Wang Xiaoshuai’s Venice premiere sells to French distributor.
Chinese production company Chinese Shadows, which recently established an international sales arm, has sold Wang Xiaoshuai’s Red Amnesia to Les Acacias for France.
Hong Kong-based Edko Films is handling South-East Asia sales on the film and has sold it to Gv Films for Singapore. Edko Films will also handle its distribution in Hong Kong.
Wang edited a slightly shorter cut of the film following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. The film has also played at Toronto, Busan and Cairo film festivals, among others, and won best actress for Zhong Lu’s performance at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Chinese Shadows, headed by Isabelle Glachant, has also picked up Israeli director Lior Shamriz’s Korea-German co-production Cancelled Faces during Berlinale. The film receives its world premiere in Berlin’s Forum Expanded section tonight (Feb 10).
Glachant’s slate also includes Tibetan filmmaker Chakme Rinpoche...
Chinese production company Chinese Shadows, which recently established an international sales arm, has sold Wang Xiaoshuai’s Red Amnesia to Les Acacias for France.
Hong Kong-based Edko Films is handling South-East Asia sales on the film and has sold it to Gv Films for Singapore. Edko Films will also handle its distribution in Hong Kong.
Wang edited a slightly shorter cut of the film following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. The film has also played at Toronto, Busan and Cairo film festivals, among others, and won best actress for Zhong Lu’s performance at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Chinese Shadows, headed by Isabelle Glachant, has also picked up Israeli director Lior Shamriz’s Korea-German co-production Cancelled Faces during Berlinale. The film receives its world premiere in Berlin’s Forum Expanded section tonight (Feb 10).
Glachant’s slate also includes Tibetan filmmaker Chakme Rinpoche...
- 2/10/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Wang Xiaoshuai’s Venice premiere sells to French distributor.
Chinese production company Chinese Shadows, which recently established an international sales arm, has sold Wang Xiaoshuai’s Red Amnesia to Les Acacias for France.
Hong Kong-based Edko Films is handling South-East Asia sales on the film and has sold it to Gv Films for Singapore. Edko Films will also handle its distribution in Hong Kong.
Wang edited a slightly shorter cut of the film following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. The film has also played at Toronto, Busan and Cairo film festivals, among others, and won best actress for Zhong Lu’s performance at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Chinese Shadows, headed by Isabelle Glachant, has also picked up Israeli director Lior Shamriz’s Korea-German co-production Cancelled Faces during Berlinale. The film receives its world premiere in Berlin’s Forum Expanded section tonight (Feb 10).
Glachant’s slate also includes Tibetan filmmaker Chakme Rinpoche...
Chinese production company Chinese Shadows, which recently established an international sales arm, has sold Wang Xiaoshuai’s Red Amnesia to Les Acacias for France.
Hong Kong-based Edko Films is handling South-East Asia sales on the film and has sold it to Gv Films for Singapore. Edko Films will also handle its distribution in Hong Kong.
Wang edited a slightly shorter cut of the film following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. The film has also played at Toronto, Busan and Cairo film festivals, among others, and won best actress for Zhong Lu’s performance at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Chinese Shadows, headed by Isabelle Glachant, has also picked up Israeli director Lior Shamriz’s Korea-German co-production Cancelled Faces during Berlinale. The film receives its world premiere in Berlin’s Forum Expanded section tonight (Feb 10).
Glachant’s slate also includes Tibetan filmmaker Chakme Rinpoche...
- 2/10/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The Busan International Film Festival has announced its Asian Project Market (Apm) line-up for this year with 30 projects including name directors like Kim Jee-woon, Wayne Wang and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
A total of 249 projects were submitted this year, with Apm organizers noting 35% were international co-productions.
Out of the final 30 selected, 11 are co-productions, including Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Iran-Georgia project The President, A Brand New Life director Ounie Lecomte’s Korea-Japan project A Thousand Weeds, and Edwin’s Exotic Pictures, an Indonesia-Netherlands-Germany collaboration.
ScreenDaily first reported on Makhmalbaf’s The President - his first English-language feature - last week.
