Chinese film stars including Jackie Chan, Xu Jinglei, Zhang Jingchu and Fan Bingbing promoted the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival at a press conference on February 26, 2009. Organizers announced that the 33rd annual festival will open on March 22 with two Hong Kong-made films, namely, Derek Yee's "Shinjuku Incident" and Ann Hui's "Night and Fog". Mainland director Jia Zhangke's Golden Palm-nominated film "24 City" will close the festival on April 13. Action thriller "The Sniper", starring the nude photo scandal obsessed star Edison Chen, will be among the 250-strong films to be screened during the festival. [Photo: yule.sohu.com]
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