HONG KONG – Chinese drama "Ocean Flame" has been set as the opening film of Summer IFF, the commercially oriented spin-off from the Hong Kong Int'l Film Fest (Aug 9 – Sept 15, 2008.) 

         Mini-fest will present some 30 movies in two strands, 'Summer Pops,' and "Summer Classics.' While 'Classics' will pay tribute to Sweden's recently deceased Ingmar Bergman and Japan's Kon Ichikawa, 'Pops' is an assembly of commercially-oriented recent pics from Japan, Korea, France, India, and the U.S. plus a sprinkling of standouts from the Berlin and Cannes fests.

          "Flame," helmed by mainland Chinese director Liu Fendou preemed in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year. Pic is a literary adaptation of a novel by Wang Shuo about a reformed blackmailer who sets out to avenge the death of the woman who saved his soul.

           It is produced by actor Simon Yam and was previously presented at the 2006 edition of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). It stars Yam Liao Fan, Monica Mok, Hai Yi Tian and Lam Suet.

           Fest will unveil the rest of its line up late next week.

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