The inaugural local film festival, named after the new chain that celebrates arthouse cinema in Hong Kong, Movie Movie Film Festival will open with documentary I Am Martin Parr, about the iconic British photojournalist.
Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives. Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip across England with the uncompromising Parr, whose subjects, frames and colours have revolutionised contemporary photography.
One of the most controversial photographers of his time, Martin Parr’s images often have the power to both amuse and leave us ever so slightly uncomfortable, caught between laughter and the uneasy recognition of ourselves in his uncompromising portrait of consumer society.
Though he’s now celebrated, collected and exhibited worldwide, Parr’s early work did not find an easy public and was highly criticized for trivializing the working class. Yet, in retrospect, perhaps he was just observing what we often overlook – forcing it into the spotlight as an essential topic of discussion. I Am Martin Parr is the definitive portrait of an extraordinary photographer who revolutionized contemporary photography by inventing a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.
Lee Shulman is the founder and creative director of The Anonymous Project. He is a graduate of the University of Westminster with a BA (Hons) in film and photography. For the last two decades he has worked as an award-winning film maker both in the UK and France. He is also an avid art collector and very active in the international arts community.
Movie Movie Life is Art 2025 will take place between 6-29 June.
Focusing on art as the main theme, the programme also includes:
The Trouble with Mr Doodle
Playing the Orchestra
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
The Visit: Art School Musical 2.0,
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
Michelangelo: Love and Death.
A coincidence, we also met the legend Martin last year in Bristol and had the privilege to visit his Foundation.
