‘Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2026: Hong Kong Film Archive Stories: Treasure Hunting for 25 Years’ Exhibition: Free Screenings of Restored Treasures
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3 June 2026 – 29 March 2027
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Screening Schedule
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Theatre, 1/F
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Free admission. Audiences will be admitted 15 minutes before the programme commences. Limited seats on a first-come, first-served basis.
Since its establishment, the Hong Kong Film Archive has restored a great number of Hong Kong film classics. For its 25th anniversary, we are screening eight restored treasures under four themes: 'Martial Arts Legacies', 'Glorious Musicals', 'Returning to the New Wave', and 'Essence of Cantonese Films'. Screened free of charge, this programme is unmissable for fans of Hong Kong cinema.
Pre-screening talks will be available for the following films :
Pre-screening talks for The Secret (Restored Version) and Butterfly and Red Pear Blossom (Restored Version) by Ms. May Ng, Assistant Curator I (Programming) of Hong Kong Film Archive.
Pre-screening talks for Father and Son (4K Digitally Restored Version) and Feast of a Rich Family (1959) (4K Digitally Restored Version) by Ms. Grace Ng, Film Critic.
Please click here for the screening details.
Image 1. Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (4K Digitally Restored Version)
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Image 2. The Valiant Ones (4K Digitally Restored Version) - Courtesy of King Hu Foundation USA
Image 3. Colourful Youth (Digitally Restored Version) - The Archive is grateful to Chi Leun Film Company Ltd. for authorising the print to be shipped to Italy for digital restoration. This current, most complete version is reconstructed based on information our researchers garnered from newspapers and special publications.
Image 4. The Wild, Wild Rose (4K Restored Version) - Courtesy of Cathay-Keris Films Pte Ltd
Image 5. The Secret (Restored Version) - Courtesy of Hong Kong Film Services
Image 6. Father and Son (4K Digitally Restored Version) - Courtesy of Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd.
Image 7. Feast of a Rich Family (1959) (4K Digitally Restored Version) - Courtesy of South China Film Industry Workers Union
Image 8. Butterfly and Red Pear Blossom (Restored Version) - Courtesy of Dr. Hoover Yin Ho-fai
