This yr’s Hong Kong International Film Festival will characteristic a masterclass and profession retrospective of UK-Irish author and director Martin McDonagh.
All of McDonagh’s movies shall be screened on the competition, together with his two Venice movie competition finest screenplay winners: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees Of Inisherin.
Starting his profession as a playwright, McDonagh later moved into cinema with quick movie Six Shooter, which received an Oscar and set the tone for his subsequent works, that are recognized for darkish humour, witty dialogues and escalating absurdity. His debut characteristic, In Bruges, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as Irish hitmen, premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
After shifting to Hollywood, McDonagh made crime drama Seven Psychopaths, wherein a author’s block is remodeled into grim comedy; and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which received Frances McDormand a Best Actress Oscar. His most up-to-date movie The Banshees Of Inisherin, received Colin Farrell the very best actor award at Venice.
Hong Kong International Film Festival is happening for 12 days from March 28 to April 8. It just lately named Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan as this yr’s Filmmaker-in-Focus and also will current the Asian premiere of GIFT, a silent movie made as a collaboration between Oscar-winner Hamaguchi Ryusuke and composer Ishibashi Eiko. The competition will announce its full line-up subsequent week.
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