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Hong Kong Film Awards to Honor Century
2004-12-23
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005 will celebrate the past 100 years of Chinese movies, and Taiwanese directors Ang Lee and Hou Hsiao-hsien have been invited to attend.When the ceremony is held March 27, judges won't just be picking the best new movies, the South China Morning Post reported. A panel of film professionals also will choose the best 100 Chinese movies since the first one was made: ``The Battle of Dingjunshan,'' in 1905. Manfred Wong, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association, was quoted as saying that Lee and Hou had been asked to present awards. Lee directed the Oscar-winning martial arts epic ``Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'' Hou made the historical drama ``City of Sadness,'' winner of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1989.
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