Projects by Mag Hsu from Taiwan, Kiwi Chow from Hong Kong, and Japan’s Akira Ikeda were among those selected.
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) has revealed a record 48 film projects, including projects by Mag Hsu, Chang Jung-chi and Lin Yu-hsien from Taiwan, Kiwi Chow, Chapman To and Jevons Au from Hong Kong, and Akira Ikeda and Yukinori Makabe from Japan.
The Fpp project market is one of the key events under the Golden Horse umbrella. Scheduled to take place from November 15-17 during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, its attendance of international filmmakers and guests...
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) has revealed a record 48 film projects, including projects by Mag Hsu, Chang Jung-chi and Lin Yu-hsien from Taiwan, Kiwi Chow, Chapman To and Jevons Au from Hong Kong, and Akira Ikeda and Yukinori Makabe from Japan.
The Fpp project market is one of the key events under the Golden Horse umbrella. Scheduled to take place from November 15-17 during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, its attendance of international filmmakers and guests...
- 9/23/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Despite the fact that the West mostly knows about Tsai Ming-liang, Hou Hsiao Hsen, Edward Yang and Ang Lee’s works, Taiwan is actually home of a rather vibrant movie industry, which produces films of quality of every category. Particularly during the last few years, when Netflix gave local filmmakers a platform for their films to be known all over the world, the aforementioned fact became even more evident, with the audience discovering the quite high level of Taiwanese productions, beyond the aforementioned masters. In that fashion, we chose to highlight 40 of the best local productions, actually including two works by them, which could, though, very easily be omitted.
Without further ado, here are 40 great Taiwanese movies released from 2010 and onwards, with a focus, as always, on diversity
1. A Family Tour (2018) by Liang Ying
Liang Ying finally releases a vindicating story against censorship and oppression, because when freedom is so...
Without further ado, here are 40 great Taiwanese movies released from 2010 and onwards, with a focus, as always, on diversity
1. A Family Tour (2018) by Liang Ying
Liang Ying finally releases a vindicating story against censorship and oppression, because when freedom is so...
- 7/10/2022
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Every year since its creation in 1956, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) invites the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue and that was released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019.
Here are the Asian Submissions for Best Foreign Language Film. There are some excellent movies in this bunch and we have seen and reviewed already some of them.
Afghanistan
“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” by Sahraa Karimi
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Armenia
“Lengthy Night” by Edgar Baghdasaryan
Lenghty Night
Bangladesh
“Alpha” by Nasiruddin Yousuff
Alpha
Cambodia
“In The Life of Music” by Caylee So and Sok Visal
In The Life of Music
China
“Ne Zha” by Jiaozi
Ne Zha
Georgia
“Shindisi...
Here are the Asian Submissions for Best Foreign Language Film. There are some excellent movies in this bunch and we have seen and reviewed already some of them.
Afghanistan
“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” by Sahraa Karimi
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Armenia
“Lengthy Night” by Edgar Baghdasaryan
Lenghty Night
Bangladesh
“Alpha” by Nasiruddin Yousuff
Alpha
Cambodia
“In The Life of Music” by Caylee So and Sok Visal
In The Life of Music
China
“Ne Zha” by Jiaozi
Ne Zha
Georgia
“Shindisi...
- 10/10/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Expanded shortlist of 10 films to be announced on December 16.
The Academy on Monday (7) confirmed that 93 countries have submitted films for consideration in the international feature film category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants with Kwabena Gyansah’s Azali, Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, and Umid Khamdamov’s Hot Bread, respectively.
Earlier this year, the Academy board voted to rename the category formerly known as foreign language film, and expand the shortlist from nine to 10 films.
The shortlist will be announced on December 16. Nominations for the 92nd Oscars will be unveiled on January 13, 2020, and the Oscars...
