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AT FILMART Heaven In The Dark, buzz titles, p20 NEWS www.ScreenDaily.com Editorial +852 2582 8958 Advertising +852 9186 8384 Mission Milano Mega Vision producing , Xiaoming action comedy » Page 4 Golden Network hits REVIEW HKIFF opener proves an invigorating crime noir ’s Reset » Page 10 A Violent Prosecutor BY LIZ SHACKLETON about fi ve soon-to-retire con artists FEATURE Hong Kong-based Golden Net- who are caught up in a heist after Buzz titles Showbox work Asia has picked up interna- they throw a bachelor party. The hottest new films from tional rights to - Produced by The Artists Com- Hong Kong and China scores , co-production Reset, produced by pany and The Entertainer Produc- » Page 20 Jackie Chan and directed by South tion Company, the film will start China sales Korea’s Chang. shooting in May at locations Starring Mi, Wallace including Hong Kong, , BY JEAN NOH Huo, King Shih-chieh and Reset Thailand and Japan. Korea’s Showbox has sold Lee Il- Chang, the sci-fi action adventure Golden Network is also selling hyung’s hit action drama A Violent follows a scientist who travels end of 2016 following extensive Jackie Chan’s previously announced Prosecutor and Lee Yoon-ki’s melo- back in time to rescue her kid- VFX post-production. action comedies Railroad Tigers, drama A Man And A Woman to a napped son. Golden Network is also launch- directed by Ding Sheng, and Kung slew of territories including Japan Produced by China’s New Clues ing sales on car-chase action com- Fu Yoga, directed by . and China. Films and Jaywalk Studio with edy Golden Job, directed by veteran The slate also includes animation Starring Hwang Jung-min and Korean production house The action director Chin Ka-lok (Cold Frog Kingdom: Sub-Zero Mission Gang Dong-won, A Violent Prose- Lamp, Reset has just finished War). Hong Kong actor-producer and Xu Haofeng’s Judge Archer, Yuen Woo-ping cutor made $64m from 9.68 mil- shooting and will be released at the is producing the film which opened in China last Friday. lion admissions at the local box Emperor kicks offi ce as of March 9. off Filmart slate The film sold to Japan (Twin), Le Vision opens The Lost Tomb and L.O.R.D. China (Lemon Tree), BY LIZ SHACKLETON (Movie Cloud), the Philippines BY LIZ SHACKLETON based on Guo’s novel about the Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion (MVP Viva) and worldwide in- -based Le Vision Pictures is wars between four nations with Pictures (EMP) is launching fl ight rights (Emphasis). to unveil Daniel Lee’s action sus- different magical powers. sales on new titles from Yuen In North America, Dreamwest pense title The Lost Tomb and Guo Ronan Wong, general manager, Woo-ping, and Ho Pictures USA released A Violent Jingming’s fantasy epic L.O.R.D. investment, at Le Vision is attend- Yuhang at Filmart. Prosecutor theatrically on February at Filmart. ing Filmart to introduce the new Yuen’s action film, titled 19 and Dreamwest Pictures Aus- Based on a popular web novel, titles. Hand Over Fist, follows a car- tralia did so in and New The Lost Tomb stars Jing Boran The company’s slate also toon artist who is swept up in a Zealand on February 25. (), , Ma Jing Boran includes Qi’s Who Sleeps My feud between battling groups of Starring Jeon Do-yeon and Sichun and in a Bro, a feature fi lm and web series martial-arts masters. EMP Gong Yoo, A Man And A Woman story about an uncle and nephew bing, Wu Yifan, William Chan and about four college roommates; plans to start shooting the fi lm has sold to Japan (The Klockworx), exploring ancient tombs. The fi lm several actors from Guo’s bestsell- Zhang Mo’s Suddenly Seventeen, at the end of the year. Taiwan (AV-Jet), the Philippines is in post-production. ing Tiny Times franchise, including starring Ni Ni and ; Following suspense thriller (MVP Viva) and worldwide in- Guo’s L.O.R.D. (Legend Of Rav- , Cheney and Amber and Lu Ke’s romantic comedy Mr Kill Time, Chan is directing fl ight rights (Emphasis). aging Dynasties) stars Fan Bing- Kuo. The CGI-driven fantasy is High Heels. Shining Moment, a drama revolving around a Latin dance competition, for EMP. The fi lm, Benny Chan’s Heroes seals US, UK in post-production, stars Hins Wang’s Berlinale title beds in Cheung and Echo Hao. BY LIZ SHACKLETON Brunei and Vietnam (GSC Mov- Ho Yuhang is also in post on Japan’s Toei Company has sold set in a seaside resort where a Hong Kong’s Universe Films Dis- ies), Taiwan (Sky Films Entertain- action title Mrs K, starring Kara Chinese-American director Wayne novelist gets to know a mysterious tribution has sold North American ment) and Indonesia (PT Teguh Wai and , produced Wang’s Japanese-language film older man/younger woman couple. rights to Benny Chan’s Call Of Bakti Mandiri). by ’s Red Films and While The Women Are Sleeping to a Based on Spanish author Javier Heroes to Well Go USA. Starring Ching-wan, Paperheart. raft of territories including Spain Marias’ short story of the same Well Go also took UK rights to and Eddie , the New titles on EMP’s slate also (Mediatres Estudio), China (Lemon name, which was published in the $32m martial-arts epic in fi lm is in post-production for ten- include ’s horror Tree Media), Taiwan (Sky Digi The New Yorker magazine, the partnership with the UK’s Trinity tative release in June. Sammo The Sleep Curse, starring Entertainment) and Hong Kong film received its world premiere in Film. Germany’s Splendid Hung is on board as action chore- Anthony Wong, and two roman- (Neofilms). the Berlinale’s Panorama section Film has acquired rights for ographer. tic dramas: Yu-hsien’s Never Starring actor-director Beat last month. The project was German-speaking territories and Set during era Said Goodbye, produced by (aka Takeshi) Kitano, Hidetoshi presented at Busan’s Asian Project Benelux. after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and starring Nishijima (Dolls) and Shioli Market in 2013. The fi lm has also gone to a raft the story revolves around a group , and Snow Zou’s Kutsuna (The Assassin), the film is Jean Noh of Asian territories, including Sin- of plucky villagers standing up to a I Love That Crazy Little Thing. gapore (Clover Films), Malaysia, cruel young general. News

Mega Vision accepts its Workshop plans great Mission with Lau, Huang escape Just one Shot By Liz SHackLeton Wai’s Colour Of The Game, star- Distribution Workshop is ’s Mega Vision Project ring Simon Yam, and launching sales here on Ann Kakao, Huace Workshop has started production Philip Ng. The film is in pre-pro- Hui’s The Great Escape, starring on action comedy Mission Milano, duction and follows a gambler and and , a war plot comic starring Andy Lau and Huang his protégé who are pulled into a drama set during the Japanese Xiaoming. vengeance mission for a mob boss. occupation of Hong Kong. adaptations Directed by Wong, the film It marks the final instalment in Produced by Bona Film Group revolves around a wealthy entre- Wong’s Colour trilogy following and Class Limited, the film is By Jean noH preneur (Huang) who goes andy Lau (left) and Colour Of The Truth (2003) and shooting in and South Korean mobile platform undercover to protect a new Colour Of Loyalty (2005). Hong Kong. Roger Lee is on Kakao is partnering with leading invention with the potential to The film is in production and New titles on Mega Vision’s board as producer and the cast Chinese film and TV media enter- end famine from falling into the scheduled for release in the fourth slate also include Kam Ka Wai’s also includes Guo Tao (White prise Huace Group to adapt five wrong hands. Lau plays an Inter- quarter of 2016. iGirl, a sci-fi romantic comedy Deer Plain). The Second World Daum Webtoon comic titles for pol inspector who is sent to help Mega Vision is also launching starring and Chrissie War story follows a group of the big screen in China. him. sales on Wong Jing and Kam Ka Chau. plucky youths fighting for Hong Launched in 2003, Kakao’s Kong’s freedom. Daum Webtoon platform is known New titles on Distribution for running popular comics with Oshima’s Sono Sion doc wraps China zeroes Workshop’s slate also include Liu strong storylines. Kakao and Guonan’s rom-com The Wedding Huace Group signed deals on four By Jean noH where the director faces dilem- on Chicken Game, starring , and webtoon titles: supernatural fan- has announced The mas and anxiety. Yip Wai Man’s thriller Phantom Of tasy Help! Breakup Ghost, gam- Sono Sion, a documentary on the “It’s such an honour to have By SiLVia Wong The Theatre, starring , bling mystery Just One Shot, prolific, controversial Japanese this documentary made, but to be Malaysia’s Animasia Studio has and Simon Yam. Both doppelganger fantasy Girl In The director of the title, has wrapped. honest, I’m a little embarrassed,” secured a co-production deal with films are in post-production. Mirror, and Cashero, a comic The film is directed by Arata said Sono. “I’m looking forward Zero One Animation of China for Liz Shackleton drama about an impoverished but Oshima, son of the late Nagisa to the reaction of the audiences 3D title Chuck Chicken — The feisty brother and sister. Oshima (In The Realm Of The after they see my private life.” Movie. The $8m animation is a The companies are also set to Senses, Merry Christmas Mr Law- Nikkatsu is also set to launch spinoff from TV series Chuck close a deal on the one-sided office rence). the reboot of its legendary softcore Chicken, which has aired on Dis- romance My Boss Dies Once a Day. Shot during the making of Roman Porno series at Filmart. ney and Nickelodeon channels. Kakao said the deals are for the Sono’s The Whispering Star, which The Whispering Star will screen Pre-production is set for June, titles to be adapted into “movies, premiered at Toronto Interna- at Hong Kong International followed by the CGI production TV dramas or web dramas, and tional Film Festival, the docu- Film Festival, with the director later this year. Delivery is expected distributed across China”. mentary exposes rare moments on hand. in early 2018. Sharifah amani

