[2022.07.19] STEPHEN FUNG WILL WORK ON A HONG KONG FILM AT THE END OF THE YEAR

Guest presenters Derek Tsang and Stephen Fung had fun at the expense of Eric Tsang 

Karena Lam says that she is so bad at finances that her husband and their daughters are better at it than her
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Stephen Fung Tak Lun just returned from the U.S. to be the guest presenter at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards two nights ago. He and Derek Tsang Kwok Cheung presented Best New Director and Best Cinematography awards.

Stephen has always been very supportive of the Hong Kong Film Awards. This year he even flew back from the U.S. to attend. Two days ago he completed his quarantine and two nights ago attended the event. He said, "I am very honored, Hong Kong film is an important Hong Kong cultural heritage, so I am very supportive."

As for the current Hong Kong film productions, Stephen felt that now is the age when creative comes before production. He said, "The market faces a lot of difficulties now. I believe creativity is greater than production, as no genre or actor could guarantee success. So we should make more attempts with subjects." With all the new comers now, Stephen said that he just got back to Hong Kong and would take the chance to pay more attention to them. "I just got back to Hong Kong, I need a tutorial first."

His film work schedule has been jam packed. Stephen said, "At the end of the year I would work on a Hong Kong film, next year I would direct one. Aside from Hong Kong films I am preparing for a U.S. series, which may start production at the end of next year."

Fung Tak Lun and Derek Tsang Kwok Cheung presented "Best New Director" and "Best Cinematography". They showed their humorous sides. Tsang Kwok Cheung said that he was two sized larger after getting married and asked how Fung Tak Lun stayed so it? He said, "Is it because your Pa (Eric Tsang Chi Wai)'s gene is too strong?" Tsang Kwok Cheung seriously said, "I think it is, actually getting taller was already quite a feat." Fung Tak Lun followed, "Tonight the broadcast is on ViuTV, should we not talk about your Pa?" Tsang Kwok Cheung said, "It doesn't matter, you can say anything on ViuTV!"

Karena Lam Ka Yan yesterday attended an event at Central. her Taiwan film AMERICAN GIRL won the Hong Kong Film Award Best Asian Chinese Language Film. Lam Ka Yan said that she went to bed very early two nights ago so he missed the Hong Kong Film Awards. Yesterday morning when she got the good news she was very happy and happy for the director and team. She said, "I worked on this film in 2020. At the time everyone didn't know much about the pandemic. With so many unknowns, I felt it might be my final film. With that state of mind, I put everything into the performance in every scene."