It seems that the 2018 movie “Distinction” by Jevons Au, has created some ripples to the Hong Kong movie industry, with a number of titles that focus on similar issues being presented this year. “In Broad Daylight” inspired by true events regarding the local health system and particularly the treatment of the elderly, is definitely one of those.
In Broad Daylight is screening at Five Flavours
Kay is a tough and harsh investigative reporter, who, after a tip about the residents of an elderly care home being abused by the staff, decides to go undercover in the facility, posing as the granddaughter of one of them, and see the truth for herself. Even though her methods are not legitimate, her research brings to the fore a series of shocking facts about the local healthcare system, which is as corrupt as it is ineffective. In her effort to shed light to what is happening though,...
In Broad Daylight is screening at Five Flavours
Kay is a tough and harsh investigative reporter, who, after a tip about the residents of an elderly care home being abused by the staff, decides to go undercover in the facility, posing as the granddaughter of one of them, and see the truth for herself. Even though her methods are not legitimate, her research brings to the fore a series of shocking facts about the local healthcare system, which is as corrupt as it is ineffective. In her effort to shed light to what is happening though,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It seems that the 2018 movie “Distinction” by Jevons Au, has created some ripples to the Hong Kong movie industry, with a number of titles that focus on similar issues being presented this year. “In Broad Daylight” inspired by true events regarding the local health system and particularly the treatment of the elderly, is definitely one of those.
“In Broad Daylight” is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Kay is a tough and harsh investigative reporter, who, after a tip about the residents of an elderly care home being abused by the staff, decides to go undercover in the facility, posing as the granddaughter of one of them, and see the truth for herself. Even though her methods are not legitimate, her research brings to the fore a series of shocking facts about the local healthcare system, which is as corrupt as it is ineffective. In her effort to shed light to what is happening though,...
“In Broad Daylight” is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Kay is a tough and harsh investigative reporter, who, after a tip about the residents of an elderly care home being abused by the staff, decides to go undercover in the facility, posing as the granddaughter of one of them, and see the truth for herself. Even though her methods are not legitimate, her research brings to the fore a series of shocking facts about the local healthcare system, which is as corrupt as it is ineffective. In her effort to shed light to what is happening though,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Hong Kong’s Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) on Thursday unveiled a rich, 28-title selection for its forthcoming 21st edition, featuring promising projects in development from Singaporean Camera d’Or winner Anthony Chen, maverick Hong Kong director Fruit Chan, rising Thai talent Jakrawal Nilthamrong and veteran festival ringmaster Marco Mueller, among many others. Haf is returning in 2023 for its first in-person forum since 2019, following three consecutive online editions during the coronavirus pandemic.
As per usual, the event will be held March 13–15 in tandem with the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (aka Filmart), which runs March 13-16.
Of the 28 titles picked from 244 submissions spanning 38 countries and territories, Haf says half are from first-time filmmakers and eight are Chinese-language projects developed at recent editions of the Haf Film Lab mentorship program. The selection spans a broad range of genres, including arthouse drama, horror, fantasy, romance, animation and family films.
Chen, director...
As per usual, the event will be held March 13–15 in tandem with the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (aka Filmart), which runs March 13-16.
Of the 28 titles picked from 244 submissions spanning 38 countries and territories, Haf says half are from first-time filmmakers and eight are Chinese-language projects developed at recent editions of the Haf Film Lab mentorship program. The selection spans a broad range of genres, including arthouse drama, horror, fantasy, romance, animation and family films.
Chen, director...
- 1/12/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film projects involving Anthony Chen, Fruit Chan, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Marco Mueller and Zhang Lu adorn the lineup of the upcoming Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum project market.
The 21st edition of the market will be held as an in-person event for the first time after a hiatus that forced Haf into a digital-only format for the past three years. It will operate March 13 – 15 alongside the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (FilMart), March 13-16.
From 244 submissions, Haf organizers selected 28 in-development projects for this year’s market. Of these, half are by prospective first-time directors. Eight of the 28 are Chinese-language projects developed by young filmmakers at recent editions of the Haf Film Lab coaching program.
Organizers will announce a further list of work-in-progress projects, after the Chinese New Year holidays later this month.
Chen, director of “Ilo Ilo” and “Wet Season,” is attached as producer of two Haf entries. With Xie Meng,...
The 21st edition of the market will be held as an in-person event for the first time after a hiatus that forced Haf into a digital-only format for the past three years. It will operate March 13 – 15 alongside the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (FilMart), March 13-16.
From 244 submissions, Haf organizers selected 28 in-development projects for this year’s market. Of these, half are by prospective first-time directors. Eight of the 28 are Chinese-language projects developed by young filmmakers at recent editions of the Haf Film Lab coaching program.