Ablaze fires Sun shines MandarinVision speeds into sales Mirror reflects up The Village on the Brink By SiLVia Wong director for The Fourth Portrait at on 2016 cast Taiwanese production and financ- the 2010 Golden Horse Awards. That Forgets Hong Kong-based Sun ing company MandarinVision is His first feature, Parking, pre- By Jean noH Entertainment Culture is launching an international sales miered at Cannes’ Un Certain International Film Festival By SiLVia Wong debuting The Brink, an action operation headed by former Atom Regard, while his latest, Soul, pre- and Japan Foundation Asia Center Taiwan sales outfit Ablaze Image thriller co-produced with Cinema executive Desmond Yang. miered at . have announced the main cast for is launching Chen Yu-Hsun’s Chinese streaming platform The company’s slate includes MandarinVision is also selling their Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016 martial-arts comedy The Village iQiyi, YL Pictures and Sil- Chung Mong-Hong’s Godspeed, a Cho Li’s Ace Of Sales, a comedy omnibus including Masaya Kato That Forgets here at Filmart. Metropole Organisation. dark comedy starring Michael about a woman who aspires to (Brother) and Malaysian actress The $9m film, starring Produced by Soi Cheang and Hui as a cab driver and Na Dow as become the top salesperson of a Sharifah Amani (Gubra). and Joseph Chang, reunites Chen Paco Wong for first-time director a passenger who turns out to be a TV shopping channel, but is held As previously announced, Bril- with producers Lee Lieh and Yeh Jonathan Li, the film follows an drug courier. Chung won best hostage during her live show. lante Mendoza from the Philip- Jufeng and Warner Bros (Tai- ex-cop who is caught in the line of pines, from Japan wan), following their breakout hit fire when a smuggler launches a and Sotho Kulikar from Cambo- Zone Pro Site. Investors also revenge attack on his godfather. Encore feels Young & Fabulous dia are each directing a segment. include Lee’s One Production The cast features , Filipino actor Lou Veloso will Film and China’s Wanda Pictures. Janice Man and . By SiLVia Wong fame and YouTube star Joyce Chu star in Mendoza’s segment. Japan’s Ablaze has also picked up the Also on Sun’s slate are distributor Encore in her acting debut. and Masatoshi international rights to Kuo Cheng- Herman Yau’s Nessun Dorma Films is making its first foray into Michael Woo directs the fea- Nagase star alongside Amani for Chui’s first feature Foret Debussy, and Fire Lee’s Robbery, both of production with coming-of-age ture, financed by Encore and Yukisada. Kato and Cambodian which stars Gwei Lun-Mei and which will be screened at HKIFF feature Young & Fabulous. backed by Golden Village Pictures, actress Chumvan Sodhachivy will -Ching as a daughter and next week. Billed as Singapore’s first cos- Singapore Film Commission and star for Kulikar. Each segment fea- mother who hide themselves in the Silvia Wong play film, the cast is headed by SIMF Management. The Singa- tures an Asian person living in a deep forest and shun urban life. Joshua Tan of Ah Boys To Men pore release is set for May 26. different country in Asia.

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HKTDC RAYMOND YIP

Welcome A very warm welcome to this year’s Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART), Asia’s largest entertainment market, which brings together exhibitors, buyers and services providers from around the world.

We have a record number of 800 exhibitors from over 30 countries and regions this year, with the largest national participation coming from different Chinese mainland provinces and cities, including Beijing, , , , Guangdong and . is also setting up its regional pavilion at FILMART for the fi rst time.

Reinforcing Hong Kong’s reputation as a global entertainment hub, FILMART 2016 welcomes a total of six new group participations from Cambodia, Macau, Spain, the United States and two from the Middle East. We are also pleased to welcome back to FILMART group pavilions from , the Chinese mainland, European Union, France, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.

Among the fairground highlights is the renowned TV World, presenting more than 360 exhibitors from different corners of the globe. The TV World International Forum adopts the theme: “Belt & Road Business Opportunities for the Global TV Industry”, with leading experts sharing their insights on future TV market trends and discussing business opportunities related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Promoting digital entertainment is another priority of FILMART. Two hundred digital entertainment exhibitors are taking part in the Animation & Digital Entertainment World, along with companies from countries including France, Italy, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand.

Asia’s rapid economic development is helping to boost demand for high quality entertainment content throughout the region, prompting a shift in production strategy towards closer regional collaboration. To address this trend, we are organising various thematic conferences during FILMART to spotlight bright prospects for fi lm, TV, digital entertainment, animation, and new business opportunities riding on the Belt and Road Initiative. In addition, 400 screenings, various networking activities and some 60 industry events are taking place during FILMART.

Now in its 20th edition, FILMART has become a highly effective platform for the industry to meet and trade right here in the heart of Asia. FILMART is also one of the 10 spectacular events featured in the Entertainment Expo Hong Kong (14 March – 4 April), which covers a global mix of fi lm, TV, digital entertainment and music.

I wish all participants an action-fi lled and memorable experience at FILMART 2016.

Raymond Yip Deputy Executive Director, Marketing Hong Kong Trade Development Council

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THE HANDMAIDEN PHANTOM

Director PARK Chan-wook DETECTIVE Genre Erotic Thriller Director JO Sung-hee Cast KIM Min-hee Genre Action / Noir KIM Tae-ri Cast LEE Je-hoon HA Jung-woo KIM Sung-kyun CHO Jin-woong GO A-ra Language Korean, Japanese Language Korean

Set in Korea and Japan in the HONG Gil-dong is an infallible 1930s, Sookee, a young Korean private investigator with an pickpocket girl living in the slum, is exceptional memory and quirky approached by a charming count personality. While chasing the to take part in a scam to seduce only target he failed to find, he a wealthy Japanese heiress as gets entangled in a much bigger the heiress’ maid. Inspired by the conspiracy than he bargained for. British novel ‘FINGERSMITH’ by Sarah Waters.

