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Broadway Cinematheque (Chinese: 百老匯電影中心) is a cinema in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, run by Broadway Circuit. Located in Prosperous Garden, a public housing estate, the cinema screens a wider spectrum of films including independent and art films than other cinemas in Hong Kong. The cinema hosts four houses with 476 seats (115 normal ...
UA Shatin, at New Town Plaza; opened in 1985 as the first UA cinema in Hong Kong; [22] closed in June 2018, succeeded by MCL Movie Town; UA Cinema @ Airport, at Terminal 2, Hong Kong International Airport; houses the third (chronologically) IMAX theater in Hong Kong; [23] closed in 2019 due closure of Hong Kong International Airport Terminal 2
The government has offered three rounds of compensation for cinema operators under an anti-epidemic fund at HK$50,000 or HK$100,000 ($6,400 – $12,800) per screen.
Edko Films was founded in 1959 by Kong Cho-yee. [4] In 1989, his son William Kong took the business over. [ 5 ] In 1996, Edko opened the Broadway Cinematheque , a theatre specializing in showing art films .
Hong Kong's banking regulator has issued four more online-only banking licenses to units of Alibaba, PingAn and smartphone maker Xiaomi, as well as to a JV involving Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse ...
Operating from 2007 to 2019 [1] with 12 screens and 1,600 seats, it was Hong Kong's largest multiplex cinema in its time. [2] [3] It had a sound system designed by American sound designer Tom Hidley [3] and screened independent films. [4] It also was the site of many film festivals, including the Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival. [5]
Unlike many film industries, Hong Kong has enjoyed little or no direct government support, through either subsidies or import quotas. It is a thoroughly commercial cinema: highly corporate, concentrating on crowd-pleasing genres like comedy and action, and relying heavily on formulas, sequels and remakes.
In February 2003, along with editors Arnaud Lanuque, Stéphane Jaunin, Philippe Quevillart and David-Olivier Vidouze, Ogé created HKCinemagic2, an encyclopedia of Hong Kong cinema. [4] The site containing photo galleries of casts and crew members focuses on the films of Shaw Brothers Studio , " gweilos " (foreigners) in the Hong Kong film ...