Tag: 1989

The 20 HKFA Best Films of the 1980s

The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) has an illustrious history spanning 40 years since its inception in 1982. Basically Hong Kong’s answer to the Academy Awards, the HKFA has nominated a total of 41 movies in the Best Film category throughout the 1980s era. Allen Fong’s Italian neorealist-inspired family melodrama Father and Son <父子情> became the first-ever recipient awarded the Best Film and Best Director awards.

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Vengeance Is Mine 血夜天使 (1988) & Dragon Fight 龍在天涯 (1989) Reviews

The Hong Kong film industry has recently lost a veteran director: Billy Tang (Hin-Shing), who passed away earlier this week at the age of 69 due to head-and-neck cancer known as nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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Top 8 Hong Kong Movies About Fatherhood

With this year’s Father’s Day right around the corner, here are the Top 8 Hong Kong Movies About Fatherhood you might want to check them out (in case you haven’t done so!):

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