Roger Garcia
Production · b. 1952 · Hong Kong
Roger Garcia is a film festival executive, producer and writer. He has been executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival and Asian Film Awards Academy, artistic director of the Hainan Island International Film Festival, and curator, consultant and juror to many international film festivals. He is also a film producer who has worked in Asia, Europe and Hollywood on films and TV. His latest work is an expanded cinema piece with film, live performance and laser that premiered at the Singapore International Festival of the Arts in 2022 and featured in the New Vision Arts Festival, Hong Kong, 2023. He is also a film critic with books and articles published by British Film Institute, Cahiers du Cinema, Film Comment, etc. He has been a Board member of M Plus Museum in Hong Kong, and was awarded Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by the French government in 2018. He is also a member of the European Film Academy.
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MovieDocumentaryExamines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture.
Movie5.2DocumentaryAt the age of 74, many people retire themselves or go and spend the rest of their life in elderly’s house. But Kim Dong-Ho has made the decision to live like a young and energetic man until the end of his life. He gets up early around 4 am every morning. He does his exercise for an hour. Then he checks the news and respond to his emails. After that, he takes the bus to his work. He is currently working in a university of film and media, which he has launched himself two years ago. KIM is the same man whom established the largest Asian Film Festival when he was almost 60 years old. Now that he is 74 years old, he has just decided to make his first film as a director.