Beyond Frontman Doc ‘Because of You Ka Kui’ to Open U.K.’s Odyssey Film Festival, Lands Local Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)

SO BASICALLY SOMEONE HAD TO FLY ALL THE WAY TO LONDON JUST TO SHOOT AN INTERVIEW WITH FOUNDING MEMBER WILLIAM TANG AND IT TURNS OUT IT IS FOR THIS WHOLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WONG KA KUI CALLED BECAUSE OF YOU KA KUI DIRECTED BY ROSA PANG WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE NGO UK-CHINA FILM COLLAB JUST BOUGHT UK RIGHTS AND MADE IT OPEN THE SIXTH ODYSSEY FILM FESTIVAL AND THE THING IS THE FESTIVAL THEME IS FASHION SO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR HIU MAN CHAN IS OUT HERE CALLING BEYOND THE HONG KONG OASIS WHICH IS ALMOST RUDE TO BEYOND CONSIDERING HOW WONG SHAPED A GENERATION BEFORE HIS ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN 1993 AT AGE THIRTY-ONE AND SO NOW WE GET ALL THESE UNSEEN ARCHIVE TAPES IN CINEMAS AND ONLINE THROUGH OCTOBER TENTH. ANYWAY THAT IS THE STATE OF THINGS.

RIGHT I NEED THIRTY SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE OVER IN HONG KONG AT FILMART WHERE THE UK FILM PAVILION WAS BUSY TALKING DEALS BACK IN MARCH AND NOW NGO UK-CHINA FILM COLLAB SECURED THE UK RIGHTS TO OPEN THE ODYSSEY FILM FESTIVAL WITH THIS MASSIVE NEW DOCUMENTARY CALLED BECAUSE OF YOU KA KUI AND THE THING IS DIRECTOR ROSA PANG TEAMED UP WITH ORIGINAL MANAGER LESLIE CHAN AND FOUNDING MEMBER YIP SAI WING TO DIG UP NEVER-BEFORE-SHOWN ARCHIVES AND RARE CONCERT TAPES OF WONG KA KUI WHO SHAPED AN ENTIRE GENERATION BEFORE HIS ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN 1993 WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE FESTIVAL’S BIG THEME THIS YEAR IS LITERALLY FASHION AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR HIU MAN CHAN IS COMPARING THEIR IMPACT TO OASIS IN THE UK SO NOW THE WHOLE THING HITS CINEMAS AND ONLINE THROUGH OCTOBER TENTH. ANYWAY I WILL BE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS TOMORROW.

Rosa Pang's Wong Ka Kui documentary "Because of You Ka Kui" will open the U.K.'s sixth Odyssey Film Festival and has secured local distribution.

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