In the wake of the rising number of murders within hong kong s sex trade industry and the tabloidready 2014 double homicide by a british banker, writerdirector philip yungs port of call. Hong kong port is a vital economic infrastructure of hong kong as it handles 89% of the citys freight in tonnage terms. Port of call 2015 hong kong film cast chinese movie. Thirteen nominations went to port of call, a thriller about a detective looking into a heinous. Beijing has blamed the us, at least in part, for the. Hong kong film awardswinning port of call has been selected to represent hong kong in the best. Port of call wins hong kong critics awards variety. Port of call took home golden statues for half of their nominations and even swept the four major acting categories with wins from. Hong kong has selected crime drama port of call as its contender in the foreignlanguage oscars category. Once berthed you disembark into a modern threestorey terminal. Click on the port icons for a thumbnail view of the port. Port of call is a thriller definitely not for everybody, it walks a very fragile line of uncomfortable vices.
Winners of 35th hong kong film awards were announced. Award were presented in nineteen different categories. The hong kong film award ceremony is the oscars of hong kong. The uss green bay anchored just outside port moresby, papua new guinea, last year. The movie is based on true events and director philip yung shifts events into a context where the primary accent is being lost in a new city as well as dreams and hopes that are eventually getting shattered.
China is refusing to allow two us navy warships to make a port call in hong kong amid continued prodemocracy demonstrations in the city. Port of call leads list of other winners at hong kong film. The film garnered 14 nominations at the 2016 hong kong film awards. This movie surely wont be to the liking of everyone. Port of call was part of our marquee programme during our 2015 reel asian film festival with director and writer philip yung in attendance. Ports of call maalouf novel, a 1991 novel by amin maalouf. During the first opium war, china cedes the island of hong kong to the british with the signing of the chuenpi convention, an agreement seeking an end to the first anglochinese conflict.
We talked a bit about port of call on the podcast, but i didnt mention one idea i had about the film, which is that its a kind of updatecompanion to peter chans 1996 masterpiece comrades, almost a love story. The hong kong port information gathered by marinetraffic includes, wind forecasts and realtime updates for vessels in the port of hong kong. Newcomer jessie li, who was named best actress by the hong kong film critics society, in a scene from port of call, named best hong kong film of 2015. The approach is done as realistically as possible with crude language and plenty of outright yelling. Here in this film, we understand the story behind the killer and the victim who live in the stressful contemporary hong kong city and what they are both facing every day. Hong kong picks port of call for oscar contention variety. The ceremony took place on 3rd april 2016 at hong kong cultural centre, hong kong. Based on a real life murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16yearold prostitute girl was found in hong kong in 2008 port of call stole the show in the acting categories at the recent hong kong film awards, coming away with 7 awards including a best actor win for aaron kwok 35th hong kong film awards. The ocean terminal is located at the foot of the kowloon peninsula a stones throw from all of the action in tsim sha tsui.
The port of hong kong is also known as hongkong, cn hkg, xianggang, xiang gang. The 35th hong kong film awards have just been announced at a starstudded ceremony at the hong kong cultural centre. China bars us warships from making port call in hong kong. It is a vibrant cultural and financial center of chinese society. Port of call sweeps the audience away from a whitewashed reality thanks to its melachnolic atmosphere and the dark beauty of its pictures, showing us the drama of individuals who are prisoners of a world without hope. Use the port index link on the left side menu to view an alphabetical list of the ports in hong kong. The largest port in the world, the hong kong port has been widely regarded to be the pivot in the development of the province of hong kong. Cop thriller port of call also won big at the hong kong film awards, scooping seven prizes including best actor for singer aaron kwok and. Watch the trailer for creepy hkiff closer port of call. Stennis battle group to make a routine port call at hong kong. To view just those ports with container liner service, follow the shipping by map menu links. As a social commentary on contemporary hong kong, port of call announces its intentions plainly but piles on extra characters and details instead of digging further beneath the surface. Navy vessels comes five months after china cancelled a port visit by a u. Crime drama port of call named 2015s best picture by hong.
