Ying E Chi "Indie Spirit Shorts" & Director's sharing @ "Expose to Arts Summer Program 2010" on 31 July (Sat)!  Starting from 6pm, indie director Jessey Tsang will be there to discuss with other guest speakers on the way of indie filmmaking, and afterwards at 7:30pm a series of "Indie Spirit Shorts" will be screened: "The Life and Times of Ho Chung Villages", "Black  Sheep A Home Video", "Blue House" and "Somewhere Out Here".  Venue: Y Theatre, Youth Square - Chai Wan Road 238, Chai Wan. Free Admission, first come first served.  For further details: http://www.youthsquare.org/en/#/Events Don't miss the chance!

【Hong Kong InDependent Film Festival】, to be held during 13-28 November, 2010 - and now calling for entries from all over the world!  This year we welcome films from all origins, and as usual there will not be any limits to the genres nor topics of the incoming entries.  In short, all kinds of films are welcome - as long as they have the indie spirit!  Submit a DVD screener of your film by 2nd August 2010 to: Ying E Chi, 4/F Foo Tak Building, 365 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai Hong Kong, and feel free to contact us at info@yec.com for any questions!  Do not hesitate - let the indie spirit lead the way!

"2010: A Wan Chai Odyssey" Short-film Comissioning & DVD Project: Wan Chai, being the earliest area in which the Chinese resided a hundred years ago, is now a district that blends both the new and the old faces of Hong Kong, with its multi-cultural characteristics - which makes it an excellent location for all kinds of stories to bloom and blossom.  Join us on the odyssey to the Wan Chai district, and come up with your own vision!
Co-organized by Ying E Chi and the Wan Chai Cultural and Leisure Services Committee, "2010: A Wan Chai Odyssey" is now open for proposals on short-film production to encourage and subsidize film projects that endeavors to tell the story of Wan Chai district!
Deadline for application is 6th August 2010.  Interested independent filmmakers and independent production teams please email to info@yec.com to get a copy of the regulations and entry form!

Club YEC's upcoming screening: "King of Spy" will be held on 18 June (Fri) starting from 7:30pm at Ying E Chi workshop followed by a director's sharing!  Admission is free yet seats are limited - register now at info@yec.com ! Get together - Join our Indie Force!

Club YEC Highlighted Activity for May-June
Super8 Workshop Series - The Second Blow: Super8 Shooting Weekends!

Yearning to shoot with a Super8 camera yourselves? Time for the main course after the warm-up screening: join our shooting weekends on 12 & 13 June!

Details:

12/6 (Sat) 2pm - 6pm: On the firt Day, Jam will introduce the ABC of Super8 cinematography and operations.  Students can pick up the cameras and have a try on indoor b&w shooting!

13/6 (Sun) 2pm - 6pm: Want to have a taste of film-development? Jam will show you how it's like with the roll of b&w films, and while the films are being dried up, students will explore with color films - this time in outdoor areas!

As developments of color films would take at least two weeks, students are invited to attend the after-course screening to share your very own visions together!

Remarks: One Super8 camera for a team of three. The workshop would be conducted in Cantonese.
Course fee: HKD 980 each (Films and developments expenses included)
20 seats available only - ENROL NOW at info@yec.com !

Congradulations to indie director Can To!  Her documentary "Little Photographers", which had its world premiere in HKAIFF09, has just been awarded the Gold World Medal by the NEW YORK festivals!  For further details please click: http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/main.php?p=2,3

Club YEC Highlighted Activity for May-June: Super8 Workshop Series!
The First Blow: Super8 Warm-up Screening 28/5 (Fri) 7:30pm

Super8 Camera - once the latest shooting device in the 70's.  But is it no longer so in the current trends of digital filmming? - Apparently NOT!

On 28 May, professional cinematographer Jam Yau will showcase his Super8 equipments and also videos to share with you the charisma of Super8 along with indie director Jessey Tsang!
Details of the upcoming two-days workshop on 5 & 6 June would also be announced for enrolment!

Reserve a seat now for Super8 Warm-up Screening (FREE ADMISSION) at info@yec.com! Come together - Join our Indie Force!

News on cultural groups: Local cultural magazine "C for Culture" has just launched their online TV ever since the end of March to bring you the latest cultural news and ideas - including those about indie films!  Have a visit: http://www.cforculture.tv/

Club YEC’s upcoming screening: “Free for 90” will be held on 30 Apr at 7:30pm at Ying E Chi workshop followed by a director’s sharing!  Admission is free yet seats are limited – register now at info@yec.com!  Get together – Join our Indie Force!

