Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” was Sunday evening named as the best picture at the Asian Film Awards.
The 17th edition of the prizes was held at the Xiqu Centre, part of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.
While “Evil Does Not Exist” and Korean blockbuster “12.12: The Day” had dominated the nominations with six each, including those in the best film category, the prizes on Sunday were much more evenly distributed. No title collected more than two prizes.
Outside, crowds failed to be muted by the March drizzle, though VIP guests were given escorts with purple umbrellas.
Filmmaker and industry attendance was also robust. Those spotted on the red carpet and pre-event cocktails included: Lee Yong Kwan (former chair of the Busan film festival), Tom Yoda, Udine festival heads Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, Anthony Chen, Stanley Kwan, Rina Damayanti, Hong Kong distributor Winnie Tsang,...
The 17th edition of the prizes was held at the Xiqu Centre, part of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.
While “Evil Does Not Exist” and Korean blockbuster “12.12: The Day” had dominated the nominations with six each, including those in the best film category, the prizes on Sunday were much more evenly distributed. No title collected more than two prizes.
Outside, crowds failed to be muted by the March drizzle, though VIP guests were given escorts with purple umbrellas.
Filmmaker and industry attendance was also robust. Those spotted on the red carpet and pre-event cocktails included: Lee Yong Kwan (former chair of the Busan film festival), Tom Yoda, Udine festival heads Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, Anthony Chen, Stanley Kwan, Rina Damayanti, Hong Kong distributor Winnie Tsang,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Patrick Frater and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) has wrapped with Lee Yi-shan’s debut feature Chewing Gum winning the Grand Prize, which comes with a cash award of $32,000 (TWD1M).
The project is about a young boxer from the lower rungs of society who redefines herself through the struggles of her spiritual journey.
The prize was presented by a three-person jury comprising Taiwanese actor and director Chen Yi-wen; Taipei-based, Hong Kong-born producer Jeffrey Chan and Hong Kong producer and distributor Winnie Tsang.
The three judges praised Chewing Gum for its “wonderful character depictions, including their relationships, attitudes, and various aspects of their lives, which feel absurd but also very real.”
Golden Horse Fpp has separate sections for in development features, works-in-progress and in development series. In the series section, Netflix presented...
The project is about a young boxer from the lower rungs of society who redefines herself through the struggles of her spiritual journey.
The prize was presented by a three-person jury comprising Taiwanese actor and director Chen Yi-wen; Taipei-based, Hong Kong-born producer Jeffrey Chan and Hong Kong producer and distributor Winnie Tsang.
The three judges praised Chewing Gum for its “wonderful character depictions, including their relationships, attitudes, and various aspects of their lives, which feel absurd but also very real.”
Golden Horse Fpp has separate sections for in development features, works-in-progress and in development series. In the series section, Netflix presented...
- 11/23/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Full list of winners at the Film Project Promotion (Fpp) project market revealed.
Chewing Gum, the upcoming feature directorial debut of Taiwan’s Lee Yi-shan, has won the Nt$1m grand prize at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) project market.
It was one of 17 awards announced at a ceremony that marked the end of this year’s Fpp, which focuses on Chinese-language projects and ran from November 20-22 at the Grand Hyatt Taipei in Taiwan.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Chewing Gum centres on a young boxer from the lower rungs of society who redefines herself...
Chewing Gum, the upcoming feature directorial debut of Taiwan’s Lee Yi-shan, has won the Nt$1m grand prize at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) project market.
It was one of 17 awards announced at a ceremony that marked the end of this year’s Fpp, which focuses on Chinese-language projects and ran from November 20-22 at the Grand Hyatt Taipei in Taiwan.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Chewing Gum centres on a young boxer from the lower rungs of society who redefines herself...
- 11/22/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
“Chewing Gum” was named winner of the Nt$1 million Grand Prize, the top award at the 2023 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion production event.
Other prizes were awarded for works in progress and for TV series. The winners were announced at a ceremony on Wednesday at the New Horizon Event Space in Taipei, Taiwan.