Wayne Wang’s Japan-us project While The Women Are Sleeping, based on a short story from The New Yorker magazine about two vacationing couples at a resort, has been changed to incorporate Asian characters and settings.
Kim Jee-woon, who made his English language directorial debut earlier this year with The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is planning...
A total of 249 projects were submitted this year, with Apm organizers noting 35% were international co-productions.
Out of the final 30 selected, 11 are co-productions, including Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Iran-Georgia project The President, A Brand New Life director Ounie Lecomte’s Korea-Japan project A Thousand Weeds, and Edwin’s Exotic Pictures, an Indonesia-Netherlands-Germany collaboration.
ScreenDaily first reported on Makhmalbaf’s The President - his first English-language feature - last week.
Wayne Wang’s Japan-us project While The Women Are Sleeping, based on a short story from The New Yorker magazine about two vacationing couples at a resort, has been changed to incorporate Asian characters and settings.
Kim Jee-woon, who made his English language directorial debut earlier this year with The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is planning...
- 8/19/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
By now I am quite used to the twin 80s blondes trajectories of "Meryl: still preeminent; Everyone Else: struggling." Meryl Streep and Michelle Pfeiffer are a decade apart in age so they're only conjoined in my own mind as the formative blondes of my cinephilia though they aren't directly correlative. Meryl's true contemporaries are the Close / Lange / Weaver / Weist / Sarandon / Field / Keaton super-pack (all born between '46 and '49... a vintage crop.)
But let's check in with both of my blondes very briefly today.
Dan Zak, who is a very fine writer that I am acquainted with, wrote kind of a frosty profile of Pfeiffer when Chéri came out (which made note of her still robust online Pfandom -- guilty! -- though we ringleaders went unnamed) but he's made amends with this profile of Streep to coincide with her Kennedy Center Honors. It's a beauty.
There is nothing to say about her handshake,...
But let's check in with both of my blondes very briefly today.
Dan Zak, who is a very fine writer that I am acquainted with, wrote kind of a frosty profile of Pfeiffer when Chéri came out (which made note of her still robust online Pfandom -- guilty! -- though we ringleaders went unnamed) but he's made amends with this profile of Streep to coincide with her Kennedy Center Honors. It's a beauty.
There is nothing to say about her handshake,...
- 12/6/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Go Lala Go sees mainland actress Xu Jinglei return behind the camera as well as in front of it for the first time since her increasingly prominent supporting roles in a trio of powerhouse Asian blockbusters (Confession of Pain (2006), The Warlords (2007) and Jackie Chan's The Shinjuku Incident (2009)).
Though she's enjoyed domestic success for some years now her previous projects as director and star have always been on a surprisingly intimate scale, whether the confessional melodrama of My Father And I (2003), the period tragedy of Letter From An Unknown Woman (2004) or the chamber duologue of What Dreams May Come (2006).
Go Lala Go is different. It's a glossy rom-com, basically. Though it flirts with a number of subtexts and is directed with a graceful, picture-perfect style that belies how flimsy the material is, it's still a story of girl meets boy, where the two protagonists wonder if they can ever make...
Though she's enjoyed domestic success for some years now her previous projects as director and star have always been on a surprisingly intimate scale, whether the confessional melodrama of My Father And I (2003), the period tragedy of Letter From An Unknown Woman (2004) or the chamber duologue of What Dreams May Come (2006).
Go Lala Go is different. It's a glossy rom-com, basically. Though it flirts with a number of subtexts and is directed with a graceful, picture-perfect style that belies how flimsy the material is, it's still a story of girl meets boy, where the two protagonists wonder if they can ever make...
- 5/18/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Venice International Film Festival
VENICE, Italy -- Fluid motion and glorious colors provide a visual treat in Jiang Wen's sumptuous romantic fantasy The Sun Also Rises, which screened in competition at the Venice International Film Festival.
Flowers in bloom, intricately embroidered slippers, billowing curtains and a belly as soft as velvet are among the sensuous elements in a quartet of interrelated stories about characters who are variously addled, lecherous, vengeful and yearning in the four quadrants of China in the mid-1970s.
Lavishly produced and imaginatively shot, the film will delight audiences who enjoy extravagantly gorgeous imagery without the violence that usually accompanies it. Boxoffice potential looks good in art houses worldwide.
