Join us for a conversation with Lee Kang-sheng at Bush Auditorium, King's College London!

Lee Kang-sheng is best known and celebrated for his screen performances in all of Tsai Ming-liang’s feature films. Over the course of thirty years, Lee’s image, life, and career, have left a remarkable imprint in these works. Lee was nominated for a Golden Horse Best Actor Award in 1994 for Vive L’Amour and won it in 2013 for his performance in Stray Dogs. He also won the Best Actor Award at the 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival for his performance in What Time Is It There?

Besides acting, Lee also writes and directs his own films. His directorial debut, The Missing, won the KNF Award and the prestigious Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the New Currents Award at the Pusan International Film Festival, and the City of Athens Award at the Athens International Film Festival. His 2007 film Help Me Eros was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and won a special jury award at the World Film Festival of Bangkok.

Lee will join us at King’s College London to have a conversation with Dr Victor Fan, Reader in Film and Media Philosophy at the Department of Film Studies.

Dr Victor Fan is Reader in Film and Media Philosophy, King’s College London and a film festival consultant. He is the author of Cinema Approaching Reality: Locating Chinese Film Theory (University of Minnesota Press, 2015), Extraterritoriality: Locating Hong Kong Cinema and Media (Edinburg University Press, 2019), and Cinema Illuminating Reality: Media Philosophy through Buddhism (University of Minnesota Press, 2022).

This event is cohosted by the Department of Film Studies, King's College London and Garden Cinema.