Youth Square held the first "CULTURE @MAZE Asian Youth Film Festival"

HONG KONG, Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Youth Square has been hosting different film appreciation events to share positive information with young people through film culture and art, including inspirational, cultural and artistic, environmental protection, and even life philosophy. This year, for the first time, culture @MAZE Asian Youth Film Festival will be held in Youth Square, which will select thirteen films from different parts of Asia to cultivate young people's interest and appreciation in film culture and art, and to promote cultural exchanges and awareness of Asian culture.

Youth Square CULTURE @MAZE Asian Youth Film Festival

Following the launching ceremony and press conference of the "CULTURE @MAZE Asian Youth Film Festival" held on the afternoon of November 23 this year, the wonderful programs of the Asian Youth Film Festival will continue to be held, and the Youth Square will hold a film screening, and thirteen exhibited works will be broadcast for six consecutive days from December 27 this year to January 1 next year. The thirteen exhibited works are from different countries and regions in Asia, including: Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, India and Israel.

CULTURE @MAZE Asian Youth Film Festival series, which includes filmmaker talks, film travel, and film screenings. On the night of the launching ceremony, Youth Square took the lead in holding a sharing meeting of "Filmmaker Dialogue", inviting Tang Xiaokang, director of the Malaysian film "Love Exists", and Leung Chi Keung, director of the Singapore film "Recruit 3: The Legend of the Frogman", to personally share with the young people the experience behind the filmmakers' starlight and inspire young people to stick to their dreams. Walk in HK led young people to visit different film locations in Hong Kong, from Chai Wan to The Sheung Wan area, to savor each film plot.

The thirteen films exhibited are as follows:

No.

Date of screening

Showtimes

Countries and regions

Movie

1

27. 12. 2016

14:00 - 15:50

Macau

That year, I was 17

2

18:00 - 19:35

Hong Kong

Point five steps

3

28. 12. 2016

19:00 - 20:49

Chinese mainland

July with Anson

4

29. 12. 2016

19:00 - 20:43

Taiwan

Six Lane Cafe

5

21:15 - 22:36

Malaysia

Love exists

6

30. 12. 2016

18:00 - 20:00

Spend a long time with Anthony

7

20:30 - 22:12

Japan

Fukushima Fuso Flower Girl

8

31. 12. 2016

14:00 - 16:33

India

PK from the stars

9

18:00 - 20:07

Korea

My big guy is a tenor

10

20:45 - 22:34

Thailand

From the diary of you

11

01. 01. 2017

14:00 - 16:15

Singapore

Recruits 3: Frogman

12

18:00 - 19:41

Israel

flood

13

20:15 - 22:08

Luckily it was me

Event Introduction:http://www.youthsquare.hk/chi/hot-news/203/

<b>New World Facilities Management Limited</b>

New World Facilities Management Limited, a member of New World Group (Hong Kong Stock Code: 00017), is a wholly-owned non-profit company with the mission of nurturing and developing the potential of young people, supporting youth to contribute to society, and is committed to developing Youth Square into a platform that encourages young people in Hong Kong to exchange knowledge and experience, cultivate leadership skills and enable young people to explore their potential.

<b>Youth Square</b>

Officially opened in 2010, Youth Square is a youth development project of the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. We are committed to uniting the strength of young people and bringing together youth development activities across Hong Kong, so that young people have the ideal venue to develop their potential and show their strengths. Facilities at Youth Square include the 643-seat Y Arena, the Y Theater, multi-purpose venues and the 148-room Y Hostel. Celebrating its 5th anniversary in 2015, Youth Square has hosted nearly 100 themed events around three themes – "Music and Dance", "Culture and Arts" and "Community Engagement", and co-organised over 6,500 youth events with other organisations, serving more than 1.5 million people, while Y Hostel has hosted more than 50,000 young people from more than 50 countries and regions to hong Kong. Youth Plaza in Chai Wan is operated and managed by New World Facilities Management Limited on a non-profit basis.

6G is an important guiding principle of Youth Square, including careful training, nurturing growth, giving full play to strengths, environmental protection, global vision and giving back to the community.

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