Ann Hui, the Fukuoka Prize 2008 Grand Prize laureate and a pioneering Asian female film director, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).

The award honors Hui’s contribution to the Hong Kong New Wave movement. Ann Hui has been documenting powerful portrayals of ordinary lives in Hong Kong over five decades. Her films focused on the marginalised. Themes central to her work include ethnicity, gender discrimination, societal situation related to Hong Kong’s transition from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty, migration, and cultural alienation.

Congratulations ✨

We would like to express our sincere congratulations for this prestigious award and wish her the best in her endeavors.