two other well-known titles of hers. Looking forward! 🎟️http://beacons.ai/hkff.uk

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

10 years ago, the dystopian vision in TEN YEARS stirred up much controversy. 10 years on, how much of that imagination has become reality? Banned in Hong Kong, but screening in #London at Hong Kong Film Festival UK on 14 Sept (Sunday). Not to be missed. 🎟️ www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Calling film fans in the UK! Hong Kong Film Festival UK has announced full line-up for their latest edition. Opening with MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD (dir. Oliver Chan) and concluding with DRIFTING PETALS (dir. Clara Law). For details: www.hkff.uk/fullprogramme

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Hong Kong Film Archive presents "Tracing Qin and Han Through Cinema" — a theme clearly tailored for a “Chinese Culture” festival, while picks stretch beyond period epics... Anyway, thanks for having me write all the English blurbs for this programme! 🔗 www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/...

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

When the Chinese Communist Party is rapidly rewriting Hong Kong's history, the need to preserve our stories has never been so imminent. Thanks Hong Kong Action Archives for archiving so many artefacts and documents, and curating some of their collections in “Ways of Remembering” at Hoxton Arches.

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Attended the opening of “Laughter Double Bill: Hong Kong Comedy Film Spectacular” by HK Film Archive. Thanks for commissioning me to write the English blurbs for all 16 comedies in this programme. Happy to be involved in this amusing screening series. www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/...

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Two weeks ago I gave a guest lecture to students studying MA in Film Studies at UCL. Happy to share my observations about Hong Kong cinema and my experience working in the Hong Kong film sector. Thank you Tom @reelingdays.bsky.social for the invitation!

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My latest journal article in IMAGES's special issue on "Censorship in Film and Audio-Visual Media". I tried to draw on my own experience as an ex-officer in Hong Kong's Film Censorship Authority, my knowledge in film industry, and my academic studies. pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/...

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Thanks Alex for the kind words on my translation of David Clarke's book on HK Art, also for mentioning the book on HK cinema that I translated for late Dr. Esther Cheung. //《香港藝術》是蕭恒譯筆下作品，數年前讀過同是由他翻譯張美君博士的香港電影研究論文集《幻魅都巿》，流暢簡明易讀。《香港藝術》也帶著這份信達雅，讓人重頭認識祈大衞，在西方主流論述對東方藝術的盲點以外，引入本土觀察，與香港藝術文化研究史可以怎樣被詮釋。//

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從《香港藝術》回顧九七前後的文化混雜與解殖歷程 | Alex Lai - 香港‧寶‧藏

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Reviewing my 2024... Wishing you a great 2025! cultural.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/r...

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Diaspora within and beyond the cinema has never been so relevant to Hong Kong as an imagined community, and I feel an urge to discuss this. Thanks Transtext(e)s editors @jennywcreative.bsky.social and @gblee.bsky.social for publishing this paper by me and Wong Ching. Links: beacons.ai/siuheng

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Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

David Clarke’s HONG KONG ART: CULTURE AND DECOLONIZATION is a must-read for anyone studying Hong Kong art history. It’s my honour to have translated this seminal work into Chinese. The Chinese version has just been published in Hong Kong! For further info and ordering: typesetter.hk/hongkongart/

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