Amos Why News Today

We rank the 37 Hong Kong films that were released locally in 2023, from greats like A Guilty Conscience – the city’s highest-grossing local film ever – and Lost Love to stinkers like Prison Flowers.

From Jackie Chan's action comedies to Stephen Chow's mo lei tau classics, from Wong Kar-wai's swooning romances to Donnie Yen's martial arts epics, and from the time where hundreds of movies were being churned out every year to the current market completely dominated by Louis Koo, this is the place to go for features, interviews and reviews about movies both classic and new from Hong Kong.

The film, directed by Amos Why, feature remote corners of Hong Kong.

Movie director Amos Why loves Hong Kong-style sweets – he reveals where he goes to eat them as well as top picks for dumplings, private dining, and French/Italian cuisine on Cheung Chau.

At a time when the future of the local film industry has never looked bleaker, this year’s Hong Kong Asian Film Festival has chosen to champion a number of emerging young voices, giving their work prestige spots as opening and closing films, as well as gala presentations. Elsewhere, the festival highlights the very best new cinema from across the region,...