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TIFF Bell Lightbox to Exhibit Chinese Film Retrospective, from 1935 Rarities to Wong Kar-wai, Edward Yang and Ang Lee
TIFF Bell Lightbox, the festival's gallery exhibition building in Toronto, is mounting a remarkable new retrospective, A Century of Chinese Film, which will run June 5 to August 11. A lot of behind-the-scenes legwork and negotiating went on, Bell Lightbo from Indie Wire Read more »
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Wong Kar-wai Receives Top French Cultural Prize
French foreign minister Laurent Fabius came to Hong Kong for one day to appoint Wong a Commander of France's Order of Arts and Letters. "Commander" is the highest of three possible rankings for this prize. This honor has previously gone to the likes of B from Indie Wire Read more »
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Wong Kar-wai Awarded France’s Biggest Cultural Honor
Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Wong Kar-wai was appointed a Commander of France’s Order of Arts and Letters in Hong Kong on May 5. France’s enduring love affair with Wong Kar-wai continued over the weekend, as the country named the Hong Kong filmmaker from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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HK director Wong Kar-wai gets top French honor
Wong was named a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Sunday. Fabius bestowed the medal on Wong in a ceremony at the French consul-general's official residence in the southern Chinese city. The filmmaker from Times of India Read more »
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Top French honour for director Wong Kar-wai
Laurent Fabius is set to present director Wong Kar-wai with France's top cultural honour. Film director Wong Kar-wai will join one of the art world's most exclusive clubs today when he is appointed a Commander of France's Order of Arts and Letters. The f from SCMP Read more »
