Chicago, Il – January 18, 2024 – Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) proudly presents a 2024 Lunar New Year Celebration with the stylish martial arts film 100 Yards and pre-show entertainment for this year of the Dragon on February 17 in the Claudia Cassidy Center at the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington).
In Asian culture, the Dragon holds a significant place as an auspicious and extraordinary creature, unparalleled in talent and excellence. It symbolizes power, nobility, honor, luck, and success. Consequently, adding to the feature presentation Apuc is presenting a pre-show entertainment beginning at 1:00pm with a lion dance accompanied with live drumming performed by Master P.C. Leung & Team. 100 Yards screens at 2:00pm. Admission is free, RSVP is required.
Co-presented by Apuc and The Chicago Film Office of Dcase, the free event is supported by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago.
To reserve tickets and get more information, visit asianpopupcinema.
In Asian culture, the Dragon holds a significant place as an auspicious and extraordinary creature, unparalleled in talent and excellence. It symbolizes power, nobility, honor, luck, and success. Consequently, adding to the feature presentation Apuc is presenting a pre-show entertainment beginning at 1:00pm with a lion dance accompanied with live drumming performed by Master P.C. Leung & Team. 100 Yards screens at 2:00pm. Admission is free, RSVP is required.
Co-presented by Apuc and The Chicago Film Office of Dcase, the free event is supported by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago.
To reserve tickets and get more information, visit asianpopupcinema.
- 1/20/2024
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
On the occasion of “100 Yards” having its international premiere in Toronto, we speak with Xu Haofeng and Jacky Heung about the reception of the audience in Toronto, the appeal of wuxia nowadays, Xu Haofeng co-directing with his brother, Xu Junfeng and Jacky Heung co-starring with his wife, Beahayden Kuo, and the approach to the visuals and the action scenes.
- 9/14/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Xu Haofeng has emerged as one of the most renowned authors, scriptwriters and directors of martial arts titles, with his credits including “The Grandmaster” (as a script-writer), “The Hidden Sword” and “The Final Master”. His latest works in particular combine wuxia tropes with ultra stylish visuals, with the last among the aforementioned titles being a distinctive sample. The same applies to “100 Yards”, which he co-directed with Xu Junfeng, which had its international premiere in Toronto
100 Yards is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
The story is set in 1920s Tianjin, just as a respected martial artist and leader of a wushu Academy is about to die. A regulated duel between the top apprentice, Qi and the master's son, Shen, kickstarts the saga, with the former winning relatively easily, and thus earning the ownership of the academy, with Chairman Meng acting as the steward of the deceased, enforcing his will.
100 Yards is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
The story is set in 1920s Tianjin, just as a respected martial artist and leader of a wushu Academy is about to die. A regulated duel between the top apprentice, Qi and the master's son, Shen, kickstarts the saga, with the former winning relatively easily, and thus earning the ownership of the academy, with Chairman Meng acting as the steward of the deceased, enforcing his will.
- 9/13/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
"If there was trouble within 100 yards of the entrance, it was dealt with." The first teaser trailer is out for a Chinese martial arts action film titled 100 Years, co-directed by the filmmakers Xu Haofeng & Xu Junfeng. This is premiering as a centerpiece selection at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival coming up this fall, its first screening outside of China after showing at the Shanghai Film Festival. Two bitter rivals (starring Jacky Heung and Andy On) duel for stewardship of a wushu academy, in this "cool and calculated" martial arts caper from Xu Haofeng. It's set in the 1920s in Northern China, pre-wwii. With martial arts choreography by Duncan Leung, and cinematography by Shao Dan. The cast also includes Bea Hayden Kuo, Tang Shiyi, and Li Yuan. I'm digging the more minimalistic, refined style of this - clean shots, and clean dialogue. Bring it on. // Continue Reading ›...
- 8/11/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Period feature stars Jacky Heung and Andy On.
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North America distribution rights to 100 Yards, a period martial arts drama directed by Xu Haofeng and Xu Junfeng.
The deal was negotiated directly with producer Rainbow Fong on behalf of the filmmakers. Well Go plans to release the feature in 2024, following a festival run that began with its world premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival in June.
Hong Kong-based My Way Film Company is handling sales for Asean countries, with Fortissimo Films managing all other international sales excluding North America and Southeast Asia.
Xu Haofeng is director of The Sword Identity,...
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North America distribution rights to 100 Yards, a period martial arts drama directed by Xu Haofeng and Xu Junfeng.
The deal was negotiated directly with producer Rainbow Fong on behalf of the filmmakers. Well Go plans to release the feature in 2024, following a festival run that began with its world premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival in June.