Organizers will announce a further list of work-in-progress projects, after the Chinese New Year holidays later this month.
Chen, director of “Ilo Ilo” and “Wet Season,” is attached as producer of two Haf entries. With Xie Meng,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The selection will be showcased at the first physical Haf since 2019.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) has announced 28 in-development projects for the 21st Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), which is set to return as an in-person event for the first time since 2019.
The projects span horror, fantasy, romance, family drama and animation, and include seven from Hong Kong, eight from Haf Film Lab and 14 directorial debuts. There are also projects from acclaimed filmmakers and producers such as Arsalan Amiri, Anthony Chen, Fruit Chan, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Lin Yu-Hsien, Nai An, Nader Saeivar, Teddy Robin and Tian Zhuangzhuang.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) has announced 28 in-development projects for the 21st Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), which is set to return as an in-person event for the first time since 2019.
The projects span horror, fantasy, romance, family drama and animation, and include seven from Hong Kong, eight from Haf Film Lab and 14 directorial debuts. There are also projects from acclaimed filmmakers and producers such as Arsalan Amiri, Anthony Chen, Fruit Chan, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Lin Yu-Hsien, Nai An, Nader Saeivar, Teddy Robin and Tian Zhuangzhuang.
- 1/12/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
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
In the world of Asian cinema, Hong Kong has cultivated a reputation for punching above its weight. Once producing 300 films a year, the small territory hatched global martial arts superstars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen. It nurtured the visions of auteur Wong Kar Wai and put itself on the map with compelling crime thrillers like “Infernal Affairs” — remade by Martin Scorsese as Oscar winner “The Departed” — and Johnnie To’s “Election.”
These days, however, the Hong Kong cinema scene is getting a disturbing reboot. Beijing’s increasing political control, especially the draconian National Security Law that curtails freedom of expression, passed last June, has accelerated the mounting challenges.
“The Nsl feels like the beginning of the end. Internationally, and even regionally, Hong Kong as a film hub is now in danger,” says San Diego State University professor Brian Hu, whose research has centered on...
These days, however, the Hong Kong cinema scene is getting a disturbing reboot. Beijing’s increasing political control, especially the draconian National Security Law that curtails freedom of expression, passed last June, has accelerated the mounting challenges.
“The Nsl feels like the beginning of the end. Internationally, and even regionally, Hong Kong as a film hub is now in danger,” says San Diego State University professor Brian Hu, whose research has centered on...
- 4/22/2021
- by Rebecca Davis, Vivienne Chow and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Johnnie To’s project, of having three directors emerging from his Fresh Wave program directing three different segments, each dedicated to one of the actual, most notorious kingpins of the 90’s (Kwai Ping-hung Yip Kai Foon and Cheung Tze-keung) and then welding the three together, was one of his greatest success of the latest years, with “Trivisa” earning a number of awards from festivals in the Sinophone world.
Trivisa is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The story unfolds in early 1997, just before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. The three aforementioned kingpins have fallen to hard times, for the most part. Yip Kwok-foon, a bit time robber, is on the hiding after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police, instead dealing with the smuggling of counterfeit electronics. He makes a lot of money but is highly unsatisfied due to the lack of thrill, but...
Trivisa is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The story unfolds in early 1997, just before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. The three aforementioned kingpins have fallen to hard times, for the most part. Yip Kwok-foon, a bit time robber, is on the hiding after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police, instead dealing with the smuggling of counterfeit electronics. He makes a lot of money but is highly unsatisfied due to the lack of thrill, but...
- 11/27/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Five Flavours Asian Film Festival invite you for a journey through taste, colors, and sounds of the Asian continent, hoping they can provide food for your thoughts and solace for your spirits.
The Programme of this year’s Festival comprises more than forty titles representing the extreme variety of Asian cinemas – from horror cinema to sweet melodramas, from grasping auteur cinema to relaxing journeys around the continent.
All the films will be presented online between November 25 and December 6.
Preparing this year’s edition forced the organisers to face up to completely new challenges – from the matters of logistics to finding new ways of thinking about their mission, priorities, building bridges between filmmakers and audiences outside the screening rooms. The online edition of the Festival is not a compromise, but a different way to reach the, perhaps even wider, audiences, discover the rich variety of Asian cultures, and explore the contemporary...
The Programme of this year’s Festival comprises more than forty titles representing the extreme variety of Asian cinemas – from horror cinema to sweet melodramas, from grasping auteur cinema to relaxing journeys around the continent.
All the films will be presented online between November 25 and December 6.
Preparing this year’s edition forced the organisers to face up to completely new challenges – from the matters of logistics to finding new ways of thinking about their mission, priorities, building bridges between filmmakers and audiences outside the screening rooms. The online edition of the Festival is not a compromise, but a different way to reach the, perhaps even wider, audiences, discover the rich variety of Asian cultures, and explore the contemporary...
