"The first time we staged a festival, the whole program was from Hong Kong, and we have invited many friends from the city here over the years," explains FEFF head Sabrina Baracetti. "We see ourselves as the place where the world gets its first look at what the city's filmmakers are producing, and this year's program from Hong Kong was exciting - as it always is."

The Making Waves lineup has been curated by Create Hong Kong in partnership with FEFF, with the support of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels as it marks the special administrative region's 25th anniversary. The 13 films selected for Udine spanned everything from the zany, high-camp action-fantasies of the 1990s, such as To's The Heroic Trio (1993) and Executioners (1993), to exciting new horrors, comedies, love stories, family dramas, and even a documentary.