“Chewing Gum” is the debut feature film of Lee Yi-shan, a previous winner of the Golden Horse Film Award for best short film.
The project portrays a young boxer from the lower rungs of society who redefines herself through the struggles of her spiritual journey. The female protagonist accepts the messed-up lives of the adults around her with a nonchalant attitude, not catering to political correctness but instead being true to herself.
The Fpp jury, comprising Jeffrey Chan, Winnie Tsang and Chen Yi-wen, praised “Chewing Gum” for its character depictions, relationships, attitudes and aspects of the characters’ lives which felt absurd,...
Other prizes were awarded for works in progress and for TV series. The winners were announced at a ceremony on Wednesday at the New Horizon Event Space in Taipei, Taiwan.
“Chewing Gum” is the debut feature film of Lee Yi-shan, a previous winner of the Golden Horse Film Award for best short film.
The project portrays a young boxer from the lower rungs of society who redefines herself through the struggles of her spiritual journey. The female protagonist accepts the messed-up lives of the adults around her with a nonchalant attitude, not catering to political correctness but instead being true to herself.
The Fpp jury, comprising Jeffrey Chan, Winnie Tsang and Chen Yi-wen, praised “Chewing Gum” for its character depictions, relationships, attitudes and aspects of the characters’ lives which felt absurd,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Co-production Protocol
Dynamic Singaporean producer Jeremy Chua is to receive the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asia Pacific Cinema, at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) on Nov. 3 on Australia’s Gold Coast. In the nine years since founding his company Potocol, Chua has focused on international co-production of Asian films and telling Asia stories.
Two of his most recent films, Indonesian director Makbul Mubarak’s “Autobiography” and Vietnamese feature debutant Thien An Pham’s “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” are their country’s respective Oscar contenders. In 2021 Chua produced Bangladesh’s first film in Cannes “Rehana,” while at the most recent Busan International Film Festival he premiered Singapore-Japan co-venture “Last Shadow at First Light” and Thailand’s “Doi Boy.” At Busan’s Asian Project Market, his Philippines-set “Filipinana” was the outstanding development work, walking away with three prizes.
At Apsa, Chua will take part in a producers’ round...
Dynamic Singaporean producer Jeremy Chua is to receive the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asia Pacific Cinema, at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) on Nov. 3 on Australia’s Gold Coast. In the nine years since founding his company Potocol, Chua has focused on international co-production of Asian films and telling Asia stories.
Two of his most recent films, Indonesian director Makbul Mubarak’s “Autobiography” and Vietnamese feature debutant Thien An Pham’s “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” are their country’s respective Oscar contenders. In 2021 Chua produced Bangladesh’s first film in Cannes “Rehana,” while at the most recent Busan International Film Festival he premiered Singapore-Japan co-venture “Last Shadow at First Light” and Thailand’s “Doi Boy.” At Busan’s Asian Project Market, his Philippines-set “Filipinana” was the outstanding development work, walking away with three prizes.
At Apsa, Chua will take part in a producers’ round...
- 10/17/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Hassan (Sahal Zaman) is a Hong-Kong-born Pakistani kid waiting for refugee status to Canada. His father dies in a car accident that involves taxi driver Yat (Anthony Wong). An unexpected bond forms between the two when Hassan joins a refugees' gang and is rescued by Yat during a police crackdown. However, Hassan soon discovers that Yat was responsible for his father's death. (Sources: Golden Scene Cinema and Mubi)
This is a debut feature by Hong Kong based, Malaysian born director Lau Kok-rui who cut his teeth working on documentaries. The movie received six nominations at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in 2022. Lau won Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay, with Anthony Wong picking up Best Leading Actor.
The Sunny Side of the Street is produced by Petra Group's Vinod Sekhar, Winnie Tsang from Golden Scene, as well as Soi Cheang (Limbo) and Peter Yam (Blue Island). It will...