The Academy on Monday (7) confirmed that 93 countries have submitted films for consideration in the international feature film category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants with Kwabena Gyansah’s Azali, Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, and Umid Khamdamov’s Hot Bread, respectively.
Earlier this year, the Academy board voted to rename the category formerly known as foreign language film, and expand the shortlist from nine to 10 films.
The shortlist will be announced on December 16. Nominations for the 92nd Oscars will be unveiled on January 13, 2020, and the Oscars...
- 10/7/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the full list of countries that have submitted a pic for consideration for the new International Feature Film Oscar category.
Here are the 93 nations and their hopefuls, in alphabetical order:
Albania, The Delegation, Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, Papicha, Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, Heroic Losers, Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, Lengthy Night, Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, Buoyancy, Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, Joy, Sudabeh Mortezai, director;
Bangladesh, Alpha, Nasiruddin Yousuff, director;
Belarus, Debut, Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, director;
Belgium, Our Mothers, César Díaz, director;
Bolivia, I Miss You, Rodrigo Bellott, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Son, Ines Tanovic, director;
Brazil, Invisible Life, Karim Aïnouz, director;
Bulgaria, Ága, Milko Lazarov, director;
Cambodia, In the Life of Music, Caylee So, Sok Visal, directors;
Canada, Antigone, Sophie Deraspe, director;
Chile, Spider, Andrés Wood, director;
China, Ne Zha, Yu Yang, director;
Colombia, Monos, Alejandro Landes, director;
Costa Rica, The Awakening of the Ants,...
Here are the 93 nations and their hopefuls, in alphabetical order:
Albania, The Delegation, Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, Papicha, Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, Heroic Losers, Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, Lengthy Night, Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, Buoyancy, Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, Joy, Sudabeh Mortezai, director;
Bangladesh, Alpha, Nasiruddin Yousuff, director;
Belarus, Debut, Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, director;
Belgium, Our Mothers, César Díaz, director;
Bolivia, I Miss You, Rodrigo Bellott, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Son, Ines Tanovic, director;
Brazil, Invisible Life, Karim Aïnouz, director;
Bulgaria, Ága, Milko Lazarov, director;
Cambodia, In the Life of Music, Caylee So, Sok Visal, directors;
Canada, Antigone, Sophie Deraspe, director;
Chile, Spider, Andrés Wood, director;
China, Ne Zha, Yu Yang, director;
Colombia, Monos, Alejandro Landes, director;
Costa Rica, The Awakening of the Ants,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Taiwan’s Motion Picture and Drama Association has selected gay drama Dear Ex as its submission for the international feature film category at the 2020 Oscars.
Co-directed by veteran TV writer Mag Hsu and newcomer Hsu Chih-yen, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Dear Ex premiered at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, last April. It ...
Co-directed by veteran TV writer Mag Hsu and newcomer Hsu Chih-yen, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Dear Ex premiered at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, last April. It ...
- 9/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Taiwan’s Motion Picture and Drama Association has selected gay drama Dear Ex as its submission for the international feature film category at the 2020 Oscars.
Co-directed by veteran TV writer Mag Hsu and newcomer Hsu Chih-yen, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Dear Ex premiered at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, last April. It ...
Co-directed by veteran TV writer Mag Hsu and newcomer Hsu Chih-yen, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Dear Ex premiered at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, last April. It ...
- 9/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Last year’s Toronto Film Festival entry The Chambermaid has been selected by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas to represent Mexico at the 92nd Oscars. The film is the first feature directed by Lila Aviles. Kino Lorber has domestic rights.
The story traces the daily routine and grand ambitions of a hard-working chambermaid at a high-end Mexico City hotel. A young, single mother who travels far to get to her place of work, Eve has aspirations for the future and hopes that her diligence will get her a coveted spot as the cleaner on an executive floor. She enrolls in the hotel’s adult education program in her quest for a better life but quickly discovers that it’s not necessarily the most hard-working who get noticed for advancement.
Mexico is coming off of its first Oscar win in the Foreign Language race (now known as the...
