# Kiwi Chow
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{{Short description|Hong Kong film director (born 1979)}}
{{family name hatnote|lang=Hong Kong|[Chow](/source/Chow_(surname))|Kiwi Chow|Chow Kwun-wai}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kiwi Chow
| image = Kiwi Chow in 2023.jpg
| caption = Chow in 2023
| native_name = {{no bold|周冠威}}
| native_name_lang = zh-hk
| birth_date = {{birth date|1979|4|16|df=y}}[{{Cite web|title=香港電影導演大全 1979-2013|url=http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/1979-2013/director.php?n=%E5%91%A8%E5%86%A0%E5%A8%81|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.hkfilmdirectors.com}}]
| birth_place = [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong)
| other_names =
| nationality =
| education = Bachelor of Fine Arts, [Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts](/source/Hong_Kong_Academy_for_Performing_Arts)
Master of Film Production, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Ancestral hometown: Dongguan city, Guangdong province
| occupation = Director, producer, screenwriter
| notable_works = {{hlist|''[Beyond the Dream](/source/Beyond_the_Dream)''|''[Ten Years](/source/Ten_Years_(2015_film))''[{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ten-years-director-kiwi-chow-grief-stricken-by-death-hong-kong-protestor-1218772/|title='Ten Years' Director Kiwi Chow "Grief-Stricken" by Death of Hong Kong Protester|first=Karen|last=Chu|website=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |date=June 17, 2019}}]|''[Revolution of Our Times](/source/Revolution_of_Our_Times)''}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai
| c = 周冠威
| j = zau1 gun3 wai1
| p = Zhōu Guànwēi
}}
'''Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai''' ({{zh|t=周冠威}}; born 16 April 1979) is a [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) filmmaker.
== Career ==
Since his graduation, Kiwi Chow has participated in different processes of film production, including as a continuity supervisor, editor, and assistant director. Since 2005, he has been working as a guest lecturer at the [Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts](/source/Hong_Kong_Academy_for_Performing_Arts). In 2013, his first feature-length film ''[A Complicated Story](/source/A_Complicated_Story)'' had its world premiere at the [Hong Kong International Film Festival](/source/Hong_Kong_International_Film_Festival).[{{Cite web|title=周冠威|CHOW Kiwi|url=http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/1979-2013/director.php?n=周冠威|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920201728/http://www.hkfilmdirectors.com/1979-2013/director.php?n=%E5%91%A8%E5%86%A0%E5%A8%81|archive-date=2020-09-20|access-date=2021-07-18|work=香港電影導演大全|language=zh-HK|url-status=live }}] His most successful and well-known film ''[Ten Years](/source/Ten_Years_(2015_film))'' won the Best Film Award at the [35th Hong Kong Film Awards](/source/35th_Hong_Kong_Film_Awards).[{{Cite web|date=2016-04-03|title=Ten Years wins Best Film: 35th annual Hong Kong Film Awards winners|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1933179/ten-years-wins-best-film-35th-annual-hong-kong|access-date=2021-12-12|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}][{{Cite web|date=2016-04-03|title=Dystopian box office hit Ten Years wins 'best film' at 2016 HK Film Awards, as news of win is censored in China|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2016/04/03/dystopian-box-office-hit-ten-years-wins-best-movie-at-2016-hong-kong-film-awards/|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB}}] He released his third feature-length film ''[Beyond the Dream](/source/Beyond_the_Dream)'' in 2020. It was among the top ten highest-grossing films in Hongkong that year.[{{Cite web|author=Patrick Frater|date=2021-01-04|title=Hong Kong Box Office Became More Diverse as Releases Slumped in 2020|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/hong-kong-box-office-more-diverse-in-virus-year-1234878121|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723220145/https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/hong-kong-box-office-more-diverse-in-virus-year-1234878121/|archive-date=2021-07-23|access-date=2021-01-04|work=[綜藝雜誌](/source/%E7%B6%9C%E8%97%9D_(%E9%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C))|language=en|url-status=live }}]
In 2021, Chow's new film ''[Revolution of Our Times](/source/Revolution_of_Our_Times_(Documentary))'', a documentary about the [2019–2020 Hong Kong protests](/source/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests), was invited to be shown in the "Special Screening" section of the [2021 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2021_Cannes_Film_Festival).[{{Cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2021-07-15|title=Cannes Takes Diplomatic Gamble, Gives Late Festival Slot to 'Revolution of Our Times' Hong Kong Protest Feature|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/cannes-festival-hong-kong-protest-film-revolution-of-our-times-1235018909/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Variety|language=en-US}}][{{Cite web|date=2021-07-15|title=Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210715-hong-kong-protest-documentary-gets-late-cannes-slot|access-date=2021-07-16|website=France 24|language=en}}][{{Cite news|title=The film-maker taking Hong Kong's protests to Cannes|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-58196411|access-date=2021-12-12}}] This film also won the [Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary in 2021](/source/Golden_Horse_Award_for_Best_Documentary).[{{cite news|date=29 November 2021|title=HK documentary takes emotional win|work=Taipei Times|url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/11/29/2003768705|access-date=29 November 2021}}][{{cite news|last1=Chiang|first1=Yi-ching|last2=Yen|first2=William|date=27 November 2021|title=Golden Horse Awards: Director hopes documentary can provide solace to Hong Kongers|agency=Central News Agency|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202111270012|access-date=29 November 2021}}]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=6257847|name=Kiwi Chow}}
* {{Hkmdb name|49171}}
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Category:Living people
Category:Hong Kong film directors
Category:Hong Kong male screenwriters
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