38 Museum Drive, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Hours: Tuesday–Thursday and Saturday–Sunday 10am–6pm
Friday 10am–10pm
T 852 2200 0217
M+ Cinema strives for diverse viewing experiences that enrich audiences’ encounters with and appreciation of visual culture. For our 2024 summer edition, we proudly present “Unseen Bonds: Family Portraits” offering powerful and intimate perspectives on family through seven award-winning films, including Wang Bing’s Three Sisters (2012), Abbas Kiarostami’s Homework (1989), and Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (2012).
This edition’s “Afterimage” programme foregrounds experimental film portraits. Shirin Neshat’s Dreamers trilogy (2013–2016) navigates the artist’s own dreams. Wang Bing’s Man with No Name (2009) observes the life of a cave dweller in an unnamed, remote part of China, while Kelvin Kyung Kun Park’s documentary Army (2018) explores mandatory military service in Korea.
In dialogue with the M+ special exhibition I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture, we offer sci-fi classics RoboCop (1987) and Sleeper (1973), featuring iconic I.M. Pei buildings, while the documentary shorts The World of Dong Kingman (1954) and Andy Warhol: Made in China (1988) highlight the artistic influences of Henry Steiner, coinciding with the M+ exhibition Henry Steiner: The Art of Graphic Communication.
This edition’s “Makers and Making” programme includes Dunet Chan Sheung Shing’s Still Life (2024), exploring Hong Kong painter Yeung Tong Lung’s creative process, while “Rediscoveries” features master documentarian Kazuo Hara’s Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (1974), a searing portrait of his ex-wife's emancipated life.
This edition also celebrates the influential Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra with “Y.M.O.S.T.”, including three films featuring soundtracks by the band members—Go Takamine’s Okinawan classic Paradise View (1985), Nobuhiko Obayashi’s screwball comedy April Fish (1986), and the star-studded samurai thriller Gohatto (1999).
Continuing the musical theme is “Stair in the Dark” on the M+ Grand Stair, with Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989), Wim Wenders’s Buena Vista Social Club (1999), and Jingle Ma’s Para Para Sakura (2001).
