KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 (Bernama) -- The six-day Festival de Cannes Film Week will take Hong Kong by storm when making its Asia debut at pioneering retail destination K11 MUSEA, Victoria Dockside, beginning Nov 12.
The festival will present six films from the selection of the Festival de Cannes 2019 and invite a few select industry professionals to introduce their work and practices via a series of Q&As and masterclasses.
The event will be brought to Hong Kong by Pierre Lescure (President of Festival de Cannes); Thierry Frémaux, (General Delegate of Festival de Cannes) and Adrian Cheng (Founder of K11 Group and Executive Vice-Chairman of New World Development).
“With our Festival de Cannes Film Week, we hope to initiate the very opposite by taking to the road and bringing the spirit of the festival and the work of artistes to other parts of the globe,” said Lescure.
The Festival de Cannes Film Week is committed to the celebration of creativity, culture and cinema and set to become the city’s iconic film week, according to a statement.
Visitors who will attend the event can expect guest appearances from directors, actors and masterclasses hosted by some of cinema’s brightest lights, offering a truly unique opportunity to experience the essence of the best of the world’s film industry in Hong Kong.
For more information, visit https://www.festival-cannes.com.
-- BERNAMA
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