EXCLUSIVE PROMO AVAILABLE AT BOOTH

ATTENDEES

Meet us at Kini S. KIM | EVP, Head of International http://lineup.cjenm.com/films Jay KIM | EVP, Intl. Sales & Distribution http://facebook.com/cjentertainmentinternational HKCEC 1C-D25 Yoonhee CHOI | SVP, Intl. Sales ([email protected]) Justin KIM | Director, Intl. Sales | Asia-France-UK-Germany ([email protected]) Eunji KIM | Director, Intl. Sales | Americas--Oceania-Japan-CIS-MENA ([email protected]) @ HK FILMART James SEO | Director, Intl. Marketing ([email protected])

TIME RENEGADES THE HOUSEMAID

Director KWAK Jae-yong Director Derek Nguyen Genre Thriller / Fantasy / Romance Genre Horror / Thriller Cast LIM Soo-jung Cast Nhung Kate JO Jung-suk Jean-Michel Richaud LEE Jin-uk Language Vietnamese Language Korean Set in Vietnam under colonial A high school teacher in 1983 and a French ruling, Linh, a young woman detective in 2015 join forces through who has lost her family in the war, their dreams to change the perilous goes to work as a housemaid at fate of the woman they both love - a plantation owned by French 30 years apart. Lieutenant Sebastian. As Linh becomes infatuated with Sebastian, she begins to encounter the secrets and horror of the malevolent EXCLUSIVE PROMO mansion. AVAILABLE AT BOOTH

ONE WAY TRIP LIKE FOR LIKES TRACER SWEET 20

Director CHOI Jeong-yeol Director PARK Hyun-gene Director Cuong Ngo Director Phan Gia Nhat Linh Genre Drama Genre Romance / Comedy Genre Action Genre Comedy / Romance Cast JI Soo Cast YOO Ah-in Cast Truong Ngoc Anh Cast Miu Le () LEE Mi-yun Thien Nguyen Ngo Kien Huy RYU Jun-yeol KIM Joo-hyuk Language Vietnamese Hua Vi Van KIM Hee-chan CHOI Ji-woo Hari Won KIM Dong-wan (SHINHWA) KANG Ha-neul Special Detective An gets involved Language Vietnamese Language Korean LEE Som with Loc and “Wolf Gang” - with Language Korean undercover cop Kien, they chase Mrs. Dai, a foul-mouthed granny Four friends on a trip rescue a woman Loc, to hunt down the true kingpin. in her seventies is reverted to a who is being beaten by a man, only to Feel good love stories of three twenty-year old maiden, Thanh be pursued by the police. One of them couples experiencing unexpected Nga and given the opportunity to lapses into unconsciousness following love and relationship through social enjoy her youth, dream and passion an ensuing car accident and the other network. which she had to sacrifice for her three are arrested on suspicion of EXCLUSIVE PROMO family when she was young. murder. AVAILABLE AT BOOTH

1 cj 광고 홍콩마켓 스크린 최종.indd 2-3 2016.3.11 10:29:56 PM THE HANDMAIDEN PHANTOM

Director PARK Chan-wook DETECTIVE Genre Erotic Thriller Director JO Sung-hee Cast KIM Min-hee Genre Action / Noir KIM Tae-ri Cast LEE Je-hoon HA Jung-woo KIM Sung-kyun CHO Jin-woong GO A-ra Language Korean, Japanese Language Korean

Set in Korea and Japan in the HONG Gil-dong is an infallible 1930s, Sookee, a young Korean private investigator with an pickpocket girl living in the slum, is exceptional memory and quirky approached by a charming count personality. While chasing the to take part in a scam to seduce only target he failed to find, he a wealthy Japanese heiress as gets entangled in a much bigger the heiress’ maid. Inspired by the conspiracy than he bargained for. British novel ‘FINGERSMITH’ by Sarah Waters.

EXCLUSIVE PROMO AVAILABLE AT BOOTH

ATTENDEES

Meet us at Kini S. KIM | EVP, Head of International http://lineup.cjenm.com/films Jay KIM | EVP, Intl. Sales & Distribution http://facebook.com/cjentertainmentinternational HKCEC 1C-D25 Yoonhee CHOI | SVP, Intl. Sales ([email protected]) Justin KIM | Director, Intl. Sales | Asia-France-UK-Germany ([email protected]) Eunji KIM | Director, Intl. Sales | Americas-Europe-Oceania-Japan-CIS-MENA ([email protected]) @ HK FILMART James SEO | Director, Intl. Marketing ([email protected])

TIME RENEGADES THE HOUSEMAID

Director KWAK Jae-yong Director Derek Nguyen Genre Thriller / Fantasy / Romance Genre Horror / Thriller Cast LIM Soo-jung Cast Nhung Kate JO Jung-suk Jean-Michel Richaud LEE Jin-uk Language Vietnamese Language Korean Set in Vietnam under colonial A high school teacher in 1983 and a French ruling, Linh, a young woman detective in 2015 join forces through who has lost her family in the war, their dreams to change the perilous goes to work as a housemaid at fate of the woman they both love - a plantation owned by French 30 years apart. Lieutenant Sebastian. As Linh becomes infatuated with Sebastian, she begins to encounter the secrets and horror of the malevolent EXCLUSIVE PROMO mansion. AVAILABLE AT BOOTH

ONE WAY TRIP LIKE FOR LIKES TRACER SWEET 20

Director CHOI Jeong-yeol Director PARK Hyun-gene Director Cuong Ngo Director Phan Gia Nhat Linh Genre Drama Genre Romance / Comedy Genre Action Genre Comedy / Romance Cast JI Soo Cast YOO Ah-in Cast Truong Ngoc Anh Cast Miu Le Suho (EXO) LEE Mi-yun Thien Nguyen Ngo Kien Huy RYU Jun-yeol KIM Joo-hyuk Language Vietnamese Hua Vi Van KIM Hee-chan CHOI Ji-woo Hari Won KIM Dong-wan (SHINHWA) KANG Ha-neul Special Detective An gets involved Language Vietnamese Language Korean LEE Som with Loc and “Wolf Gang” - with Language Korean undercover cop Kien, they chase Mrs. Dai, a foul-mouthed granny Four friends on a trip rescue a woman Loc, to hunt down the true kingpin. in her seventies is reverted to a who is being beaten by a man, only to Feel good love stories of three twenty-year old maiden, Thanh be pursued by the police. One of them couples experiencing unexpected Nga and given the opportunity to lapses into unconsciousness following love and relationship through social enjoy her youth, dream and passion an ensuing car accident and the other network. which she had to sacrifice for her three are arrested on suspicion of EXCLUSIVE PROMO family when she was young. murder. AVAILABLE AT BOOTH

