Little known in Europe, Derek Yee is one of the most influential figures in Hong Kong cinema, with a career spanning 40 years. An actor from childhood, he grew up in the bosom of the famous Shaw Brothers studio and the world of swashbuckling (sword movies) films. In the 1980s, when he was a star of action cinema, he decided to move behind the camera and directed two films, The Lunatics and People’s Hero, which established his name among a new generation of filmmakers alongside Johnnie To, Ann Hui and Tsui Hark, among others.
Programme organised with the support of
- Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Bruxelles
- the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
- the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency
- the Film Development Fundu Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office à Bruxelles.
Co-programmer of the retrospective: Clarence Tsui, journalist, film critic and festival programmer based in Hong Kong.
Among our 2024 guests, we are lucky enough to welcome actor and director John Chiang (alias David Chiang) from 15 to 18 November to present the work of his brother, Derek Yee.
