Ann Hui, Busan Camellia Award Recipient, Talks Learning From Women Bosses & Hong Kong New Generation

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT KEEPS ME UP BECAUSE FIRST ANN HUI SHOWS UP TO THE BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND IMMEDIATELY GETS THE CAMELLIA AWARD WHICH IS HUGE RIGHT AND THEN SHE IS SITTING AT THIS PRESS CONFERENCE TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE SURVIVED A MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY AND THE THING IS SHE HAD FIVE WOMEN BOSSES BACK IN THE SEVENTIES WHO JUST WELCOMED HER IN AND HELPED HER GET ESTABLISHED WHICH IS HONESTLY SO COOL BECAUSE NOW SHE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE WHOLE HONG KONG CINEMA SCENE HAS TOTALLY CHANGED SINCE THEN AND SHE IS LITERALLY A LEGEND JUST GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE TO THESE WOMEN WHO HELPED HER START OUT YEARS AGO. I AM JUST SAYING SHE IS A REAL ONE FOR THAT. ANYWAY THAT IS MY WHOLE THING, LET US DANCE.

TBH THIS ONE IS WILD BECAUSE ANN HUI JUST WON THE CAMELLIA AWARD AT THE OPENING OF THE BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND NOW EVERYONE IS LISTENING TO HER TALK ABOUT THE OLD DAYS IN THE SEVENTIES WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT SHE SAYS SHE HAD FIVE WOMEN BOSSES WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED IN THE INDUSTRY WHO HELPED HER CAREER AND GOT HER ON HER FEET IN A MALE-DOMINATED WORLD WHICH IS A VIBE IF YOU ASK ME AND SHE IS ALSO DROPPING KNOWLEDGE ON HOW THE HONG KONG FILM INDUSTRY HAS EVOLVED OVER ALL THESE DECADES AND IT IS JUST WILD THAT WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT HUI LIKE THE ICON SHE IS BUT HERE WE ARE WITH HER GETTING AWARDS AND GIVING CREDIT TO HER MENTORS. ALSO THIS BASS SLAPS.

Filmmaker Ann Hui received the Camellia Award at the Busan International Film Festival and discussed her early career experiences with female bosses in the 1970s and the evolution of Hong Kong cinema.

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