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Ann Hui Reflects on Women’s Role in Hong Kong Cinema
Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui received the Camellia Award at the opening of the Busan International Film Festival.
At a festival press conference, she spoke about entering the industry in the 1970s and being supported by five women bosses.
Hui said their backing gave her freedom to make television programs and helped her establish herself as a filmmaker.
She also described how women’s position in Hong Kong cinema has changed.
When she began, she said, there were only two or three women directors in film, although many worked in television.
Hui estimated that about 10 to 20 women directors are now active in Hong Kong, and said they no longer feel they must hide their gender on set.
She said more women are making films that tell women’s stories.
Hui plans to discuss the five women who supported her in a festival masterclass.
Ann Hui received the Camellia Award at the opening of the Busan International Film Festival.
At a festival press conference, she discussed the support she received from women early in her career.
Hui said the number and status of women directors in Hong Kong cinema have increased since she began working in the 1970s.
She said today’s female directors are more open about their gender and more conscious of telling women’s stories.
Hui also reflected on how her own films shifted from proving women could handle traditionally male subjects to exploring topics that interested her.
- Who
- Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui.
- What
- She received the Camellia Award and discussed women’s roles in Hong Kong cinema and her career.
- When
- At the opening of the Busan International Film Festival; the date is not stated.
- Where
- Busan International Film Festival.
- Why
- Hui reflected on the support of women who helped establish her career and changes in the status of female filmmakers.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I was lucky because my first five bosses really supported me, gave me freedom and support, and allowed me to do what I wanted with the TV programs I was making.
I wanted to prove that women can do what men do.
Nowadays their position has become much better.
They’re also much more conscious in the way they’re trying to make films telling women’s stories, which I think is totally legitimate.
Hui entered the industry and said her first five bosses supported her work on television programs.
Hui moved into feature filmmaking.
Hui’s documentary Elegies, about Hong Kong poetry, was released.
Hui received the Camellia Award and discussed women’s roles in Hong Kong cinema.
- Award
- Camellia Award
- Early career
- Hui said she had five women bosses when she entered the industry in the ‘70s.
- Women directors
- About 10–20 are actively working in Hong Kong, according to Hui.
- Recent work
- Elegies (2023), a documentary about Hong Kong poetry
- Career starting point
- Hong Kong broadcaster TVB
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