MUMBAI: The upcoming Pusan International Film Festival will honour Hong Kong director Johnnie To with a 10-film retrospective.
The festival depicts To as one of the last bastions of a Hong Kong cinema that began to dissolve after the territory‘s handover from Britain to China. It will also look at his influence on the careers of major Hong Kong stars including Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau.
The films that will be shown at the festival include The Enigmatic Case, All About Ah-Long,Running Out of Time, Needing You, Running on Karma, Breaking News, Election, Election 2, Exiled and Vengeance. In addition to the screening series, festival organizers and the Pusan National University will host a To master class.
This year‘s Pusan Pusan festival will be held between 8 to 16 October.
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