Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO
• Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 99min

Ah Long, a former motorcycle racer who was injured while running from the police, tries to put his life back together after being released from jail. Estranged from his wife and so...

Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO
• Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 93min

Lu has fourteen days to live. He plots the heist of the century, a robbery that will be his last breath in the world, which Police negotiator Ho should play to its end. In the fart...

Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO,WAI Ka Fai
• Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 104min

Andy manages a computer circuit board company. His work efficiency and good connections earn him an admirable reputation. His career-minded life, however, surfs on a new tide when ...

Special Programs in Focus

• WAI Ka Fai,Johnnie TO
• Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 93min

Underneath a strip-dancer′s bodybuilder-like physique and carefree attitude lies a special gift of being able to see into people’s past lives. Giant befriends rookie cop Yee and us...

Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO
• Hong Kong
• 2009
• 90min

A news unit broadcasts the defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers, and the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. The police vow to capture the robbers under ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO
• Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 101min

A gritty and well-crafted saga on Hong Kong triads. Wo Sing Society, a historied Hong Kong triad elects its chairman every two years. This year’s two candidates, Big D and Lok’s di...

Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO
• Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 85min

Time flies like an arrow, especially when the dragon head baton is in your hand. Two years after [Election], the Wo Sing Society needs the next chairman. Well-educated businessman ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO
• Hong Kong
• 2009
• 109min

After two [Election] films, To turns his eyes once again to his trademark ? an elegantly composed action movie. Loosely based on To’s landmark film [The Mission], [Exiled] tells a ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Johnnie TO
• France,Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 108min

Costello (French star rocker and occasional actor Johnny Hallyday) goes to Macau to avenge his daughter and her family. Officially, he’s a French chef. Twenty years ago, he was a k...

Special Programs in Focus

• Manuel CONDE
• Philippines
• 2009
• 88min

The first Filipino film to play at the Venice Film Festival, stars the director, Manuel Conde himself in the role of Temujin, who later became Genghis Khan. Wise, or sometimes cunn...