Hong Kong Film Development Council (Hkfdc) has announced the first ten projects to receive grants under its Content Development Scheme for Streaming Platforms.
The ten projects, which will now enter phase two of the scheme, include series to be directed and/or produced by leading Hong Kong filmmakers such as Lawrence Ah Mon, Derek Yee, Peter Ho-sun Chan and Kenneth Bi (see full list of grantees below).
Shortlisted teams will each receive Hk$0.6M to Hk$1.2M as a script development fee for developing a production proposal and full scripts of an entire mini-series.
Winning teams selected to enter phase three will each receive Hk$4.5M to produce the first one or first two episodes of a series. Together with the script development fee, each final winning team will be awarded a total of up to Hk$5.7M.
Hkfdc chairman Wilfred Wong, said: “This new Scheme launched under the Film...
The ten projects, which will now enter phase two of the scheme, include series to be directed and/or produced by leading Hong Kong filmmakers such as Lawrence Ah Mon, Derek Yee, Peter Ho-sun Chan and Kenneth Bi (see full list of grantees below).
Shortlisted teams will each receive Hk$0.6M to Hk$1.2M as a script development fee for developing a production proposal and full scripts of an entire mini-series.
Winning teams selected to enter phase three will each receive Hk$4.5M to produce the first one or first two episodes of a series. Together with the script development fee, each final winning team will be awarded a total of up to Hk$5.7M.
Hkfdc chairman Wilfred Wong, said: “This new Scheme launched under the Film...
- 3/13/2024
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Throughout his career, Hong Kong director Lawrence Ah Mon has told numerous stories about the disenfranchised in Hk society. Considering most of his colleagues focused on genres such as thriller and action, his features stand out as they give the viewer an idea of the way issues such as the shift between generations, youth culture and the feelings of teenage angst and isolation are experienced in Hk culture. Perhaps one of the most noteworthy examples of his filmography is “Spacked Out” from 2000, a feature which was honored with as “Film of Merit” by the Hong Kong Film Critics in 2001 and has recently been restored so that audiences worldwide have the chance to experience this story one more time or maybe even for the first time.
Spacked Out is screening for a one-week New York exclusive theatrical run at Metrograph theater and a two-week exclusive streaming release on Metrograph At Home,...
Spacked Out is screening for a one-week New York exclusive theatrical run at Metrograph theater and a two-week exclusive streaming release on Metrograph At Home,...
- 12/31/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Almost 25 years later, Spacked Out, a coming-of-age social drama by Lawrence Ah-Mon, still feels as fresh, insightful, and provocative as it did when it was released just a few years after Hong Kong’s reunification with mainland China. A clear-eyed, sympathetic perspective that is empathetic toward the rebellious teens at the center of his complex, layered film, Spacked Out all but demands rediscovery and reappraisal by audiences eager to explore a different side of Hong Kong cinema. Ah-Mon identifies his central quartet via nicknames -- Cookie (Kit Man Tam), Sissy (Wing Yin Cheung), Banana (Man Sze Au), and Bean Curd (Maggie Poon) -- they've given themselves. The slightest in terms of stature. and at least by personal experience...
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- 12/29/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Cat Person (Susanna Fogel)
The talk of the internet in late 2017, Kristen Roupenian’s New Yorker story about a date gone horribly awry lit a short-lived fire of discourse surrounding gender and power dynamics. About five years later does the big-screen adaptation arrive, and while it expands details of the original text in a few compelling ways, its new third-act addition calamitously renders the whole experience a pointless, heavy-handed, misjudged exercise that relies heavier on horror tropes than any sense of humanity. – Jordan R. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne)
This film, in the best possible way, is a time machine. Comfortable, bittersweet, and very funny, it captures a moment that is nostalgic without the syrup. Paul Hunham...
Cat Person (Susanna Fogel)
The talk of the internet in late 2017, Kristen Roupenian’s New Yorker story about a date gone horribly awry lit a short-lived fire of discourse surrounding gender and power dynamics. About five years later does the big-screen adaptation arrive, and while it expands details of the original text in a few compelling ways, its new third-act addition calamitously renders the whole experience a pointless, heavy-handed, misjudged exercise that relies heavier on horror tropes than any sense of humanity. – Jordan R. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne)
This film, in the best possible way, is a time machine. Comfortable, bittersweet, and very funny, it captures a moment that is nostalgic without the syrup. Paul Hunham...