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Creepy

Reviewed by Jonathan Romney HKIFF closIng FIlm recently appeared in cinephile docu- mentary Hitchcock/Truffaut commenting on the lessons Jap. 2016. 130mins of the Master of Suspense. He puts them to good use in Dir Kiyoshi Kurosawa Creepy, a film that not only merits its name but would Production company/ make Norman Bates scratch his head at the sheer weird- international sales ness of what goes on here behind closed doors. Shochiku Co Ltd, Ostensibly an investigative thriller, Creepy later takes a [email protected] detour into macabre territory, returning to the outré regis- Producers Hiroshi ter of Kurosawa films such asPulse and Charisma, follow- Fukasawa, Setsuko ing his recent, gently emotive take on the supernatural, Sumida, Satoshi Akagi, Journey To The Shore. Hugely entertaining, Creepy’s genre Satoko Ishida pleasures should make this novel adaptation one of the Executive producer Kota more exportable Japanese films of recent years, and argu- Kuroda Trivisa ably prime remake material — although Western multi- Screenplay Kiyoshi plex audiences might prefer a revision that is slightly less Kurosawa, Chihiro Ikeda, cavalier in its use of outrageous coincidence. based on the novel by Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan HKIFF openIng A bravura opening shows detective Takakura (Hide- Yutaka Maekawa FIlm toshi Nishijima) coming a cropper in an encounter with a Cinematography Akiko Taking its title from the Buddhist notion of the three root killer. A year later he has left the force, moved home with Ashizawa poisons of greed, anger and ignorance, the - HK. 2016. 97mins wife Yasuko (Yuko Takeuchi) and started work as a uni- Production designer mentored Trivisa is set in Hong Kong on the eve of the Dirs Frank Hui, Jevons Au versity lecturer in criminal psychology — but he can’t give Norifumi Ataka British-administered territory’s 1997 handover to China. Man-kit, . up sleuthing, and finds himself delving into a cold case Editor Koichi Takahashi Directed separately by three up-and-coming talents and Production company from six years back involving a family’s disappearance. Music Yuri Habaka blended into a dark and spiky whole, Trivisa looks at the Meanwhile Yasuko is keen to make friends with her new Main cast Hidetoshi recent past through the filter of the present; it is an une- International sales neighbours, but draws a blank until the initially recalci- Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, ven but invigorating blend of Hong Kong noir crime and Media Asia Films trant Mr Nishino () seems to thaw. Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna mainland corruption, reflecting disenchantment of the Distribution, wwdist@ The film starts off promising a detective procedural Kawaguchi ‘special relationship’. mediaasia.com drama on one hand, and a touch of wry social satire on the Harking back to a time when Hong Kong was the Producer Johnnie To, Yau other, as Japanese etiquette shows its limits. But even in regional power and China was a hick cousin, Trivisa Nai Hoi seemingly innocuous situations, small stylistic touches flashes resentment alongside a touch of nostalgia for the Executive producer CT Yip create a sense of immense unease. A camera advances good old bad guys. This occasionally over-ripe story of Screenplay Loong Man- slowly as winds start to blow, or — in an extraordinary three thieves joins another recent Hong Kong independ- hong, Thomas Ng, Mak sequence, as Takakura questions the daughter of the ent production, Ten Years, in a sense of despair for the Tin-shu missing family — a university building inexplicably grows soul of its home. Trivisa’s young directors, sourced Cinematography Zhang dark as students, seen in the background, start to exit. through Hong Kong’s Fresh Wave short-fim competition, Ying, Ray Cheung, Rex Kagawa steals the show with a relishably eccentric per- may not be optimistic, but this urgent piece hints at a Chan formance as the nervy and unnerving Nishino. When the potential resurgence in Hong Kong’s indie scene. Editors Allen Leung, David film shifts into territory less Hitchcockian than Lynchian The three robber barons are derived from real life, but Richardson — with a touch of Park Chan Wook’s Asian Gothic — the the story of their coming together ahead of the handover Production design quiet confidence of Kurosawa’s approach has paid off, is a fantasy. Yip Kwok-fung () is the notorious Jean Tsoi allowing him to vault into a more intense register. King of Thieves, caught on TV exchanging gunfire with Music Nigel Chan the police. Now he is trying to lie low and make it in Main cast China as a smuggler of electronic merchandise, but Ka-tung, Richie Jen, grows increasingly impatient with the naked greed he Jordan Chan, Tommy encounters there. Kwai Ching-hung (Gordon Lam Ka- Wong Kwong-leung, Yueh tung), meanwhile, will blithely trade in old friendships Hua, Stephen Au, Lam for a chance at a heist. And the outsize Cheuk Tsz-keung Suet — an overly colourful performance by Jordan Chan in the one strand that is an uneasy fit, directed by Vicky Wong — is a jaded kidnapper who becomes obsessed with uniting the three as the sun sets on British colonial rule after 156 years. Designer Jean Tsoi delivers an impeccable sense of a city teetering on the verge of an uncertain future, and editors Allen Leung and David Richardson, frequent To collaborators, have managed a good meld of footage. It may be a blend of old hands with new faces, but Trivisa, like the events it depicts, feels like the start of something.

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10:00 – 12:00 Top Asian and Western 12:30 – 13:30 13:00 – 14:00 16:00 – 18:00 Organiser Young Live producers will share their Entertainment (HK) Co FROM THE LOCAL experiences in forging ‘’ PRESS ‘SWORDMASTER 3D’ SICHUAN FILM Ltd TO THE GLOBAL: IN local productions CONFERENCE DIALOGUE WITH THE DELEGATION PRESS Languages , CONVERSATION WITH that work in the PRESS CONFERENCE Mandarin PRODUCERS FROM international market Venue The Stage, AROUND THE WORLD as well as exploring the Hall 1, Hong Kong Venue Event Room, Venue The Studio, Hall 1, 16:30 – 18:00 current challenges and Convention and Hall 1, Hong Kong Hong Kong Convention Venue The Stage, Hall 1, opportunities for global Exhibition Centre. Convention and and Exhibition Centre. Entertainment Expo Hong Kong Convention film production. They Organiser Universe Exhibition Centre. Organiser Publicity Hong Kong Kick-off and Exhibition Centre. will also discuss the Language Cantonese Organiser Distribution Department of the CPC Ceremony, and Joint Organiser Hong Kong changing role of producers Workshop Sichuan Provincial Cocktail Reception Trade Development and the best models Language Cantonese. Press Committee, Sichuan for the 20th 12:30 – 13:30 Council. for co-operation with and media only. Provincial Bureau of Anniversary of Supporting partner Screen financiers, sales companies 2016 A & B FILM AND Press, Publication, Radio, FILMART & the 40th International and distributors. JIZHONG CULTURE Film and Television Anniversary of Hong 13:00 – 15:00 Conference moderator FILMOGRAPHY Supporting organisation Kong International Liz Shackleton, Chief CONFERENCE THE 17TH DIGICON6 Picapica Entertainment Film Festival 10:30 – 12:00 Asia editor, Screen ASIA — HONG Language Mandarin International ‘THE BRINK’ PRESS Venue The Studio, KONG CERTIFICATE Venue The Stage, Panel speakers Philippe CONFERENCE Hall 1, Hong Kong PRESENTATION CEREMONY Hall 1, Hong Kong 16:30 – 18:00 Bober, Managing Convention and Convention and Director, Coproduction Venue The Studio, Hall 1, Exhibition Centre. Venue Room S224-S225, 2016 YL PICTURES Exhibition Centre. Office; Wong Jing, CEO, Hong Kong Convention Organiser A&B Film-TV- Hong Kong Convention PRESENTATION Organisers Entertainment Mega-Vision Project and Exhibition Centre. Video International and Exhibition Centre Venue Event Room, Expo, HKTDC, Hong Workshop Ltd Organiser Sun Languages Cantonese, Organiser HKDEA Hall 1, Hong Kong Kong International Film Languages Cantonese, Entertainment Culture English, Mandarin, Languages Cantonese, Convention and Festival. By invitation English, Mandarin Language Cantonese Korean English, Japanese Exhibition Centre. only.

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The Lady Improper Solitude The Imitator Dir Tsang Tsui Shan Dir Madhu Mahankali Dir YC Tom Lee Project’s country of origin Hong Kong-China Project’s country of origin Project’s country of origin Taiwan

