The panel explored how actors have transitioned into directors and industry leaders.
Cinema from Hong Kong was celebrated under the banner ‘New Cinema, New Talents’ at a special Cannes event hosted by the Hong Kong Film Development Council and Create Hong Kong.
Two panels at Cannes’ Hong Kong Pavilion on Thursday and Friday (May 18-19) showcased Hong Kong’s up-and-coming talent along with veteran actor-turned-director-and-producer Stephen Fung of Tai Chi Zero and Netflix’s Wu Assassins.
He was joined on the first day by actress Angela Yuen to talk about acting and his evolution in the film industry.
On the second day,...
Cinema from Hong Kong was celebrated under the banner ‘New Cinema, New Talents’ at a special Cannes event hosted by the Hong Kong Film Development Council and Create Hong Kong.
Two panels at Cannes’ Hong Kong Pavilion on Thursday and Friday (May 18-19) showcased Hong Kong’s up-and-coming talent along with veteran actor-turned-director-and-producer Stephen Fung of Tai Chi Zero and Netflix’s Wu Assassins.
He was joined on the first day by actress Angela Yuen to talk about acting and his evolution in the film industry.
On the second day,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK)Sponsored by¬Hong Kong Film Development CouncilSponsored by
- ScreenDaily
Silvia Chang picked up the Golden Horse best actress award last November for her performance.
Trinity CineAsia has picked up Silvia Chang-starring film A Light Never Goes Out for the UK and Ireland from Hong Kong’s Entertaining Power.
Chang picked up the Golden Horse best actress award last November for her performance as a grieving widow who learns the craft of making neon lights in order to carry on her late husband’s efforts to restore one of the neon signs that have been disappearing in Hong Kong.
The UK-based Trinity CineAsia saw an upward trend for Hong...
Trinity CineAsia has picked up Silvia Chang-starring film A Light Never Goes Out for the UK and Ireland from Hong Kong’s Entertaining Power.
Chang picked up the Golden Horse best actress award last November for her performance as a grieving widow who learns the craft of making neon lights in order to carry on her late husband’s efforts to restore one of the neon signs that have been disappearing in Hong Kong.
The UK-based Trinity CineAsia saw an upward trend for Hong...
- 3/14/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
At previous in-person editions of Filmart, Hong Kong’s major film companies, including Edko Films, Emperor Motion Pictures (Emp), One Cool Group, Universe Films and Media Asia, always anchored the trade show floor with huge, elaborate booths promoting the latest Hong Kong films, animation and TV series.
Despite a difficult few years, during which they’ve had to navigate Covid-related cinema closures, stringent travel restrictions and Hong Kong’s political upheaval, all these companies and more are re-erecting their stalls at the first physical edition of Filmart in three years, and even have some good news to share.
Just last week, Edko Films’ legal drama A Guilty Conscience, starring Dayo Wong as a sharp-tongued barrister defending a single mother against ruthless tycoons, became the first Hong Kong film ever to gross more than Hk$100M (US$12.7M) at the local box office. The film is also currently topping the mainland China box office,...
Despite a difficult few years, during which they’ve had to navigate Covid-related cinema closures, stringent travel restrictions and Hong Kong’s political upheaval, all these companies and more are re-erecting their stalls at the first physical edition of Filmart in three years, and even have some good news to share.
Just last week, Edko Films’ legal drama A Guilty Conscience, starring Dayo Wong as a sharp-tongued barrister defending a single mother against ruthless tycoons, became the first Hong Kong film ever to gross more than Hk$100M (US$12.7M) at the local box office. The film is also currently topping the mainland China box office,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
‘My Nineteen-Year-Old Self’ withdrawn over public screening consent issues.
Courtroom drama The Sparring Partner has received 16 nominations for the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards, which saw the last-minute withdrawal of Mabel Cheung’s documentary To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self.
The Sparring Partner, which marks the feature directorial debut of Ho Cheuk Tin, leads the pack with nominations in all but three categories. Based on the true story of a gruesome double murder case, its nods include best film, best director and five nominations for performers including lead actors Mak Pui Tung and Yeung Wai Lun. The film has become Hong Kong...
