Hong Kong’s One Cool Film group has announced five new movies, revealed through exclusive teasers and posters on the opening day of FilMart.
Upcoming films include “Love Lies,” starring Sandra Ng and M.C. Cheung Tinfu; “The Trier of Fact,” directed by Calvin Tong and featuring Louis Koo and Eddie Peng; “The Way We Talk,” produced, written and directed by Adam Wong, with Neo Yau, Chung Suet Ying and Ng Tsz Ho Marco in leading roles; “Good Game,” helmed by Dickson Leung, written by Lily He Xin and Sheng Ling Xiu Zhong, and starring Andrew Lam, Will Or and Yanny Chan; and “Behind the Shadows,” produced by Soi Cheang, directed by Jonathan Li and Chou Man Yu, and starring Koo, Chrissie Chou and Liu Kuan Ting.
“Love Lies,” which will premiere at the 48th Hong Kong Intl. Film Festival, tells the tale of an internet romance scam. Ng recommended Cheung,...
Upcoming films include “Love Lies,” starring Sandra Ng and M.C. Cheung Tinfu; “The Trier of Fact,” directed by Calvin Tong and featuring Louis Koo and Eddie Peng; “The Way We Talk,” produced, written and directed by Adam Wong, with Neo Yau, Chung Suet Ying and Ng Tsz Ho Marco in leading roles; “Good Game,” helmed by Dickson Leung, written by Lily He Xin and Sheng Ling Xiu Zhong, and starring Andrew Lam, Will Or and Yanny Chan; and “Behind the Shadows,” produced by Soi Cheang, directed by Jonathan Li and Chou Man Yu, and starring Koo, Chrissie Chou and Liu Kuan Ting.
“Love Lies,” which will premiere at the 48th Hong Kong Intl. Film Festival, tells the tale of an internet romance scam. Ng recommended Cheung,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Faye Bradley
- Variety Film + TV
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) has added 15 work-in-progress projects to the 22nd Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), rounding up a bumper line-up of the new Hkiff Project Market.
This year, Haf joins the inaugural Hkiff Industry-caa China Genre Initiative (Hcg) to create the new Hkiff Industry Project Market, which will showcase 47 projects, including 26 previously announced in-development Haf projects and six Hcg projects.
The Wip section will introduce the latest works by notable filmmakers such as Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Mark Gill, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, and Yang Chao as well as by prominent and emerging actors,...
This year, Haf joins the inaugural Hkiff Industry-caa China Genre Initiative (Hcg) to create the new Hkiff Industry Project Market, which will showcase 47 projects, including 26 previously announced in-development Haf projects and six Hcg projects.
The Wip section will introduce the latest works by notable filmmakers such as Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Mark Gill, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, and Yang Chao as well as by prominent and emerging actors,...
- 2/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Cheuk Wan-chi is an eclectic Hong Kong public personality; a radio host, a stand-up comedian, a writer, and a screenwriter for the likes of Sylvia Chang and Pang Ho-cheung, she is now at her third feature film as a director. After the girly action-comedy “Kick Ass Girls” in 2013 and “Temporary Family” in 2014, another comedy with a stellar cast addressing speculation on property in Hong Kong, her third film is yet again dealing with some very local issues. This time, though, the comedy tone gives way to a compelling drama where family and work tightly entwine.
Vital Sign is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
Protagonist Ma Chi-yip (Louis Koo) is a veteran Hong Kong paramedic working “on field” on ambulances, whose stubborn reluctance to follow protocols at all costs and to play along with the workplace bureaucracy has taken him nowhere. In fact, despite his experience and dedication, his...
Vital Sign is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
Protagonist Ma Chi-yip (Louis Koo) is a veteran Hong Kong paramedic working “on field” on ambulances, whose stubborn reluctance to follow protocols at all costs and to play along with the workplace bureaucracy has taken him nowhere. In fact, despite his experience and dedication, his...
- 7/24/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Hkiff set to run from March 30 – April 10.
Three local films - Soi Cheang’s Mad Fate, Ann Hui’s documentary Elegies and Cheuk Wan Chi’s Vital Sign - will bookend the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) as it returns to a full physical event and welcomes international filmmakers back in person.
The festival unveiled its full line-up today at a press event well attended by local filmmakers and cast. Some 200 films from 64 countries and regions will be presented during the 12-day festival, including nine world premieres, six international premieres and 67 Asian premieres. There will be 320 (mostly in-theatre...
