Hong Kong’s Summer International Film Festival 2025: 10 must-see movies and programmes
From It Was Just an Accident to Eddington, here are 10 highlights to catch at the Summer International Film Festival, from August 13 to 25
Every summer, the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) stages Summer IFF, a mini showcase that presents a crowd-pleasing smorgasbord of brand new festival delights, future cult favourites and restored classics from around the world.
This year’s line-up includes a number of highlights from the latest Berlin and Cannes film festivals, including It Was Just an Accident, the Palme d’Or winner from controversial Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi.
The programme also includes documentary, animation and short-film sections, while a mouth-watering selection of remastered classics is not to be overlooked.
Oscar winners One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and Amadeus (1984), both directed by Milos Forman, are back on screens, as are a pair of Latin American favourites, Amores Perros (2000) and The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
Forgotten Iranian drama Downpour (1972) from Bahram Beyzaie is given a new lease of life, while the Maurice Chevalier musicals One Hour With You and Love Me Tonight, both from 1932, look and sound better than ever.
Below are 10 highlights not to be missed from this year’s summer festival.