HKAFF 2023












17 July 2023 - Last week marked the latest edition of the Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival. The official selection featured 42 wonderful independent films, carefully selected out of almost eighteen hundred submissions from all over the world. (The festival’s new online section, the OFF ON Selection, remains available for streaming until 20 July, more info here).
Kris De Meester, curator, was more than pleased with the turnout for this year’s event: "The Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival's 14th edition proved to be a resounding success. The festival witnessed a compelling convergence of film enthusiasts, both in person at Emperor Cinemas and online through our streaming partner platform, Whush.com."
"It is also with immense pride that we accept the festival's recognition as one of the premier Hong Kong film festivals, at least that's what esteemed publications such as Legend, Localiize and Honeycomber claim. Yes, I'm blushing."
"As we embark upon the exciting journey towards our 15th edition, we eagerly anticipate the upcoming curation process and look forward to handpick the finest cinematic gems that will be part of our anniversary edition."
We are pleased to share with you today the 2023 Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival award winners, chosen by the jury panel:
Best Narrative Feature Film: Troubled Minds (Latvia) by Raitis Abele, Lauris Abele
Best Documentary Feature Film: Go Through The Dark (China) by Yunhong Pu
Best Narrative Short: Ousmane (Canada) by Jorge Camarotti
Best Documentary Short Film: Blind Body (Australia) by Allison Chhorn
Best Animated Film: Poise (Portugal) by Luís Soares
Best Experimental Film: The Dream Machine (France) by Michael William West
Best Underground Film: Pastel Hell (Australia) by Hugo Kit Miklos Vadasz
Best Super Short: Just Listen to the Storm (France) by Hannah Papacek Harper
Best Music Video: Ute (Poland) by Maciej Pisarek
Best Chinese Film: Spring Starts Today (China) by Siyuan Liu
Congratulations to all filmmakers! The festival would also like to say a big thank you to all their guests for coming out, and to Tarkovski Agency for their continued support. See you back next year!
A new Call for Entries for Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2024 has been launched on FilmFreeway, submit your film now.

Official selection 2023:
Archeìo (Switzerland) by Jonathan Moratal
Armored Saint - A band of brothers (UK) by Russell Cherrington
Bailey's Beads (USA) by Johnny Clyde
Blind Body (Australia) by Allison Chhorn
Body Rhapsody (Australia) by Yangming Liu
Circle (USA) by Phillip Kaminiak
Contrapunctus (Belgium) by Luna Brusselaers
Deep Blue (Canada) by Franie-Éléonore Bernier
Dream Before Sunrise (China) by GUAN Junjing
Dreaming in Aspect Ratio (USA) by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Feast of a Dying Man (Iceland) by Hjördís Jóhannsdóttir
Frontier (China) by Xiaopeng Zhu
Generation (UK) by Riccardo Fusetti
Go Through The Dark (China) by Yunhong Pu
I Love You Don’t Leave Me (USA) by Alex Leombruno
Just Listen to the Storm (France) by Hannah Papacek Harper
Katja Dreams Of Waking Up (Norway) by Truls Meby
No New Wave (Singapore) by Ziwei Yao
Ousmane (Canada) by Jorge Camarotti
Pastel Hell (Australia) by Hugo Vadasz
Poise (Portugal) by Luís Soares
Re-Membering: Meditation on a Triptych (Sweden) by Amra Hećo
Ride (Australia) by Jeno Kim
Rowing (China) by Zhichun Huang, Mengzhuo Lian
Ruined Arbor (Iran) by Kasra Yazdani, Golrokh Hemmati
Secant (USA) by Timothy David Orme
Space Walk (China) by Liu Zhiquan
Spring Starts Today (China) by Siyuan Liu
Supurbia (Norway) by Alexander Gudmestad
Text me when you get home xx (Germany) by Niklas Bauer
The Dream Machine (France) by Michael William West
The Endless (USA) by Yvette Granata
The Joy of a Home (Portugal) by Ana Isabel Martins
The Lovers under the Bridge (Taiwan) by 家褘 Chia-Hui 李 Lee
The Sound of Nowhere (Brazil) by Thomas Webber
These Colours Don't Run (Indonesia) by Difizckal Satriatama
Troubled Minds (Latvia) by Raitis Abele, Lauris Abele
Unpoetic Poems (Germany) by Mu Wang
Ute (Poland) by Maciej Pisarek
Waiting for Spring; Persephone and the Pomegranate (Canada) by Nicole Dextras
Waiting for the Spring Breeze to Wake Up (China) by Xiaolong Zhu
Where My Friend Made A Painting (Portugal) by Pedro Florêncio