Macao is getting ready to host its first ever International Film Festival, which will take place between December 8th-13th.
Spanning six consecutive days, the event will showcase the best of Asian and international cinema with a programme of film premieres and screenings for both Asian and Western film, red-carpet presentations, industry events, master classes and an awards ceremony.
A partnership with the British Film Institute will see young film makers from Macao making a short film that will premiere during the festival. Kicking off with a screening of the French film “Polina, danser sa vie”, the International Film Festival and Awards Macao will screen a total of 50 films from over 20 countries, including nine from the UK.
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Spanning six consecutive days, the event will showcase the best of Asian and international cinema with a programme of film premieres and screenings for both Asian and Western film, red-carpet presentations, industry events, master classes and an awards ceremony.
A partnership with the British Film Institute will see young film makers from Macao making a short film that will premiere during the festival. Kicking off with a screening of the French film “Polina, danser sa vie”, the International Film Festival and Awards Macao will screen a total of 50 films from over 20 countries, including nine from the UK.
The Chinese people have stood up and they’re off to Macau. Chairman Mao (who coined the first half of that sentence) must be spinning faster than a roulette wheel in his crystal coffin. Mainlanders can’t get enough of this once Portuguese-administered backwater-turned-gambling-megaresort.
- learn the local history at the Macau Museum
- take the cable car to handsome Guia Fort and its gorgeous chapel
- sample Macau’s unique cuisine at Alfonso III
Coverage includes: Macau Peninsula, The Islands, Taipa, and Coloane.
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