Hong Kong director Jun Li Jun-shuo has said he received threats and insults from German right-wingers after reading out a pro-Palestine speech by an Iranian actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, which triggered a police probe. He also told the Post that he was not worried about his safety, adding that he planned to…
German police have launched an investigation after Hong Kong director Jun Li Jun-shuo read out a pro-Palestine speech by an Iranian actor at the Berlin International Film Festival. Local police confirmed on Thursday they were looking into the incident, but it was not immediately clear whether Li was also under investigation. “The statement [by Li]…
It’s not that LGBTQ issues have been absent from Hong Kong cinema. It’s just that they’ve mostly been scripted in as comedic relief. Back in the 1990s, gays and lesbians were often portrayed stereotypically, even mocked, in local romcoms. Observing this first in Hong Kong, then London, was a young Ray Yeung Yaw-kae. After cutting…