Artist Talk | The Revival of Hong Kong Film Industry from 2016

In recent years, a number of Hong Kong films have been box office hits, including "Warriors of Future", "Table For Six", and "A Guilty Conscience", even lower budget films like "Mama's Affair" and "The Sparring Partner" are gaining success. Differ from what we have seen in the past two decades, these blockbusters are not Hong Kong-China co-productions that previously dominated the local market. What contributed to their success? And how does this comeback of Hong Kong film come about? In this talk, speaker Enoch will share his insights into the revival of Hong Kong film industry from 2016.

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About Enoch Tam

Dr Tam is a film critics and researcher, who founded the independent academic publishing house Typesetter Publishing, the online film review platform "Cinezen", and the online book review platform "Paratext". He is currently the Research Assistant Professor of Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries at Lingnan University. His research engages with film historiography in the Chinese-language film, Hong Kong film, independent film and media industry.