Kit Hung (aka Wing Kit Hung or Hung Wing Kit, , is an independent filmmaker from

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. His films have won several international awards. He is most notable for his film ''

Soundless Wind Chime ''Soundless Wind Chime'' () is a 2009 independent film directed by Hung Wing Kit (), starring Lu Yu Lai and Bernhard Bulling. It was a 2009 Nominee for the Berlin International Film Festival's Teddy Award. Plot ''Soundless Wind Chime'' cente ...

'' (2009), which has won several awards, and was distributed in

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, Hong Kong, North America,

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and the

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Education

Kit Hung studied film production in the

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and

. He attended the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the

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for his BA in Design (Combined Studies), 2001 and a M.F.A. in Studio (Film, Video and New Media, 2005 respectively.

Life and career

Hung's graduation film “ I Am Not What You Want (2001)” is significant in queer culture in Hong Kong as it challenges the

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of Hong Kong gay men and gives a different

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in Hong Kong. It was distributed both in Canada (V-Tape) and Hong Kong (

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). Competing with other commercial feature film DVDs, this 50mins, limited-budget, independent short film held 2nd place in the sales chart in

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, Hong Kong for 11 weeks. It was also used as a teaching material in universities in Hong Kong for cultural studies. Since 2001, Hung has been working in different film productions in China and Europe as an editor, continuity, assistant director and project manager. This includes Ho Yuk (''Let's Love Hong Kong'') directed by Yau Ching and the contract projects from

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. He was also teaching in the School of Creative Media in the

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. He is a lecturer in the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University since 2012. Hung joined Jiukaboom Multimedia Production Company in 2012 and is now the featured director and writer of the company. Hung's films are supported with grants from Hong Kong, the United States, Switzerland and France. He has also directed music videos for singers including

Chet Lam Chet Lam Yat Fung is a Hong Kong-based independent "city-folk" singer-songwriter. He is the elder brother of singer Eman Lam. Biography Lam was born at Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, He was live in public estate, He was studying in ...

(Hong Kong),

Eman Lam Eman Lam Yee-man (born 25 October 1982) is a Hong Kong singer and songwriter. Lam and Ellen Joyce Loo were part of the vocal duo at17. In contrast with Ellen Joyce Loo (who had been writing songs which incline more toward Cantopop), Lam's song ...

(Hong Kong), and Signorino TJ (Switzerland).

Personal life

Hung is openly gay and has stated that his 2009 film, ''

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Selected filmography

*In My Space of Loneliness (1999, 5 mins, Hong Kong) *Invisible People (2000, 35 mins, Hong Kong) * I Am Not What You Want (2001, 50 mins, Hong Kong) *Buffering… (2003, 38 mins, Hong Kong/Switzerland/Chicago) *

(2009, 100 mins, Hong Kong/Switzerland/China)

Selected awards and nominations

* Teddy Award Nominee - "Soundless Wind Chime", Berlin International Film Festival (2009) * Best New Director - "Soundless Wind Chime", Turin GLBT Int’l Film Festival, Italy (2009) * Best Feature Film - "Soundless Wind Chime", Montreal Int’l LGBT Film Fest, Canada (2009) * Special Jury Mention, Best Feature Film - "Soundless Wind Chime", Turin GLBT Int’l Film Festival, Italy (2009) * Best Int’l Feature - "Soundless Wind Chime", Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Canada (2009) * Best Director - "Soundless Wind Chime", Lesgaicinemad Madrid, Spain (2009) * Audience Award - "Soundless Wind Chime", Turin GLBT Int’l Film Festival, Italy (2009)

Other Chinese LGBT film directors

Simon Chung Simon Chung Tak-sing (), is a Hong Kong film director. His films include ''Innocent'', released in 2005, ''End of Love'' which premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009,Cui Zi'en Cui Zi'en (), born 1958, in Harbin in the People's Republic of China, is a film director, producer, film scholar, screenwriter, novelist and an outspoken LGBT activist based in Beijing. He graduated from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences wi ...

Stanley Kwan Stanley Kwan (traditional Chinese: 關錦鵬; simplified Chinese: 关锦鹏); born 9 October 1957) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Kwan landed a job at TVB after receiving a mass communications degree at Hong Kong Baptist College. ...

Quentin Lee Quentin Lee (; born 1971) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian-American film writer, director, and producer. He is most notable for the television series ''Comedy InvAsian'' and feature films ''The People I've Slept With'' (2009), '' Ethan Mao'' (2004), ...

Zihan Loo Loo Zihan (; born 11 November 1983) is a Singaporean actor, film director, artist and dancer. He was a part-time teacher at School of the Arts, Singapore, National Institute of Education (Singapore) and Nanyang Technological University. Professi ...

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Yonfan Yonfan (born 14 October 1947) is a Hong Kong film director and photographer. Biography He was born in Wuhan, Hubei, Republic of China. As the Yang family emigrated from mainland China, they lived first in Hong Kong for 3 years, and then moved to ...

Notes

External links

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Soundless Wind Chime
official site
Kit Hung
at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Invisible people
at

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Kit Hung at Jiukaboom Multimedia Production Company
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