This is a debut feature by Hong Kong based, Malaysian born director Lau Kok-rui who cut his teeth working on documentaries. The movie received six nominations at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in 2022. Lau won Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay, with Anthony Wong picking up Best Leading Actor.
The Sunny Side of the Street is produced by Petra Group's Vinod Sekhar, Winnie Tsang from Golden Scene, as well as Soi Cheang (Limbo) and Peter Yam (Blue Island). It will...
- 3/9/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Titles include ‘A Guilty Conscience’, ‘Everything Under Control’ and ‘Say I Do To Me’.
In Hong Kong, local films A Guilty Conscience and Everything Under Control are set to open tomorrow (January 21) on the eve of Chinese New Year while Donnie Yen’s Sakra and Kiwi Chow’s Say I Do To Me are also joining the festive race.
It marks the first year since 2020 that Hong Kong cinemas can open for business during the lucrative holiday period, following two consecutive years of blackout due to the Covid pandemic that led to cancellations both in the city and overseas markets that scheduled day-and-date releases.
In Hong Kong, local films A Guilty Conscience and Everything Under Control are set to open tomorrow (January 21) on the eve of Chinese New Year while Donnie Yen’s Sakra and Kiwi Chow’s Say I Do To Me are also joining the festive race.
It marks the first year since 2020 that Hong Kong cinemas can open for business during the lucrative holiday period, following two consecutive years of blackout due to the Covid pandemic that led to cancellations both in the city and overseas markets that scheduled day-and-date releases.
- 1/20/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The courtroom drama is also being rolled out in the US, UK, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand.
Hong Kong courtroom drama The Sparring Partner has emerged as the fourth highest grossing local film of 2022 and the third highest grossing Chinese-language film of all time with a restrictive category III rating, as it rolls out in other territories around the world.
The feature directorial debut of Ho Cheuk Tin had taken 4.6m (HK37m) at the Hong Kong box office as of December 12, following its opening on October 27.
It retained the top spot from November 28 to December 10 (except December 4), despite facing...
Hong Kong courtroom drama The Sparring Partner has emerged as the fourth highest grossing local film of 2022 and the third highest grossing Chinese-language film of all time with a restrictive category III rating, as it rolls out in other territories around the world.
The feature directorial debut of Ho Cheuk Tin had taken 4.6m (HK37m) at the Hong Kong box office as of December 12, following its opening on October 27.
It retained the top spot from November 28 to December 10 (except December 4), despite facing...
- 12/13/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Lau Kok Rui’s feature debut is competing for six Golden Horse Awards.
Hong Kong sales and distribution company Golden Scene has acquired the worldwide rights to multiple Golden Horse Awards nominee The Sunny Side Of the Street, starring renowned actor Anthony Wong.
Malaysia-born Hong Kong-based writer-director Lau Kok Rui is vying for six Golden Horse Awards for his feature debut The Sunny Side Of the Street. Shot in Hong Kong, the film is up for best film, best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography for Leung Ming Kai.
Wong (Still Human) and child actor Sahal Zaman have nods...
Hong Kong sales and distribution company Golden Scene has acquired the worldwide rights to multiple Golden Horse Awards nominee The Sunny Side Of the Street, starring renowned actor Anthony Wong.
Malaysia-born Hong Kong-based writer-director Lau Kok Rui is vying for six Golden Horse Awards for his feature debut The Sunny Side Of the Street. Shot in Hong Kong, the film is up for best film, best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography for Leung Ming Kai.
Wong (Still Human) and child actor Sahal Zaman have nods...
- 11/1/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
A new film project by Xinjiang-based Wong Lina and others produced by Stanley Kwan and Soi Cheang are among fifteen works-in-progress that have been added to the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf).
Haf previously announced the selection of 28 projects that are at an earlier stage of development. The event is organized by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society and runs March 14-16, 2022, alongside the Hong Kong FilMart entertainment rights market March 14-17.
Wong, who made a stunning directorial debut “A First Farewell,” appeared in Berlin and won the Firebird Award in the Hkiff’s first Chinese-language Young Cinema competition in 2019, returns with “Village . Senet.” The film is a poetic musical about a boy from a remote village in Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert.
