Hong Kong International Film Festival

Mar 16, 2009

As one of the oldest film festivals in Asia, with the first HKIFF held in the summer of 1977, the global reputation of the HKIFF was built on the pioneering work of programming Asian films and its retrospectives when Asian and Hong Kong cinema were not well known to...

Ella Koon: The First Asian GoDaddy Girl

Nov 16, 2008

Ella Koon (官恩娜) is a Cantopop singer, actress and model.  Born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, of Hakka descent, Ella was raised in Hong Kong, and went to the UK for high school.  Ella’s multilingual (Hakka, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, and French) and...

Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

Oct 16, 2008

Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (HKAFF香港亞洲電影節) is a film festival held annually in Hong Kong. Started in 2004 as an indie film festival, it has since grown into a large Asian film festival.  Since 2008, DotAsia has been supporting the festival official website —...

6th Floor Rear Flat: Happy Funeral (六樓后座2: 家屬謝禮)

Jun 16, 2008

6th Floor Rear Flat (六樓后座) is a 2003 Hong Kong film directed by Barbara Wong (黃真真).  In 2008, Barbara directed a sequel to the film, 6th Floor Rear Flat: Happy Funeral (六樓后座2: 家屬謝禮), starring a new generation of youngsters who take over the Rear Flat. The ensemble...

Golden Melody Awards: The Grammy Awards for Mandarin Pop

May 16, 2008

The Golden Melody Awards (金曲獎) is an annual Chinese music award founded in 1990 and is regarded as an equivalent to the Grammy Awards in Taiwan.  In 2008, DotAsia supported the awards and online voting at www.gma2008.asia.  Artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore,...

Kenny G Live in HK

May 16, 2008

Kenny G is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records.  In 2008 during his Asia tour stop in Hong Kong, DotAsia worked with the organizers to support his online presence at...