[2024.11.26] PETER CHAN WINS ASIAN WORLD FILM FESTIVAL SNOW LEOPARD AWARD

Peter Chan says in his speech that he wants to dedicate the award to his father, who passed away last year
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Director Peter Chan Ho Sun was awarded the "2024 Snow Leopard Award for Outstanding Film Achievement" at the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, USA. A six-minute video was screened before the awards, recalling the important moments of Chan Ho Sun in the film industry over the past 30 years. The award presenter Andrew Morgan and the emcee were also moved.

In his speech, Chan Ho Sun thanked his father Chan Tung Man for his cultivation. "In the 6-minute short film that just played, I saw that the past 30 years have passed in a flash. I want to thank film for everything it has brought me, and I am honored that the film festival has presented this award to me. Without the big screen, we wouldn't be able to tell those very personal stories and communicate with the audience. Yes, I've been jumping from one genre to another all my life; but at the heart of every work, it has to be very personal. I would like to dedicate this award to my father, who passed away last year; because he was the reason why I fell in love with cinema."

During the film festival, the event had a special screening of Chan Ho Sun's classic work COMRADES, ALMOST A LOVE STORY (TIM MUT MUT). After the screening, Chan Ho Sun revealed that when he was studying at UCLA. He decided to drop out of school to make movies, which gave birth to this widely popular movie. "If I finish my education and graduate, the appearance of COMRADES, ALMOST A LOVE STORY would be impossible. Life plans would never catch up with the changes, so I credit myself for not continuing my education and making this movie." He said that most of the audience were Gen Z. Many people watched this 28-year-old work for the first time, which made him feel very gratified, "I am so happy to see that they have a big reaction after watching the film, they even took turns to catch me and chat. The original half-hour activity turned into 3 hours. Getting to share with Gen Z their views of film, I feel that I understood more and was very satisfied. However my daughter usually shares a lot with me as well."