The film is produced by Beijing-based Bad Rabbit Pictures, a company founded by cinematographer Cao Yu and actress-producer Yao Chen. The company also has Qiao Sixue’s debut feature,...
Haf previously announced the selection of 28 projects that are at an earlier stage of development. The event is organized by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society and runs March 14-16, 2022, alongside the Hong Kong FilMart entertainment rights market March 14-17.
Wong, who made a stunning directorial debut “A First Farewell,” appeared in Berlin and won the Firebird Award in the Hkiff’s first Chinese-language Young Cinema competition in 2019, returns with “Village . Senet.” The film is a poetic musical about a boy from a remote village in Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert.
The film is produced by Beijing-based Bad Rabbit Pictures, a company founded by cinematographer Cao Yu and actress-producer Yao Chen. The company also has Qiao Sixue’s debut feature,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Line-up includes projects from producers Winnie Tsang and Stanley Kwan and an Israel-Italy co-production.
New projects from producers Winnie Tsang and Stanley Kwan and an Israel-Italy co-production are among the 15 work-in-progress projects selected for the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum’s (Haf) 20th anniversary edition
Among the selection, Hkiff industry director Jacob Wong highlighted two projects: Borrowed Time and The Sunny Side Of The Street. “They are the first projects to have progressed through the Haf eco-system, from Film Lab to In-development projects, and now onto Wip,” he said.
Both won script consultation service awards at Haf Film Lab in...
New projects from producers Winnie Tsang and Stanley Kwan and an Israel-Italy co-production are among the 15 work-in-progress projects selected for the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum’s (Haf) 20th anniversary edition
Among the selection, Hkiff industry director Jacob Wong highlighted two projects: Borrowed Time and The Sunny Side Of The Street. “They are the first projects to have progressed through the Haf eco-system, from Film Lab to In-development projects, and now onto Wip,” he said.
Both won script consultation service awards at Haf Film Lab in...
- 2/8/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Dominik Graf’s Golden Bear contender came in joint second on Screen’s Berlin jury grid.
Paris-based Les Films du Losange has announced a raft of international deals on German director Dominik Graf’s Weimar Republic-era drama Fabian which made its world premiere in competition at the online Berlinale last week.
The film has sold to Japan (Moviola), Australia and New Zealand (Palace Films), China (Huanxi Media), South Korea (Alto Media), Taiwan (Swallow Wings), Portugal (Legendmain Filmes), Poland (Aurora), Hungary (Cirko) and the Baltic States (European Film Forum Scanorama).
These deals come hot on the heels of last week’s...
Paris-based Les Films du Losange has announced a raft of international deals on German director Dominik Graf’s Weimar Republic-era drama Fabian which made its world premiere in competition at the online Berlinale last week.
The film has sold to Japan (Moviola), Australia and New Zealand (Palace Films), China (Huanxi Media), South Korea (Alto Media), Taiwan (Swallow Wings), Portugal (Legendmain Filmes), Poland (Aurora), Hungary (Cirko) and the Baltic States (European Film Forum Scanorama).
These deals come hot on the heels of last week’s...
- 3/12/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Festival will go ahead with physical screenings (July 9-16) but without international guests.
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has announced it will open this year’s edition with Korean high school horror franchise film, Whispering Corridors 6: The Humming.
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Asia’s largest genre film fest will be screening 212 films from 48 countries in a hybrid on-and-offline event (July 9-16). A total of 72 films will be making their world premieres at Bifan.
With South Korea requiring a mandatory two-week quarantine for arrivals from overseas, the festival is proceeding without any overseas guests and,...
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has announced it will open this year’s edition with Korean high school horror franchise film, Whispering Corridors 6: The Humming.
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Asia’s largest genre film fest will be screening 212 films from 48 countries in a hybrid on-and-offline event (July 9-16). A total of 72 films will be making their world premieres at Bifan.
