China’s Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment Group and Hong Kong’s Media Asia Group announced a slate of new projects today at Filmart.
Among the new projects are Born Evil Seed by Time Still Turns The Pages director Nick Cheuk; crime thriller The Other One by Fung Chih Chiang (A Witness Out Of The Blue); and mystery thriller Behind The Scene, directed by David Lee Kwong Yiu and produced by Andrew Lau.
Alibaba Pictures president Li Jie and Media Asia Group CEO Yip Chai Tuck both attended the joint press conference held in Filmart’s Moonlight Theatre, which saw director Soi Cheang,...
Among the new projects are Born Evil Seed by Time Still Turns The Pages director Nick Cheuk; crime thriller The Other One by Fung Chih Chiang (A Witness Out Of The Blue); and mystery thriller Behind The Scene, directed by David Lee Kwong Yiu and produced by Andrew Lau.
Alibaba Pictures president Li Jie and Media Asia Group CEO Yip Chai Tuck both attended the joint press conference held in Filmart’s Moonlight Theatre, which saw director Soi Cheang,...
- 3/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
Chinese tech and media giant Alibaba is investing $640M (Hk$5Bn) into Hong Kong’s creative industries over the next five years.
The funding will come via multiple divisions in Alibaba’s Digital Media and Entertainment Group, including Alibaba Pictures and streaming platform Youku.
The plan, called the “Hong Kong Cultural and Art Industry Revitalisation Program,” is a joint initiative of Alibaba and leading Hong Kong production companies including Edko Films, Mandarin Motion Pictures, Media Asia, Universe Entertainment, One Cool Group, Shaw Brothers and Emperor Motion Pictures.
Beijing-headquartered Alibaba Pictures also said it would make Hong Kong its second headquarters. The film outfit will also fund scholarships for 20 filmmakers studying at the Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Film.
“Filmmakers who are rooted in the city’s culture, possess a blend of eastern aesthetics and international perspective will be the key to maintaining our distinctive competitiveness in the global motion picture market,...
The funding will come via multiple divisions in Alibaba’s Digital Media and Entertainment Group, including Alibaba Pictures and streaming platform Youku.
The plan, called the “Hong Kong Cultural and Art Industry Revitalisation Program,” is a joint initiative of Alibaba and leading Hong Kong production companies including Edko Films, Mandarin Motion Pictures, Media Asia, Universe Entertainment, One Cool Group, Shaw Brothers and Emperor Motion Pictures.
Beijing-headquartered Alibaba Pictures also said it would make Hong Kong its second headquarters. The film outfit will also fund scholarships for 20 filmmakers studying at the Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Film.
“Filmmakers who are rooted in the city’s culture, possess a blend of eastern aesthetics and international perspective will be the key to maintaining our distinctive competitiveness in the global motion picture market,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Whenever we perceive a character to have appeared more human, most of the times it is because of the vulnerabilities and the apparent flaws. All of us understand that to be human is to be such a flawed, incomplete individual. Jacky Gan’s ‘Vortex’ is a similar attempt to elaborating the nature of its characters under the zeal of an action-thriller. None of its characters are ideal and they are not particularly categorized as black or white either. So, even when the central character, a mechanic, can’t help himself from gambling despite being mostly broke, we understand his frustration and his struggle and thus, empathize with him. As a result, this kidnapping drama has many emotional moments which appear a little too real despite the melodramatic approach at times.
Liu Xiaojun (played by Da Peng) is the central character, a mechanic who falls in the whirlwind of his own impulsive actions.
Liu Xiaojun (played by Da Peng) is the central character, a mechanic who falls in the whirlwind of his own impulsive actions.
- 7/31/2019
- by Akash Deshpande
- AsianMoviePulse
There’s little that’s new in Vortex, a nicely made thriller that’s soft on the action, but with flawed characters you can believe in and hope will survive their foot and car chases pursued by similarly humanized desperadoes. The action centers around actor Dong Chengpeng (aka the multitalented Da Peng), who plays a basically honest garage owner with a bad gambling habit, which leads to his involvement in a messy kidnapping.
Directed by Jacky Gan (aka Gan Jianyu, director of the Hong Kong film Some Time Native), Vortex insists that people are not just black and white but smatterings of ...
Directed by Jacky Gan (aka Gan Jianyu, director of the Hong Kong film Some Time Native), Vortex insists that people are not just black and white but smatterings of ...
- 6/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s little that’s new in Vortex, a nicely made thriller that’s soft on the action, but with flawed characters you can believe in and hope will survive their foot and car chases pursued by desperados (also humanized). The action centers around actor Dong Chengpeng (aka the multitalented Da Peng), who plays a basically honest garage owner with a bad gambling habit, which leads to his involvement in a messy kidnapping.
Directed by Jacky Gan (aka Gan Jianyu, director of the Hong Kong film Some Time Native), Vortex insists that people are not just black and white but smatterings of ...
Directed by Jacky Gan (aka Gan Jianyu, director of the Hong Kong film Some Time Native), Vortex insists that people are not just black and white but smatterings of ...
- 6/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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