"Lovers on the Road" and "End of Love" officially selected by Art De vivre!  The films will be subsequently screened on 24 and 25 April in Shen Zhen, followed by the director's sharing!  For further details: http://www.douban.com/event/11717376/ 

Get together – Join our Indie Force! －－Club YEC is holding a variety of orkshop-based activities ranging from screenings to sharings, production workshops and chitchat gatherings, and as our preimere we will be screening "Three Narrow Gates" on 16 Apr (Fri) 7:30pm, followed by a director's sharing! Seats are limited and FRIENDS Of YING E CHI can enjoy priority registration. For further details, please refer to http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=112167848809576 ; for registration and enquiries, please email to: info@yec.com or call us at 2836 6282!

The original screening of "That's Why You Go Away" @ 34th HKIFF dated 2nd April is full and an additional screening is available on 27th March (Sat) 12:30pm @ HK Arts Centre Agnes b. CNIEMA! Tickets available NOW!  For further details: http://www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/16/34085-homecominglittle-did-she-knowthats-why-you-go-away.html

"That's Why You Go Away", directorial debut by Chan Chui-Hing, has made it into the official selection of the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and will be screened on 2nd April (Fri)!  Director Chan will be there to share his thoughts during the sharing session - how about you?  Further details: http://www.hkiff.org.hk/chi/film/detail/16/34085-homecominglittle-did-she-knowthats-why-you-go-away.html

Playing it Indie! <Dead Slowly>, <The People I’ve Slept With>, <3 Narrow Gates> and <End of Love> would be showing in Hong Kong Arts Centre Agnès b . CINEMA! (20-28Feb), please check www.urbtix.hk for ticketing details.

"123 IndieFilMusic" coming soon on 23 Jan (Sat) - local indie musicians x artists uniting installation & image with the sound of music!  Free admission & all are welcome to our events including:

1400 - 1800  Flea market @ Ying E Chi Office (4/F Foo Tak Building, 365 Hennessy Road, HK)
* DVD, CD, Books & Film-related items brand-new / second-hand ALL ON SALE!

1400 - 1730  Screening @ InMedia (9/F Foo Tak Building)
* Local shorts screening non-stop!

1800 - 2100  IndieFilMusic Mini Concert @ Foo Tak Rooftop
* Performing bands & musicians:
Brown Note Collective
Edmund Leung
Crazy Lion
VJ Ferrous
22 Cats

Contact us if you want to join the bands or screen your shorts!

Ying E Chi is having our Annual General Meeting on 15 Dec (Tue), starting from 7pm at our office!  All are welcome!  Come to share your thoughts with us!

"The People I've Slept With" (Closing Film of HKAIFF09) is back to meet you all every night at 7:30pm @ The Grand cinema! Online ticketing: http://www.thegrandcinema.com.hk/movie_content.aspx?visMovie=728&visLang=2 

"Dead Slowly", HKAIFF09 Opening Film, is in competition for "Best Director" in Asian Festival of 1st Films (AFFF) 2009!!!  Click for further details: http://www.asianfirstfilms.com/nomination2009.html

Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival (HKAIFF) 2009 Tickets are available NOW!

HKAIFF will be held from 14 to 29 Nov at The Grand cinema, this year there will be more than 30 independent films produced in Asian regions including Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Iran, Malaysia, Macau etc…For more information http://www.hkaiff.hk

 Indie film news!  4 local indie films will be screening at ID Film Festival 2009 as North American Premiere!

3 NARROW GATES @ The Grand
Avaliable until 23 September!

Having received much acclaim ever since its theatrical release starting from 3rd Sept, local indie director Vincent Chui's latest feature - "3 Narrow Gates" - is proud to hit the screen for the third week in a roll!  Limited screenings are still available until 23 September. We thank you for your support! 

Screening schedule:
Monday - Friday - 9:30pm
Saturday & Sunday - 3:30pm

Tickets available at The Grand box office and online:
http://www.thegrandcinema.com.hk/movie_content.aspx?visMovie=639&visLang=1

Indie Salon @The Grand  (24/6-15/8)

Tickets available at here

New Indie films, two screens in one day
Every  Wed  7:30pm & 9:30pm 
            Sat 2:30pm & 4:30pm
Directors’ sharing session on every Sat after screening
24/6 – 4/7      《Three Narrow Gates》﹑《Indie Spirit Short Film》
8/7 – 18/7      《Citizen King》﹑《End of Love》
22/7 – 1/8      《Lovers on the Road》﹑《The Autumnal Equinox》
5/8 – 15/8      《Magazine Gap Road》﹑《King of Spy》

Hong Kong Indie Films: Past & Future (25/5-21/6,2009)

Indie Films Screenings: Classic & New
7-21 Jun 19:30 @MCL Telford Cinema
From the first ever HK Indie film to the Indie classics and the latest productions, you simply can’t miss this!
Tickets available at www.mclcinema.com
View the films at here

“Indie Spirit” Shorts Screening x Filmmakers Gathering (By Invitation Only)
MCL Telford  (6 Jun 16:00-18:00)
Indie Spirit Shorts: 10 Indie directors to tell their “Indie Spirits” in 8 shorts.