The story traces the daily routine and grand ambitions of a hard-working chambermaid at a high-end Mexico City hotel. A young, single mother who travels far to get to her place of work, Eve has aspirations for the future and hopes that her diligence will get her a coveted spot as the cleaner on an executive floor. She enrolls in the hotel’s adult education program in her quest for a better life but quickly discovers that it’s not necessarily the most hard-working who get noticed for advancement.
Mexico is coming off of its first Oscar win in the Foreign Language race (now known as the...
- 9/13/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Taiwan has chosen the 2018 film “Dear Ex” as its submission for the upcoming Oscar race for Best International Feature Film.
Directed by newcomers Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen and starring Roy Chiu, Hsieh Ying-hsuan and Chen Ru-shan, it was nominated for eight Golden Horse Awards last year and won three, including best actress for leading lady Hsieh.
The drama tells the story of a woman who discovers that her late ex-husband’s life insurance policy is to be collected by his male lover, driving a further wedge between her and her son. It has been available to stream on Netflix since earlier this year.
Tensions are at a high between the democratic, independently governed island of Taiwan and Communist Party-ruled mainland China, which considers it a renegade province. The two are prepared to butt heads in late November, when the mainland’s Golden Rooster Awards has been scheduled for...
Directed by newcomers Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen and starring Roy Chiu, Hsieh Ying-hsuan and Chen Ru-shan, it was nominated for eight Golden Horse Awards last year and won three, including best actress for leading lady Hsieh.
The drama tells the story of a woman who discovers that her late ex-husband’s life insurance policy is to be collected by his male lover, driving a further wedge between her and her son. It has been available to stream on Netflix since earlier this year.
Tensions are at a high between the democratic, independently governed island of Taiwan and Communist Party-ruled mainland China, which considers it a renegade province. The two are prepared to butt heads in late November, when the mainland’s Golden Rooster Awards has been scheduled for...
- 9/13/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
CinemAsia is back. The 12th edition will open doors on the 5th and will run until the 10th of March 2019.
The rich Programme includes 35 feature films from 14 countries and regions, of which there are 3 international and 12 European premieres.
Let’s have a look at all the titles and the sections:
Opening Film
Aruna & Her Palate by Edwin
Closing Film
The Lady Improper by Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan
Competition
The Competition champions new talent, featuring 9 films by directors with a singular voice, tackling multicultural themes.
A Boy and Sungreen by Ahn Jun-YoungAve Maryam by Ertanto Robby Soediskam
Born Bone Born by Toshiyuki Teruya (Japan. 2018)
Guang by Quek Shio-chuan
Long Time No Sea by Heather Tsui
Long Time No Sea
Official Selection
The Official Selection offers a wide spectrum of genres that challenge, inform and entertain. This year the theme “Little People. Big World” spotlights minority or marginalised children all over Asia, but...
The rich Programme includes 35 feature films from 14 countries and regions, of which there are 3 international and 12 European premieres.
Let’s have a look at all the titles and the sections:
Opening Film
Aruna & Her Palate by Edwin
Closing Film
The Lady Improper by Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan
Competition
The Competition champions new talent, featuring 9 films by directors with a singular voice, tackling multicultural themes.
A Boy and Sungreen by Ahn Jun-YoungAve Maryam by Ertanto Robby Soediskam
Born Bone Born by Toshiyuki Teruya (Japan. 2018)
Guang by Quek Shio-chuan
Long Time No Sea by Heather Tsui
Long Time No Sea
Official Selection
The Official Selection offers a wide spectrum of genres that challenge, inform and entertain. This year the theme “Little People. Big World” spotlights minority or marginalised children all over Asia, but...
- 3/3/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Taiwanese black comedy Dear Ex, a sleeper hit on the Asian film festival circuit, will soon be available in living rooms worldwide. Netflix revealed Thursday that it has acquired global digital rights to the film and plans to release it online on Feb. 1.