- 11/2/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
If you don't like what you find under the tree or in your stockings this year, don't despair, because Shudder is giving the gift of eclectic entertainment this December with a long list of horror titles for those who have been naughty and nice.
Shudder has both old and new horror films for viewers in the Us to enjoy this December, including Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys and a trio of Wes Craven movies to unwrap.
The streaming service will also be host to the previously announced Joe Bob's Red Christmas movie marathon, and they'll be adding the killer season's greetings of Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 and Deadly Games (making its streaming premiere).
On December 16th, Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini will make its streaming debut on Shudder as a special gift to fans of the special effects guru, featuring a long list of interviewees including the late,...
Shudder has both old and new horror films for viewers in the Us to enjoy this December, including Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys and a trio of Wes Craven movies to unwrap.
The streaming service will also be host to the previously announced Joe Bob's Red Christmas movie marathon, and they'll be adding the killer season's greetings of Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 and Deadly Games (making its streaming premiere).
On December 16th, Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini will make its streaming debut on Shudder as a special gift to fans of the special effects guru, featuring a long list of interviewees including the late,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Young directors Michelle Hung, Li Cheuk-shing, Cheung Yin-kei and Jun Li and their short movies are part of the Hong Kong 2017 Fresh Wave Short Film Competition. Now at its 11th edition, Fresh Wave is an independent organization founded by Johnnie To, to fund Hong Kong young talents in filmmaking, showcase their projects and give them a truly effective platform to start their career from. Fresh Wave Alumni includes Jevons Au of “Ten Years” and “Trivisa” and Wong Chun of multi-awarded Mad World.
4 of these short movies from talented filmmakers screened at the Fresh Wave section of Five Flavours
“Little Shop of Grotesque” by Michelle Hung Tsz-ching
In a stylish, all-white flower shop, Molly (Che Wing-hei) works with passion and devotion to her plants. However, her fondness for the green world verges on obsession, as she feels a special bond with them and she thinks she knows exactly what they need just listening to them.
4 of these short movies from talented filmmakers screened at the Fresh Wave section of Five Flavours
“Little Shop of Grotesque” by Michelle Hung Tsz-ching
In a stylish, all-white flower shop, Molly (Che Wing-hei) works with passion and devotion to her plants. However, her fondness for the green world verges on obsession, as she feels a special bond with them and she thinks she knows exactly what they need just listening to them.
- 10/9/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
As mentioned in an interview I had with Jevons Au during the Art Film Fest in Kosice, regarding the continuous protests in Hong Kong, “the main reason for the demonstration is the Extradition Law, which the Hong Kong government is trying to impose in Hong Kong. This means that if there is even suspicion that someone from Hong Kong is related to a crime in China, Chinese authorities can take him to China and bring him in front of the court.” “Who’s Next” deals with this topic implementing a rather pointed approach.
The story takes place in a future where the extradition law is already active. While news of people being extradited are heard in the background, we meet the protagonist of the film, Chan Chi Kin, a butcher, just across another man who does the exact same thing. The two get into an argument regarding their shared space,...
The story takes place in a future where the extradition law is already active. While news of people being extradited are heard in the background, we meet the protagonist of the film, Chan Chi Kin, a butcher, just across another man who does the exact same thing. The two get into an argument regarding their shared space,...
- 9/30/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Young directors Michelle Hung (“Little Shop of Horrors”) and Ashley Cheung (“Life on the Line”), cinematographer Eric Tsang (“Liu Yang River”) and their short movies are part of the Hong Kong 2017 Fresh Wave Short Film Competition. Now at its 11th edition, Fresh Wave is an independent organization founded by Johnnie To, to fund Hong Kong young talents in film-making, showcase their projects and give them a truly effective platform to start their career from. Fresh Wave Alumni includes Jevons Au of “Ten Years” and “Trivisa”, and Wong Chun of multi-awarded Mad World.
On the occasion of their films screening at Five Flavours Film Festival in Warsaw, we speak with them about their experience in Hong Kong as young, independent filmmakers, their inspirational directors and their short movies in the Fresh Wave competition.
Let’s start with some general questions for all of you. It looks like in Hong Kong at...
On the occasion of their films screening at Five Flavours Film Festival in Warsaw, we speak with them about their experience in Hong Kong as young, independent filmmakers, their inspirational directors and their short movies in the Fresh Wave competition.
Let’s start with some general questions for all of you. It looks like in Hong Kong at...