With South Korea requiring a mandatory two-week quarantine for arrivals from overseas, the festival is proceeding without any overseas guests and,...
- 6/18/2020
- by 134¦Jean Noh¦516¦
- ScreenDaily
The coronavirus disrupted both the festival and commercial careers of Hong Kong drama film “Suk Suk.” But as the film’s narrative suggests, a late blooming is still possible.
Written and directed by Ray Yeung, the film chronicles the gay romance between two aging men who had lived much of their younger lives hiding their sexuality. It had its world premiere at the Busan festival in October and competed for the Teddy Award in February as part of the Berlin festival’s Panorama section. But a planned series of other festival releases in key territories was abruptly halted when the Covid-19 outbreak became a global pandemic.
The film’s sales agent, Films Boutique is now trying to develop a new festival strategy that stretches through 2020 and early 2021.
Films Boutique is also pushing ahead with license deals. In Asia, “Suk Suk” has been licensed to Cai Chang International for Taiwan, M Pictures for Thailand,...
Written and directed by Ray Yeung, the film chronicles the gay romance between two aging men who had lived much of their younger lives hiding their sexuality. It had its world premiere at the Busan festival in October and competed for the Teddy Award in February as part of the Berlin festival’s Panorama section. But a planned series of other festival releases in key territories was abruptly halted when the Covid-19 outbreak became a global pandemic.
The film’s sales agent, Films Boutique is now trying to develop a new festival strategy that stretches through 2020 and early 2021.
Films Boutique is also pushing ahead with license deals. In Asia, “Suk Suk” has been licensed to Cai Chang International for Taiwan, M Pictures for Thailand,...
- 5/29/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In the more than six months that protest movements have rocked Hong Kong, a whole range of business sectors have become color-coded, as both Beijing-loyal blue elements and yellow pro-democracy forces have weaponized the economy.
Companies on the front line include leading bank Hsbc, airline Cathay Pacific and even the subway operator Mtrc. Effects range from a poorly observed boycott of Starbucks, where a family member of the local franchise holder has spoken out against protesters, to lonely hearts who choose to flag their political colors on dating apps in order to avoid future incompatibility.
Hong Kong movie-goers have largely turned their backs on mainland Chinese films. The phenomenon is not entirely new, but it is starkly illustrated by the upcoming Chinese New Year season.
Films releasing in Hong Kong over the next two weeks are a mix of those driven by Hollywood’s global schedules – “Dolittle” and “Spies in Disguise” release on Jan.
Companies on the front line include leading bank Hsbc, airline Cathay Pacific and even the subway operator Mtrc. Effects range from a poorly observed boycott of Starbucks, where a family member of the local franchise holder has spoken out against protesters, to lonely hearts who choose to flag their political colors on dating apps in order to avoid future incompatibility.
Hong Kong movie-goers have largely turned their backs on mainland Chinese films. The phenomenon is not entirely new, but it is starkly illustrated by the upcoming Chinese New Year season.
Films releasing in Hong Kong over the next two weeks are a mix of those driven by Hollywood’s global schedules – “Dolittle” and “Spies in Disguise” release on Jan.
- 1/22/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Total of 842 people from 59 countries invited by AMPAS.
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited 842 people from 59 countries to join its membership.
The strong cohort of international film names includes two producers of Cold War, the directors of Dogman, Stan & Ollie, and I Am Not A Witch, and various executives from different facets of the industry.
International executives invited include Eric Lagesse of French sales and distribution outfit Pyramide Films, London-based Netflix development and acquisitions executive Funa Maduka, Michele Halberstadt of French distribution and sales outfit Arp Selection, Lebanese producer and distributor Georges Schoucair of Abbout Productions,...
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited 842 people from 59 countries to join its membership.
The strong cohort of international film names includes two producers of Cold War, the directors of Dogman, Stan & Ollie, and I Am Not A Witch, and various executives from different facets of the industry.
