Hong Kong Panorama June 5–15, 2014

In collaboration with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Istanbul Modern Cinema presents a selection of ten films from the deeply-rooted cinema of Hong Kong, which is now undergoing a revival.Among the films in the program is “Tales from the Dark 1,” the first installment in the horror series “Tales From the Dark” based on an anthology by the author of “Farewell My Concubine,” a popular work in Hong Kong literature. The film features prominent actors of Hong Kong cinema Jeannie Chan, Dada Chan, and Kelly Chen. The selection also includes “Black Coal, Thin Ice”, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2014; Won Kar Wai’s “The Grandmaster”, a nice essay on the history of kung fu which was the opening film at the Berlin Film Festival last year; and “Love Me Not”, a film about the unusual love between a gay man and a gay woman.