We continue our look at the must-not-miss films of this year's Festival! 6. Dying in a Hospital A powerful, subtle meditation by the late, great Jun Ichikawa on the meaning of life and death. This 1993 film has rarely been seen since, and now audiences in Hong Kong can once more experience the late master's brilliance.
3:00pm on April 11 at HK Arts Centre7. Ultramarathon Man An inspiring documentary chronicles an athlete who ran a marathon a day for 50 straight days.
9:00pm on April 13 at HK Science Museum8. Cairo StationChahine’s breakthrough film in which he not only directed but also starred as a poor, lovelorn newspaper vendor. Again, another film very rarely seen due to a scarcity of prints.
3:00pm on April 10 at HK Science Museum9. Histeria Malaysian New Wave pioneering director James Lee makes a successful transition into commercial horror filmmaking.
11:45pm on April 10 at UA Langham Place10. Election A fly-on-the-wall recap of the nail biting 2004 Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong.
6:00pm on April 13 at HK Science Museum
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