- 9/24/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Jevons Au has already made a name of himself, with his involvement in “Trivisa” and “Ten Years”, two films that, apart from their quality, also share a ban from being released in China. Both of these elements extend to Au’s first solo feature film, “Distinction”
“Distinction” is screening at the 27th Art Film Fest Kosice
The script revolves around a musical that is to commence at the end of the school year in a Sen school. Through this concept, we are introduced to the three main characters and a number of peripheral ones. Grace is the teacher in charge of the project. She is patient and quite nice with the children, but is also a woman tired of working there, not to mention extremely scared that one of her own children will end up being Sen, a concept that prevents her from having ones with her loving husband. Furthermore,...
“Distinction” is screening at the 27th Art Film Fest Kosice
The script revolves around a musical that is to commence at the end of the school year in a Sen school. Through this concept, we are introduced to the three main characters and a number of peripheral ones. Grace is the teacher in charge of the project. She is patient and quite nice with the children, but is also a woman tired of working there, not to mention extremely scared that one of her own children will end up being Sen, a concept that prevents her from having ones with her loving husband. Furthermore,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Film Fest Košice loves Asian Movies. They have a whole section dedicated to them, called Eastern Promises, and curated by Kristina Aschenbrennerova (also a contributor of Asian Movie Pulse).
But beside Eastern Promises they also have always a good selection of Asian Titles within the general Programme. Let’s have a look at those titles.
Asian Films in The Programme
International Competition Of Feature Films (Peter Nágel)
(1st-3rd feature films of the director produced after 1 January 2018)
Still Human by Oliver Chan, 2018, Hk
The Day After I`m Gone, by Nimrod Eldar, 2019, Il
A Tale of Three Sisters, by Emin Alper, 2019, Tr-de-nl-gr
A Tale of Three Sisters
International Competition Of Short Films
(Short films (up to 30 minutes) produced after 1 January 201)
Brotherhood by Meryam Joobeur, 2018, CA-tn-qa-se
The Fox by Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh, 2018, Ir
Tungrus by Rishi Chandna, 2018, In
Tungrus
Around The World (Peter Nágel)
Bag of Rice by Kiseye Berendj, 1996, Ir-jp...
But beside Eastern Promises they also have always a good selection of Asian Titles within the general Programme. Let’s have a look at those titles.
Asian Films in The Programme
International Competition Of Feature Films (Peter Nágel)
(1st-3rd feature films of the director produced after 1 January 2018)
Still Human by Oliver Chan, 2018, Hk
The Day After I`m Gone, by Nimrod Eldar, 2019, Il
A Tale of Three Sisters, by Emin Alper, 2019, Tr-de-nl-gr
A Tale of Three Sisters
International Competition Of Short Films
(Short films (up to 30 minutes) produced after 1 January 201)
Brotherhood by Meryam Joobeur, 2018, CA-tn-qa-se
The Fox by Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh, 2018, Ir
Tungrus by Rishi Chandna, 2018, In
Tungrus
Around The World (Peter Nágel)
Bag of Rice by Kiseye Berendj, 1996, Ir-jp...
- 6/5/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
In the past decade, Hong Kong has seen a growing number of first-time or emerging filmmakers. To help young filmmakers build a long-term sustainable career and to meet the needs of an increasingly diversified audience culture and film industry, the Hong Kong Arts Centre (Hkac) sees a pertinent need to assist filmmakers to expand their professional and personal horizons, enrich their crafts, network and get recognised on local and international levels.
In 2019, coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, one of the world’s most prestigious and influential breeding grounds for accomplished filmmakers, the Hkac presents New Waves, New Shores: Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 50 Meets Hong Kong Cinema. Hong Kong-based film critic, journalist and curator, Clarence Tsui, is the Hkac’s guest curator of the film screening series and will conduct discussion panels and workshops under this programme.
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date: 06.06.2019 – 23.06.2019
Schedule...
In 2019, coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, one of the world’s most prestigious and influential breeding grounds for accomplished filmmakers, the Hkac presents New Waves, New Shores: Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 50 Meets Hong Kong Cinema. Hong Kong-based film critic, journalist and curator, Clarence Tsui, is the Hkac’s guest curator of the film screening series and will conduct discussion panels and workshops under this programme.
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date: 06.06.2019 – 23.06.2019
Schedule...
- 6/2/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Johnnie To’s project, of having three directors emerging from his Fresh Wave program directing three different segments, each dedicated to one of the actual, most notorious kingpins of the 90’s (Kwai Ping-hung Yip Kai Foon and Cheung Tze-keung) and then welding the three together, was one of his greatest success of the latest years, with “Trivisa” earning a number of awards from festivals in the Sinophone world.