International executives invited include Eric Lagesse of French sales and distribution outfit Pyramide Films, London-based Netflix development and acquisitions executive Funa Maduka, Michele Halberstadt of French distribution and sales outfit Arp Selection, Lebanese producer and distributor Georges Schoucair of Abbout Productions,...
- 7/3/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Golden Scene founder Winnie Tsang’s connections with leading Hong Kong auteur Stanley Kwan go back decades. Even before the launch of Golden Scene, she was involved in handling Kwan’s 1998 romance “Hold You Tight,” which had been hatched with Tsang’s close associate, screenwriter Jimmy Ngai, and set up at her previous employer, Golden Harvest.
Since then, Kwan’s “Everlasting Regret” in 2005 and his 2010 effort “Showtime” have both been Golden Scene efforts.
As one of Asia’s few openly gay filmmakers, and a director who favors female-led subjects, Kwan has repeatedly turned to the twin subjects of sexual identity and cinema- and stage-craft. “Centre Stage” detailed the demise of a silent film star. “Showtime” is a Shanghai-set fantasy. Kwan also directed documentary “Yang +/- Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema.”
His “First Night Nerves,” based on another screenplay by Ngai, gets its world premiere as a gala screening in Busan.
Since then, Kwan’s “Everlasting Regret” in 2005 and his 2010 effort “Showtime” have both been Golden Scene efforts.
As one of Asia’s few openly gay filmmakers, and a director who favors female-led subjects, Kwan has repeatedly turned to the twin subjects of sexual identity and cinema- and stage-craft. “Centre Stage” detailed the demise of a silent film star. “Showtime” is a Shanghai-set fantasy. Kwan also directed documentary “Yang +/- Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema.”
His “First Night Nerves,” based on another screenplay by Ngai, gets its world premiere as a gala screening in Busan.
- 10/6/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Golden Scene, one of Asia’s most enduring independent film distributors, is known for its year-round billboards attached to bus shelters around Hong Kong, and also for the spot-on taste of founder Winnie Tsang.
Tsang started the company 20 years ago by snatching opportunity from adversity. Having risen from secretary to board member at the legendary Golden Harvest production to exhibition group, Tsang jumped in when the studio made a strategic decision to exit distribution.
She set up shop nearby in the Tsim Sha Tsui district and took with her a small staff. They handled distribution on behalf of Golden Harvest’s various labels and its sub-distribution relationship with Uip.
While benefitting from a steady supply of studio business, Tsang relished the freedom to make her own choices. “I could do anything, go anywhere, visit more festivals,” says Tsang. “I had less need to be commercial and instead could pick films...
Tsang started the company 20 years ago by snatching opportunity from adversity. Having risen from secretary to board member at the legendary Golden Harvest production to exhibition group, Tsang jumped in when the studio made a strategic decision to exit distribution.
She set up shop nearby in the Tsim Sha Tsui district and took with her a small staff. They handled distribution on behalf of Golden Harvest’s various labels and its sub-distribution relationship with Uip.
While benefitting from a steady supply of studio business, Tsang relished the freedom to make her own choices. “I could do anything, go anywhere, visit more festivals,” says Tsang. “I had less need to be commercial and instead could pick films...
- 10/6/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Adaptation of award-winning novel debuting at Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf).
Hong Kong-based sales outfit Golden Scene has picked up the worldwide rights to Amos Why’s Napping Kid, which is making its project debut at Haf.
Adapted from an award-winning novel, Napping Kid follows the investigation by an investment bank It engineer of a confidential computer file that is held ransom but for a ridiculously small amount.
The cast includes Candy Cheung, who was nominated for best new performer at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Why’s first feature Dot 2 Dot, and rising star Ng Siu Hin, who was last seen in Ten Years and Adam Wong’s She Remembers, He Forgets.
Golden Scene managing director Winnie Tsang said: “I believe in Amos from our working experience on his previous film Dot 2 Dot. Besides, Napping Kid has a universal subject matter, which will appeal to a lot more overseas markets.”
Golden Scene is also...
Hong Kong-based sales outfit Golden Scene has picked up the worldwide rights to Amos Why’s Napping Kid, which is making its project debut at Haf.
