All articles by Silvia Wong – Page 11
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FeaturesBusan 2024: The buzz titles from Hong Kong
A $50m action thriller with an all-star cast and the first film from Hong Kong to compete in New Currents since 2017 are among the features set for this year’s festival and market.
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News‘Grandma’ producers GDH 559 to remake Taiwan hit ‘Marry My Dead Body’ with Billkin and PP (exclusive)
‘The Red Envelope’ will be a Thai adaptation of the blockbuster feature from Taiwan.
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News‘For Rana’ Iranian director Iman Yazdi absent from Busan film festival amid escalating conflict (exclusive)
The filmmaker has seen his travel plans disrupted due to heightened tensions in the Middle East.
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FeaturesHong Kong’s First Feature Film Initiative showcasing projects at ACFM
Hong Kong’s First Feature Film Initiative will spotlight several projects at the market, drumming up visibility for new titles from emerging directors.
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News‘Dead Talents Society’ leads Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards nominations
Tom Lin’s ‘Yen And Ai-Lee’ and Geng Jun’s ‘Bel Ami’ also frontrunners.
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NewsDistribution Workshop to launch Juno Mak’s ‘Sons Of The Neon Night’ at ACFM
The cop action thriller will star Taiwanese-Japanese superstar Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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FeaturesBusan film festival going bigger despite slashed budget and ongoing challenges
Busan International Film Festival has an expanded programme and a new audience award for documentaries, even in the face of funding cuts and ongoing challenges.
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FeaturesPingyao 2024: profiles of seven debut features in Hidden Dragons competition
The section showcases Chinese-language first or second feature films.
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NewsDong Zijian’s ‘My Friend An Delie’ picked up by Rediance ahead of Tokyo competition (exclusive)
Chinese actor Dong makes his directorial feature debut with the drama, which will premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival.
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FeaturesJia Zhangke on plans to grow Pingyao film festival while remaining intimate
The festival’s 8th edition will screen 51 films including 17 world premieres.
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News‘The Assassin’ star Shu Qi wraps directorial debut ‘Girl’
The Taiwan-born actress has also written the script for the feature.
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NewsTaiwan Creative Content Fest 2024 projects to compete for record prize amount
An increasing number of international co-productions amount 62 projects.
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FeaturesChinese arthouse films are back on the world stage, but how are they performing at home?
A trio of Chinese arthouse films stood out with distinctive box-office results last year.
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NewsHo Wi Ding filming Indonesia-Singapore AI drama ‘Mothernet’, starring Dian Sastrowardoyo
The feature combines top talent from across Southeast Asia.
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NewsVenice competitor ‘Stranger Eyes’ to open Golden Horse film festival
Yeo Siew Hua’s surveillance drama will receive its Asian premiere at the festival in Taiwan.
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NewsTaiwan’s Golden Horse project market reveals 63 film and series titles
The selection showcases a mix of directors including Kiwi Chow and Hsieh Pei-ju and producers such as Fran Borgia and Sylvia Chang.
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NewsRediance boards China drama ‘Bound In Heaven’ ahead of Toronto premiere (exclusive)
The film marks the feature debut of director Huo Xin.
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NewsGolden Scene boards Busan competitor ‘Montages Of A Modern Motherhood’ (exclusive)
Marks the second feature of ‘Still Human’ director Oliver Chan.
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Features‘Stranger Eyes’ director Yeo Siew Hua on how his Venice Competition drama came close to being shelved
The surveillance thriller is the first from Singapore to ever compete for the Golden Lion.
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NewsDiversion picks up sales on Lav Diaz’s Venice title ‘Phantosmia’ (exclusive)
The feature marks the eighth time on the Lido for the Filipino filmmaker.