Li Cheuk-to
Li Cheuk-to | |
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李焯桃 | |
.jpg?lang=en) Li in April 2017 | |
| Born | Li Cheuk-to Hong Kong |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
Li Cheuk-to (Chinese: 李焯桃) is a Hong Kong film curator and critic. He has served as the chief editor of Hong Kong's first film publication City Magazine in the 1980s, as the artistic director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival from 2004 to 2018, and as the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. He is currently the film curator of M+.
Biography
[edit]Li joined City Magazine, Hong Kong's first film publication, in the 1980s, and eventually became its chief editor.[1] He also worked as a programmer for the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) since 1983,[2][3] curating the Hong Kong Cinema Retrospective section.[4] Li was among the Hong Kong film critics who signed Edward Yang's Taiwan Film Manifesto, which marked the beginning of the Taiwan New Cinema.[5] After leaving the magazine, Li co-founded the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in 1995, serving as its founding chairman.[1][6] As HKIFF shifted its focus to international cinema rather than solely Chinese-language films, Li took on a larger role, becoming the general manager in 2001 and then the artistic director in 2004.[2][4] The festival transitioned from a government-organized event to a private initiative during Li's tenure as general manager, which he cited as a need to "break from bureaucratic straitjackets", and he introduced the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum and the Asian Film Awards during his time as artistic director.[4] In 2001, he translated American film theorist David Bordwell's Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment into Chinese, after the two had befriended each other in 1995 during Bordwell's visit to the HKIFF.[7] Li also served on the jury for the 48th Berlin International Film Festival in 1998,[8] and the 39th Golden Horse Awards in 2002.[5]
Starting in 2007, Li introduced the Romanian New Wave to the HKIFF,[9] including dedicated sections for Romanian films in 2007, 2011, and 2017.[3][10] He recognized the potential of Romania's new cinema following 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007),[3] and Screen International noted his contributions to Romanian cinema "before it was widely recognized by other festivals".[2] In 2008, on the first anniversary of Edward Yang's passing, Li dedicated the HKIFF edition as a memorial to Yang and edited a collection of film critiques titled The One and Only Edward Yang.[5] In 2011, he participated in the Golden Horse Film Festival Society's selection of the Best 100 Chinese-language films,[5] where he chose Yang's A Brighter Summer Day.[11] In April 2018, Li stepped down from his position at the HKIFF after the 42nd edition,[12] announcing he would continue working as a freelancer due to approaching retirement age.[4] In 2020, he edited and published Echoes of Cinematic Dreams: The Surviving Records of Wong Ain-ling, an essay collection about the works of film scholar Wong Ain-ling.[13] Li began serving as the film curator for the newly founded M+ museum in 2022.[14]
Bibliography
[edit]| Year | Title | Original title | Publisher | Ref. |
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| 1990 | Notes on Hong Kong Films in the 1980s | 八十年代香港電影筆記 | Chongkin Books | [5] |
| 1993 | Anatomy of Criticism | 觀逆集 | Subculture Publishing House | |
| 1996 | Vivid Images | 淋漓影像館 | Subculture Publishing House | |
| 2001 | Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment | 香港電影王國：娛樂的藝術 | Hong Kong Film Critics Society | [7] |
| 2020 | Echoes of Cinematic Dreams: The Surviving Records of Wong Ain-ling | 戲夢餘音：黃愛玲電影文存 | KUBRICK | [13] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b 马戎戎 (25 June 2007). "回归10年的香港电影". China Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b c Shackleton, Liz (13 November 2017). "Li Cheuk-to stepping down from Hong Kong film festival". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b c 李寶怡 (19 April 2017). "暢談電影節，你想看的電影原來是這樣入選的⋯⋯". Initium Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d Wong, Silva (20 March 2018). "Q&A;: Hong Kong film festival artistic director Li Cheuk To". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e 楊皓鈞 (8 April 2013). "用影展追尋最純粹的影癡魂 專訪香港國際電影節藝術總監李焯桃". Funscreen Weekly (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ Li, Cheuk-to; Suen, Chi-chiu (5 February 2025). "世紀．星期三專題：第31屆香港電影評論學會大獎平議". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b Wong, Wing-leung (9 December 2020). "癲狂過後，仍否有火？—— 訪《香港電影王國：娛樂的藝術》譯者李焯桃". P-articles (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ Hernandez, Eugene (23 February 1998). "Salles' "Central Station" Awarded Top Prize in Berlin; Other Awards Also Announced". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ 胡慧雯 (15 March 2017). "第41屆香港國際電影節 撲飛貼士". Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ 蔡倩怡; 匡翹 (14 March 2017). "第四十一屆香港國際電影節片單出爐，選片必看專家心水！". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "《港味》特刊：专访香港影评人李焯桃". Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ 何兆彬 (1 March 2018). "第42屆香港國際電影節 專業推介 八大必看". Hong Kong Economic Journal (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b 黃靜美智子 (22 March 2020). "電影研究者黃愛玲遺稿結集出版 李焯桃：這是最好的紀念方式". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "M+戲院開幕首季播70部影視作品 包括4K版阿飛正傳". Now TV News (in Chinese). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2025.