The first sequence is all about madness and mischief as a single mother (Zhuo Yun) drives her devoted son (Jaycee Chan) to distraction with her daredevil antics in pursuit of tranquility. The agile mom climbs tall trees and stands perilously astride a small earthen raft on the river. She treasures a beautiful pair of slippers that she is forever losing, and the son fears that, one day, the footwear will remain while his mother disappears.
Then, on a college campus, two old friends find their friendship tested by rivalry over a woman. Doctor Lin (Joan Chen) is the mistress of Old Tang (director Jiang), but she finds herself drawn to teacher Liang (Anthony Wong), who is catnip to beautiful women. When Liang is accused of groping women at a campus gathering, Lin offers her rear end behind a curtain to determine whose was the guilty hand.
Old Tang, who is a hunter, has a young wife (Kong Wei) who begins a relationship with the madwoman's son. One day, Tang overhears their noises of passion and his wife whispering that her husband says her belly is like velvet. He determines to shoot the young man but is given pause when the boy asks him, "What is velvet?"
The final episode involves all the characters in a dreamlike sequence that brings their lives full circle. Three cinematographers -- Zhao Fei, Mark Ping-bin Lee and Yang Tao -- worked on the project, and they make the most of some gorgeous scenery, the lush production design of Cao Jiuping and Zhang Jianqun and Xu Jianshu's lovely costumes.
Besides being wonderful to look at, The Sun Also Rises is great fun, with sure-handed performances and an especially spry one by Zhuo as the addled mother. Joe Hisaishi's variegated score adds to the entertainment.
THE SUN ALSO RISES
Beijing Buyilehu Films
Credits:
Director: Jiang Wen
Screenwriters: Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Shixing
Based on the novel Velvet di by: Ye Mi
Producers: Albert Lee, Jiang Wen
Executive producers: Albert Yeung, Wang Wei, Jiang Wen
Directors of photography: Zhao Fei, Mark Ping-bin Lee, Yang Tao
Production designers: Cao Jiuping, Zhang Jianqun
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Costume designer: Xu Jianshu
Editors: Zhang Yifan, Jiang Wen
Cast:
Old Tang: Jiang Wen
Doctor Lin: Joan Chen
Mad Mother: Zhuo Yun
The Son: Jaycee Chan
Teacher Liang: Anthony Wong
Tang's Wife: Kong Wei
Running time -- 116 minutes
No MPAA rating...
VENICE, Italy -- Fluid motion and glorious colors provide a visual treat in Jiang Wen's sumptuous romantic fantasy The Sun Also Rises, which screened in competition at the Venice International Film Festival.
Flowers in bloom, intricately embroidered slippers, billowing curtains and a belly as soft as velvet are among the sensuous elements in a quartet of interrelated stories about characters who are variously addled, lecherous, vengeful and yearning in the four quadrants of China in the mid-1970s.
Lavishly produced and imaginatively shot, the film will delight audiences who enjoy extravagantly gorgeous imagery without the violence that usually accompanies it. Boxoffice potential looks good in art houses worldwide.
The first sequence is all about madness and mischief as a single mother (Zhuo Yun) drives her devoted son (Jaycee Chan) to distraction with her daredevil antics in pursuit of tranquility. The agile mom climbs tall trees and stands perilously astride a small earthen raft on the river. She treasures a beautiful pair of slippers that she is forever losing, and the son fears that, one day, the footwear will remain while his mother disappears.
Then, on a college campus, two old friends find their friendship tested by rivalry over a woman. Doctor Lin (Joan Chen) is the mistress of Old Tang (director Jiang), but she finds herself drawn to teacher Liang (Anthony Wong), who is catnip to beautiful women. When Liang is accused of groping women at a campus gathering, Lin offers her rear end behind a curtain to determine whose was the guilty hand.
Old Tang, who is a hunter, has a young wife (Kong Wei) who begins a relationship with the madwoman's son. One day, Tang overhears their noises of passion and his wife whispering that her husband says her belly is like velvet. He determines to shoot the young man but is given pause when the boy asks him, "What is velvet?"