Hong Kong director Tsang Tsui Shan cooks up an Hyderabad-based film-maker Madhu Mahankali Crime thriller The Imitator opens with a bank heist erotic combination in The Lady Improper through started to explore the theme of death in his short that takes place using the stolen gun of a cop who food and sexuality. When her sexless marriage fails, a filmThe Journey, which played at Cannes in 2007. was gunned down just days earlier. In the aftermath, virgin sets out to revitalise her father’s Hong Kong- His latest feature project Solitude builds on this and the police are shocked to discover the crime is a style restaurant. She encounters a cult chef who mixes will also consider the notions of loneliness, solitude direct imitation of Taiwan’s first ever armed robbery, his culinary senses with sexual awareness. and loss. which took place more than 30 years ago. “Female desire is often suppressed in our seem- Solitude traces the spiritual journey of an old man “The concept of someone imitating a crime has ingly open yet conservative society. We look into this as he loses his long-term companion of more than 50 always intrigued me because either the imitator is taboo world of Asian women with a story filled with years, and must come to terms with his new reality. simply a copycat paying sadistic homage, or has a food, lust and desire,” says Tsang. “Although the story has a lot of emotional ele- deeper meaning and purpose behind it,” says Taiwan Based on a true story, the screenplay is ments attached to it, the film tries to focus on the director YC Tom Lee. “For our film, the imitator has Link Sng, co-writer of several films by Singaporean philosophical journey of this old man, making it a specific reason to take down the entire corrupted director Jack Neo, including box-office hitsAh Boys more universal,” says Mahankali. “It will probe the justice system at any cost.” To Men and most recently Long Long Time Ago. spiritual bond that continues beyond death.” Crime thrillers are rare in Taiwan and Lee aims to Tsang was named best new director at the Hong In development for just over a year and with the revive the genre by giving his film a commercial Kong Film Awards in 2012 for her second featureBig script now completed, Mahankali is seeking comple- appeal for the global audience. “We are using ele- Blue Lake, which also won the Asian New Talent Jury tion funding for the Telugu and Hindi-language ments of the thriller, crime drama and action to tell Prix at Shanghai. Big Blue Lake was filmed in her film. Casting is underway and shooting locations an intriguing story with cinematic Taipei as a back- home village Ho Chung in Sai Kung, which she says have been secured in the Indian cities of Hyderabad, drop,” he says. is a source of inspiration for her work. Her documen- Lucknow and Varanasi. The director’s previous work The Imitator will be the debut feature of Lee, an tary Flowing Stories, also set in the village, won the includes advertising, documentaries, feature and award-winning director of dramas, commercials, best documentary award at South Taiwan Film Festi- short films. music videos and narrative short films for the past 10 val in 2014. Mahankali’s company Dhriti Media is the pri- years in Asia and North America. The producer is Polly Yeung, who produced Tsang’s mary producer with Telugu producer Raj Kanduku- Producer Jade Lee has a wide range of experience Scent, a Chinese-Korean romance starring Korea’s ri’s Dharmapatha Creations on board as equity in distribution, marketing, international sales, pro- Park Si-hoo. Yeung is also a regular collaborator with partners and Balwanth Singh of Kauphy Talkies duction and post-production. Her credits include Hong Kong film-maker Jacob Cheung, having worked picking up marketing and distribution costs of both Bad Girls and Pick The Youth. on A Battle Of Wits, Ticket and Rest On Your Shoulder. the Telugu and Hindi versions. Founded in 2014, Dare Entertainment is a Taipei- River Vision is Tsang’s Hong Kong-based production Udita Jhunjhunwali based company for film and TV production, distribu- company, while Fiction 9 is a Beijing-based company tion and international sales. The Imitator is the first founded by Yeung, Lim Young Chien and Li Yun Fei. Solitude feature film under its banner. Silvia Wong Silvia Wong Producers Madhu Mahankali, Roopa Devi Mahankali The Lady Improper Production company Dhriti Media Budget $340,000 The Imitator Finance raised to date $60,000 ($25,000 from Producer Polly Yeung Production company River Vision Dharmapatha Creations, $25,000 from Dhriti Media Producer Jade Lee Production company Dare Budget $1m Finance raised to date 10% (Fiction 9) and $10,000 from Kauphy Talkies) Entertainment Budget $1.2m Finance raised to date Contact Polly Yeung [email protected] Contact Madhu Mahankali [email protected] 50% Contact Jade Lee [email protected]

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Brothers Man-Made Citizen Coarse Tea, Plain Rice Dir Jong Yu Prod Moonlight Shang Dir Cheung Suk-Yee Project’s country of origin Malaysia Project’s country of origin China Project’s country of origin Hong Kong

Inspired by a real kidnapping case between close Man-Made Citizen is an ambitious $14m sci-fi fan- Told from a female perspective, Coarse Tea, Plain Rice relatives, Malaysian director Jong Yu’s Brothers tasy about a high-school girl who discovers special deals with the forbidden love between an older revolves around a young boy with learning difficul- powers when she is turned into a creature who can woman and a much younger man — her stepson. ties, who is the only heir to the family fortune. live underwater. On discovering this transformation Hong Kong writer-director Cheung Suk-Yee uses Although his kidnappers are arrested, the police has it origins with a organisation that now Eat Drink Man Woman and Babette’s Feast as points find each witness recounts a different version of wants her to reproduce, she has to go on the run, of reference for the project. “The biggest challenge is events, a la Rashomon. avoiding the various military forces and media that how to convey the intricate connection between food Complicating matters is the young boy’s growing are closing in on her. and desire in a visual medium, and how to convey attachment to one of the kidnappers, who may be his “This is more than a science-fiction movie,” says the subtext of sexual tension through the metaphor long-lost brother. The screenplay is written by Chan Moonlight Shang, who is both the producer and of cooking and taste,” she says. Yoke Yeng, whose writing credits include smash hits screenwriter of the project. “The story will explore Producer Trevor Morris is a former senior creative The Journey and Ola Bola. Malaysian -actor the inner world of a highly intelligent species, look manager at Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Jack Tan will play the brother. into their existence and ponder on their future pros- (Asia Pacific), who has worked on Disney-branded “We aim to make a Malaysian-Chinese film that is pects, while trying to provide an answer to big philo- Chinese-language local co-productions for Greater full of suspense and mystery, unlike the usual love sophical questions.” Shang has won several China, including Trail Of The Panda and High School and family dramas that are the norm in Malaysia,” scriptwriting awards, including a Xia Yan Award, a Musical China. say producers Roland Lee and Jin Ong. top honour approved by SARFT, and a Hua Xia Star- He first collaborated with Cheung on her yet-to-be Brothers will be the debut feature of Yu, who is a light Award. She has also produced and directed released debut feature Greed Hate Delusion, which fol- well-known director of TV series and music videos. documentaries and short films. lows a group of people stuck on a resort island where His Malaysian TV series I, My Brother won the view- The project has no director attached at the they are forced to confront their own evils. “It is my ers’ choice most popular drama prize at the Golden moment. “We are looking for a director, who has the pleasure to be able to bring some of my knowledge Awards in 2010. right experience and global vision to handle such a and experience to assist a smaller-scale independent Founded by Ong, More Entertainment handles big commercial film with artistic values,” says film, and try to bring an intimate and worthwhile artist management, an album label as well as film Shang. story to audiences in the region, especially at a time and TV production. Ong’s producing credits include The co-producer is Janet Wu, president of Bright when it’s becoming increasingly difficult for such pro- coming-of-age filmThe Gathering and TV series Love East Films, which was founded by her late father, jects to be made,” says Morris. 18 (directed by Yu and co-written by Lee); Yes Sir; Chinese director Wu Tianming. Wu also runs the Cheung has more than 10 years of professional I, My Brother and Backlight Lover. China Film Foundation’s Wu Tianming Film Fund experience in the media industry. She set up Ong and Lee are also producing Shuttle Life, for young talents. Her producing credits include TV Pratyeka Pictures to produce Greed Hate Delusion, which won the grand prize at Golden Horse Film series and Sino-US co-production features including and Coarse Tea, Plain Rice will be the company’s sec- Project Promotion in 2014. The War Of Gene, Hi Frank! and Ma Wen’s Battle. ond feature. Silvia Wong Silvia Wong Silvia Wong Brothers Man-Made Citizen Coarse Tea, Plain Rice

Producers Jin Ong, Roland Lee Producers Moonlight Shang, Janet Wu Producers Trevor Morris, Cheung Suk-Yee Production company More Entertainment Production company Bright East Films Production company Pratyeka Pictures Budget $550,000 Budget $14m Finance raised to date 11% Budget $2m Contact Cheung Suk-Yee Contact Jin Ong [email protected] Contact Moonlight Shang [email protected] [email protected]

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An exciting crop of Hong Kong and projects are spotlighted by Liz Shackleton, who reports on the increasing efforts to support Cantonese-language film-making

The Bodyguard Dir

David Linde’s Lava Bear is co-producing this Sammo Hung and Andy Lau action thriller, alongside Edko Films, Irresistible Films and Lau’s Focus Films. Martial-arts veteran Hung directs and also stars as a retired bodyguard who settles down in a small town on the Russia-China border but fi nds himself attempting to rescue a young girl when her father (Lau) falls in with the criminal world. The fi lm is in post-produc- tion with a pan-Asian release scheduled for April 1. Contact Edko Films, Julian Chiu chiujulian@ edkofilms.com.hk

