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Hong Kong’s beleaguered film industry is looking to rekindle the passion for its movies that once reached fever pitch across Asia during its glory days, with a series of high-profile “gala presentations” that are sharing the city’s stars — and its box office successes — with the region. Wilfred Wong, chairman of the Asian Film…
Hollywood studios and craftspeople may be busy agonizing over the proper role of AI’s potential within the film industry, but Chinese studios aren’t slowing down. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li and a legion of the all-time greats of martial cinema are about to get an AI makeover. In a sign-of-the-times announcement at the…
A mystery has been resolved this week at the Shanghai International Film Festival as Peter Chan’s re-worked version of She’s Got No Name helped open the event, before going on an almost-immediate limited release on 120 screens spread across this vast city. The acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker’s decision to split the film – which made…
Wang Tong taps into shared global concerns over an aging population in his feature debut Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts — but the filmmaker also showcases just how far contemporary Chinese filmmakers are willing to push the boundaries of genre. The film is part-thriller, part-twisted romance, part-dark, social commentary-driven drama, with the distinctive fringe-of-society shadows that…
The 29th edition of Hong Kong Filmart opened Monday and saw the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) thronging with people, in a pleasing throwback to the pre-pandemic days of the event. The Hollywood Reporter was right in the thick of things on the main exhibition floor, mingling with the crowds and scouring the…
As Shogun was bathing in the glory of its record 18 wins at the Emmy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater in September, Japanese director Takeshi Fukunaga was caked in mud and sweat in a small village on Hokkaido. He was there with a tiny crew to shoot a bear ritual of the indigenous…
The process of selecting and then screening movies for the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) is a deeply personal experience for programmer Rada Šešić. “I will reveal to you one secret,” Šešić confides. “After I introduce the film and the maker, I stay in the cinema and listen to how the audience ‘breathes,’ how it reacts;…
Officially, Yao Chen was a part of the team judging the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival’s Projects initiative for in-development productions, but the actress-producer freely admits she came to town keen — as ever — to take on as many roles as possible. Yao was also actively seeking out production opportunities for her Bad Rabbit Pictures,…
While the Toronto International Film Festival was making headlines this week for its most immediate plans, the event’s CEO Cameron Bailey was 7,000 miles away and looking a little bit further into the future. This year’s TIFF has announced the first batch of highlights for its September 5-15 edition, including world premieres for the documentary…
For a world grown weary of familiar superheroes, fear not! A new hero is on the way — and he’s made out of poop. The Exreman – On the Road is the working title of a new production from Hong Kong’s Bliss Concepts, the company that produced the massive McDull franchise in the early 2000s,…