Courtroom drama The Sparring Partner has received 16 nominations for the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards, which saw the last-minute withdrawal of Mabel Cheung’s documentary To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self.
The Sparring Partner, which marks the feature directorial debut of Ho Cheuk Tin, leads the pack with nominations in all but three categories. Based on the true story of a gruesome double murder case, its nods include best film, best director and five nominations for performers including lead actors Mak Pui Tung and Yeung Wai Lun. The film has become Hong Kong...
- 2/9/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Asian Cinerama — Hong Kong Focus runs for 4 days — Thursday 15 – Sunday 18 September at Plaza Indonesia Xxi, Jakarta and presents six (6) current productions by promising and established Hong Kong filmmakers in a variety of genres. Asian Cinerama is the first collaborative event on the Road to Balinale 2023.
Asian Film Awards Academy (Afaa) together with Bali International Film Festival (Balinale) and supported by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) and Film Development Fund (Fdf), will open with a premiere screening of Shadows directed by Glenn Chan. The film has been hailed as ‘one of the best films of the year’. The film’s producer and scriptwriter, Mani Man, will hold a post-screening Q&a and conduct a Filmmaking Seminar hosted by Binus University, Jakarta. The live event will also be broadcast virtually.
“We are pleased to have Mani Man, producer and scriptwriter to open the Asian Cinerama program with her film Shadows and conduct a...
Asian Film Awards Academy (Afaa) together with Bali International Film Festival (Balinale) and supported by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) and Film Development Fund (Fdf), will open with a premiere screening of Shadows directed by Glenn Chan. The film has been hailed as ‘one of the best films of the year’. The film’s producer and scriptwriter, Mani Man, will hold a post-screening Q&a and conduct a Filmmaking Seminar hosted by Binus University, Jakarta. The live event will also be broadcast virtually.
“We are pleased to have Mani Man, producer and scriptwriter to open the Asian Cinerama program with her film Shadows and conduct a...
- 9/15/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The Asian Film Awards Academy, in collaboration with Bali International Film Festival (Balinale), with the financial support of Create Hong Kong and Film Development Fund, we are honoured to present our flagship film roadshow – Asian Cinerama in Jakarta for the first time. We bring together six Hong Kong films in a variety of genres to showcase the rich and vibrant creativity of contemporary movies produced out of Hong Kong.
The program — Asian Cinerama — Hong Kong Focus — will run from Thursday 15 Sept to Sunday 18 September at Plaza Indonesia Xxi, Jakarta, it will open with Glenn Chan’s directional debut Shadows, a breath-taking psychological thriller features an outstanding ensemble of actors. The film discourses the evil that is subconsciously embedded in our minds the terrifying consequences that ensue when the evil is unleashed. The film has been hailed as ‘one of the best films of the year’. The film’s producer and scriptwriter,...
The program — Asian Cinerama — Hong Kong Focus — will run from Thursday 15 Sept to Sunday 18 September at Plaza Indonesia Xxi, Jakarta, it will open with Glenn Chan’s directional debut Shadows, a breath-taking psychological thriller features an outstanding ensemble of actors. The film discourses the evil that is subconsciously embedded in our minds the terrifying consequences that ensue when the evil is unleashed. The film has been hailed as ‘one of the best films of the year’. The film’s producer and scriptwriter,...
- 9/4/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Trinity CineAsia has acquired UK rights to Hong Kong family drama Mama’s Affair, which marks the film acting debut of two members of hot local boy band Mirror, Keung To and Jer Lau, from Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures.
Directed by Kearen Pang, the film opened at the Hong Kong box office last weekend (August 11), where it took the number one position with a weekend gross of HK10.1m (1.29m), including HK930,440 from previews, in the process out-performing Brad Pitt-starrer Bullet Train now in its second weekend.
Mama’s Affair is being released in the UK on August 19, just one week after its Hong Kong debut. It premiered at Japan’s Osaka Asian Film Festival in March and recently played at New York Asian Film Festival.
Cast in the film also includes Teresa Mo, playing a former top artiste manager, who chose family over career when she got pregnant.