- 12/29/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Corruption and the way it usually connects the police with the politicians and the “capital” has always been a source of inspiration for filmmakers, with a number of titles presenting its blights in their respective countries, with particularly Korean cinema leaning heavily on the subject.. The result is frequently masterful, with a number of great films of all time having the particular concept as their main theme. 24 of those are amassed in this list, in alphabetical order, as usually, with a focus on diversity.
1. A Dark, Dark Man
The most evident element here is the direct accusation Yerzhanov points towards the Kazakh system, particularly in rural areas, with the ways the police conduct their business in cooperation with politicians essentially deeming them even worse criminals than the ones they are supposed to deal with. At the same time, this comment allows for the two protagonists to stand out, through a rather thorough character analysis,...
1. A Dark, Dark Man
The most evident element here is the direct accusation Yerzhanov points towards the Kazakh system, particularly in rural areas, with the ways the police conduct their business in cooperation with politicians essentially deeming them even worse criminals than the ones they are supposed to deal with. At the same time, this comment allows for the two protagonists to stand out, through a rather thorough character analysis,...
- 11/2/2022
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
New titles from Fruit Chan, Wong Hing Fan and Chan Kin Long will be launched at the upcoming Filmart Online.
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has picked up international rights to three new titles from Hong Kong directors, including an as-yet-untitled satirical horror anthology from veteran filmmaker Fruit Chan.
The other two films are from up-and-coming talents – action drama Disconnect’d, which is the second film directed by Wong Hing Fan, following i’m livin’ it, and Chan Kin Long’s debut feature, Hand Rolled Cigarette. All three films are currently in production.
Starring Lam Ka Tung and Bipin Karma, Hand...
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has picked up international rights to three new titles from Hong Kong directors, including an as-yet-untitled satirical horror anthology from veteran filmmaker Fruit Chan.
The other two films are from up-and-coming talents – action drama Disconnect’d, which is the second film directed by Wong Hing Fan, following i’m livin’ it, and Chan Kin Long’s debut feature, Hand Rolled Cigarette. All three films are currently in production.
Starring Lam Ka Tung and Bipin Karma, Hand...
- 8/18/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
By Shikhar Verma
Drug addiction and crime are so closely knitted to each other that a descend into either of them eventually leads to the other. The hardest part is not losing your body and soul to the habits that both of them bring, but the realization that they have ruined you completely. Lawrence Ah Mon’s Dealer/Healer, that’s based on the real life story of Peter Chan Shun-chi (a former Hong-Kong kingpin) is about his life in the hood of crime to a life of peaceful redemption.
“Dealer/Healer” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
The film begins as a pulpy actioner and a serious drama squashed into one. It recounts Chen Hua’s (Lau Ching-wan) life in the hood to a squandering one among the police conspiracy and gang domination on the streets of 70s Hong-Kong. Chen Hua (also known as Cheater Hua) by...
Drug addiction and crime are so closely knitted to each other that a descend into either of them eventually leads to the other. The hardest part is not losing your body and soul to the habits that both of them bring, but the realization that they have ruined you completely. Lawrence Ah Mon’s Dealer/Healer, that’s based on the real life story of Peter Chan Shun-chi (a former Hong-Kong kingpin) is about his life in the hood of crime to a life of peaceful redemption.
“Dealer/Healer” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
The film begins as a pulpy actioner and a serious drama squashed into one. It recounts Chen Hua’s (Lau Ching-wan) life in the hood to a squandering one among the police conspiracy and gang domination on the streets of 70s Hong-Kong. Chen Hua (also known as Cheater Hua) by...
- 6/13/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
As Hong Kong’s premier schlockmeister, Wong Jing has never been shy about mining his own legacy to depletion. This is the man, after all, who managed to drain whatever fun there was left in his own trademark gambling comedies with his recent From Vegas to Macau franchise. With Chasing the Dragon (Jui Lung), Wong and co-director Jason Kwan offer a pale reboot of the mobster-biopic genre Wong helped make a cornerstone of Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s. Revisiting the characters and stories from two classics of that era — Lawrence Ah Mon’s Lee Rock, which Wong himself produced, and Poon...
- 9/25/2017
- by Clarence Tsui
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Puchon International Film Festival (PiFan)’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) has announced this year’s It Project line-up of 21 selections from 13 countries.
These include Greek filmmaker Costas Zapas’ Frankenstein: A Death Odyssey and Kei Ishikawa’s comic fantasy Baby, a Japan-Poland co-production.
