HAF selects 27 films for 2009 edition

January 05, 2009 Directors from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam will vie for the attention of financiers at the event's seventh edition, held March 23-25 during the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Tim Kwok, a HAF selection committee member and president of Convergence Entertainment, said that the projects chosen find "common ground between what is considered an art house film and a commercial one." There are four projects from Hong Kong this year, with entries from directors Barbara Wong Chun Chun ("Happy Funeral," 2008), Dante Lam ("Beast Stalker," 2008), Teddy Chen ("Accidental Spy," 2001) and actress-turned-director Charlie Young ("Bangkok Dangerous," 2008).

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