Fung Ka-ming

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Fung.
Fung Ka-ming
馮家明
Born
Fung Ka-ming

1972 (age 53–54)
Hong Kong
Education
OccupationFilm critic
Years active1993–present

Fung Ka-ming (Chinese: 馮家明; born 1972), also known by his pen name Ka Ming (家明),[1] is a Hong Kong film critic. He currently contributes reviews to Ming Pao and is a senior lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Early life and education

Fung was born in 1972,[2] and grew up at Tung Tau Estate, San Po Kong, where his parents often took him and his younger brother to watch movies at the nearby Palace Theatre.[3] He moved to Tsuen Wan in the 1980s,[4] and attended secondary school at Cheung Shan Estate.[5] During his time in secondary school, he started purchasing City Entertainment Magazine in 1987, enjoying the film reviews and columns, with particular favorites among the reviewers being Li Cheuk-to, Shu Kei, Law Kar, and Wong Ain-ling.[5] He went on to study arts at New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong,[6] and he described himself as frequently skipping classes to "spend more time watching films at the library of United College", where his peers jokingly called him "more like a film major".[3]

In his sophomore year, he submitted a film review of the American film Boxing Helena to Youth's Weekly, which led to a weekly column where he published reviews of two to three thousand words under the pen name "Ka Ming" (Chinese: 家明).[3][5] He later divided the column into two sections: the first half focused on reviews and the second half covered gossip in the film industry.[5] He graduated in 1995 and began his career as a film educator for Broadway Cinematheque, Fringe Club, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2001.[6]

Career

Fung started writing his film review column for Ming Pao in 2007.[5] In 2010, he served as the editor for a collection of film reviews published by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society titled The Bygone Passion: Hong Kong Cinema in the 1980s,[7] which Leong Kam-sang of Macao Daily News praised for its "authentic revisit of the passion in 1980s [Hong Kong] cinema".[8] He also worked as an independent reviewer for RTHK, overseeing television series for a few years after the introduction of external reviewers in 2011.[9]

In 2019, Fung published his first collection of film reviews, Beyond Sight and Sound: Reflections on Hong Kong and Chinese-language cinema, compiling his reviews after 2007.[5] Dennis Chan of The Reporter found Fung's reviews of Hong Kong films as "extracting a pure essence of Hong Kong values", while his reviews of Taiwanese films were described as "strong, resonant, offering a must-listen overseas perspective";[10] Hong Kong Inmedia commended the collection fully showcased the efforts of the author, publisher, and editor.[11] In the same year, Fung served as a jury member for the 56th Golden Horse Awards, alongside Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Chun and animator Lo Che-ying, after mainland China boycotted the event and issued a ban preventing Chinese creatives from attending.[12][13] Fung currently serves as a senior lecturer in film history and film theory at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.[14][15]

Personal life

Fung is married and has a daughter.[4] The family resides in Wan Chai.[4] He voiced his support for the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, adding several lines in his Ming Pao column after the 12 June protest to demand that Carrie Lam retract the extradition bill and step down.[3]

Bibliography

Year Title Original title Publisher Ref.
2010 The Bygone Passion: Hong Kong Cinema in the 1980s 溜走的激情──八十年代是句號抑或問號？ Hong Kong Film Critics Society [7]
2019 Beyond Sight and Sound: Reflections on Hong Kong and Chinese-language cinema 視聽之餘──香港及華語電影雜感 Breakthrough [5]

References

  1. ^ Valles, Lynzy (12 February 2019). "Cinematheque to kick off Almodóvar showcase". Macau Daily Times. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  2. ^ 劉嘉蕙 (31 January 2008). "周星馳未死傳奇之 無字頭". Apple Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d 潘曉彤 (21 July 2019). "影評達人家明 看電影 看人心". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "馮家明：遊走舊戲院時代". Urban Diary (in Chinese). 27 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g 吳致寧; 談晉霖; Ip, Anthony (18 September 2019). "專訪家明：視聽之餘，看電影是為了練達人情". Hong Kong Film Critics Society (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b "校友近況" (PDF). CU Alumni Magazine (in Chinese). Chinese University of Hong Kong. March 2009. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  7. ^ a b Chow, Sze-chung (19 October 2010). "溜走的激情──八十年代是句號抑或問號？". Hong Kong Film Critics Society (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  8. ^ 梁锦生 (1 February 2010). "溜走的激情——20世纪80年代香港电影". China News Service (in Chinese). Macao Daily News. Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  9. ^ 葉堅耀 (17 October 2018). "【獅子山精神．二】佔中影響　《獅子山下》劇集呈現代際矛盾". HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  10. ^ Chan, Dennis (7 September 2019). "《視聽之餘──香港及華語電影雜感》書評 詹正德／油麻地的月光". The Reporter (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 7 November 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  11. ^ "從《幻愛》的父權爭議說起──兼論家明的影評集《視聽之餘》". Hong Kong Inmedia (in Chinese). 23 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  12. ^ 吳尚軒 (23 November 2019). "無懼中國禁令打壓　港澳影人、導演踏金馬紅毯". The Storm Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  13. ^ 邱奕欽 (23 November 2019). "3港影人無畏中國挺金馬 黃進曾獲新導演獎". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  14. ^ 黃頌朗 (13 May 2014). "我影我城──影評人家明專訪". Hong Kong Inmedia (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  15. ^ "演藝電影電視學院 國際水平專業培訓 為業界注入新動力". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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