The Mermaid

s predicted, box offi ce over always played a key role in mainland ing use of Cantonese was one of the recent Chinese New productions — all three Chinese New many issues explored in ultra low- Year holiday in mainland Year hits were directed by Hong budget production Ten Years, com- AChina threw up yet more Kong film-makers. But with an prising fi ve shorts that examine the records and superlatives. Ticket sales annual box office of $256m, the potential impact of mainland infl u- over the seven days of the holiday hit Hong Kong market is now dwarfed ence in Hong Kong 10 years from $581m, a weekly world record, and by China. It’s also a market that’s now. Recently banned by mainland shortly afterwards, ’s dominated by Hollywood tentpoles. media, the fi lm became a sleeper hit The Mermaid became China’s highest- In 2015, the market share of Hong in Hong Kong, grossing nearly $1m grossing film of all time with a Kong fi lms slipped from 22% despite playing on just a few screens. haul of more than $500m. to 19% and only one local Elsewhere, there are more com- The runners-up over the holi- production, Little Big Master, mercially driven efforts to support day grossed more than local pro- charted in the top 10. local film-making. Hong Kong ductions in other territories All this raises questions thriller Trivisa, one of the opening dare to dream — after about the future of Cantonese, fi lms of this year’s Hong Kong Inter- four weeks, Soi as opposed to Mandarin- national Film Festival, is directed by Cheang’s The three of John- The Bodyguard 2 had nie To’s proté- taken $181m and gés from the Fresh Call Of Heroes Wong Jing’s From Wave programme. Dir Benny Chan Vegas To Macau III Fresh Wave proves that sometimes was at $169m. Last good things happen with patience: Sean Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo and Eddie year, local films language fi lm-making, not the initiative was launched in 2005 Peng star in the latest action epic from accounted for 62% to mention fi lms that are unlikely by the Hong Kong Arts Development Benny Chan (, Shaolin), of China’s $6.8bn to pass muster with mainland cen- Council and has made huge strides which is in post-production for tentative box offi ce and his- sorship. And yet imaginative Hong in supporting new fi lm-makers. But release in June. Set during the warlords era torically take more Kong fi lms that are defi nitely not it will be an ongoing battle to help after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the story than a 50% share. made for mainland audiences Cantonese-language movies com- (previously titled Deadly Reclaim) revolves Hong Kong actors From Vegas continue to emerge. pete against the dual juggernauts of around a group of plucky villagers standing and film-makers have To Macau III Concerns about the declin- Hollywood and Beijing. up to a cruel young general. Universe Entertainment is producing the $32m fi lm.

20 Screen International at Filmart March 14, 2016 www.screendaily.com Sammo Hung is on board as action chore- ographer. Contact Universe Films Distribution, Alice Leung [email protected] Chongqing Hotpot Dir Yang Qing

One of the opening fi lms of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival, Yang Qing’s comedy follows three high-school classmates who open a hotpot restaurant in an old bomb shelter in Chongqing. When the business fails, they are told to enlarge the property and accidently break into the bank vault next door. Produced by Chen Kuo-fu, the fi lm stars (Mojin — The Lost Legend) and (Monster Hunt). Yang previously directed 2009 comedy hit One Night In Supermarket. Contact Distribution Workshop, Virginia Leung [email protected] Chongqing Hotpot

Cold War 2 production, the $25m fi lm is one of the fi rst Dir Longman Leung, Sunny Luk projects backed by Alibaba Pictures. Mei Ah Entertainment is handling Hong Kong and Chow Yun-fat, , Tony Leung several Southeast Asian territories. Ka-fai and Eddie Peng star in the highly Contact Mei Ah Entertainment, Sarah Law anticipated sequel to Edko Films’ 2012 [email protected] action thriller, which became the highest- grossing Hong Kong fi lm of the year. In post- Heaven In The Dark production, Cold War 2 continues the story of Dir Yuen Kim-wai the fi rst fi lm with the hijacker of the missing police van behind bars. But then a retired and have picked police chief steps forward to reveal a scheme up nominations at the upcoming Hong Kong to corrupt the police force. The directors Film Awards for their roles in this drama, went on to make 2015 action thriller Helios helmed by commercials and music-video after the original Cold War. director Yuen Kim-wai. Adapted from the Contact Edko Films, Julian Chiu play French Kiss by Candace Chong, the fi lm [email protected] tells the story of a woman who shares a kiss with a pastor and then files sexual harass- Dog Days ment charges against him. The pastor Dir Jordan Schiele loses his faith as a consequence of her actions, while the woman tries to fi nd sal- (Above) with Chan on First Strike and Rumble In The Pang Ho Cheung and Subi Liang’s Making vation in religion. The fi lm is scheduled Heaven In Bronx, has already fi lmed in China and Dubai, The Dark; Film Productions produced this mainland- for release in Hong Kong on March 24. (left) Call Of and will shoot the next section in India. set drama, which marks the feature directo- Contact Emperor Motion Pictures, Heroes Contact Golden Network Asia, Clarence Tang rial debut of Beijing-based fi lm-maker and May Yip [email protected] [email protected] DoP Jordan Schiele. The story follows a young single mother who teams up with a Kung Fu Yoga The Mermaid drag singer to track down her missing son Dir Stanley Tong Dir Stephen Chow and his father. Huang Lu () plays the young woman and the cast also Now in production, this CGI-heavy China’s highest-grossing fi lm of all time, includes Tian Mu Chen (The White Lie) and action adventure stars Jackie Chan as The Mermaid confi rms that while Ste- Luo Lan Shan (A Touch Of Sin). The fi lm pre- a Chinese archaeologist who teams phen Chow may not churn out many miered at this year’s Berlinale. up with an Indian professor in the films, he is Hong Kong’s most Contact Bravos Pictures, Ricky Tse quest for a legendary diamond that commercially successful film- [email protected] takes him from the high plateaus of maker. His latest comedy stars western China to the Middle East Chao as a young tycoon The Ferryman and India. Indian actor Sonu Sood whose plans to drive marine wild- Dir Zhang Jiajia (Happy New Year) and Chinese life away from his island develop- actors Aarif Rahman and ment are thwarted by a beautiful Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Productions is pro- Zhang Yixing also star in young mermaid. The cast also ducing this romantic comedy, based on the fi lm, which is being includes Lin Yun, Show Luo, Kris Zhang Jiajia’s bestselling 2014 novel, set up as a China- Wu and Kitty Zhang. Released by Sony in I Belonged To You. Zhang has also been India co-produc- the US on February 19, the fi lm grossed a brought on board to direct the fi lm, which tion. Director respectable $1.2m in its fi rst week. stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kanesh- Stanley Tong, Contact IM Global, Leslie Chen iro, and . In post- who worked [email protected] »

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Railroad Tigers Dir Ding Sheng

Following their collaborations on Police Story 2013 and Little Big Soldier, Ding Sheng is directing Jackie Chan in this $50m action comedy, which aims to revive the spirit of classic Chan comedies such as Project A and Drunken Master II. Chan stars as a railroad worker who leads a team of fi ghters to derail the Japanese war machine in China, 1941. Young idols Z Tao (You Are My Sunshine), (The Golden Era) and Darren Wang (Our Times) also star. In post-production, the film’s investors include Sparkle Roll Media Corporation, Shanghai Film Group, Beijing Going Zoom Media and Shanghai New Culture Media Group. Contact Golden Network Asia, Clarence Tang clarence@ goldnetasia.com S Storm Dir David Lam

Now in post-production, this Swordmaster sequel to 2014 action thriller Z Storm revolves around an even big- ger case at Hong Kong’s fraud-bust- ing Independent Commission Against Corruption. Louis Koo reprises his role as an anti-corruption investigator, while Chilam Cheung and have joined the cast. Produced by Pegasus Motion Pictures, the $9m fi lm is sched- uled for release in June. Contact Pegasus Motion Pictures, Ten Years Alvina Wong alvina.wong@ pegasusmovie.com hospital involving a criminal with a bul- let in his head, a policeman about to Swordmaster turn rogue and a surgeon from main- Dir land China. Contact Media Asia, Fred Tsui is producing and Derek Yee Trivisa [email protected] directing this long-anticipated 3D mar- tial-arts epic, starring (The imagine life in Hong Kong 10 years from Trivisa Taking Of Tiger Mountain) and Peter Ho now. The stories include a Hong Kong Dir Frank Hui, Vicky Wong, (The Monkey King). Based on taxi driver struggling to survive in a Jevons Au Man-kit novelist ’s classic, the fi lm tells Mandarin-speaking world and a grocery the story of an elite swordsman who is store owner who is for selling Gordon Lam, Jordan Chan and Richie haunted by his skill and forced to fi ght a ‘local’ eggs. Although it was released on Jen star in this Johnnie To-produced challenger who is determined to take only a few screens, the film became a crime thriller, which tells the story of his place at all costs. Produced by Bona sleeper hit in Hong Kong. three notorious criminals who are Film Group and Yee’s Film Unlimited, Contact Golden Scene, Winnie Tsang rumoured to be joining forces for a heist Swordmaster is in post-production and [email protected] in Hong Kong. Three of To’s protégés tentatively scheduled for release in May. from the Fresh Wave programme — Contact Distribution Workshop, Three Frank Hui, Vicky Wong and Jevons Virginia Leung virginia@ Dir Johnnie To Au Man-kit — have each directed the distributionworkshop.com story of one gangster, which have Following his well-received foray into then been weaved together into a Ten Years musical drama with Toronto title Offi ce, complete feature. The fi lm premiered Dir Kwok Zune, Wong Fei-pang, Johnnie To returns to hard-boiled action in Berlin and has been selected as one Jevons Au Man-kit, Chow with this highly anticipated crime of two opening films at this year’s Kwun-wai, Ng Ka-leung thriller, starring Louis Koo, Wallace Hong Kong International Film Festi- Chung and Vicki . In post-pro- val (see review, page 10). Produced on an ultra low budget, Ten duction for a tentative June release, the Contact Media Asia, Fred Tsui Years comprises five short films that fi lm revolves around a showdown in a Three [email protected] Is

