Hong Kong Film Festival UK Closes Out Its Biggest Edition Yet
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Hong Kong Film Festival UK Closes Out Its Biggest Edition Yet
Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October 2026 - a Prince Charles Cinema double bill, HKFF UK's final weekend, and a sold-out close to ten days of cinema
This is the weekend Hong Kong Film Festival UK wraps its fourth edition - ten days, 40 titles, 17 UK premieres, across 11 venues - and it's closing on a high. Prince Charles Cinema has its own weekend to offer too, with a Friday double bill spanning two very different corners of East Asian art cinema.
Here's everything on, day by day.
Friday 2 October
A Prince Charles Cinema double bill
Edward Yang / Nagisa Oshima - Prince Charles Cinema, London
Prince Charles Cinema pairs two landmark films on Friday. At 2:45pm, Edward Yang's YI YI (2000) - a three-hour Taiwanese family saga following three generations of the same household through a summer of births, weddings and quiet reckonings. Widely considered one of the greatest films of its decade, and rarely screened on the big screen in the UK.
YI YI, directed by Edward Yang - Prince Charles Cinema, Friday, 2:45pm
Then at 8:30pm, on 35mm: IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (1976), Nagisa Oshima's notorious and still-boundary-pushing drama, based on a true story from 1930s Japan. One of the most discussed and censored films in cinema history, and a genuine rarity to catch on film rather than streaming.
Saturday 3 October
HKFF UK's biggest remaining day
Hong Kong Film Festival UK - ICA + Ritzy Picturehouse, London
Saturday is a packed one for the festival. At 1:15pm, the ICA hosts I AM FINE, THANK YOU followed by a panel discussion in partnership with Amnesty International UK. At 2pm, THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY gets its UK premiere at Ritzy Picturehouse, part of the festival's Repositioning (in) Hong Kong Cinema strand. And at 6:30pm, the ICA closes out the day with REMANENCE: THE (UN)ERASABLE - a moving-image work paired with a live lecture performance, part of the Experimental & Expanded programme.
Three very different ways into the same festival, all in one day - a documentary with a human-rights conversation attached, a UK premiere, and a genuinely experimental closing piece.
Sunday 4 October
The festival closes
Patrick Tam, dir. - Theatreship, London - HKFF UK's closing night
Hong Kong Film Festival UK closes its fourth edition with a 2K restoration of MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE (1989) at Theatreship - Patrick Tam's romantic action classic, shot by the legendary Christopher Doyle and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Joey Wong. It's already sold out, which says a lot about how this edition has landed with audiences.
MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE, directed by Patrick Tam - Theatreship, Sunday, festival closer (sold out)
Ten days, 40 titles, 11 venues, and a closing night that's been snapped up well in advance. If you missed a ticket, it's worth keeping an eye on hkff.uk in case any seats free up.
Looking Further Ahead
Two more dates worth putting in the diary. Later this month, keep an eye out for a screening of KUNG FU HUSTLE at Kung Fu Cinema - we're proud to be supporting that one, with more details to follow.
And on Sunday 11th October, Prince Charles Cinema hosts a double bill of IDOLS and PERFECT BLUE. IDOLS is a Korean psychological thriller inspired directly by Satoshi Kon's PERFECT BLUE, a Fantasia 2026 Official Selection written and directed by Matt Halsall and produced by Pierce Conran - both long-time friends and supporters of Terracotta Distribution.
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