Date: 1 – 12 April 2026
Venue: Various Cinemas
For the full programme, please click here.
Tickets available from 20 March 10am onwards at Urbtix.
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The largest film festival in Hong Kong in back this year for its 50th edition from 1st to 12th April! This year marks the Golden Jubilee edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, with Angela Yuen and Tony Wu as ambassadors.
Returning as festival ambassador for a second consecutive term, Angela Yuen gained nominations for Best Actress at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards for her performance in The Narrow Road (2022). Joining her as an ambassador for the first time, Tony Wu was named Best New Performer at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in Weeds on Fire (2016).
The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong is excited to support the festival and presents a selection of Italian films and co-productions in celebration of the Golden Jubilee milestone for one of Asia’s longest-standing international film festivals.
Italian films
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti, Orlando Cinque, Massimo Venturiello
Italy / 2025 / Italian / 133 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
3 April (FRI) 5:00pm Emperor Cinemas Times Square
10 April (FRI) 9:15pm Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Cast: Luigi Vannucchi, Dominique Darel, Rita Calderoni
Italy / 1974 / Italian, English / 125 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
3 April (FRI) 8:00pm Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
5 April (SUN) 2:45pm Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Italy / 2025 / Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Neapolitan, English / 115 minutes / DCP / B&W
Screenings:
1 April (WED) 9:45pm GALA CINEMA
5 April (SUN) 5:00pm Emperor Cinemas Times Square
Co-production
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny
USA, Italy / 2025 / English / 139 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
5 April (SUN) 9:00pm Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre
11 April (SAT) 7:30pm Emperor Cinemas iSQUARE
Director: Pietro Marcello
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fanni Wrochna, Noémie Merlant, Fausto Russo Alesi
Italy / 2025 / Italian / 123 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
1 April (WED) 9:30pm Emperor Cinemas Times Square
5 April (SUN) 2:15pm Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Julio Peña, Alessandro Borghi, Miguel Rellán
Spain, Italy / 2025 / Spanish, Arabic / 134 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
5 April (SUN) 7:00pm Emperor Cinemas iSQUARE
9 April (THU) 9:30pm Emperor Cinemas iSQUARE
Director: Ali Asgari
Cast: Bahram Ark, Sadaf Asgari, Hossein Soleimani, Bahman Ark
Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey / 2025 / Persian, Azerbaijani / 98 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
4 April (SAT) 12:30pm PREMIERE Elements
7 April (TUE) 5:00pm Emperor Cinemas Times Square
Director: Isabel Coizet
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Elio Germano, Silvia D’Amico
Italy, Spain / 2025 / Italian / 120 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
5 April (SUN) 2:30pm Emperor Cinemas Times Square
7 April (TUE) 7:00pm Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Cast: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell
France, Italy / 2010 / French / 106 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screening:
11 April (SAT) 8:45pm East Kowloon Cultural Centre The Hall
Director: Giovanni Columbu
Voice Cast: Bruno Sedda, Andrea Sedda, Simonetta Columbu
Italy, Germany / 2024 / Sardinian / 70 minutes / DCP / B&W
Screenings:
2 April (WED) 2:30pm GALA CINEMA
6 April (MON) 5:00pm GALA CINEMA
Director: Morteza Ahmadvand & Firouzeh Khosrovani
Iran, Norway, Italy / 2025 / Persian / 76 minutes / DCP / Colour
Screenings:
9 April (THU) 10:00pm Emperor Cinemas Times Square
11 April (SAT) 2:45pm Emperor Cinemas Times Square