Person
Roger Garcia
Production · Born 1952-04-29 · Hong Kong
Biography
Roger Garcia is a film festival executive, producer and writer. He has been executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival and Asian Film Awards Academy, artistic director of the Hainan Island International Film Festival, and curator, consultant and juror to many international film festivals. He is also a film producer who has worked in Asia, Europe and Hollywood on films and TV. His latest work is an expanded cinema piece with film, live performance and laser that premiered at the Singapore International Festival of the Arts in 2022 and featured in the New Vision Arts Festival, Hong Kong, 2023. He is also a film critic with books and articles published by British Film Institute, Cahiers du Cinema, Film Comment, etc. He has been a Board member of M Plus Museum in Hong Kong, and was awarded Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by the French government in 2018. He is also a member of the European Film Academy.
Known for

The Big Hit
Co-Producer

Once upon a time there was a Mountain
Executive Producer

Ongoing Smile
Self

Sweet, Sour, Bitter...
Executive Producer

HKNY
Director

Hong Kong Topography II: For Rent
Producer
Bejalai
Writer

The Disciples
Story

Hong Kong Topography: Näherungen
Producer

New Maps of the City Part One: Notes for Films
Narrator
Filmography
- 2025Once upon a time there was a MountainExecutive Producer
- 2025Sweet, Sour, Bitter...Executive Producer
- 2013Ongoing SmileSelf
- 2009Manila SkiesExecutive Producer
- 1999The DisciplesStory
- 1998The Big HitCo-Producer
- 1993HKNYDirector
- 1989BejalaiWriter
- 1984Hong Kong Topography: NäherungenProducer
- 1984Hong Kong Topography II: For RentProducer
- 1983Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony RaynsSelf
- 1982New Maps of the City Part One: Notes for FilmsNarrator
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