Co-directed by Mag Hsu and Chih-Yen Hsu, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Netflix ...
Co-directed by Mag Hsu and Chih-Yen Hsu, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Netflix ...
- 1/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taiwanese black comedy Dear Ex, a sleeper hit on the Asian film festival circuit, will soon be available in living rooms worldwide. Netflix revealed Thursday that it has acquired global digital rights to the film and plans to release it online on Feb. 1.
Co-directed by Mag Hsu and Chih-Yen Hsu, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Netflix ...
Co-directed by Mag Hsu and Chih-Yen Hsu, Dear Ex follows a recently bereaved widow who discovers that her late husband left his inheritance to a gay lover. The widow and the lover are drawn into a dispute — with a son torn between the sides. The film stars Roy Chiu, Ying-Xuan Hsieh, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
Netflix ...
- 1/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix has added to its roster of Mandarin-language content with the acquisition of rights to Taiwanese dark comedy “Dear Ex.” The award-winning film will play out from Feb. 1.
The story involves a recently bereaved widow and a gay man fighting over a dead man’s inheritance, with the woman’s teenage son caught in the middle. It was directed by Hsu Chih-yen and Mag Hsu from a script by Mag Hsu and Lu Shih-yuan. The cast includes Roy Chiu, Hsieh Ying-xuan, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
The picture premiered in April at the Festival of Far East Film in Udine and began its commercial release through Warner Bros. in Taiwan from Nov. 2. Along the way it appeared at the Taipei Busan and Macau festivals. It picked up awards for best actress for Hsieh at the Golden Horse Awards; best feature film, best actor, best actress, and media recommendation at the...
The story involves a recently bereaved widow and a gay man fighting over a dead man’s inheritance, with the woman’s teenage son caught in the middle. It was directed by Hsu Chih-yen and Mag Hsu from a script by Mag Hsu and Lu Shih-yuan. The cast includes Roy Chiu, Hsieh Ying-xuan, Spark Chen and Joseph Huang.
The picture premiered in April at the Festival of Far East Film in Udine and began its commercial release through Warner Bros. in Taiwan from Nov. 2. Along the way it appeared at the Taipei Busan and Macau festivals. It picked up awards for best actress for Hsieh at the Golden Horse Awards; best feature film, best actor, best actress, and media recommendation at the...
- 1/24/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
One Cut Of The Dead Wins Audience Choice At The 22Nd Edition Of Reel Asian
The festival announces its 2018 award winners including Finding Big Country, Dead Pigs, A Time To Swim and Menkes Audience Award winner
(Toronto – November 20, 2018) The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Reel Asian) closed its 22nd edition on Friday, November 16 following a successful 9 day run in downtown Toronto and North York. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian continues to celebrate Asian representation in film and media and fuel the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada. This year, the festival took place from November 8 to 16 with 62 titles from 17 regions, over 50% of which directed by women. Reel Asian announced the award winners for the juried features and shorts prizes, the So You Think You Can Pitch? live competition, and the Menkes Audience Award.
Feature films honoured include the dark comedy Dead Pigs, the debut...
The festival announces its 2018 award winners including Finding Big Country, Dead Pigs, A Time To Swim and Menkes Audience Award winner
(Toronto – November 20, 2018) The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Reel Asian) closed its 22nd edition on Friday, November 16 following a successful 9 day run in downtown Toronto and North York. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian continues to celebrate Asian representation in film and media and fuel the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada. This year, the festival took place from November 8 to 16 with 62 titles from 17 regions, over 50% of which directed by women. Reel Asian announced the award winners for the juried features and shorts prizes, the So You Think You Can Pitch? live competition, and the Menkes Audience Award.
Feature films honoured include the dark comedy Dead Pigs, the debut...
