All articles by Silvia Wong – Page 32
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News‘Ah Girls Go Army’ breaks pandemic box office record in Singapore
Jack Neo’s comedy proved the leading local feature over Chinese New Year.
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NewsSoi Cheang’s ‘Limbo’ leads 2022 Hong Kong Film Awards nominations
Other contenders include biopic ‘Anita’, ‘Drifting’ and ‘Raging Fire’, the final thriller by the late Benny Chan.
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FeaturesLi Ruijun talks filming a vanishing part of China in ‘Return To Dust’
Chinese filmmaker Li Ruijun shot his Berlin Competition title Return To Dust over four seasons in 2020.
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NewsFoggy takes Japan rights to Zhang Lu’s ‘Yanagawa’ (exclusive)
New Japanese distributor has also secured rights to two further Zhang features.
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FeaturesBerlin 2022: Hong Kong and China hot projects
Chinese and Hong Kong filmmakers continue to be prolific, despite the continuing effects of the lockdown.
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NewsThai production outfit Diversion launches debut EFM slate (exclusive)
First two features are Berlinale Forum titles ’Memoryland’ and documentary ’Scala’.
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FeaturesBerlin 2022: Taiwan hot projects
Hot off a strong year for the local box office, there is an eclectic mix of Taiwanese titles available to EFM buyers.
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FeaturesBerlin 2022: Screen’s guide to the Panorama titles
The Berlinale unfolds this year as an in‑person event, while the European Film Market has been forced online for a second time.
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FeaturesBerlin 2022: Screen’s guide to the Encounters titles
Screen profiles the Competition, Encounters, Panorama and Specials strands.
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NewsAnthony Chen launches China-focused Canopy Pictures with Rediance’s Xie Meng
Canopy’s first film The Breaking Ice’ has just wrapped in China.
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FeaturesBerlin 2022: Screen’s guide to the Competition titles
The Competition line-up includes new titles by Claire Denis, Phyllis Nagy, Rithy Panh, Hong Sangsoo, Francois Ozon and Denis Côté.
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NewsHAF reveals 15 Work-in-Progress projects for 2022 edition
Line-up includes projects from producers Winnie Tsang and Stanley Kwan and an Israel-Italy co-production.
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NewsChinese New Year set for record box office led by ‘The Battle At Lake Changjin II’
Eight local titles come out in China on February 1
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FeaturesThe long road to success for ‘Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom’: “Bhutan was not an option on the Academy list”
The film has made the Academy international feature shortlist, as Bhutan’s second-ever submission.
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Features14 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2022
Hirokazu Kore-eda, Park Chan-wook and Makoto Shinkai all have films ready for 2022.
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NewsAsian Shadows boards Rotterdam competition title ‘Silver Bird And Rainbow Fish’ (exclusive)
Previously known as ‘Ningdu’, it’s the debut feature animation for Chinese filmmaker Lei Lei
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NewsHAF announces 28 in-development projects for 2022 edition
The selection includes eight Hong Kong projects and the first-ever Thai-Muslim horror
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NewsLocal title ‘4Kings’ triumphs over Hollywood blockbusters at Thai box office
4Kings beats new opener West Side Story at the Thai box office with the biggest opening weekend for a local film this year.
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NewsPanah Panahi’s ‘Hit The Road’ wins top prize in Singapore
Following last year’s hybrid edition, SGIFF returned fully to the cinemas this year, hosting 77 onsite screenings.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race: the Asia Pacific contenders
Can the region continue its run of success?