Nicholas Tse on 25 Years of Action Cinema

by fredambroisine | Aug 14, 2026 | Festivals, Interviews, Videos

In April 2024, I had the privilege of sitting down with Nicholas Tse during the Far East Film Festival in Udine, where he had travelled to present the festival’s closing film, Customs Frontline. And when I say he had just arrived in Udine, I mean it...

From Fight Back to School to Twins Effect – An Archive Interview with Dante Lam

by fredambroisine | Aug 14, 2026 | Interviews

I have had the opportunity to meet and interview Dante Lam several times since my first trip to Hong Kong in 2002. That year, I first crossed paths with him on the set of The Twins Effect — on a rather memorable night when Jackie Chan was filming his cameo and Donnie...

Through My Lens – Building a Photographic Archive of Cinema

by fredambroisine | Aug 14, 2026 | Festivals, Photography

Photography has always developed alongside my work as a journalist, interviewer and documentary filmmaker. I began taking photographs more seriously in the late 2000s, initially with an approach closer to reportage photography. From the early 2010s,...

Back to Hong Kong – Three Weeks of Filming, Research and Encounters

by fredambroisine | Aug 14, 2026 | Documentaries

Since I began working as a film journalist in 2002, Hong Kong has occupied a very special place in my professional life. I have travelled there many times over the years, initially to conduct interviews and cover the film industry, and later as a documentary...

Restoring “The Black Magic with Buddha” – A Unique Challenge

by fredambroisine | Aug 14, 2026 | Black Magic with Buddha

In 2023, I began working on what initially seemed like a relatively straightforward project: bringing back into circulation a largely forgotten Hong Kong film directed by and starring Lo Lieh, The Black Magic with Buddha (1983). It soon became...