Alumni Events

The Academy Alumni Association will set up an "Alumni Sharing Booth" at the Academy's Open Day on March 8, 2026 (Sunday). Alumni from each school will meet with visitors to share their professional experiences.

The Academy Alumni Association is now organizing a Play Therapy Briefing Session for members. Led by a UK-registered play therapy practitioner and clinical supervision trainee, this briefing session will help participants understand:
 
✔️ What is play therapy?
✔️ Who is suitable for play therapy referral?
✔️ Cases sharing
✔️ Post-session arrangements: Participants can book a free assessment and consultation

The Academy Alumni Association is now organizing a “Standard Mental Health First Aid Course” for members. This course will be conducted by certified Mental Health First Aid instructors and registered psychiatric nurses from the Hong Kong Mental Health Association. Participants will learn about common mental health issues and their symptoms, as well as how to provide support or relief for individuals facing emotional or mental distress, helping to prevent further deterioration of their condition. In addition to receiving a "Mental Health First Aid (Standard Edition)" course manual, all participants who complete the entire 16-hour course will be awarded a certificate of completion issued by the Hong Kong Mental Health Association.

The world of Kabuki, the elaborately stylized male Japanese theatrical tradition, is the setting for director Lee Sang-il’s epic melodrama of artistic ambition, rivalry, and betrayal. It is an adaptation of a bestseller by Shuichi Yoshida and weaves in stunning stagings of classic Kabuki tales that wowed audiences at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. In 1960s Nagasaki, after the death of his yakuza father, gifted teenager Kikuo (Ryo Yoshizawa) is taken under the wing of famed Kabuki actor Hanjiro Hanai (Ken Watanabe), even though the great performer already has a son, Shunsuke (Ryusei Yokohama), who has dedicated his life to the art. Over fifty years, the relationship of the two disciples entwines and twists, and their hearts suffer as much yearning, glory, and downfall as their on-stage alter egos.
 
The Academy Alumni Association has invited Director Lee Sang-il to Hong Kong for a special post-screening talk with renowned Hong Kong Cantonese opera actress and alumnus of the Academy's School of Film and Television and School of Chinese Opera, Paris Wong. The talk will explore the relationship between Japanese Kabuki female idols and traditional Chinese operatic female roles. Don't miss it!
 
Details of the screening for the Alumni Association:
Date: 25 October 2025 （Saturday）
Time: 4:00 PM (duration: 174 minutes)
Sharing: 7:00 PM (duration: 30 minutes)
Location: Premiere Elements, Shop 2130, 2/F, Fire, ELEMENTS, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon
Ticket Price: $130 / $150 （depending on the seating section）