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The Ann Hui Project List (31/34 Done, Ongoing)

June 8, 2024
Panos Kotzathanasis
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As we have reviewed 31 of the 34 works of Ann Hui, we thought it was about time to publish a list about our collective work

31. (2023)

Elegies still

Hui herself has stated “Elegies” is not a mainstream movie. While the statement could be applied to many of her features too, it certainly rings true considering the subject of her recent project, which many viewers likely won’t be familiar with. Names such as Wai Yuen, Huang Can-ran or Liu Wai-tong or even their poems will be new to many audiences, even though you could say it paves the way for getting to know them and why they are so cherished within their culture. This has a lot to do with the simple, yet effective approach of Hui, who is seen in conversation with the authors themselves, which makes her subject more approachable and interesting, considering we hear the background to some of the poems after (or before) hearing them ourselves. (Rouven Linnarz)

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Panagiotis (Panos) Kotzathanasis is a film critic and reviewer, specialized in Asian Cinema. He is the owner and administrator of Asian Movie Pulse, one of the biggest portals dealing with Asian cinema. He is a frequent writer in Hancinema, Taste of Cinema, and his texts can be found in a number of other publications including SIRP in Estonia, Film.sk in Slovakia, Asian Dialogue in the UK, Cinefil in Japan and Filmbuff in India.

Since 2019, he cooperates with Thessaloniki Cinematheque in Greece, curating various tributes to Asian cinema. He has participated, with video recordings and text, on a number of Asian movie releases, for Spectrum, Dekanalog and Error 4444. He has taken part as an expert on the Erasmus+ program, “Asian Cinema Education”, on the Asian Cinema Education International Journalism and Film Criticism Course.

Apart from a member of FIPRESCI and the Greek Cinema Critics Association, he is also a member of NETPAC, the Hellenic Film Academy and the Online Film Critics Association.

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