Adapted from an award-winning novel, Napping Kid follows the investigation by an investment bank It engineer of a confidential computer file that is held ransom but for a ridiculously small amount.
The cast includes Candy Cheung, who was nominated for best new performer at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Why’s first feature Dot 2 Dot, and rising star Ng Siu Hin, who was last seen in Ten Years and Adam Wong’s She Remembers, He Forgets.
Golden Scene managing director Winnie Tsang said: “I believe in Amos from our working experience on his previous film Dot 2 Dot. Besides, Napping Kid has a universal subject matter, which will appeal to a lot more overseas markets.”
Golden Scene is also...
- 3/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
Toronto top brass have unveiled details of the Asia Film Summit, Moguls panel and Doc Conference.
Asia Film Summit
The third annual Asia Film Summit is set for September 9 at the Shangri-La Hotel and features Legendary East CEO Peter Loehr, The Raid franchise director Gareth Evans, directors Andrew Lau and Wang Xiaoshuai, UniJapan’s Kenta Fudesaka and senior vp of Cj Entertainment Kini Kim.
The programme includes a headline conversation between Loehr and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) artistic director Cameron Bailey and a conversation on Asian art-house and vanguard cinema with Xiaoshuai, Evans, Xyz Films partner Nate Bolotin and Chinese Shadows’ Isabelle Glachant.
This year’s Case Study will profile Revenge Of The Green Dragons, the Tiff world premiere screening directed by Lau, who will be joined on stage by co-director and writer Andrew Loo and one of the film’s stars, Justin Chon.
A panel on global storytelling will feature Canadian director Richie Mehta, Well...
Asia Film Summit
The third annual Asia Film Summit is set for September 9 at the Shangri-La Hotel and features Legendary East CEO Peter Loehr, The Raid franchise director Gareth Evans, directors Andrew Lau and Wang Xiaoshuai, UniJapan’s Kenta Fudesaka and senior vp of Cj Entertainment Kini Kim.
The programme includes a headline conversation between Loehr and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) artistic director Cameron Bailey and a conversation on Asian art-house and vanguard cinema with Xiaoshuai, Evans, Xyz Films partner Nate Bolotin and Chinese Shadows’ Isabelle Glachant.
This year’s Case Study will profile Revenge Of The Green Dragons, the Tiff world premiere screening directed by Lau, who will be joined on stage by co-director and writer Andrew Loo and one of the film’s stars, Justin Chon.
A panel on global storytelling will feature Canadian director Richie Mehta, Well...
- 8/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto top brass have unveiled details of the Asia Film Summit, Moguls panel and Doc Conference.
Asia Film Summit
The third annual Asia Film Summit is set for September 9 at the Shangri-La Hotel and features Legendary East CEO Peter Loehr, The Raid franchise director Gareth Evans, directors Andrew Lau and Wang Xiaoshuai, UniJapan’s Kenta Fudesaka and senior vp of Cj Entertainment Kini Kim.
The programme includes a headline conversation between Loehr and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) artistic director Cameron Bailey and a conversation on Asian art-house and vanguard cinema with Xiaoshuai, Evans, Xyz Films partner Nate Bolotin and Chinese Shadows’ Isabelle Glachant.
This year’s Case Study will profile Revenge Of The Green Dragons, the Tiff world premiere screening directed by Lau, who will be joined on stage by co-director and writer Andrew Loo and one of the film’s stars, Justin Chon.
A panel on global storytelling will feature Canadian director Richie Mehta, Well...
Asia Film Summit
The third annual Asia Film Summit is set for September 9 at the Shangri-La Hotel and features Legendary East CEO Peter Loehr, The Raid franchise director Gareth Evans, directors Andrew Lau and Wang Xiaoshuai, UniJapan’s Kenta Fudesaka and senior vp of Cj Entertainment Kini Kim.