The story unfolds in early 1997, just before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. The three aforementioned kingpins have fallen to hard times, for the most part. Yip Kwok-foon, a bit time robber, is on the hiding after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police, instead dealing with the smuggling of counterfeit electronics. He makes a lot of money but is highly unsatisfied due to the lack of thrill, but also because he has to kowtow to Chinese Officials.
The story unfolds in early 1997, just before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. The three aforementioned kingpins have fallen to hard times, for the most part. Yip Kwok-foon, a bit time robber, is on the hiding after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police, instead dealing with the smuggling of counterfeit electronics. He makes a lot of money but is highly unsatisfied due to the lack of thrill, but also because he has to kowtow to Chinese Officials.
- 1/21/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
This year, the Hong Kong 2018 Fresh Wave Short Film Competition is at its 12th edition. Fresh Wave is an independent organization founded by Johnnie To to fund Hong Kong young talents in film-making, showcase their projects and give them a truly effective platform to start their career from. Fresh Wave Alumni includes Jevons Au of “Ten Years” and “Trivisa” and “Distinction”, and Wong Chun of multi-awarded “Mad World”.
A “veteran” of Fresh Wave, Hing Weng Eric Tsang has participated in different roles to many editions. Last year he was the Dop behind his friend’s Jun Li’s short “Liu Yang He” that won the Fresh Wave Open Division Best Film Award. This year Eric – who seems to have a Mida’s touch – is on the director’s chair with a movie that he has also written, “The Umbrella”, and that is – again – the winner of the Fresh Wave Best...
A “veteran” of Fresh Wave, Hing Weng Eric Tsang has participated in different roles to many editions. Last year he was the Dop behind his friend’s Jun Li’s short “Liu Yang He” that won the Fresh Wave Open Division Best Film Award. This year Eric – who seems to have a Mida’s touch – is on the director’s chair with a movie that he has also written, “The Umbrella”, and that is – again – the winner of the Fresh Wave Best...
- 12/22/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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
Jevons Au has already made a name of himself, with his involvement in “Trivisa” and “Ten Years”, two films that, apart from their quality, also share a ban from being released in China. Both of these elements extend to Au’s first solo feature film, “Distinction”.
The script revolves around a musical that is to commence at the end of the school year in a Sen school. Through this concept, we are introduced to the three main characters and a number of peripheral ones. Grace is the teacher in charge of the project. She is patient and quite nice with the children, but is also a woman tired of working there, not to mention extremely scared that one of her own children will end up being Sen, a concept that prevents her from having ones with her loving husband. Furthermore, as time passes and various issues with the play arise,...
The script revolves around a musical that is to commence at the end of the school year in a Sen school. Through this concept, we are introduced to the three main characters and a number of peripheral ones. Grace is the teacher in charge of the project. She is patient and quite nice with the children, but is also a woman tired of working there, not to mention extremely scared that one of her own children will end up being Sen, a concept that prevents her from having ones with her loving husband. Furthermore, as time passes and various issues with the play arise,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Trivisa was a big winner at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards but judging by the number of new talents whose films were nominated and awarded, the Hong Kong film industry was perhaps the biggest winner of all, as a fresh new wave that could revitalize Hong Kong cinema has finally arrived. Trivisa won a total of five awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Editing. The film was made with the support of Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To, who co-produced with Yau Nai Hoi (screenwriter of The Mission, Ptu and Election, and future successor of To’s production company Milkyway Image) and gave three new directors (Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong) the opportunity to make this crime...
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- 4/17/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Fox Networks channel swoops on six films that won prizes at Hong Kong Film Awards.
Fox Networks Group Asia (Fnga)’s Scm channel has acquired exclusive rights to crime thriller Trivisa and a slew of other films that won prizes at last week’s Hong Kong Film Awards.
Produced by Johnnie To and directed by three up-and-coming talents, Trivisa walked away with best film, best director (Jevons Au, Frank Hui & Vicky Wong), best actor (Lam Ka Tung), best screenplay and best editing at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night (April 9).
Scm also acquired exclusive rights to Wong Chun’s Mad World, which picked up three awards including best new director; Andy Lo’s Happiness (best actress for Kara Wai); Zhang Jiajia’s See You Tomorrow (best cinematography and art direction); and Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King 2 (best visual effects and make-up & costume design).
The channel also acquired Taiwanese filmmaker Chung Mong-hong’s Godspeed...
Fox Networks Group Asia (Fnga)’s Scm channel has acquired exclusive rights to crime thriller Trivisa and a slew of other films that won prizes at last week’s Hong Kong Film Awards.
Produced by Johnnie To and directed by three up-and-coming talents, Trivisa walked away with best film, best director (Jevons Au, Frank Hui & Vicky Wong), best actor (Lam Ka Tung), best screenplay and best editing at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night (April 9).
