OVERHEARD 竊聽風雲 Preceded by Live Long and Prosper
OPENING NIGHT GALA \| WED NOV 11 \| 7:00 PM \| BLOOR CINEMA Dir. Alan Mak & Felix Chong, Hong Kong 2009, 99:00, 35 mm, Cantonese with English Subtitles, Rated: 14A, Canadian Premiere, Producers: Derek Yee & Henry Fong, Cast: Sean Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong, Zhang Jingchu, Michael Wong & Dominic Lam Kar-Wah.

From the creators of the renowned Infernal Affairs trilogy and the award-winning Protégé comes this highly anticipated nail-bitting cop drama. In this suspenseful action movie, personal privacy and responsible ethics are threatened by the use of new surveillance technologies in the name of law enforcement and financial security. Overheard centres on an investigation of insider trading in Hong Kong, led by Johnny Leung (Sean Lau Ching-Wan) at the Commercial Crime Intelligence Bureau. On the team are his long-time friend and former mentor, veteran sergeant Gene Yeung (Louis Koo), and Max Lam (Daniel Wu), an ambitious rookie. After tediously recording hours of mundane conversations, Yeung and Lam intercept crucial insider information. They then face a dilemma: Would they seize this chance to profit from it or would they prove themselves to be ethical cops? Would their boss suspect any wrongdoing or would he be too busy with his own personal problems? The battle between greed and morality is not as black-and-white as it seems, but decisions entail far-reaching, dire consequences. Set amid the roof tops of urban Hong Kong, Overheard interlaces high-tension drama with heart-stopping action sequences such as a car chase on the Ngong Shuen Chau Bridge, the second-longest suspension bridge in the world. Writer-director team Mak and Chong’s vivid depiction of corruption in the Hong Kong stock market is ultimately a cautionary tale of human weakness and greed resulting in a ripple effect of unimaginable magnitude that destroys many innocent lives. —Alice Shih and Heather Keung
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS: Alan Mak & Felix Chong wrote their first script together in 2002 for the box-office hit movie, Infernal Affairs, which soon became a popular trilogy. Their first collaboration won many awards Best Picture, Best Directors and Best Screenplay at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Since then, the directing duo has worked together on numerous blockbusters such as Initial D (2004), Moonlight in Tokyo (2005), and Confessions of Pain (2006).
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Chan and Lee kick off the festival with a playful mixed-media tribute to lessons learned from a generation of elderly Asian women in Toronto.

Serena Lee is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design and is pursuing a MFA at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Lesley Loksi Chan is a film and video artist in Hamilton. She graduated from York University’s film and video program and has degrees in anthropology and women’s studies. Chan was Reel Asian’s Canadian spotlight artist in 2007.

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