Three local films - Soi Cheang’s Mad Fate, Ann Hui’s documentary Elegies and Cheuk Wan Chi’s Vital Sign - will bookend the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) as it returns to a full physical event and welcomes international filmmakers back in person.
The festival unveiled its full line-up today at a press event well attended by local filmmakers and cast. Some 200 films from 64 countries and regions will be presented during the 12-day festival, including nine world premieres, six international premieres and 67 Asian premieres. There will be 320 (mostly in-theatre...
- 3/10/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The Asian premiere of Soi Cheang’s “Mad Fate” is just one of three locally-produced movies that have been set as the opening and closing titles of the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival.
“Mad Fate” is joined in the festival opening slot on March 30 by “Elegies,” Ann Hui’s documentary portrayal of the topography of contemporary local poetry, which will have its world premiere. The closing film, another world premiere, is “Vital Sign,” an affecting drama directed by Cheuk Wan-chi and starring Louis Koo, Yau Hawk-sau, and Angela Yuen, which will wrap up proceedings on 10 April.
In total, the festival has programmed some 200 films from 64 countries and territories. These include nine world premieres, six international premieres, and 67 Asian premieres.
“Mad Fate,” an intense examination of murder, local superstition and the lower depths of society, premiered last month at the Berlin festival in a special section. Cheang will be a major feature of the Hkiff,...
“Mad Fate” is joined in the festival opening slot on March 30 by “Elegies,” Ann Hui’s documentary portrayal of the topography of contemporary local poetry, which will have its world premiere. The closing film, another world premiere, is “Vital Sign,” an affecting drama directed by Cheuk Wan-chi and starring Louis Koo, Yau Hawk-sau, and Angela Yuen, which will wrap up proceedings on 10 April.
In total, the festival has programmed some 200 films from 64 countries and territories. These include nine world premieres, six international premieres, and 67 Asian premieres.
“Mad Fate,” an intense examination of murder, local superstition and the lower depths of society, premiered last month at the Berlin festival in a special section. Cheang will be a major feature of the Hkiff,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) will open with two local films – Soi Cheang’s noir thriller Mad Fate and the world premiere of Ann Hui’s Elegies, a documentary about contemporary local poetry.
Mad Fate, starring Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung, a member of hot boy band Mirror, recently had its world premiere at the Berlin film festival. Soi Cheang has also been chosen as the Filmmaker In Focus at this year’s Hkiff.
The world premiere of Cheuk Wan-chi’s Vital Sign, starring starring Louis Koo, Yau Hawk-sau and Angela Yuen, will close the festival.
Hkiff, which runs for 12 days from March 30 to April 10, is returning to its usual spring dates after being postponed to August last year due to Hong Kong’s fifth and most serious wave of Covid.
Overseas filmmakers, including Taiwan’s Tsai Ming-Liang and Lee Kang-Sheng, will be returning to the...
Mad Fate, starring Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung, a member of hot boy band Mirror, recently had its world premiere at the Berlin film festival. Soi Cheang has also been chosen as the Filmmaker In Focus at this year’s Hkiff.
The world premiere of Cheuk Wan-chi’s Vital Sign, starring starring Louis Koo, Yau Hawk-sau and Angela Yuen, will close the festival.
Hkiff, which runs for 12 days from March 30 to April 10, is returning to its usual spring dates after being postponed to August last year due to Hong Kong’s fifth and most serious wave of Covid.
Overseas filmmakers, including Taiwan’s Tsai Ming-Liang and Lee Kang-Sheng, will be returning to the...
- 3/10/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society reunites with celebrated actor Aaron Kwok and international visual artist Wing Shya to lead audiences into another magical voyage to discover the wonders of cinema.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival is one of the longest-running international film festivals in Asia. The full programme of its 44th edition (HKIFF44), to be held from 24 March to 6 April, will be announced on 10 March. The public can purchase tickets online (www.hkiff.org.hk) and through all Urbtix outlets from 13 March.
Shya, who conceived the acclaimed Colours in the Dark motif for HKIFF43, returns this year with a brand new key-art design featuring a stunning collage of extravagant colours and electrifying images.
Unveiling the new key art for the first time today, Hkiffs’s Head of Marketing, Catherine Liu, believes Shya’s design conjures the fantasy, dynamism and diversity of the cinematic universe.
“The imagination it...
The Hong Kong International Film Festival is one of the longest-running international film festivals in Asia. The full programme of its 44th edition (HKIFF44), to be held from 24 March to 6 April, will be announced on 10 March. The public can purchase tickets online (www.hkiff.org.hk) and through all Urbtix outlets from 13 March.
