Hong Kong International Film Festival

The annual Hong Kong International Film Festival, held in March/April, is
one of the world's major non-competitive film festivals. The 21st Festival
in 1997 presented 220 films from more than 40 countries and attracted a
total audience of 142 165.

Apart from the screening of films, several fringe activities were held,
including exhibitions, conferences and outdoor film shows. The topic of
the Hong Kong Cinema Retrospective this year was Fifty Years of
Electric Shadows introducing the development of Hong Kong movies. A
large-scale conference involving both local and overseas film makers and
scholars was also organised under this theme.

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