Joint University Indie Films Tour (25/5 – 5/6)
Bring INDIE into us, details at http://jufa09indemov.mysinablog.com

Filmart 2009 & HKIFF

HKIFF Industry Screening @ FILMART
<Three Narrow Gates> Meeting Room 209-210, HKCEC (25Mar 16:00 - 18:00)
<Citizen King> Meeting Room 204-205, HKCEC (26 Mar 12:15 - 14:00)
<End Of Love> Meeting Room 209-210, HKCEC (26 Mar 10:00 - 11:45)
HKIFF
<Citizen King>
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall (24 Mar 7:15PM)
HK Arts Centre Agnès b. CINEMA! (10 Apr 3PM)
<End Of Love>
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall (24 Mar 9:30PM)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall (10Apr 9PM)

Ying E Chi x OM Live  = Film Makers' Discourse (影人絮語)
www.omlive.cc
Every Sun 5-7pm
The program will be hosted by board members of Ying E Chi and other indie directors, to chat about latest indie films and related activities, in general to discuss about movie.  Anybody interested in the happenings of the indie industry, don't miss it!

Indie film news! The 2^nd feature of director Simon Chung, , has entered the Panorama Special session of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival (www.berlinale.de); while , the debut feature of Johnson Lee and Ching Long, will be screened in the 33^rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (www.hkiff.org.hk).

<Lovers on the Road> Screening in HD version! Debut feature of Jessey Tsang, <Lovers on the Road> is just awarded as “The Best Feature” in 8th Anniversary South Taiwan Film Festival. Jessey Tsang and Kenny Chung (the senior professional video producer) will share their experience in a workshop hosted by ifva on 19th Feb, 2009 from 7:30 pm to 10:30pm in Agnès b.Cinema in Hong Kong Art Centre. <Lovers on the Road (HD version)> will be broadcasted after the sharing seminar. Please refer the details, application form and deadline at http://ftp.hkac.org.hk/IFVA/CWS1form.pdf

“Hong Kong Independent Films in Beijing” is organized by YEC (supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council) and co-organized by Li xianting's Film Fund and Fanhall Films, there will be various HK Indie film screenings and directors’ sharings on 27-28Dec in Fanhall Cinema. All are welcomed to join, please refer the details at http://fanhall.com/g/hkif

Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival (HKAIFF) 2008 will be held from 15 to 30 November at The Grand! The festival dedicates to introduce unconventional Asian films embodied with an independent spirit and is devoted to let them enjoy the greatest exposure among Hong Kong audience. This year we're happy to present to you more than 40 brilliant works ranging from feature films, documentaries, shorts and animations produced in Asian regions including Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Lao, Iran, Philippines… Don't miss the cinematic adventure! For more information and updates, please click http://www.hkaiff.hk

Two brilliant Chinese documentaries, <Useless> by Jia Zhang-Ke and <Umbrella...> by Du Hai-bin will be screened in the Grand cinema starting from 2 Oct!  Both films are in Competition, Horizons, 64^th Venice Film Festival; and won the Horizons Documentary Award.  Screenings are limited, and both directors will attend the first screening on 2Oct for a sharing session, so come and meet the directors!

Special discount – For regular tickets ($60), buy tickets of 2 movies would be $100 ($20 less); for student tickets ($40), buy 2 tickets would be $60 ($20 less). For more details, www.thegrandcinema.com.hk

Reunion is on sale! Director, photographer and editor Risky Liu, his debut film Reunion is now released.  The story is about the tension between a Cantonese traditional opera actor, his daughter and his granddaughter and the inwardness of "family" on the stage.  Starring Joman Chiang, who spent 9 months for practicing Cantonese traditional opera, you cannot miss it!

The DVD of One-way Street on a Turntable, the debut feature of local multi-media artist Anson Mak Hoi Shan, is now released! This DVD is an "Interactive Moving Image Book" that allows viewers to experience the artwork in a non-linear format, and it provides 5.1 re-mastering design that enhances a brilliant sound effect! Don't miss it!

Additional screenings of Breeze of July! Thank you for your support in the screenings on May, there will be 4 additional screenings in Broadway Cinematheque starting 8June (Sun), don't miss this last chance!

Breeze of July is based on the story of Hong Kong writer Chan Wai, it is also the first feature film directed by the drama actor and film editor Stanley Tam. After the premiere in HKAFF last year, the movie is now scheduled to release in Broadway Cinematheque on 16May. Check it out!