"I'm much honored to have been involved
in the festival, I really like the atmosphere and the independent film culture
in Italy. It was also surprising to know that there are quite a lot of Italian
audience that are familiar with Asian films. I even got to know some Italian
die-hard fans towards Hong Kong films, which was very interesting. I met
some Italian reporters, the organizers of this festival and also some of the
Hong Kong directors who have their films screened. It was enriching and I got to
learn about the passion of Italian people towards films. "





— Shared by Cheung Yin-kei, director
of Life on the Line after attending
the Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, under the sponsorship of NAE.

"I'm really grateful to have NAE sponsoring my trip
to Five Flavours Film Festival. Not only I could take part in the festival
screening, I also got to know more about the Polish culture, and had exchange
with filmmakers around the world. I can also tell the passion of Polish people
for independent film by the massive crowded in the late night screening and the
deep questions they asked. Moreover, I bumped into
Roger Lee, who produced a lot of Ann Hui’s movies, and also some other
filmmakers from countries like Japan and Bhutan. Through their sharing, I am
able to know more about their culture in producing film. I'm happy that
I got this chance from Freshwave, also got the funding from NAE to support me
going to this trip. "





— Shared by Cheung Yin-kei, director
of Life on the Line after attending
the Five Flavours Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland under the sponsorship of NAE.