The final episode involves all the characters in a dreamlike sequence that brings their lives full circle. Three cinematographers -- Zhao Fei, Mark Ping-bin Lee and Yang Tao -- worked on the project, and they make the most of some gorgeous scenery, the lush production design of Cao Jiuping and Zhang Jianqun and Xu Jianshu's lovely costumes.
Besides being wonderful to look at, The Sun Also Rises is great fun, with sure-handed performances and an especially spry one by Zhuo as the addled mother. Joe Hisaishi's variegated score adds to the entertainment.
THE SUN ALSO RISES
Beijing Buyilehu Films
Credits:
Director: Jiang Wen
Screenwriters: Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Shixing
Based on the novel Velvet di by: Ye Mi
Producers: Albert Lee, Jiang Wen
Executive producers: Albert Yeung, Wang Wei, Jiang Wen
Directors of photography: Zhao Fei, Mark Ping-bin Lee, Yang Tao
Production designers: Cao Jiuping, Zhang Jianqun
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Costume designer: Xu Jianshu
Editors: Zhang Yifan, Jiang Wen
Cast:
Old Tang: Jiang Wen
Doctor Lin: Joan Chen
Mad Mother: Zhuo Yun
The Son: Jaycee Chan
Teacher Liang: Anthony Wong
Tang's Wife: Kong Wei
Running time -- 116 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The Weinstein Co. has nabbed all U.S., Australian and New Zealand rights to Wong Kar Wai's romantic comedy "My Blueberry Nights" starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Tim Roth and Natalie Portman.
"Nights" marks Wong's English-language feature debut and the feature-film acting debut of singer Jones, who will play a woman taking a long road trip to find true love. The feature, filled with eccentric characters she meets along the way, was shot on locations across the country in the summer.
"Ten years ago, Harvey Weinstein played a key role in introducing my work to American audiences with 'Chungking Express, ' " said Wong, who was the jury president at May's Festival de Cannes. "It's a pleasure to be reunited with an old friend at this new phase of my career."
Wong wrote "Nights" with Lawrence Block and produced the project with Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei. The Block 2 Distribution presentation is a co-production of Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited.
Weinstein Co. executive vps and co-heads of acquisitions Michelle Krumm and Maeva Gatineau and senior vp business and legal affairs Laine Kline negotiated the deal with StudioCanal executive vp international sales Muriel Sauzay and director of international sales Saya Huddleston. Irene Leung negotiated on behalf of Block 2 Distribution. StudioCanal is handling international sales.
"Nights" marks Wong's English-language feature debut and the feature-film acting debut of singer Jones, who will play a woman taking a long road trip to find true love. The feature, filled with eccentric characters she meets along the way, was shot on locations across the country in the summer.
"Ten years ago, Harvey Weinstein played a key role in introducing my work to American audiences with 'Chungking Express, ' " said Wong, who was the jury president at May's Festival de Cannes. "It's a pleasure to be reunited with an old friend at this new phase of my career."
Wong wrote "Nights" with Lawrence Block and produced the project with Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei. The Block 2 Distribution presentation is a co-production of Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited.
Weinstein Co. executive vps and co-heads of acquisitions Michelle Krumm and Maeva Gatineau and senior vp business and legal affairs Laine Kline negotiated the deal with StudioCanal executive vp international sales Muriel Sauzay and director of international sales Saya Huddleston. Irene Leung negotiated on behalf of Block 2 Distribution. StudioCanal is handling international sales.
- 11/9/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman have joined the cast of Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, the director's English-language debut starring Norah Jones. Preproduction on the film, which will shoot in the summer in the U.S., will begin after the Festival de Cannes, where Wong is serving as jury president. Nights is a Block 2 Distribution presentation of a Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited production, produced by Wong, Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei.
- 5/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman have joined the cast of Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, the director's English-language debut starring Norah Jones. Preproduction on the film, which will shoot in the summer in the U.S., will begin after the Festival de Cannes, where Wong is serving as jury president. Nights is a Block 2 Distribution presentation of a Jet Tone Films and Lou Yi Limited production, produced by Wong, Jean Louis Piel, Jacky Pang and Wang Wei.
- 5/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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