- 11/21/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“Adults are the stupidest creatures on earth”
Unsurprisingly, a large part of the most inspired art comes from a source of pain and suffering. Or at least this is what the stereotype of the tortured artist makes us want to believe. However, we cannot completely abolish the thought that whether we think of literature, films or music, some of the best works deal with issues such as a broken heart, the end of a relationship or, even worse, the teenage romance. The most corny variation comes with a pink ribbon and a box of chocolates consumed at the same time as the story, the music or the movie. Nevertheless, sometimes even the most intellectual and chauvinistic kind of person needs a little of that kind of entertainment in his/her life.
Regarding her feature debut “Dear Ex”, writer Mag Hsu was inspired by such a situation. However, it was not...
Unsurprisingly, a large part of the most inspired art comes from a source of pain and suffering. Or at least this is what the stereotype of the tortured artist makes us want to believe. However, we cannot completely abolish the thought that whether we think of literature, films or music, some of the best works deal with issues such as a broken heart, the end of a relationship or, even worse, the teenage romance. The most corny variation comes with a pink ribbon and a box of chocolates consumed at the same time as the story, the music or the movie. Nevertheless, sometimes even the most intellectual and chauvinistic kind of person needs a little of that kind of entertainment in his/her life.
Regarding her feature debut “Dear Ex”, writer Mag Hsu was inspired by such a situation. However, it was not...
- 11/9/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” and Qiu Sheng’s “Suburban Birds” are among 11 films set for competition at the third edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” will open the festival in an out of competition slot.
Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria); “All Good,” by Eva Trobisch (Germany); “Clean Up,” by Kwon Man-ki (South Korea); “Jesus,” by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan); “Scarborough,” by Barnaby Southcombe (U.K.) “School’s Out” by Sebastien Marnier (France); “The Good Girls,” by Alejandra Marquez (Mexico); “The Guilty,” by Gustav Moller (Denmark); and “White Blood” by Barbara Sarasola – Day (Argentina). The competition is only open to first or second time feature directors.
The lineup was announced Thursday in Macau by artistic director Mike Goodridge. The jury which will select the prize-winners includes Chen Kaige as president, alongside Mabel Cheung (Hong Kong...
Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria); “All Good,” by Eva Trobisch (Germany); “Clean Up,” by Kwon Man-ki (South Korea); “Jesus,” by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan); “Scarborough,” by Barnaby Southcombe (U.K.) “School’s Out” by Sebastien Marnier (France); “The Good Girls,” by Alejandra Marquez (Mexico); “The Guilty,” by Gustav Moller (Denmark); and “White Blood” by Barbara Sarasola – Day (Argentina). The competition is only open to first or second time feature directors.
The lineup was announced Thursday in Macau by artistic director Mike Goodridge. The jury which will select the prize-winners includes Chen Kaige as president, alongside Mabel Cheung (Hong Kong...
- 11/8/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Season Seven of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) continues on Thursday, November 8th, 2018, with “Dear Ex,” a story of duplicity and acceptance. The Taiwanese film will make its North American premiere at Apuc, and includes an appearance by co-director Hsu Chih-yen. The film will screen at the AMC River East 21 in Chicago, for details and tickets click here.
Apuc Presents ‘Dear Ex’ on November 8th, 2018
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
The multiple award-winning film involves the secret life of a husband and father. When her husband dies, a woman and her son discover that the beneficiary of his life insurance policy is actually his male lover. Understandably, the woman reacts with anger and the son with confusion. Gradually, they begin to close in on the man, discovering the life their late husband and father had hidden from them. Triumphant at the 2018 Taipei Film Awards, “Dear Ex” was awarded best narrative feature,...
Apuc Presents ‘Dear Ex’ on November 8th, 2018
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
The multiple award-winning film involves the secret life of a husband and father. When her husband dies, a woman and her son discover that the beneficiary of his life insurance policy is actually his male lover. Understandably, the woman reacts with anger and the son with confusion. Gradually, they begin to close in on the man, discovering the life their late husband and father had hidden from them. Triumphant at the 2018 Taipei Film Awards, “Dear Ex” was awarded best narrative feature,...
