Garcia said he hoped to reach a wider, and especially younger, audience
through new technology. "People watch films in every format they can think of,
and we can use new technology to meet the audience, such as by streaming films,"
he said. Garcia homecoming he wanted to
develop the film literacy of younger viewers. "We are being bombarded by
Hollywood blockbusters, but it's important to keep the auteur and art films ...
keep the idea among the audience that cinema is a diversified culture."
While glitz and glamour have become an essential part of film festivals,
the Hong Kong event should also be about promoting local culture and talent,
Garcia said.
"The Hong Kong International Film Festival is an important part
of the Hong Kong cultural landscape," he said, agreeing it was important for the
West Kowloon Cultural District to devote areas to cinema such as the theatres
recently proposed in one of the conceptual plans for the hub.
Garcia said the plan reminded him of Southbank in London.
homecoming going to the theatre at Southbank
when he studied in England. "That was when I learnt about cinema as a student,"
he said. As the festival's executive director, Garcia said he planned to make
the case for a theatre in the Kowloon arts hub that was dedicated to a range of
film genres.
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