Directed by Kearen Pang, the film opened at the Hong Kong box office last weekend (August 11), where it took the number one position with a weekend gross of HK10.1m (1.29m), including HK930,440 from previews, in the process out-performing Brad Pitt-starrer Bullet Train now in its second weekend.
Mama’s Affair is being released in the UK on August 19, just one week after its Hong Kong debut. It premiered at Japan’s Osaka Asian Film Festival in March and recently played at New York Asian Film Festival.
Cast in the film also includes Teresa Mo, playing a former top artiste manager, who chose family over career when she got pregnant.
- 8/15/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The 20th anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) closed out an epic 17-day run on Sunday night, after welcoming nearly 100 acclaimed filmmakers, international stars and other notable guests from across Asia and the US, screening over 60 films in-theater at Film at Lincoln Center (Flc) and Asia Society from July 15 – 31, hosting a range of masterclasses and compelling talk sessions, and smashing festival attendance records.
The 20th anniversary lineup included six world premieres, eight international premieres, 20 North American premieres, four US premieres, and 15 East Coast/New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting new action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, and the United States.
Prior to the screening of the Nyaff Closing Film, time-travel sci-fi epic Alienoid, from blockbuster Korean director Choi Dong-hoon, the festival announced two Audience Award winners and...
The 20th anniversary lineup included six world premieres, eight international premieres, 20 North American premieres, four US premieres, and 15 East Coast/New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting new action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, and the United States.
Prior to the screening of the Nyaff Closing Film, time-travel sci-fi epic Alienoid, from blockbuster Korean director Choi Dong-hoon, the festival announced two Audience Award winners and...
- 8/6/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Janchivdorj Sengedorj’s ‘The Sales Girl’ picked up best feature film
Korean comedy drama ‘Perhaps Love’ and Coba Cheng’s Hong Kong family comedy Chilli Laugh Story took home the audience awards at New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), which wrapped its 20th edition on July 31.
Chilli Laugh Story was a box office hit in Hong Kong cinemas, having beaten out Thor: Love And Thunder, and screened in the Next/Now strand during the festival’s 17-day run.
Other Nyaff winners included Janchivdorj Sengedorj’s Mongolian coming-of-age comedy The Sales Girl, which took the Uncaged award for best feature given...
Korean comedy drama ‘Perhaps Love’ and Coba Cheng’s Hong Kong family comedy Chilli Laugh Story took home the audience awards at New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), which wrapped its 20th edition on July 31.
Chilli Laugh Story was a box office hit in Hong Kong cinemas, having beaten out Thor: Love And Thunder, and screened in the Next/Now strand during the festival’s 17-day run.
Other Nyaff winners included Janchivdorj Sengedorj’s Mongolian coming-of-age comedy The Sales Girl, which took the Uncaged award for best feature given...
- 8/2/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The family comedy drew bigger audiences than the latest Marvel superhero film.
Disney blockbuster Thor: Love And Thunder led the Hong Kong box office on its second weekend of release but was beaten in terms of admissions by local family comedy Chilli Laugh Story.
Coba Cheng’s Cantonese comedy earned 1.06m (HK8.3m) over its opening weekend (July 14-17), making it the third highest four-day opening weekend for a local film in the Covid-19 pandemic. It recorded 123,587 admissions, which was 14.3 higher than Thor: Love And Thunder.
However, the Marvel superhero sequel grossed 4.9 more in ticket sales (1.11m /HK8.7m) than...
Disney blockbuster Thor: Love And Thunder led the Hong Kong box office on its second weekend of release but was beaten in terms of admissions by local family comedy Chilli Laugh Story.
Coba Cheng’s Cantonese comedy earned 1.06m (HK8.3m) over its opening weekend (July 14-17), making it the third highest four-day opening weekend for a local film in the Covid-19 pandemic. It recorded 123,587 admissions, which was 14.3 higher than Thor: Love And Thunder.
However, the Marvel superhero sequel grossed 4.9 more in ticket sales (1.11m /HK8.7m) than...
- 7/19/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
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