Shya, who conceived the acclaimed Colours in the Dark motif for HKIFF43, returns this year with a brand new key-art design featuring a stunning collage of extravagant colours and electrifying images.
Unveiling the new key art for the first time today, Hkiffs’s Head of Marketing, Catherine Liu, believes Shya’s design conjures the fantasy, dynamism and diversity of the cinematic universe.
“The imagination it...
- 1/17/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The rom-com genre seems to be on the rise again in Hk cinema, with productions like the “Love in a Puff” series, “SoulMate” and the present film, which has also incorporated coming-of-age elements in the setting of the changes Hong Kong experienced from the Golden Age of the 90’s until today.
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The story unfolds in two axes, one taking place in the present, when Gigi Yu has trouble with her marriage with Shing Wah, and the second 20 years before, when the two of them and Bok Man were inseparable friends in school, with the aviation club functioning as the base of their relationship.
In the present, both Gigi Yu and Shing Wah are stuck working extreme hours, she in a travel agency and he as a leader of a design team that caters mainland clients’ needs. While she seems to be the one most troubled by their alienation,...
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The story unfolds in two axes, one taking place in the present, when Gigi Yu has trouble with her marriage with Shing Wah, and the second 20 years before, when the two of them and Bok Man were inseparable friends in school, with the aviation club functioning as the base of their relationship.
In the present, both Gigi Yu and Shing Wah are stuck working extreme hours, she in a travel agency and he as a leader of a design team that caters mainland clients’ needs. While she seems to be the one most troubled by their alienation,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Hong Kong films that have the prison system as their main theme are a rarity in the local cinema, particularly if we exclude the Cat III ones. “With Prisoners”, which is loosely based on a true story, is one of those rarities.
“With Prisoners” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
Fan, a young man and an aspiring thug who works as a bouncer in a bar, ends up in juvenile prison (for men aged 14-25), after a brawl with an off-duty cop who was mishandling his girlfriend. In there, he finds out that the military discipline is extended to all aspects of everyday life, including the hours in the courtyard and the meals, while the hazing is utterly brutal. The prisoners are frequently cursed and beaten by the guards, for the smallest of reasons, and they even have to scrub toilets with their bare hands. amonmg a number of other tortures.
“With Prisoners” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
Fan, a young man and an aspiring thug who works as a bouncer in a bar, ends up in juvenile prison (for men aged 14-25), after a brawl with an off-duty cop who was mishandling his girlfriend. In there, he finds out that the military discipline is extended to all aspects of everyday life, including the hours in the courtyard and the meals, while the hazing is utterly brutal. The prisoners are frequently cursed and beaten by the guards, for the smallest of reasons, and they even have to scrub toilets with their bare hands. amonmg a number of other tortures.
- 6/11/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Derek Chiu was born in Hong Kong in 1961, he studied foreign languages and literature at National Taiwan University. After returning to Hong Kong, he gained experience working in television. In 1992, he directed his first film, “Pink Bomb,” then often collaborated with Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai shooting three films for their Milkyway Image film company. More recently, he served as a producer on the highly successful “Mad World,” directed by Wong Chun. Derek Chiu is currently an associate professor at School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong.
On the occasion of No. 1 Chung Ying Street screening at Five Flavours , we speak with him about the difficulties he met in completing the film, the casting , the music, his future plans, but above all politics, including the recent event at the Golden Horse Awards.
Can you tell us about how “No. 1 Chung Ying Street” project started?
It was...
On the occasion of No. 1 Chung Ying Street screening at Five Flavours , we speak with him about the difficulties he met in completing the film, the casting , the music, his future plans, but above all politics, including the recent event at the Golden Horse Awards.
Can you tell us about how “No. 1 Chung Ying Street” project started?
It was...
- 11/25/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Hong Kong director Adam Wong’s 2013 film The Way We Dance was a miracle at the local box office, and he followed that up with the critical and commercial hit She Remembers, He Forgets in 2015. She Remembers, He Forgets is a bittersweet film that is filled with nostalgia. It stars Miriam Yeung (Love In The Buff), Jan Lamb (29+1) and newcomers Cecilia So, Neo Yau and Ng Siu Hin. In search of an answer for her broken marriage, Gigi journeys into her shiny high school year memories only to discover a deeply hidden secret that will transform her life. She Remembers, He Forgets is now streaming in North America, and thanks to Cheng Cheng Films, a New York-based distributor that specializes...
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- 12/27/2017
- Screen Anarchy
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