The nominations for the 35th hong kong film awards were announced on friday, january 29, 2016. Watch the trailer for creepy hkiff closer port of call imdb. Crime thriller port of call leads the hkfa race with nominations, including best film, best director, best actor, best actress, and best screenplay. Port of hong kong joc port news asian ports the worlds fifth busiest container port, measured in teu volumes, hong kong was the worlds busiest container port from 1987 to 1989. Hong kong ap thrills and adventure lead the nominations for the hong kong film awards. The scenes are not grand thriller, its muddied yet invitingly dark, though slightly hampered by odd burst in the pacing. The port of hong kong, located by the south china sea, is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerised manufactured products, and to a lesser extent raw materials and passengers. The same cut subsequently played at the udine far east film festival and new york asian film festival. Information about port of hong kong hkhkg departures and expected arrivals. The philip yungwritten and directed film took seven awards at the hong kong film awards last april. We also carry wide selection of other hong kong movie in dvd and many more related entertainment products.
Watch online port of call cantonese 2016 hong kong. A key factor in the economic development of hong kong, the natural shelter and deep waters of victoria harbour provide ideal conditions for berthing and the handling of all types of vessels. Hong kong was a british possession for decades until it rejoined china in 1997. The movie wins three major awards at the hong kong film critics society awards.
Port of call provides an insight on how your past and upbringing can actually affect your life, thoughts and actions. Dark detective drama, port of call was named best film by the hong kong film critics society on monday. All in all this isnt much of an issue since port of call is a characterdriven movie which actually comes up with a few very interesting individuals. Port of hong kong the worlds largest container port. Liam chan, a lawyer in hong kong, incidentally falls for yan li, a shanghainese heiress to a hotel empire, where predestined obligations test their love. Postnet suite 73, private bag 7 aston manor, gauteng, south africa. Director philip yung chooses to focus not on the crime or the investigation, but on the dead girl. A port of call is an intermediate stop for a ship on its sailing itinerary.
Port of call is a 2015 hong kong crime thriller film written, edited and directed by philip yung and starring aaron kwok, elaine jin and patrick tam. In that film, maggie cheung plays a woman who immigrates from the mainland to hong kong, works a number of jobs to survive including at a local mcdonalds, has a deep. Besides the edgy content, the film also offers moments of minor satire, such as an inspector maggie siu who argues with her domestic helper over the phone in broken english, or the inappropriate commentary from chong s partner patrick tam, but these diversions dont fit the films largely somber tone. Port of call wins big at the hong kong film awards. Serving as a marine gateway to the southern part of china, the port of hong kong is the worlds leading port in terms of handling and operating container vessels. Ten years named best film at hong kong film awards as. This stylish hong kong cruise terminal is the perfect jumping off spot to begin your holiday of a lifetime. Ports of call vance novel, a 1998 novel by jack vance. Watch full episode of port of call hong kong drama.
Contact information for port of hong kong hong kong, hong kong. The winner of the 2011 hong kong asia film financing forum prize, port of call closed the hong kong international film festival in a directors cut which is longer and possibly more explicit. Imdb, the worlds most popular and authoritative source for movie, tv and celebrity content. Port call refusal could signal more trouble in the south. Earlier this month, china refused to allow the green bay a port call at hong kong. Director weng ziguang development ambitions and perspective film, the time jumps of the lost generation, behind the four masters doyle, zhang shuping, liao ching sung and tu duu chih jointly cheer, decor careful reconstruction aaron kwok outstanding modelling. Hong kong, special administrative region of china, located to the east of the pearl river estuary on the south coast of china. Port call refusal could signal more trouble in the south china sea. The ports and harbors located in hong kong are shown on the map below. The 36th hong kong film awards took place last night at the hkcec and perhaps the future is bright for the local film industry after all. Highly acclaimed locally, it beat the territorys recently crowned box. Port of hong kong hk hkg details departures, expected. Buy port of call original hong kong movie in high quality dvd cast by.
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