Out of Thin Air: Hong Kong Film Arts & Costumes Exhibition

Thematic Galleries 1 & 2, 1/F
2023.5.3 – 2023.9.4

Jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Hong Kong Film Arts Association
Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Hong Kong Film Arts Association

Films are a major part of Hong Kong's popular culture. The Hong Kong films owe their success to the entire cast and crew's contribution in which the art and costume directors play an indispensable role.

This exhibition aims to document the development of film arts in Hong Kong and showcase the role and importance of art and costume design in film production. Through the display of iconic costumes, props, set designs, drawing manuscripts, paraphernalia, videos and reconstructed scenes of workshops, the exhibition will take visitors into the world behind the scenes for delving into the establishment of the Hong Kong film arts profession, and learning about the nature of the Hong Kong film culture, and the highly adaptable professionalism and creative inclusiveness of film industry workers.

This exhibition is one of the programmes of "Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2023".

Concept Video

Admission Fee

Standard (Adult)	Group (Group of 20 persons or more)	Concessionary #
$10	$7	$5

#Full-time students, people with disabilities and one accompanying carer, senior citizens aged 60 or above.
*Holders of valid Museum Pass enjoy unlimited free admission to the above Special Exhibition.

Tickets for the exhibition are available up to 7 days in advance at the Box Office of the Museum, all URBTIX outlets and self-service ticketing kiosks at other designated locations. Our Box Office will be closed 30 minutes before the Museum closes. For the locations of URBTIX outlets and self-service ticketing kiosks, please visit www.urbtix.hk.

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Special Programmes

Exhibit Highlights

Set design drawing album of Shaw Brothers Studio

Courtesy of Graphic Archive, Hong Kong Design Institute

Brigitte Lin's smuggler lady costume in Chungking Express (1994)

Production Designer: William Chang

Courtesy of Ms Tina Liu and Block 2 Distribution Limited

Special prop "Underwater Horse" in Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

Production Designer: Kenneth Mak
Special Effects Supervisor: Lee Kwan Lung

Courtesy of Mr Lee Kwan Lung / © Huayi Brothers Media Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Maggie Cheung's red period costume in Hero (2002)

300 Nursery Rhymes in Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Richard Ng Yiu Hon's Chinese vampire costume and Chinese luopan in Rigor Mortis (2013)

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