Scm also acquired exclusive rights to Wong Chun’s Mad World, which picked up three awards including best new director; Andy Lo’s Happiness (best actress for Kara Wai); Zhang Jiajia’s See You Tomorrow (best cinematography and art direction); and Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King 2 (best visual effects and make-up & costume design).
The channel also acquired Taiwanese filmmaker Chung Mong-hong’s Godspeed...
- 4/12/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Trivisa scoops five awards including best film, while Mad World takes best new ditrector prize.Scroll Down For Full List Of Winners
Hong Kong’s new wave of filmmakers scored big at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, where films from first-time directors walked off with most of the major prizes.
Johnnie To-produced crime drama Trivisa (pictured) was the big winner of the night, scooping five awards including best film and best director for its three first-time co-directors - Jevons Au, Frank Hui and Vicky Wong. The film, about a trio of notorious gangsters, also won best actor for Gordon Lam’s performance, best screenplay and best editing.
Wong Chun’s Mad World, also a first-time effort, picked up three awards, including best new director, best supporting actor for Eric Tsang’s performance and best supporting actress for Elaine Jin. The film tells the story of a former stockbroker living with his father (Tsang...
Hong Kong’s new wave of filmmakers scored big at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, where films from first-time directors walked off with most of the major prizes.
Johnnie To-produced crime drama Trivisa (pictured) was the big winner of the night, scooping five awards including best film and best director for its three first-time co-directors - Jevons Au, Frank Hui and Vicky Wong. The film, about a trio of notorious gangsters, also won best actor for Gordon Lam’s performance, best screenplay and best editing.
Wong Chun’s Mad World, also a first-time effort, picked up three awards, including best new director, best supporting actor for Eric Tsang’s performance and best supporting actress for Elaine Jin. The film tells the story of a former stockbroker living with his father (Tsang...
- 4/10/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Crime thriller Trivisa led the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards with five wins.
The Johnnie To and Yau Nai-hoi-produced film swept the best film, best director, best screenplay and best film editing categories, and leading man Gordon Lam — who played the King of Thieves in '90s Hong Kong — took home his first best actor award. This was the feature debut for two of the film's directors, Frank Hui and Vicky Wong, while the third, Jevons Au, helmed a part of last year's controversial omnibus best film winner, Ten Years. This is the second consecutive year newcomer Au has contributed...
The Johnnie To and Yau Nai-hoi-produced film swept the best film, best director, best screenplay and best film editing categories, and leading man Gordon Lam — who played the King of Thieves in '90s Hong Kong — took home his first best actor award. This was the feature debut for two of the film's directors, Frank Hui and Vicky Wong, while the third, Jevons Au, helmed a part of last year's controversial omnibus best film winner, Ten Years. This is the second consecutive year newcomer Au has contributed...
- 4/9/2017
- by Karen Chu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Multi-stranded crime drama Trivisa was the big winner at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards tonight, bagging five gongs including Best Film, Best Actor for Gordon Lam and Best Director for the trio Jevons Au, Frank Hui and Vicky Wong. The film also won Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Wong Chun was named Best New Director for Mad World, which also won awards for Eric Tsang and Elaine Jin in the Best Supporting categories, while Kara Hui gave a passionate, heartfelt acceptance speech after winning the Best Actress award for Happiness. Elsewhere, Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King 2 won for Visual Effects and Costume Design & Make Up, the Wong Kar Wai scripted See You Tomorrow won for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography,...
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- 4/9/2017
- Screen Anarchy
For 10 years, Five Flavours Film Festival has been presenting the best cinema from Asia, its meanings and contexts. Initially, the Festival focused solely on Vietnamese films, but it evolved to become a yearly review of the cinema of East and Southeast Asia, the only such event in the country.
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
- 10/28/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Sales outfit has also closed deals on two Johnny To titles.
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films has sold Gordon Chan’s God Of War [pictured] and Jazz Boon’s Line Walker to Sky Films in Taiwan, Clover Films in Singapore and MM2 in Malaysia.
Sky Films and Clover Films have also acquired Johnnie To’s Three and Trivisa, produced by To and directed by Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Au.
Currently in post-production, God Of War is a period action film about Chinese general Qi Jiguang who fought Japanese pirates along the Chinese coast in the 16th Century. Sammo Hung and Vincent Zhao head the cast of the film, which is tentatively scheduled for Chinese release in the first week of October.
Also in post-production Line Walker is a crime action thriller starring Louis Koo, Nick Cheung and Francis Ng. Chinese release is tentatively scheduled for the second week of August.
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films has sold Gordon Chan’s God Of War [pictured] and Jazz Boon’s Line Walker to Sky Films in Taiwan, Clover Films in Singapore and MM2 in Malaysia.
