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The Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005 will celebrate
the past 100 years of Chinese cinema, and acclaimed Taiwanese directors
Ang Lee and Hou Hsiao-hsien have been invited to attend, a newspaper
reported Wednesday.
When the ceremony is held March 27, judges won't just be picking the
best new movies, the South China Morning Post reported.
A panel of film professionals will also choose the best 100 Chinese
movies since the first one was made: "The Battle of Dingjunshan" in 1905,
the paper said.
The newspaper quoted Manfred Wong, chairman of the Hong Kong Film
Awards Association, as saying that directors Lee and Hou have been asked
to present awards.
Lee directed the Oscar-winning martial arts epic "Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon." Hou made the historical drama "A City of Sadness," winner
of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1989.
"We are planning to invite Hollywood stars and some rarely seen big
names," Wong was quoted as saying. "But we are still waiting for their answers."
(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2004-12-23 14:52
