Hong Kong - 11 August, 2015) With last year's success of the Sundance Film Festival - Hong Kong Selects, which brought a series of curated American independent films to the city for the first time, Sundance Institute and The Metroplex will once again present the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong from September 17 to 27, screening 11 films featured in the Festival at Park City, Utah, U.S.A. Newly added to this years festival will be a workshop for young filmmakers and film music composers. Tickets to all events go on sale August 13 for 2014 HK Selects VIP Members and The Metroplex VIP Metropolitans, and open to the general public on August 17 at hk.sundance.org.
11 New Independent Films Make Hong Kong Premieres
with Filmmakers in Attendance
The 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong will feature 11 films from the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and includes several award winners: Advantageous; Cartel Land; Dope; James White; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl; People, Places, Things; Songs My Brothers Taught Me;The End of the Tour; The Stanford Prison Experiment; The Witch and The Wolfpack. Last year, the Festival presented a wide range of films, including the Hong Kong premiere of Whiplash, which later received five Academy Award nominations, winning three.
Josephine Lam and Stuart Wang, Directors of The Metroplex, said, The tremendous success of last year's festival has proven that Hong Kong embraces the creativity of independent filmmaking. With our goal of supporting the strong emerging independent film culture in Hong Kong, we are excited for the continued collaboration with Sundance Institute on the Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong in 2015. We look forward to working with the Sundance Institute team again to bring a world-class film festival to Hong Kong, and to nurture the creativity of local independent filmmakers and foster the interest of new upcoming talent.
John Cooper, Director of Sundance Film Festival, said, Building on last years impactful cinematic and cultural experience, Sundance Institute returns to Hong Kong with a strong slate of cutting-edge independent films. We programmed this festival with the theme of discovery in mind so this years lineup features a range of intriguing dramas, interesting documentaries and light comedies. We are excited to bring filmmakers to share new stories and a unique artistic vision with audiences at the Metroplex.
This year's opening film is first-time feature director Crystal Moselle's stranger-than-fiction documentary The Wolfpack, the true story of six brothers locked away from society in a Manhattan apartment who found a window to the outside through film. The Wolfpack will have its Hong Kong premiere on September 18. The New York-based director won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary in the Festival and will be here in Hong Kong to present her mesmerizing debut documentary feature about six brothers who grew up in a peculiar family, and how their lives are transformed through the power of movies. Moselle will also participate in a post-screening Q&A session with audiences after the September 18 screening.
Other filmmakers and artists attending the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong to engage in post-screening Q&As with audiences include Jennifer Phang (Advantageous), Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Josh Mond (James White), Jim Strouse (People, Places, Things), Peter Golub (Director, Sundance Institute Film Music Program and Composer,Songs My Brothers Taught Me), Kyle Patrick Alvarez (The Stanford Prison Experiment) and Robert Eggers (The Witch).
New This Year
Sundance Institute and The Metroplex co-host Film Music Day Lab
Learn More About Music Composition for Film and Television
from Renowned Composers
Newly added to this year's festival is a Film Music Day Lab, providing a full day of knowledge sharing to filmmakers, music composers and audiences interested in music for film and television. This day lab will be led by composer and Director of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program Peter Golub (The Great Debaters, Frozen River) and feature presentations by composers George Clinton (Austin Powers, Wild Things) and Peter Kam(The Warlords, Helios), as well as a demonstration showcasing film music works extracted from the Sundance Institute Film Music Program. Each day lab participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance co-issued by Sundance Institute and The Metroplex. Interested parties can register online via hk.sundance.org with an admission fee of HKD 150 per person.
General audiences and indie-film-lovers can also join the Filmmakers Panel Discussion, taking this rare opportunity to meet a panel of our visiting filmmakers as they share their individual stories of making their films. The panel discussion will be held on 19 September, Saturday, 4pm at The Metroplex, moderated by Trevor Groth (Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival). Interested parties can register online via hk.sundance.org with an admission fee of HKD30 per person. Panelist information and other event details will be available on the same website.
The box office will open on August 13 to 2014 HK Selects VIP Members and The Metroplex VIP Metropolitans for priority booking, and opens to the general public on August 17. Tickets can be purchased at The Metroplex Box Office, Internet Ticketing (hk.sundance.org), Metroplex Internet Ticketing (www.metroplex.com.hk) and Metroplex iPhone and Android Apps Ticketing (HKD 8 handling fee will be charged for each ticket purchased online or via Apps).
Ticket price: Adult HKD90; Student/Child/Senior HKD80. Become a VIP Metropolitan to enjoy 20% discount for single tickets and 30% discount for movie ticket package (includes 1 ticket for each film).
The 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Hong Kong is jointly presented by Sundance Institute and The
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