Sky Films and Clover Films have also acquired Johnnie To’s Three and Trivisa, produced by To and directed by Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Au.
Currently in post-production, God Of War is a period action film about Chinese general Qi Jiguang who fought Japanese pirates along the Chinese coast in the 16th Century. Sammo Hung and Vincent Zhao head the cast of the film, which is tentatively scheduled for Chinese release in the first week of October.
Also in post-production Line Walker is a crime action thriller starring Louis Koo, Nick Cheung and Francis Ng. Chinese release is tentatively scheduled for the second week of August.
- 5/12/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The biggest European film festival excludsively dealing with Asian cinema will open on Friday the 22nd of April with the South Korean blockbuster “The Tiger” and close with the Hong Kong thriller “The Bodyguard” on Saturday the 30th with the presence of the legendary Sammo Hung. Legendary director Johnnie To and composer Lim Giong will also attend.
The festival will feature 72 films in the official selection (5 world premieres) a retrospective of Japanese science fiction, the restored 4K versions of four Bruce Lee masterpieces and over 100 events organized around the city.
The line up of 2016 includes the followings:
Competition Section
China (10)
Chongqing Hot Pot, Yang Qing, crime-action- hipster noir, China 2016, European Premiere
The Dead End, Cao Baoping, cop-loves-cop thriller, China 2015, European Premiere
Destiny, Zhang Wei, human drama, China 2016, World Premiere
The Left Ear, Alec Su, youth drama, China 2015, European Premiere
Lost in Hong Kong, Xu Zheng, clash of cultures comedy, China 2015, International Festival Premiere
The Master,...
The festival will feature 72 films in the official selection (5 world premieres) a retrospective of Japanese science fiction, the restored 4K versions of four Bruce Lee masterpieces and over 100 events organized around the city.
The line up of 2016 includes the followings:
Competition Section
China (10)
Chongqing Hot Pot, Yang Qing, crime-action- hipster noir, China 2016, European Premiere
The Dead End, Cao Baoping, cop-loves-cop thriller, China 2015, European Premiere
Destiny, Zhang Wei, human drama, China 2016, World Premiere
The Left Ear, Alec Su, youth drama, China 2015, European Premiere
Lost in Hong Kong, Xu Zheng, clash of cultures comedy, China 2015, International Festival Premiere
The Master,...
- 4/21/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The 18th Feff will feature 50 titles in competition, including Lost In Hong Kong, Mojin: The Lost Legend and Ip Man 3, as well as a new Focus Asia market.Scroll down for full programme
The Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) has revealed the programme for its 18th edition (April 22-30), featuring a myriad of high-profile Asian titles from the past year.
The event will close with the European premiere of director and actor Sammo Hung’s latest feature, The Bodyguard [pictured], with Hung due to be in attendance.
Hung’s appearance marks the second year in a row that the festival has played host to a Hong Kong film icon, after Jackie Chan attended last year’s edition.
The Bodyguard (also known as My Beloved Bodyguard) has grossed close to $50m since its release in China on April 1. The film stars Sammo Hung as a retired bodyguard who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young girl.
The...
The Udine Far East Film Festival (Feff) has revealed the programme for its 18th edition (April 22-30), featuring a myriad of high-profile Asian titles from the past year.
The event will close with the European premiere of director and actor Sammo Hung’s latest feature, The Bodyguard [pictured], with Hung due to be in attendance.
Hung’s appearance marks the second year in a row that the festival has played host to a Hong Kong film icon, after Jackie Chan attended last year’s edition.
The Bodyguard (also known as My Beloved Bodyguard) has grossed close to $50m since its release in China on April 1. The film stars Sammo Hung as a retired bodyguard who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young girl.
The...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong's reigning king of crime cinema, Johnnie To, returns to the big screen in a producing role with the upcoming Trivisa. Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Au direct the three part crime saga and after its selection to the Berlin International Film Festival and the release of an internationally minded trailer in the lead up to that there is now a first trailer for domestic audiences in Hong Kong. And while the footage continues to look absolutely fantastic this one is also notable for the obvious hoops one has to jump through to make a contemporary crime film in post-handover Hong Kong: i.e. you can pretty much only get away with it if you set it before China regained control of the island...
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- 3/3/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Johnnie To-produced Trivisa and Yang Qing’s Chongqing Hotpot will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 21-April 4), while Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Creepy will close the event.
Chongqing Hotpot, which receives its world premiere at Hkiff, follows three high school classmates who open a hotpot restaurant and their adventures when the business fails.
Trivisa, which recently premiered at the Berlin film festival, is a gangster tale co-directed by Johnnie To proteges Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Au. Kurosawa’s thriller Creepy, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as a dectective investigating his neighbour, also premiered in Berlin.