Scroll down for full list
“Making the selection was a challenge this year with 141 project submissions - more than a 60% increase on last year,” says Naff managing director Thomas Nam.
Korean projects include Two Weddings And A Funeral director Kim Jho Gwang-soo’s period piece Secret Detective & Vampire; 2011 PiFan Audience Award winner Ji Ha Jean’s Re: Make; and Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine director Nam Ki-woong’s Capsule.
Director Dain Said is teaming with producer Nandita Solomon again on Malaysian mystery Interchange. Their previous film, Bunohan, sold to Universal Pictures for several territories including UK, France, and Australia before premiering at Toronto.
Other Asian projects include Paul Spurrier’s Thai...
These include Greek filmmaker Costas Zapas’ Frankenstein: A Death Odyssey and Kei Ishikawa’s comic fantasy Baby, a Japan-Poland co-production.
Scroll down for full list
“Making the selection was a challenge this year with 141 project submissions - more than a 60% increase on last year,” says Naff managing director Thomas Nam.
Korean projects include Two Weddings And A Funeral director Kim Jho Gwang-soo’s period piece Secret Detective & Vampire; 2011 PiFan Audience Award winner Ji Ha Jean’s Re: Make; and Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine director Nam Ki-woong’s Capsule.
Director Dain Said is teaming with producer Nandita Solomon again on Malaysian mystery Interchange. Their previous film, Bunohan, sold to Universal Pictures for several territories including UK, France, and Australia before premiering at Toronto.
Other Asian projects include Paul Spurrier’s Thai...
- 6/4/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Omnibus horror movies are still all the rage in Asian it seems and Tales From The Dark part 1 is the latest offer to fuel the fanboy flames. Based on the best-selling horror novel written by Hong Kong author Lilian Lee it comprises of six segments adapted from stories. Good so far but its even better when you see who’s directing. The six segments will be directed by Fruit Chan, Lee Chi Ngai, Lawrence Lau, Teddy Robin, Gordon Chan and actor Simon Yam in his directorial debut. Part 1 opens in July and Part 2 will be hot on its heals in August. Part 1 synopsis: One chilly night, Chu meets an uncommon client, a pretty 20-ish girl who pays her to curse 4 villains without knowing their names. Mysteriously, with each cursing ceremony performed delivers a gruesome death of a victim. When it comes to the last victim, or villain, it also unfolds a chilling,...
- 5/20/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Omnibus horror movies are still all the rage in Asian it seems and Tales From The Dark part 1 is the latest offer to fuel the fanboy flames. Based on the best-selling horror novel written by Hong Kong author Lilian Lee it comprises of six segments adapted from stories. Good so far but its even better when you see who’s directing. The six segments will be directed by Fruit Chan, Lee Chi Ngai, Lawrence Lau, Teddy Robin, Gordon Chan and actor Simon Yam in his directorial debut. Part 1 opens in July and Part 2 will be hot on its heals in August. Part 1 synopsis: One chilly night, Chu meets an uncommon client, a pretty 20-ish girl who pays her to curse 4 villains without knowing their names. Mysteriously, with each cursing ceremony performed delivers a gruesome death of a victim. When it comes to the last victim, or villain, it also unfolds a chilling,...
- 5/20/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
On TV this Thursday: Sheldon and Leonard get a Big Bang out of hanging with Bob Newhart, Knope & Co. close out Parks and Recreation, a Beauty faces a mother of a twist and it’s all hands on deck when Person of Interest‘s machine contracts the blue screen of death. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
Preview | Community Season 4 Video – Abed Races Through Time to Prevent a Star Wars Murder!
8 pm The Vampire Diaries (The CW) | Elena thwarts the Salvatore brothers’ attempt to reinstate her humanity, leading...
Preview | Community Season 4 Video – Abed Races Through Time to Prevent a Star Wars Murder!
8 pm The Vampire Diaries (The CW) | Elena thwarts the Salvatore brothers’ attempt to reinstate her humanity, leading...
- 5/2/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Even more foreign horrors are ready to crawl out of the shadows and into your hearts just in time for the Chinese Hungry Ghost celebration. Read on for the first details regarding this two-part terror anthology.
