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Theme of 2023: #globalsustainability


In its 3rd edition (26 May - 30 June), UK based independent film festival Odyssey: a Chinese cinema season celebrates “Global Sustainability” as its main theme this year.

Responding to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the festival programme will include 5 main strands comprising both online & offline screenings.

They include:

“JOURNEY”, “EQUALITY”, “BIODIVERSITY”, “ENVIRONMENT” and “URBAN DEVELOPMENT”.

60+ films, masterclasses, 10 discussion panels and exclusive Q&As. Odyssey is the biggest annual hybrid film festival in the UK, bridging curious audience with Greater China and overseas Chinese communities.

Cinema is where we connect.

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Odyssey 2023 Opening Sponsor

Hong Kong ETO (London)

Filmmakers in Focus at The Prince Charles Cinema

Stephen Chow in Focus
Josie Ho in Focus

Online Screening: Josie Ho in focus

Full Strike
1h 48m Drama, Comedy 2003
Dream Home
1h 36m Drama, Horror 2010
Butterfly
2h 9m Drama 2004

Cinema Partners & Cities

London: The Prince Charles Cinema (27 May - 22 June)
Liverpool: Picturehouse at FACT (2-4 June)
Glasgow: GFT (8 & 11 June)
Cambridge: Arts Picturehouse (12, 13, 13 June)
Bradford: National Science and Media Museum (16 June)
St Ives: Royal Cinema (23 June)

Online Screening: Journey

The Crossing
1h 39m Crime, Drama 2018
On My Way
30m Drama 2021
Photo Studio on the Corner
12m Fantasy, Drama 2022
Far Away
19m Documentary 2019
Harmony
10m Documentary, Short 2016
Song of Rice
21m Documentary, short 2022
Forest of Steles Dream
11m Documentary, Short 2022
Wild Rose on the Road
1h 34m Documentary 2022

Online Screening: Equality

The Sparring Partner
2h 18m Drama, Crime 2022
Happily Ever After
30m Drama 2022
The Helper
1h 35m Documentary 2017
Lesser Fullness of Grain
32m Drama 2022
Is There a Pine on the Mountain
39m Documentary, Experimental 2022
The Trail from Xinjiang
36m Documentary 2013
Danzhou Fisherwoman
26m Documentary, Short 2022
He Vanished in 1946
30m Documentary, Student 2022
A Prayer in Spring
24m Student, Short 2021
Touch of Hope
14m Documentary, Short 2021

Online Screening: Urban Development

Pundusina
10m Animation 2018
Rain, Tear and Sweat
15m Animation 2022
The Ravishing Astonishing Great Magician
14m Experimental 2022
Human Nature
11m Documentary, Short 2015
Bathing Aid
23m Drama 2022
Yesterday
8m Documentary, Short 2022

Online Screening: Environment

reFashioned
1h 23m Documentary 2021
Whispers from mountain tops (8 episodes)
50m Documentary 2023
Kula Rivo Life
26m Documentary 2021
Altay Skiing Adventure
28m Documentary 2017
Ode to the Spring
1h 55m Drama 2022

Online Screening: Biodiversity

Searching for the Coral Paradise
39m Documentary 2021
Earthworm
14m Documentary 2023
A Journey to Rice
13m Documentary, Short 2022
Secret Worlds of Wanglang
16m Documentary 2020
The Fox and the Hunters 2K
18m Animation 1978
Panda’s Department Store 2K
16m Animation 1979
Picking up the Moon 2K
11m Animation 1981
The Snipe and the Calm 2K
10m Animation 1983
Pigsy Eats Watermelon 2K
20m Animation 1958

Odyssey 2023: Sustainable Corporate Culture Film Award Winners

Sustained Passion, Shared Health
5m Corporate Film 2022
We Share
5m Corporate Film 2023
My Village, My Hometown
6m Corporate Film 2023
Pan-Asia-Pacific High-speed Network Development
5m Corporate Film 2023
GAC Group: Coordinate Green Open Sharing
3m Coroporate Film 2023
Kung Fu Dream in the Slum
15m Social Enterprise Film 2023
The City's Lamplighter Underground
5m Corporate Film 2014
Transforming Our World
2m Corporate Film 2022
The Unique city of Baijiu
10m Corporate Film 2023

Partner: Kendal Mountain Festival China

Searching for the Coral Paradise
39m Documentary 2021
Secret Worlds of Wanglang
16m Documentary 2020
Altay Skiing Adventure
28m Documentary 2017
Kula Rivo Life
26m Documentary 2021
Whispers from mountain tops (8 episodes)
50m Documentary 2023

Partner: Trinity CineAsia

Ode to the Spring
1h 55m Drama 2022
The Crossing
1h 39m Crime, Drama 2018

Partner: Cathay Play

Pundusina
10m Animation 2018
Wild Rose on the Road
1h 34m Documentary 2022
The Trail from Xinjiang
36m Documentary 2013

Partner: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Happily Ever After
30m Drama 2022
On My Way
30m Drama 2021

Partner: Looking China

Human Nature
11m Documentary, Short 2015
Touch of Hope
14m Documentary, Short 2021
Harmony
10m Documentary, Short 2016
A Journey to Rice
13m Documentary, Short 2022
Forest of Steles Dream
11m Documentary, Short 2022
Song of Rice
21m Documentary, short 2022

Partner: Cheeky Monkey Productions

The Helper
1h 35m Documentary 2017
reFashioned
1h 23m Documentary 2021