The programme includes a headline conversation between Loehr and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) artistic director Cameron Bailey and a conversation on Asian art-house and vanguard cinema with Xiaoshuai, Evans, Xyz Films partner Nate Bolotin and Chinese Shadows’ Isabelle Glachant.
This year’s Case Study will profile Revenge Of The Green Dragons, the Tiff world premiere screening directed by Lau, who will be joined on stage by co-director and writer Andrew Loo and one of the film’s stars, Justin Chon.
A panel on global storytelling will feature Canadian director Richie Mehta, Well...
- 8/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The inaugural Operation Greenlight pitching event for young filmmakers will be held during this year’s Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf).
Six filmmakers have been invited from the Hong Kong Film Development Council (Fdc)’s First Feature Film Initiative to present their projects to sales agents, distributors, producers and investors on March 25 during Haf. Each filmmaker will be guided by a mentor from the local film industry.
The Fdc’s First Feature Film Initiative funds projects from promising new talents across two groups: students and professionals. The six directors selected for Operation Greenlight are from the professionals group and comprise:
Chan Tai-lee with black comedy Blossom Afresh (mentor John Chong);
Lee Cheuk-pan’s drama Crabby Kitty’s 3rd World Adventure (Flora Goh);
Nicky Cheuk’s family drama Don’t Look Back In Anger (Derek Tsang);
Brian Hung’s drama Mali Mali Hung (Teddy Robin);
Vincent Ho and Cotin Law’s romantic comedy Once Upon A...
Six filmmakers have been invited from the Hong Kong Film Development Council (Fdc)’s First Feature Film Initiative to present their projects to sales agents, distributors, producers and investors on March 25 during Haf. Each filmmaker will be guided by a mentor from the local film industry.
The Fdc’s First Feature Film Initiative funds projects from promising new talents across two groups: students and professionals. The six directors selected for Operation Greenlight are from the professionals group and comprise:
Chan Tai-lee with black comedy Blossom Afresh (mentor John Chong);
Lee Cheuk-pan’s drama Crabby Kitty’s 3rd World Adventure (Flora Goh);
Nicky Cheuk’s family drama Don’t Look Back In Anger (Derek Tsang);
Brian Hung’s drama Mali Mali Hung (Teddy Robin);
Vincent Ho and Cotin Law’s romantic comedy Once Upon A...
- 3/24/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Berlin Panorama title directed by Fruit Chan.
Fortissimo Films is growing its Berlin slate by adding Fruit Chan’s Panorama world premiere The Midnight After.
Fortissimo takes on world rights outside China and Hong Kong.
The film is a Hong Kong-set thriller about passengers on a late-night minibus who realise they are the only people left alive in the city.
Amy Chin produces and executive producer is Winnie Tsang at Golden Scene Company, which will handle the Hong Kong release this summer.
The cast includes Simon Yam, Kara Hui, Lam Suet, Wong You-nam, Janice Man, and Chui Tien-you.
The deal was negotiated by Fortissimo Chairman Michael J. Werner with Tsang.
Werner commented: “We have had the great pleasure of working with director Fruit Chan in the past and we are thrilled to be reunited with him on his new film, The Midnight After, which is a powerful, evocative, and provocative look at Hong Kong and society in general...
Fortissimo Films is growing its Berlin slate by adding Fruit Chan’s Panorama world premiere The Midnight After.
Fortissimo takes on world rights outside China and Hong Kong.
The film is a Hong Kong-set thriller about passengers on a late-night minibus who realise they are the only people left alive in the city.
Amy Chin produces and executive producer is Winnie Tsang at Golden Scene Company, which will handle the Hong Kong release this summer.
The cast includes Simon Yam, Kara Hui, Lam Suet, Wong You-nam, Janice Man, and Chui Tien-you.
The deal was negotiated by Fortissimo Chairman Michael J. Werner with Tsang.
Werner commented: “We have had the great pleasure of working with director Fruit Chan in the past and we are thrilled to be reunited with him on his new film, The Midnight After, which is a powerful, evocative, and provocative look at Hong Kong and society in general...
- 1/28/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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