- 11/7/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Award-winning dramas, “A Land Imagined,” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” are among the Asian films selected for competition at next month’s Singapore International Film Festival.
Also competing for the Silver Screen Award are Indian director Rima Das’ “Bulbul Can Sing” and Sri Lankan Suba Sivakumaran’s “House of My Fathers.” The eight-title competition is open to films by directors making their first, second or third feature.
Announcing its full, 104-title, lineup on Tuesday, the festival unveiled gala slots for “Dear Ex,” by Taiwanese directing pair Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen, and “The Third Wife.” “Ex,” about a jilted widow who must make peace with her late husband’s lover, debuted to acclaim at the Taipei festival in summer and is prominently positioned at the upcoming Golden Horse Awards, where it is nominated for eight prizes. “Wife” is a hot first film by Vietnamese filmmaker Ash Mayfair. It...
Also competing for the Silver Screen Award are Indian director Rima Das’ “Bulbul Can Sing” and Sri Lankan Suba Sivakumaran’s “House of My Fathers.” The eight-title competition is open to films by directors making their first, second or third feature.
Announcing its full, 104-title, lineup on Tuesday, the festival unveiled gala slots for “Dear Ex,” by Taiwanese directing pair Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen, and “The Third Wife.” “Ex,” about a jilted widow who must make peace with her late husband’s lover, debuted to acclaim at the Taipei festival in summer and is prominently positioned at the upcoming Golden Horse Awards, where it is nominated for eight prizes. “Wife” is a hot first film by Vietnamese filmmaker Ash Mayfair. It...
- 10/23/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Silver Screen Awards will have four films by women filmmakers in competition.
The 29th Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff) announced its full line-up today, with 103 films from 44 countries, and the launch of a new Sgiff Film Fund.
The new funding scheme aims to nurture up-and-coming Southeast Asian filmmakers through two grants. The Tan Ean Kiam Foundation – Sgiff Southeast Asian - Documentary Grant will support four mid-length or feature projects annually, with a cash amount of S$25,000 each, while the Sgiff South East Asian – Short Film Grant will support two short films annually, with a cash amount of S$4,000 and...
The 29th Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff) announced its full line-up today, with 103 films from 44 countries, and the launch of a new Sgiff Film Fund.
The new funding scheme aims to nurture up-and-coming Southeast Asian filmmakers through two grants. The Tan Ean Kiam Foundation – Sgiff Southeast Asian - Documentary Grant will support four mid-length or feature projects annually, with a cash amount of S$25,000 each, while the Sgiff South East Asian – Short Film Grant will support two short films annually, with a cash amount of S$4,000 and...
- 10/23/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Father To Son and The Bold, The Corrupt And The Beautiful were also big winners at awards held during Taipei Film Festival.
Sung Hsin-yin’s animated feature On Happiness Road won the $33,000 (Nt$1m) Grand Prize at this year’s Taipei Film Awards, while Dear Ex was the biggest winner overall with four prizes.
On Happiness Road, the story of a young woman reminiscing about her childhood after returning to Taiwan from the Us, also picked up the audience award and shared the Best Animation prize with Pan Sz-yu’s musical animation Neon.
Dear Ex (pictured), about a woman feuding...
Sung Hsin-yin’s animated feature On Happiness Road won the $33,000 (Nt$1m) Grand Prize at this year’s Taipei Film Awards, while Dear Ex was the biggest winner overall with four prizes.
On Happiness Road, the story of a young woman reminiscing about her childhood after returning to Taiwan from the Us, also picked up the audience award and shared the Best Animation prize with Pan Sz-yu’s musical animation Neon.
Dear Ex (pictured), about a woman feuding...
- 7/18/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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