The Department of Comparative Literature and Women’s Studies Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold a launching ceremony for a groundbreaking website on Hong Kong women filmmakers tomorrow (March 6, Friday). The website focuses on women’s contributions to the Hong Kong film industry and film culture in the post-1997 period and situates their work against the backdrop of recent Hong Kong history and politics.

“Hong Kong Women Filmmakers” showcases the recent documentaries, short films and feature film of both established and emerging women directors, producers, and scriptwriters, including Ann Hui (許鞍華), Mabel Cheung (張婉婷), Clara Law (羅卓瑤), Tammy Cheung (張虹), Carol Lai (黎妙雪), Barbara Wong (黃真真), Yau Ching (游静), Mak Yan Yan (麥婉欣), Ivy Ho (岸西), Tsang Tsui Shan (曾翠珊), Louisa Wei (魏時煜), Angie Chen (陳安琪), Heiward Mak (麥曦茵), Emily Tang (唐曉白) and many others.

Professor Gina Marchetti from the Department of Comparative Literature, who initiated the project with the support of a grant from the Research Grants Council, said: “The aim of the website is to promote widespread interest in how Hong Kong women filmmakers contribute to local cinema as well as global film culture, particularly in their treatment of gender, sexuality, the family, and questions of changing identities.”

The launch is timed to coincide with International Women’s Day.

Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the event at which several of the women filmmakers featured on the website will speak. Details are as follows:

Date: March 6, 2015 (Friday)
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 7.58, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Man Man Wong or Ms Iris Eu (tel: 3917 8211 email:hkwomenfilmmakers@gmail.com) or Mr Cyrus Chan, Events Coordinator, Faculty of Arts (tel: 3917 4984 email:cyrusc@hku.hk).

HKU Women’s Studies Research Centre
Established in 1995, the WSRC organizes seminars, conferences and symposia on subjects of importance to women and gender studies. It is committed to promoting research in areas crucial to the development of women’s studies, such as gender, cross-cultural awareness, sexuality as well as the transformation of teaching methodologies and curricula.