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(Hong Kong) of the Showa Emperor Fatalities can be settled Documentary. 27mins. Hirohito. With his death under the table for a small Hong Kong Arts Centre. on January 8, a new era lump sum. What do you Dir: Wong Suet-ling began, and 1989 became choose? With a heavy Beatrice. ‘Heisei 1’. On January 5, a foot on the accelerator, My personal transgender young girl is kidnapped. an old man listens to his documentary, from coming The kidnapper escapes favourite tune filling his out to surgery from male with ¥20m but the girl car, about to make a spin to female. is found murdered. Now, of no return. Filmart 14 years later, her father, Meeting Room N206-N207, between them and Diane »tHE Food FaSCiStS a few ageing police 12:00 HKCEC public relations executive is under his spell. They (Hong Kong) Drama. investigators and the LovE StaLK from Singapore, rapidly make a date. But 30mins. Hong Kong Arts kidnapper himself still live tHE tidE (Hong Kong) Romance. searching for love in their meeting doesn’t go Centre. Dir: Yip Man-hay. in that week, in the case (Hong Kong) Drama. 70mins. Dragon Horse Hong Kong, who may quite as expected. Legendary chef Mo they have called ‘six-four’. 30mins. Fresh Wave Film Films. Dir: Joe Fiorello. have found her dream theatre 2, HKCEC Yik-tin is notorious for Meeting Room N104-N105, Festival. Dir: Yim Sheung Key cast: Angie P, Ronan guy. But as she pursues turning animals into HKCEC Man. Pak, Dada Lo, Ines him online and in wHiLE tHE woMEN aRE spectacular dishes — taste 13:45 The band Against The Laimins, Jae Leung, person, Sharon quickly SLEEPiNG always rules over lives Tide was doomed before Kellyjackie Chan, Rex discovers the dangers of (Japan) Action/adventure. under the butcher’s knife. tRaPPEd at SEa, LoSt iN it even started. A year Kwok, Edward Chui, stalking a secret crush. 103mins. Toei Company. Mo’s perseverance in tiME later, the is Kelvin Wong. Meeting Room N101a, Dir: Wayne Wang. Key creating culinary dishes is (Taiwan) Action/ selling his soul to write Sharon is an ambitious HKCEC cast: Beat Takeshi, respectful but at the same adventure. 113mins. catchy pop tunes and Nishijima Hidetoshi, time fearful, and that Great Leap Forward commercial music, hooking Oyamada Sayuri. gives him the title Food Entertainment. Dir: Kuo his wagon to someone journey to repossess a tHoSE wHo JuMP Vacationing at a seaside Fascist. Chen-ti, Ko Neng-yuan else’s grand schemes missing hen that they had (Denmark) Documentary. resort with his wife, The sailors are trapped at while being hitched by a raised together. 82mins. Wide House. frustrated novelist Kenji » tHE SEa witHiN sea, caught between the young music devotee; the Meeting Room N102-N103, Dir: Moritz Siebert, Shimizu’s curiosity is (Hong Kong) Drama. dream to go home and bassist is venturing north HKCEC Estephan Wagner, sparked by an intriguing 30mins. Hong Kong Arts the reality of being the across the border; the Abou Bakar Sidibe. couple: beautiful young Centre. Dir: Wong Wai- castaway. drummer is working as an LovE StaLK In northern Morocco lies woman Miki and nap. Meeting Room N202-N203, insurance agent and all See box, above the Spanish enclave of older man Sahara. His A couple have different HKCEC set for fatherhood. Before Melilla: Europe on African fascination lures him visions about the rest of 13:50 the factory building is RuPtuRE land. On the mountain to peep in their room at their days. demolished for a lucrative (US, Canada) Sci-fi, above live more than a night and he sees Sahara tHE GREat aCtoR redevelopment scheme, the fantasy. 105mins. Ambi thousand hopeful African methodically filming Miki » Sod-032 (Korea) Comedy. band members, bar one, Distribution. Dir: Steven migrants, watching the while she sleeps. (Hong Kong) Drama. 109mins. 9ers return to clear out their Shainberg. Key cast: fence. Abou from Mali is House 1, ua CiNE times, 26mins. Hong Kong Arts Entertainment. studio and contemplate a Noomi Rapace. one of them. times Square Centre. Dir: Cheung Dir: Seok Min-Woo. farewell gig. A single mother tries Meeting Room N201B, HKCEC Ho-lam. Key Cast: Oh Dal-Su, Meeting Room N206-N207, to break free from a Zud Arisa is a female artificial Lee Kyung-Young, Yoon HKCEC mysterious organisation uP FoR LovE (Mongolia) Children’s. intelligence programmed Je-Moon. that has abducted her. (France) Romance. 85mins. Slingshot Films. by Yosuke. She knows Sung-pil is a stage actor 12:00 Meeting Room N101B, HKCEC 100mins. Gaumont. Dir: Marta Minorowicz. Yosuke turns into a who takes small roles in KaLo PotHi, tHE BLaCK Dir: Laurent Tirard. On the frozen steppe of coward when he sees Yuki, children’s plays. When HEN SaNd StoRM Key cast: Jean Dujardin, Mongolia, people’s lives the classmate he fancies, so he is accused of being an (Nepal) Action/ (Israel) Drama. 87mins. Virginie Efira. are at the mercy of the she makes plans for him. incompetent husband adventure. 90mins. Beta Cinema. Dir: Elite Diane is a beautiful seasons and unexpected When Arisa is infected and father, he fabricates Wide. Dir: Min Bahadur Zexer. Key cast: Lamis woman, the kind who events, while nature with a computer virus, he stories of filming a movie Bham. Key cast: Khadka Ammar, Ruba Blal- turns heads wherever she dictates the rules of their takes matters into his own with famous actor Sul Raj Nepali, Sukra Raj Asfour, Haitham Omari. goes. And since she’s just nomadic lifestyles. After hands. and director Cannes Royaka, Jit Bahadur When their entire lives are walked out of an unhappy winter kills hoards of Meeting Room N109-N110, Park. To transform these Malla, Hansha Khadka. shattered, two Bedouin marriage, she’s free to meet his parents’ livestock, HKCEC troublesome lies into During a ceasefire, in the women struggle in their the man of her dreams. 11-year-old Sukhbat has truths, Sung-pil begins midst of the 10-year civil individual ways to change One evening Diane receives to leave school, move back out oF LovE a desperate journey to war in Nepal, two boys the long-held rules. a phone call from a certain home and support the (Netherlands) Action/ stardom, using every belonging to different agnes b. CiNEMa! 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China Film 64th year of the reign HKCEC Promotion International. of the Showa Emperor Dir: Wang Fan. Key cast: Hirohito. With his death CJ7: supER Q TEaM Li Rui, Cary Woodworth. on January 8, a new era see box, left Aboriginal orphan girl began, and 1989 became Men from the Wa ethnic ‘Heisei 1’. On January 5, a CREaTivE CoNTRol tribe in southwestern young girl is kidnapped. (US) Drama. 97mins. China breaks away from Filmart The kidnapper escapes Coproduction Office. the conventions of her role bad guys, but when a with ¥20m, but the Dir: Benjamin Dickinson. 16:00 imposed by traditional friend Dee, Dee’s dad, virus corrupts the system girl is found murdered. Key cast: Ben Dickinson, customs, and comes to CJ7: supER Q TEaM and their dog. One day, and unleashes an army Now, 14 years later, her Nora Zehetner, Dan Beijing only to be plunged (Hong Kong) CJ7’s friend, the forgetful of zombies and other father, a few ageing police Gill, Alexia Rasmussen, into her romantic and Children’s. 80mins. All Captain 88, arrives on monsters, the friends are investigators, and the Reggie Watts, Gavin pathetic destiny with an Rights Entertainment. a mission to save planet trapped inside and have to kidnapper himself still live McInnes. American choreographer. Dir: William Kan. Earth from the biggest fight for their lives. in that week, in the case David is an overworked, Meeting Room N206-N207, CJ7 is an alien with baddie in town. Meeting Room N102-N103, they have called ‘six-four’. tech-addled advertising HKCEC magical powers who lives Meeting Room N211-N212, HKCEC Meeting Room N111-N112, executive developing a with his HKCEC HKCEC high-profile marketing 14:15 liFE RisKiNg RoMaNCE campaign for a new 16:00 (South Korea) Romance. THE BodyguaRd generation of augmented 100mins. United Pictures. The incredible destiny of world with elements from (China) Action/ a soNg FoR a good-FoR- reality glasses. Feeling Dir: Song Joy. Key cast: Chocolat the clown, the Japanese anime Jeeg, adventure. 90mins. All NoTHiNg stuck in his relationship Ha Ji-won, Chun Jung- first black stage performer Enzo will learn the value Rights Entertainment. (Japan) Drama. 47mins. with yoga teacher Juliette, myung, Chen Bolin. in France. of helping others. But Dir: Yue Song. Key cast: Ritsumeikan University he envies the charmed life The frightening love story Theatre 2, HKCEC what price must he pay to Yue Song, Collin Yu, Yu College Of Image Arts of his best friend, fashion of a female mystery writer become a hero? Xing, Michael Chan. And Sciences. Dir: photographer Wim, and who is chasing a serial plEasE REMEMBER ME Meeting Room N101a, HKCEC Wu is torn between his Susumu Sasaki. Key cast: his sexy girlfriend Sophie killer. (China) Action/ duty to protect and his Yuuhei Miyamae, Kotomi — so he uses the glasses Meeting Room N209-N210, adventure. 78mins. Lost THis BEauTiFul loyalty to his clan. Ikeda. to develop a life-like HKCEC & Found Film Studio. FaNTasTiC House 1, ua CiNE Times, Arts university student avatar of her. Unwittingly, Dir: Zhao Qing. (UK) Comedy. 90mins. Times square Yoshida and his friends fantasy and reality begin MissiNg you A feature-length Ambi Distribution Corp. stumble on the lonely to blur. 14:30 (Korea) Thriller. 108mins. documentary following the Dir: Simon Aboud. Key death of an old man Meeting Room N102-N103, Contents Panda (Next fight of a Shanghai-based cast: Jessica Brown THE paTRiaRCH while filming their final HKCEC Entertainment World). old couple against failing Findlay, Tom Wilkinson. (New Zealand) Drama. college project. A movie of Dir: Mo Hong-jin. Key physical condition and A young woman who 103mins. Wild Bunch. finding a path in life as lETTERs FRoM WaR cast: Shim Eun-kyung, memory loss. dreams of being a Dir: Lee Tamahori. Key they review society while (Portugal) Drama. Kim Sung-oh, Yoon Meeting Room N211-N212, children’s author makes an cast: Temuera Morrison, searching for the man’s 105mins. The Match Je-moon. HKCEC unlikely friendship with a Akuhata Keefe, Nancy family and sorting his Factory. Dir: Ivo M A serial killer who has been rich old widower. Brunning, Jim Moriarty, belongings. Ferreira. Key cast: Miguel waiting for his freedom, THEy Call ME JEEg Meeting Room N101B, HKCEC Regan Taylor, Maria Meeting Room N206-N207, Nunes, Margarida Vila- a detective who has been (Italy) Drama. 118mins. Walker. HKCEC Nova, Ricardo Pereira, waiting for the killer’s Rai Com. Dir: Gabriele viRTually dEad A tale of family rivalry Joao Pedro Vaz. release, and a little girl Mainetti. Key cast: (Italy) Horror/suspense. and reconciliation set Bilal 1971. Antonio Lobo who has been waiting for Claudio Santamaria, Luca 91mins. Dragon Horse against the stunning (UAE) Animation. Antune’s life is brutally something that remains Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli, Films. Dir: Paolo Bertola. backdrop of rural New 114mins. Ambi interrupted when he a mystery… the three are Stefano Ambrogi. Key cast: Alex Lucchesi, Zealand in the 1960s. Distribution. Dir: is drafted into the intertwined in a chaotic Enzo, an ex-con from Alessandra Angeli, Meeting Room N204-N205, khurram H Alavi, Ayman Portuguese Army to serve relationship and are met the poor outskirts of Alessio Cherubini. HKCEC Jamal. Key cast: Ian as a doctor in one of the with an unprecedented Rome, puts his newfound An evil computer nerd McShane. worst zones of the Colonial 15:00 series of events. superpowers to use invites his video-game A thousand years ago, War — the east of Angola. Theatre 1, HKCEC furthering his career as addicted friends to RaisE youR aRMs aNd one boy with a dream of Away from everything a delinquent, a fact that try his new project by TWisT — doCuMENTaRy becoming a great warrior dear he writes letters to his MoNsiEuR CHoColaT makes the local crime transporting them inside oF NMB48 was abducted with his wife, while he is immersed (France) Drama. 119mins. bosses far from happy. the virtual game world to (Japan) Documentary. sister and taken to a land in an increasingly violent Gaumont. Dir: Roschdy When he falls in love with play as soldiers. At first 121mins. Toho Co. Dir: far away from home. setting. Zem. Key cast: , Alessia, an unstable girl the gamers have a great Atsushi Funahashi. Thrown into a world House 2, ua CiNE Times, James Thierree. who brightens her dark time shooting the virtual Looks back on the four where greed and injustice Times square » www.screendaily.com March 14, 2016 Screen International at Filmart 29 ScreeningS

