哈囉 from Hong Kong! Wilson recaps a busy edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, including meeting and interviewing the one and only Tony Leung Chiu Wai for SILENT FRIEND. Wilson also chats about the seven(!) soon to come director interviews he conducted for the podcast, and some interesting classic films shown at this year’s edition of HKIFF. The trio also discuss some exciting new releases including new films from Hong Sang-soo, Carla Simon, and Anthony Chen.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00: Intro
00:07:34 Meeting Tony Leung
00:14:23 Silent Friend (2025) dir. Ildiko Enyedi
00:16:27 Sleep No More (2026) dir. Edwin
00:20:04 Ah Girl (2026) dir. Ang Geck Geck
00:23:33 Memory (2025) dir. Vladlena Sandu
00:30:48 Palimpsest: The Story of a Name (2025) dir. Mary Stephen
00:36:37 Mare’s Nest (2025) dir. Ben Rivers
00:39:40 Vive L’amour (1994) dir. Tsai Ming Liang
00:43:48 Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1981) dir. Věra Chytilová
00:45:54 Ah Ying (1983) dir. Allen Fong
00:49:13 The Horse Thief (1986)dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
00:51:03 Unknown Pleasures (2002) dir. Jia Zhangke
00:53:30 Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) dir. Satyajit Ray
00:54:55 Final Victory (1987) dir. Patrick Tam
00:59:20 We Are All Strangers (2026) dir. Anthony Chen
01:06:37 We’re Nothing at All (2026) dir. Herman Yau
01:10:40 My Father’s Shadow (2025) dir. Akinola Davies Jr.
01:11:45 The Day She Returns (2026) dir. Hong Sang Soo
01:18:20 Magellan (2025) dir. Lav Diaz
01:22:15 Romeria (2025) dir. Carla Simon
01:24:40 The Voice of Hind Rijab (2025) dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
01:27:50 Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students (2025) dir. Claire Simon
01:31:00 Blue Heron (2025) dir. Sophy Romvari
01:36:00 The Drama (2026) dir. Kristoffer Borgli
01:40:15 Outro