Screen Daily is reporting that Edko Films is ready to unveil a two-part horror feature Tales From The Dark, comprising six segments adapted from stories written by best-selling Hong Kong author Lilian Lee. The six segments will be directed by Fruit Chan, Lee Chi Ngai, Lawrence Lau, Teddy Robin, Gordon Chan and actor Simon Yam in his directorial debut. The project’s ensemble cast will include Yam, Kelly Chen, Maggie Shiu, Yuen Qiu, Josephine Koo, Tony Leung Kar-fai and Lam Suet.
The two parts of the film will be released on July 4 and August 1 to coincide with the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival.
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Screen Daily is reporting that Edko Films is ready to unveil a two-part horror feature Tales From The Dark, comprising six segments adapted from stories written by best-selling Hong Kong author Lilian Lee. The six segments will be directed by Fruit Chan, Lee Chi Ngai, Lawrence Lau, Teddy Robin, Gordon Chan and actor Simon Yam in his directorial debut. The project’s ensemble cast will include Yam, Kelly Chen, Maggie Shiu, Yuen Qiu, Josephine Koo, Tony Leung Kar-fai and Lam Suet.
The two parts of the film will be released on July 4 and August 1 to coincide with the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival.
More on these soon!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
- 3/19/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Veteran actress Susan Lucci fought back tears during a taped TV special on Thursday as she was reunited with castmembers from her cancelled soap opera All My Children during a special tribute.
TV executives announced earlier this year that the beloved show would come to an end this month after 41 years on air as part of a cost-cutting initiative.
Lucci, who portrayed Erica Kane on the series since its launch in 1970, co-hosted Friday's The View, which was dedicated to All My Children, and she took a trip down memory lane as she was joined by former co-stars, including Cameron Mathison, Rebecca Budig and Thorsten Kaye.
But Lucci was already struggling to keep her composure at the start of the programme, which was taped on Thursday, because for 30 years, the soap was filmed in the same New York studio The View now occupies.
Welling up on camera, she said, "First of all thank you so, so much for this special tribute... It's just incredible. Thank you for the celebration of a wonderful show... It's an emotional time; it's a very happy time. So much to be grateful for. But coming back here today was so very touching to me."
The show also brought together one of All My Children's most famous couples, Greg Nelson and Jenny Gardner, played by Lawrence Lau and Kim Delaney. Delaney's character Jenny died in a tragic jet ski accident in a 1980s storyline.
Vincent Irizarry, Alicia Minshew, Darnell Williams and Debbie Morgan also took part in the reunion.
The All My Children series finale aired in the U.S. on Friday.
TV executives announced earlier this year that the beloved show would come to an end this month after 41 years on air as part of a cost-cutting initiative.
Lucci, who portrayed Erica Kane on the series since its launch in 1970, co-hosted Friday's The View, which was dedicated to All My Children, and she took a trip down memory lane as she was joined by former co-stars, including Cameron Mathison, Rebecca Budig and Thorsten Kaye.
But Lucci was already struggling to keep her composure at the start of the programme, which was taped on Thursday, because for 30 years, the soap was filmed in the same New York studio The View now occupies.
Welling up on camera, she said, "First of all thank you so, so much for this special tribute... It's just incredible. Thank you for the celebration of a wonderful show... It's an emotional time; it's a very happy time. So much to be grateful for. But coming back here today was so very touching to me."
The show also brought together one of All My Children's most famous couples, Greg Nelson and Jenny Gardner, played by Lawrence Lau and Kim Delaney. Delaney's character Jenny died in a tragic jet ski accident in a 1980s storyline.
Vincent Irizarry, Alicia Minshew, Darnell Williams and Debbie Morgan also took part in the reunion.
The All My Children series finale aired in the U.S. on Friday.
- 9/23/2011
- WENN
“Tactical Unit - No Way Out” is the second in the series of new films following on from Johnnie To’s acclaimed 2003 police thriller “Ptu”. This time around Lawrence Lau, previously responsible for the excellent “My Name is Fame”, steps up to direct, with To acting as producer. Giving a nice sense of continuity, the cast from the original and first sequel “Tactical Unit – The Code” all return, including stars Simon Yam and Maggie Siu, along with familiar faces Lam Suet, Derek Tsang and Samuel Pang. Although the series is known for its gritty plotlines and non-judgemental approach, the film is even more downbeat than its predecessors, though no less gripping. The film takes place largely in the Temple Street district, where the gangs and police co-exist in an uneasy balance. Trouble arises one night when a man is killed and the police decide to step up their efforts and crackdown on the gangs,...
- 4/9/2009
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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