MIFF 1991

Tait Brady
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Festival Program
104 feature films and 170 short films were screened from 7 June to 22 June
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Program in Focus
The 1991 MIFF featured documentaries, retrospectives, super 8 films, short films and two features from the Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati, as well as films from Hong Kong including the work of John Woo, Ching Siu-Tung, Fok Yiu-Leung and Jackie Chan's Mr Canton and Lady Rose.

Country in Focus
Hong Kong 
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Filmmaker in Focus
Pupi Avati. A selection of the filmmaker's work was screened.
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Opening Night Film
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
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From the Festival Files

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