Focus Hong Kong

June 2025

Focus Hong Kong returns to BFI Southbank and The Garden Cinema for a June programme of new releases and restored classics

Tue 1 April — Tue 13 May 2025

Hong Kong New Wave: 1979 – 1989

The first ever comprehensive UK season dedicated to the Hong Kong New Wave screens at The Garden Cinema, with special guest Ann Hui

23 to 26 January

Chinese New Year 2025

Celebrate the Year of the Snake with Focus Hong Kong

Upcoming films

Valley of the Shadow of Death

Anthony Wong stars as a church pastor torn between his beliefs and his desire to take revenge on the man who killed his daughter

BFI Southbank, NFT2 | 19 June, 2025 6:20 pm

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Possession Street

The residents of a rundown Hong Kong shopping mall battle the undead in this spirited and inventive revitalisation of the zombie genre

BFI Southbank, NFT2 | 20 June, 2025 6:20 pm

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The Black Tavern

A rare screening of one of the best and most criminally underseen Shaw Brothers martial arts films of the early 1970s

BFI Southbank, NFT2 | 21 June, 2025 6:20 pm

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Hong Kong 1941 (4K)

Po-Chih Leong’s multiple award-winning classic remains one of the best Hong Kong films of the 1980s, stunning restored in 4K

BFI Southbank, NFT2 | 22 June, 2025 3:20 pm

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For Alice

A neon-drenched crime thriller which pays tribute to the classics of Hong Kong genre cinema while reinvigorating the form

Garden Cinema, London - Screen 3 | 23 June, 2025 6:15 pm

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Papa

One of the most acclaimed Hong Kong films of the year, Philip Yung’s latest is a heart-wrenching crime drama based on a shocking real life case

Garden Cinema, London - Screen 3 | 23 June, 2025 8:10 pm

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An introduction to Focus Hong Kong

Focus Hong Kong co-curators and organisers Andy Heskins and James Mudge introduce the festival, discussing their curating process, inspirations and plans for the future.

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The only UK film festival dedicated to celebrating the amazing cinema and filmmakers of Hong Kong, from early works to the glory days of its reign as the Hollywood of Asia, through to new and exciting films.

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