Everyone remembers Peter Chan Ho-sun’s crowd-pleasing 1996 hit Comrades, Almost a Love Story, but how many can still name UFO, the pioneering studio behind it? The United Filmmakers Organisation (UFO) was formed by Chan, Eric Tsang Chi-wai and Claudie Chung Chun in 1992 with a specific purpose: to make quality commercial films that did not rely on action and reflected the lives of young workers from Hong Kong’s up-and-coming urban middle class. While Comrades, Almost a Love Story was UFO’s...
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July 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
How did Peter Chan’s pioneering studio UFO redefine 1990s Hong Kong cinema without action?
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