Leung Ming-kai

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As a cinematographer, Kai has shot numerous features in Hong Kong and other parts of the world. He won Best Cinematography at the 2025 Taipei Golden Horse Awards for Mother Bhumi, won Best Cinematography at the 2026 Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers Awards for Ciao UFO, and is also nominated for Best Cinematography at the upcoming 2026 Hong Kong Film Awards for Ciao UFO. In 2025, two of the Best Film nominees at the Hong Kong Film Awards were shot by Kai. They are Berlin Teddy-Award winner All Shall Be Well and NYAFF Audience Award winner The Way We Talk. He also shot the opening film of the 2025 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Pavane for an Infant. Kai’s other feature works include The Sunny Side of the Street; Drifting; Krabi, 2562; Suk Suk; Old Stone; Ek Hazarachi Note; Murmur of the Hearts; By the Time It Gets Dark; and Mundane History. Festivals including Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, and New Directors/New Films have selected features he shot. Kai has previously been nominated for national awards for Best Cinematography in Thailand, Canada, and at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards, and at festivals in Malaysia, India, and the Philippines. As a director, Kai’s short film “Three Boys” represented the Philippines in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and won the top-prize Gold Award at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards. It also screened at Sao Paulo, Austin, and Jecheon. “Lock” was in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down was his feature debut as co-director and co-writer. Memories premiered internationally at Rotterdam and won the Best Screenplay Award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.

Film	Credit
The Dating Menu2026 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Palimpsest: The Story of a Name2026 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Ciao UFO2025 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Mother Bhumi2025 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Whispers in the Belly2025 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Pavane For An Infant2025 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Way We Talk2025 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
All Shall Be Well2024 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Everyphone Everywhere2023 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Lifting2023 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
A Light Never Goes Out2023 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Sunny Side of the Street2023 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Black Wall2022 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Far Far Away2022 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Drifting2021 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Come Here2021 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Twilight's Kiss2020 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down2019 · Screenplay, Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Screenplay, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Krabi, 25622019 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Live For Real2018 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Eugenia and John2016 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Murmur of the Hearts2015 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Invisible Spaces2014 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
1000 Rupee Note2014 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Mutual Friends2014 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Keep the Change2013 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
What Isn't There2012 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire2012 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Off Season2009 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Mundane History2009 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
GGhosts2005 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography