and interviews (in French and English)". Hong Kong Cinemagic has been used as a resource for reference and notes by scholars, critics, film institutions such as the Cinémathèque Française, the French film Archive in Paris, and specialised websites. Data Hong Kong Cinemagic contains credits for cast and crew members, portrait galleries, screenshots and trailers, as well as reviews written in-house and special notes of information on films. Additional information about alternative titles, titles in Chinese and pinyin, production company, country of origin, genre, release date, box office gross and languages spoken is included where known. Information about cast and crew members may include gender, birth dates and biographies. In addition to browsing with the website's own search engines, film can be browsed by date, name and genre, and people can be browsed by name and role. A person's filmography can be displayed by date, genre, and activity and/or by selecting solely Hong Kong productions or productions from all countries. The site also provides information on film companies and studios, the dates companies were founded and by whom, and the films they have released or distributed. A glossary of terms specific to Chinese cinema and Chinese culture is also available. As of March 2009, there are over 10,000 films and over 17,000 people in the database, as well as information on 1,300 studios. There are 26,500 images and 2,000 trailers and other videos. In addition, the site contains biographies, film reviews, interviews, feature articles, and reports. Hong Kong correspondents and editors have interviewed many key figures of the Hong Kong film industry. In-depth interviews of actors, directors, and film technicians are available in English and/or in French. Past interviewees have included Johnnie To, Patrick Tam, Wong Jing, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Peter Chan, Lawrence Ah Mon, Gordon Liu, Ti Lung, Stanley Kwan and Chen Kuan Tai. In contrast to databases such as HKMDB and IMDb, Hong Kong Cinemagic does not include the names of the characters that actors played in their films. However, the film pages often do include comprehensive image galleries of cast and crew. See also Hong Kong Movie Database References External links Hong Kong Cinemagic official website Archived versions of Hong Kong Cinemagic at the Internet Archive HKCinemagic1 – Laurent Henry and Thomas Podvin's original site. HKCinemagic2 – Jean-Louis Ogé's original site. Chinese film websites Online film databases French-language websites Internet properties established in 1998 French film websites