Taiwanese director Tzu-Hsuan Hung started with short movies. It may be out of habit that in his feature debut, “The Scoundrels”( “Kuang tu”) that premiered in 2018 in Busan, he seems to be short of time, not wasting any minute to tell his action-packed story. Before a quarter past, we are familiar with the main character’s troubled past and no less disturbed presence, we get to know a mysterious criminal, and we witness a first fight. Just another violent crime thriller.
“The Scoundrels” is screening at Slash Film Festival 2019
Right in the first scene we find a character in all sorts of troubles, asking himself how have he landed in this situation. A viewer is equally agog, and the story narrated in a retrospect will gradually satisfy his or hers curiosity. The lad in distress is Liao Wen-jui (Jc Lin), a former basketball star, who fell out of grace by...
“The Scoundrels” is screening at Slash Film Festival 2019
Right in the first scene we find a character in all sorts of troubles, asking himself how have he landed in this situation. A viewer is equally agog, and the story narrated in a retrospect will gradually satisfy his or hers curiosity. The lad in distress is Liao Wen-jui (Jc Lin), a former basketball star, who fell out of grace by...
- 9/27/2019
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Drama film, “Dad’s Suit” was named the best narrative feature at the Taipei Film Awards. “Last Year When the Train Passed,” directed by Huang Pang-Chuan, was the winner of the overall grand prize and the best short film award.
The awards were presented at Taipei’s Zhongshan Hall, on Saturday.
A story of deteriorating health, hope and family relations, directed by Hung Po-hao, “Suit” also collected awards for best cinematography, best actor and best supporting actress. It premiered last year at the Golden Horse festival and had its commercial release in Taiwan in March this year. The awards jury acknowledged the film’s “very limited budget. But said that the picture managed to “convey exquisite and authentic emotions that linger in the mind.”
There were joint winners in the best actress category. The 82-year-old veteran Lily Yin-shan split the prize with relative youngster the 26-year-old Lee Yi-shieh, for their...
The awards were presented at Taipei’s Zhongshan Hall, on Saturday.
A story of deteriorating health, hope and family relations, directed by Hung Po-hao, “Suit” also collected awards for best cinematography, best actor and best supporting actress. It premiered last year at the Golden Horse festival and had its commercial release in Taiwan in March this year. The awards jury acknowledged the film’s “very limited budget. But said that the picture managed to “convey exquisite and authentic emotions that linger in the mind.”
There were joint winners in the best actress category. The 82-year-old veteran Lily Yin-shan split the prize with relative youngster the 26-year-old Lee Yi-shieh, for their...
- 7/15/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Vietnamese star Veronica Ngo to receive Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema.
Kim Yoon-seok’s Another Child from South Korea and Huang Chao-liang’s Han Dan from Taiwan are among seven entries that will vie for the Uncaged Award for best feature film in the 2019 New York Asian Film Festival main competition.
Rounding out the competition entries are: Moon Sungho’s 5 Million Dollar Life (Japan), Katsumi Nojiri’s Lying To Mom (Japan), Kenneth Lim Dagatan’s Ma (Philippines), Yi Ok-seop’s Maggie (South Korea), and Wu Nan’s Push And Shove (China). The festival runs from June...
Kim Yoon-seok’s Another Child from South Korea and Huang Chao-liang’s Han Dan from Taiwan are among seven entries that will vie for the Uncaged Award for best feature film in the 2019 New York Asian Film Festival main competition.
Rounding out the competition entries are: Moon Sungho’s 5 Million Dollar Life (Japan), Katsumi Nojiri’s Lying To Mom (Japan), Kenneth Lim Dagatan’s Ma (Philippines), Yi Ok-seop’s Maggie (South Korea), and Wu Nan’s Push And Shove (China). The festival runs from June...
- 6/12/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Fox Networks Group Asia will produce with Hong Kong producer John Chong and Taiwanese production outfit Winday Culture
Fox Networks Group Asia (Fnga) is teaming with Hong Kong producer John Chong and Taiwanese production outfit Winday Culture to produce a high-end mini-series based on the music of late Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng.
The new anthology series, Memory Eclipse, will comprise five episodes, each with a different cast and storyline, based on one of Teng’s iconic songs. One of the most famous singers from the Chinese-speaking world, Teng was known for romantic ballads such as When Will You Return? and The Moon Represents My Heart.
Fox Networks Group Asia (Fnga) is teaming with Hong Kong producer John Chong and Taiwanese production outfit Winday Culture to produce a high-end mini-series based on the music of late Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng.
The new anthology series, Memory Eclipse, will comprise five episodes, each with a different cast and storyline, based on one of Teng’s iconic songs. One of the most famous singers from the Chinese-speaking world, Teng was known for romantic ballads such as When Will You Return? and The Moon Represents My Heart.
- 11/12/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Teresa Teng, one of the most famous Chinese-language singers from the 1970s and 1980s is to be the subject of “Memory Eclipse.” The anthology series is an expansion of the original productions slate at Fox Networks Group in Asia.
The five-part series is produced by former Media Asia executive and “Infernal Affairs” producer John Chong. It is set up at Winday Culture, a film production company from Teng’s native Taiwan.
Each episode will feature a different cast of characters, with a storyline inspired a Teng song. Production will take place in Taiwan and Thailand, where she died suddenly while traveling, age 42. Release is set for 2019.
The series is directed by Winday founder Charles Sun. Key cast members include Kaiser Chuang (“Maverick”), Esther Liu J.C. Lin Nikki Hsieh Alan Kuo and Teresa Daley (“Transformers: Age of Extinction”).
Teng is one of the best-known cultural exports from Taiwan. Performing mainly in Mandarin,...
The five-part series is produced by former Media Asia executive and “Infernal Affairs” producer John Chong. It is set up at Winday Culture, a film production company from Teng’s native Taiwan.
Each episode will feature a different cast of characters, with a storyline inspired a Teng song. Production will take place in Taiwan and Thailand, where she died suddenly while traveling, age 42. Release is set for 2019.
The series is directed by Winday founder Charles Sun. Key cast members include Kaiser Chuang (“Maverick”), Esther Liu J.C. Lin Nikki Hsieh Alan Kuo and Teresa Daley (“Transformers: Age of Extinction”).
Teng is one of the best-known cultural exports from Taiwan. Performing mainly in Mandarin,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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