Hong Kong picks “Port of Call” for foreign-language Oscars raceSeptember 23, 2016 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hong Kong Film Awards-winning Port of Call has been selected to represent Hong Kong in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards, the Federation of Motion Film Producers Hong Kong announced, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Aaron Kwok-starrer, about the investigation of the murder of a young female immigrant from Mainland China, took seven awards including five in the acting categories at the Hong Kong Film Awards last April. The film was written and directed by Philip Yung with cinematography by Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love), who also won the best cinematography category. Port of Call was chosen out of a shortlist that included Call of Heroes by director Benny Chan, The Mermaid by Stephen Chow, Weeds on Fire by newcomer Chan Chi-fat, and Heaven in the Dark by Steve Yuen. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. |