Silvia Wong

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Diversion picks up Ash Mayfair’s Vietnamese transgender drama and NYAFF contender ‘Skin Of Youth’

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

EXCLUSIVE: Bangkok-based sales agent Diversion has boarded Ash Mayfair’s Vietnamese transgender drama Skin Of Youth, which is set to compete at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). Following 2018 debut The Third Wife, which premiered at Toronto and won more than 20 awards worldwide, Mayfair’s second feature focuses on the turbulent romance between a transgender sex worker seeking to realise her dream of living in a woman’s body and an underground cage fighter in 1990s Saigon.
Taiwanese directors team with Korean, Thai and Indonesian producers for slate of six genre films

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

Source: AR Asia Production EXCLUSIVE: Taiwanese filmmakers are set to unite with producers from Korea, Thailand and Indonesia on a slate of six Chinese-language genre films backed by Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and spearheaded by AR Asia Production. The titles are the first to be made under the Rocket initiative, a first of its kind programme designed to spark cross-border co-development across Asia of films with global reach.
Runup Vietnam readies local remakes of Korea’s ‘The Last Ride’ and ‘Love Reset’

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

EXCLUSIVE: Runup Vietnam has lined up local remakes of Korean films The Last Ride and Love Reset, part of the first slate of titles from the burgeoning production and licensing company. The Last Wish is based on 2016 Korean film The Last Ride and marks the feature directorial debut of Doan Si Nguyen, a screenwriter known for Vietnamese films Sister Sister, Daydreamers and Friday Night Fever.
Indonesian animation ‘Jumbo’ becomes biggest ever local film and scores sales

3 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

EXCLUSIVE: Indonesian animated feature Jumbo has become the country’s highest grossing local film of all time and posted strong sales following the Cannes market. The family adventure is on track to hit 10.1 million admissions today (June 4), some 66 days after opening on March 31. It has unseated Awi ASuryadi’s KKN di Desa Penari (aka Dancing Village), a supernatural horror that amassed more than 10 million admissions in post-pandemic 2022.
Shanghai film festival unveils 2025 competition line-up

3 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

Source: Shanghai International Film Festival Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has revealed the titles set to compete at its upcoming 27th edition, including the latest features by Cao Baoping, Aktan Arym Kubat and Antonio Ferreira. They are among 49 titles that will vie for its Golden Goblet Awards, including 12 each from the main competition and the Asian New Talent competition, most of which are world premieres.
‘She’s Got No Name’ starring Zhang Ziyi to be released in two parts

4 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

Peter Chan’s She’s Got No Name, starring Zhang Ziyi, is to be divided into two parts for its theatrical release – the first of which is set to open the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 13-22). The 1940s Shanghai-set crime thriller had a runtime of 150 minutes when it premiered out of competition at Cannes last year. In a video released on SIFF’s WeChat and Weibo social media accounts, director Chan explained that the film will now be released in two parts.
‘Detective Chinatown’ director Chen Sicheng readies ‘Sherlock Of China’

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

Source: As One Production EXCLUSIVE: Detective Chinatown hitmaker Chen Sicheng is set to direct Sherlock Of China and produce a trio of new feature films through his own Beijing-based As One Production. Sherlock Of China (unrelated to Chen’s successful Detective Chinatown franchise) is inspired by the investigations of a pioneering forensic police officer and will go into production this year.
Sylvia Chang-produced ‘Measure In Love’ lands Asia sales, first look revealed

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

Source: Applause Entertainment EXCLUSIVE: Sylvia Chang-produced fantasy romance Measure In Love has been picked up for a slew of Asian territories ahead of its October release during the mid-autumn festival holiday. Taiwanese sales company Applause Entertainment has sold the film to Hong Kong (Edko Films), Southeast Asia (Purple Plan), mainland China (QC Media) and Korea (AUD).
Asian buyers upbeat at Cannes market halfway point

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

Source: Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto / Shutterstock Shorter queues for market screenings this year may reflect fewer buyers in Cannes than usual but executives from three top Asian distributors are happy with the quality of films on offer and confident they will return home with busy slates. Elevated arthouse, particularly animation, is a focus for Hong Kong’s Edko Films following the success of Oscar-winning Flow that general manager Mandy Lam secured onsite.
China’s Parallax Films builds Japanese slate with 'Masayume', 'Fools On Fire'

1 month ago | screendaily.com | Silvia Wong

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese sales agent Parallax Films is expanding its Japanese slate, picking up Nao Yoshigai’s hybrid documentary Masayume and Diana Dai’s fantasy drama Fools On Fire. Masayume follows director Yoshigai as she starts Zen training at a temple while in search of peace to overcome worldly sorrow after the death of her mother. Yoshigai is an award-winning artist working mainly in moving images and dance. Her short film Grand Bouquet played at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight in 2019.