When Faiyaz Jafri and Harry Oram decided to organize the first Third Culture Film Festival, they agreed that this was not going to be a red-carpet event aimed at earning a quick buck. TCFF exists for the love of film, and the respect for everyone and everything involved in filmmaking. […]
Third Culture Film Festival is held in Hong Kong, a city with a rich cinematic history. It’s the home of iconic action stars like Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen. And of filmmaking legends like Wong Kar-wai and his muses Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung. In recent […]
One of the funniest and most beloved short films at TCFF 2016 was Doggy Love, by Hong Kong animator Wong Ping. The story – about a boy who finds love in the flapping back-boobs of a classmate – is not only as bonkers as it sounds, but also kind of… […]
The Third Culture Film Festival 2016 Award for Best Abstract went to All Rot by Max Hattler. Max is a German visual artist. He studied in London, and now teaches animation at City University of Hong Kong. Over a coffee in trendy Sai Ying Pun, Max told us about his work […]
At this year’s inaugural Third Culture Film Festival, the Belgian short Doctor Pafke took home the award for Best Experimental. Anyone who attended our opening night will agree with the jury. This raw grayscale interpretation of the work of writer J.M. Berckmans left no one untouched. We spoke with director […]
Well known in the local film scene, actor Andrew Ng teamed up with director Alejandro Suarez Lozano to create The Fisherman. This short film shows Andrew playing said fisherman, trying to make a living on a typical Hong Kong junk. In dire straits, he sails out for one last catch, […]
What’s a festival without awards? To reward the stellar work of the selected artists, Third Culture invited six judges to give their say on the programme. Among those judges also French producer, actress and director Emilie Guillot. When did you hear of this festival? I know founder Harry Oram from […]
On Saturday evening we’re looking forward to a world of dark fiction, as Fairytales and Dystopia kicks off with Wolf, by Nadan Pines. Among this year’s selection we also find Sick To My Bones, a short film set in the distant future, where descendants of mankind find themselves in a […]