Call If You Need Me

Interview with James Lee, the director:

Q: This is not your first gangster film; you had done something like that before (Ah Beng Return). Please tell us if you have special interest in gangster film?

A: As a teenager I grew up watching a lot of American and HK gangster films, I think it's natural that most filmmakers come in contact with this genre in their early days because of the dark underdog subject matter and violence involving the characters. Also gangster genre sometimes do portray quite near accurate condition of the society.

Q: We also know that you had seen many gangster film. Which is your favorite and who is your favorite gangster film director?

A: Casino, Good fellas, Hanabi, Martin Scorcese & Takeshi Kitano

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The Jury and the winners of Asian Digital Award.

James Lee's Call if You Need Me won silver digital prize in the Asian Digital Competition at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival. There are eight digital feature films from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and South Korea this year. The jury is formed by famous filmmakers Fruit Chan, Xie Fei, and also the German film festival programmer Erika Gregor.

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