Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai (Chinese: 周冠威; born 16 April 1979) is a Hong Kong filmmaker.
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Born | [1] | 16 April 1979
Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
Education | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Master of Film Production, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
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Occupation(s) | Director, producer, screenwriter |
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Since his graduation, Kiwi Chow has participated in different processes of film production, including as a continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director. Since 2005, he has been working as a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2013, his first feature-length film A Complicated Story had its world premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.[3] His most successful and well-known film Ten Years won the Best Film Award at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards.[4][5] He released his third feature-length film Beyond the Dream in 2020. It was among the top ten highest-grossing films in Hongkong that year.[6]
In 2021, Chow's new film Revolution of Our Times, a documentary about the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, was invited to be shown in the "Special Screening" section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[7][8][9] This film also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary in 2021.[10][11] However, the film is likely to be banned in Hongkong due to the new film censorship law passed in October 2021, which enables the Chief Secretary to revoke a film's license if it is found to "endorse, support, glorify, encourage and incite activities that might endanger national security".[12][13][14]