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Cinema [email protected] 18:15 Management Group. reporters Jean Noh, Dir: Scott B Hansen. CroSSCurreNT [email protected], Silvia Wong, screenasia@ Key cast: Chris Minor, (China) Romance. yahoo.com Jake Brinn, Nicky Jasper. 116mins. Ray Produktion. reviews editor Finn When he is asked to pick a Dir: Yang Chao. Key cast: Halligan, finn.halligan@ topic for his world theology , Xin Zhilei, Wu screendaily.com Filmart class, Brandon decides to Lipeng, Tan Kai, Wang group head of production explore the dark world of caught between a civil war Hongwei, Jiang Hualin. 16:30 and art Mark Mowbray, exorcism. Teamed with a are acting strangely and the Chinese border. Gao Chun, captain of a mark.mowbray@screendaily. classmate, the two are led The laST ride around him. His friends This film follows the daily cargo ship sailing up the com to investigate a multiple (Korea) Comedy. Nam-joon and Gapduk life of these refugees, forced Yangtze River, disembarks Sub-editors Paul Lindsell, homicide/suicide that is 100mins. Contents started treating him ever to leave their home but at every port on his Adam Richmond, Richard discovered to have been Panda (Next so nicely. Although he is hoping to return soon. journey in search of love. Young an exorcism gone horribly Entertainment World). grateful, Gohwan cannot house 1, ua CiNe Times, Gradually he realises wrong. Dir: Nam Dae-joong. help but think he is soon Times Square the women he meets at advertising Meeting room N201b, hKCeC Key cast: Ryu Deok- going to die. He learns different ports appear Tel +852 9186 8384 17:30 hwan, Ahn Jea-hong, this is the case, and to be the same person — Sales consultant 16:10 Kim Dong-young. when his best friends ask NeSSuN dorMa except they get younger as Ingrid Hammond +852 9186 evereST — The SuMMiT My last wish? 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