Hong Kong-based My Way Film Company is handling sales for Asean countries, with Fortissimo Films managing all other international sales excluding North America and Southeast Asia.
Xu Haofeng is director of The Sword Identity,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The Chinese Wuxia feature is from the co-writer of Wong Kar Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’.
Amsterdam and Beijing-based sales outfit Fortissimo Films has secured international rights to Chinese martial arts drama 100 Yards, directed by Xu Haofeng and Xu Junfeng, and will launch sales at the Cannes market this month.
The film, locally titled Men Qian Bao Di, is in post-production for release this summer, and Fortissimo has already secured a pre-sale of the feature with Splendid for Germany. It is produced by Beijing-based Lumen Art and Culture.
Xu Haofeng is director of The Sword Identity, which played Venice and Toronto...
Amsterdam and Beijing-based sales outfit Fortissimo Films has secured international rights to Chinese martial arts drama 100 Yards, directed by Xu Haofeng and Xu Junfeng, and will launch sales at the Cannes market this month.
The film, locally titled Men Qian Bao Di, is in post-production for release this summer, and Fortissimo has already secured a pre-sale of the feature with Splendid for Germany. It is produced by Beijing-based Lumen Art and Culture.
Xu Haofeng is director of The Sword Identity, which played Venice and Toronto...
- 5/3/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Deauville Asian Film Festival 2008
DEAUVILLE, France -- Fen Fen Cheng's Keeping Watch has certainly been inspired by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but minus the evil quotient. Known for her stylized prose, Cheng twists a seemingly ordinary story into a dramatic affair. A trifle complex and many layered, the film may appeal better to festival audiences rather than ticket-paying viewers.
Ching (Haden Kuo) watches over her family owned clock shop, where the ticking of the machines is as humdrum as her own boring existence. One afternoon, Han (Joseph Chang) walks into the shop claiming to be her once-upon-a-time high school classmate. Ching certainly does not remember him, but, nonetheless, falls in love with him. However, when he suddenly vanishes, Ching meets Han's parents -- after finding out their address from her school yearbook -- who tell her that their son had been dead for years.
Cheng paints a deeply mysterious canvas that could have been crisper and perhaps more easily understandable had only the film been edited better. The performances make up for this shortcoming with both Kuo and Chang playing their parts splendidly.
Chang is almost perfect in a role that demands personality changes and conflicts. Kuo, as the sales girl at the corner shop, essays the dilemma of one torn by the conflicting characters and images of the man she loves.
KEEPING WATCH
Joint Entertainment International
International Sales: Ventes Internationals
Credits:
Writer/director: Fen Fen Cheng
Producer: James C.Liu
Director of photography: Adili Chen
Art designer: Chien-Jung Huang
Music: Danny Liang
Costume designer: Wan-Huan Li
Editors: Anderson Chen and Belle Wong
Cast:
Ching: Haden Kuo
Han: Joseph Chang
Running time -- 92 minutes
No MPAA rating...
DEAUVILLE, France -- Fen Fen Cheng's Keeping Watch has certainly been inspired by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but minus the evil quotient. Known for her stylized prose, Cheng twists a seemingly ordinary story into a dramatic affair. A trifle complex and many layered, the film may appeal better to festival audiences rather than ticket-paying viewers.
Ching (Haden Kuo) watches over her family owned clock shop, where the ticking of the machines is as humdrum as her own boring existence. One afternoon, Han (Joseph Chang) walks into the shop claiming to be her once-upon-a-time high school classmate. Ching certainly does not remember him, but, nonetheless, falls in love with him. However, when he suddenly vanishes, Ching meets Han's parents -- after finding out their address from her school yearbook -- who tell her that their son had been dead for years.
Cheng paints a deeply mysterious canvas that could have been crisper and perhaps more easily understandable had only the film been edited better. The performances make up for this shortcoming with both Kuo and Chang playing their parts splendidly.
Chang is almost perfect in a role that demands personality changes and conflicts. Kuo, as the sales girl at the corner shop, essays the dilemma of one torn by the conflicting characters and images of the man she loves.
KEEPING WATCH
Joint Entertainment International
International Sales: Ventes Internationals
Credits:
Writer/director: Fen Fen Cheng
Producer: James C.Liu
Director of photography: Adili Chen
Art designer: Chien-Jung Huang
Music: Danny Liang
Costume designer: Wan-Huan Li
Editors: Anderson Chen and Belle Wong
Cast:
Ching: Haden Kuo
Han: Joseph Chang
Running time -- 92 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 3/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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