In total, the festival will screen 240 titles including 63 world, international and Asian premieres. Highlights include a retrospective of Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films, celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary, and a spotlight on Korean cinema which will screen Kwon Oh-kwang’s Collective Invention, E J-yong’s The Bacchus Lady, Im Kwon-taek...
Chongqing Hotpot, which receives its world premiere at Hkiff, follows three high school classmates who open a hotpot restaurant and their adventures when the business fails.
Trivisa, which recently premiered at the Berlin film festival, is a gangster tale co-directed by Johnnie To proteges Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Au. Kurosawa’s thriller Creepy, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as a dectective investigating his neighbour, also premiered in Berlin.
In total, the festival will screen 240 titles including 63 world, international and Asian premieres. Highlights include a retrospective of Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films, celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary, and a spotlight on Korean cinema which will screen Kwon Oh-kwang’s Collective Invention, E J-yong’s The Bacchus Lady, Im Kwon-taek...
- 2/24/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Plot
Three dangerous criminal rivals cross the border from China to Hong Kong in search of fortunes.
Starring Gordan Lam,Richie Jen, Jordan Chan and featuring 3 directors : Frank Hui ,Jevons Au Man-Kit,Vicky Wong, Trivisa is set to premier at the Berlin International Film Festival .
Trailer
Source: Media Asia
Johnnie To and Yau Nai Hoi last teamed up for the excellent ‘Eye in the Sky‘, so we have high hopes for this one.
Johnnie To will be back in the directors chair later this year ( Office, Three )...
Three dangerous criminal rivals cross the border from China to Hong Kong in search of fortunes.
Starring Gordan Lam,Richie Jen, Jordan Chan and featuring 3 directors : Frank Hui ,Jevons Au Man-Kit,Vicky Wong, Trivisa is set to premier at the Berlin International Film Festival .
Trailer
Source: Media Asia
Johnnie To and Yau Nai Hoi last teamed up for the excellent ‘Eye in the Sky‘, so we have high hopes for this one.
Johnnie To will be back in the directors chair later this year ( Office, Three )...
- 1/31/2016
- by The Tiger
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Projects include an omnibus about Hong Kong’s history that brings together eight of the territory’s leading directors.
Media Asia is unleashing a trio of Johnnie To projects at Efm, including an omnibus about Hong Kong’s history that brings together eight of the territory’s leading directors.
The as-yet-untitled project will include segments directed by To, John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, Ringo Lam, Patrick Tam, Sammo Hung and Yuen Woo-ping. To will also produce through his Hong Kong-based Milkyway Image.
“The idea is that each of them will focus on one decade of Hong Kong’s history, although it may not end up being as strict as that,” explained Media Asia general manager and head of sales and international co-productions Fred Tsui.
Ann Hui has already started shooting her segment, set in 1940s Hong Kong, which delves into social commentary with a tale about kindergarten classes that were held on rooftops.
To is also...
Media Asia is unleashing a trio of Johnnie To projects at Efm, including an omnibus about Hong Kong’s history that brings together eight of the territory’s leading directors.
The as-yet-untitled project will include segments directed by To, John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, Ringo Lam, Patrick Tam, Sammo Hung and Yuen Woo-ping. To will also produce through his Hong Kong-based Milkyway Image.
“The idea is that each of them will focus on one decade of Hong Kong’s history, although it may not end up being as strict as that,” explained Media Asia general manager and head of sales and international co-productions Fred Tsui.
Ann Hui has already started shooting her segment, set in 1940s Hong Kong, which delves into social commentary with a tale about kindergarten classes that were held on rooftops.
To is also...
- 2/6/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
A romantic comedy produced for the lucrative Mandarin market, Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's Don't Go Breaking My Heart is pure formula—quirky white-collar girl wooed by contrasting lovers—given the étude treatment: rudimentary romantic themes, taken at face value, form the basis for a complicated technical exercise. Tricks with mirrored surfaces, depth-of-field, cutaway sets and wide-angle lenses abound, all synced up to Xavier Jamaux's Legrand-esque makeout music. But to what ends? To and Wai aren't giving story or structure the runaround in favor of "style;" rather, they take this hoary premise and build on and out of it. Simple ideas, sufficiently overthought, become postmodernist architecture: crisp lines of character, plot and internal logic accented with blunt neoclassical flourishes. Where those lines lead, though, is a different matter.
Investment firm employee Zixin (Gao Yuanyuan), newly single, spends her evenings hanging out with an alcoholic architect (Daniel Wu) while pining...
Investment firm employee Zixin (Gao Yuanyuan), newly single, spends her evenings hanging out with an alcoholic architect (Daniel Wu) while pining...
- 8/28/2011
- MUBI
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