Screenworks Asia, the production subsidiary of Taiwan’s Catchplay, has acquired international sales rights to the horror anthology series Urban Horror and will present the show at this week’s Filmart in Hong Kong.
Directed by Jun-Hong Li, Bao-Zhong Chen, and Dan-Chi Huang, Urban Horror comprises 34 short episodes revolving around the mysterious, the unexplained, and the disturbed in six types of modern city scenes. Synopsis reads: In each episode, the audience will see a familiar face that could be an award-winning actor, a pop star, or an internet celebrity. They will discover the ultimate fear and thrill at places such as nightclubs, office buildings, and youth hostels, where you don’t see any ghosts, monsters, or supernatural powers.
The series will feature Austin Lin (Marry My Dead Body) and Ann Hsu (The Victims’ Game) alongside Meng-Po Fu (Taiwan Crime Stories) and Esther Liu (Light the Night...
Directed by Jun-Hong Li, Bao-Zhong Chen, and Dan-Chi Huang, Urban Horror comprises 34 short episodes revolving around the mysterious, the unexplained, and the disturbed in six types of modern city scenes. Synopsis reads: In each episode, the audience will see a familiar face that could be an award-winning actor, a pop star, or an internet celebrity. They will discover the ultimate fear and thrill at places such as nightclubs, office buildings, and youth hostels, where you don’t see any ghosts, monsters, or supernatural powers.
The series will feature Austin Lin (Marry My Dead Body) and Ann Hsu (The Victims’ Game) alongside Meng-Po Fu (Taiwan Crime Stories) and Esther Liu (Light the Night...
- 3/11/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Taipei-based Screenworks Asia has picked up innovative anthology series “Urban Horror” for international sales ahead of this week’s FilMart in Hong Kong.
Directed by Lee Chun-Hong, Chen Bao-Zhong and Huang Dan-Chi, a group of young and upcoming filmmakers, “Urban Horror” comprises 34 short episodes revolving around the mysterious, the unexplained and the disturbed.
They make use of six modern city settings, such as night clubs, office buildings, youth hostels and other places where ghosts and monsters are not normally found. The deliberately limited number of locations also enables the 34 short films to be re-packaged as six longer episodes.
In each episode, the audience will see a familiar face that could be an award-winning actor, a pop star, or an internet celebrity. These include Austin Lin (Taiwan’ Oscar selection “Marry My Dead Body”), Ann Hsu (“The Victims’ Game”) Fu Meng-Po (“Taiwan Crime Stories”) and Esther Liu (“Light the Night”).
The show,...
Directed by Lee Chun-Hong, Chen Bao-Zhong and Huang Dan-Chi, a group of young and upcoming filmmakers, “Urban Horror” comprises 34 short episodes revolving around the mysterious, the unexplained and the disturbed.
They make use of six modern city settings, such as night clubs, office buildings, youth hostels and other places where ghosts and monsters are not normally found. The deliberately limited number of locations also enables the 34 short films to be re-packaged as six longer episodes.
In each episode, the audience will see a familiar face that could be an award-winning actor, a pop star, or an internet celebrity. These include Austin Lin (Taiwan’ Oscar selection “Marry My Dead Body”), Ann Hsu (“The Victims’ Game”) Fu Meng-Po (“Taiwan Crime Stories”) and Esther Liu (“Light the Night”).
The show,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Considering how Asian family dramas screening in festivals around the world tend to be rather heavy in their presentation, it is always a pleasure to watch films such as “Salli”, a Taiwanese-French co-production, which takes a lighter, easier-to-watch approach towards the concept, headed by an impressive performance by its main lead, Esther Liu.
Salli is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Hui-Jun is a very beautiful 38-old woman, who is somewhat stuck in her chicken farm in a rural village in Taiwan, which she runs along with her younger brother, who is about to get married to his posh girlfriend. As the story begins, Xin-Ru, her niece, who has been living in Shanghai with her parents, comes to spend time with her aunt, with their relationship actually being more like a mother-daughter one. When her relatives claim that Hui-Jun, being unmarried, should not attend her brother’s wedding reception, she...
Salli is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Hui-Jun is a very beautiful 38-old woman, who is somewhat stuck in her chicken farm in a rural village in Taiwan, which she runs along with her younger brother, who is about to get married to his posh girlfriend. As the story begins, Xin-Ru, her niece, who has been living in Shanghai with her parents, comes to spend time with her aunt, with their relationship actually being more like a mother-daughter one. When her relatives claim that Hui-Jun, being unmarried, should not attend her brother’s wedding reception, she...
- 10/14/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Snow In Midsummer, directed by Malaysia’s Chong Keat-aun, leads the race for this year’s Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan with nine nominations, including best narrative feature, best director and best supporting actress (Wan Fang).
The film, which is a collaboration between Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore, also has nods for best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best makeup & costume design, best original film score, best original film song and best sound effects.
Taiwanese features Marry My Dead Body and Eye Of The Storm were not far behind, with eight nominations apiece. Marry My Dead Body, which is also Taiwan’s submission for Best International Feature at the upcoming Oscars, was nominated for best narrative feature, best director, two best leading actors nods (Hsu Kuang-han and Austin Lin), best adapted screenplay, best action choreography, best original film song and best editing.
Eye Of The Storm has nods for best narrative feature,...
The film, which is a collaboration between Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore, also has nods for best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best makeup & costume design, best original film score, best original film song and best sound effects.
Taiwanese features Marry My Dead Body and Eye Of The Storm were not far behind, with eight nominations apiece. Marry My Dead Body, which is also Taiwan’s submission for Best International Feature at the upcoming Oscars, was nominated for best narrative feature, best director, two best leading actors nods (Hsu Kuang-han and Austin Lin), best adapted screenplay, best action choreography, best original film song and best editing.
Eye Of The Storm has nods for best narrative feature,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
‘’Eye Of The Storm’ and ‘Marry My Dead Body’ also secure several nods.
Chong Keat-aun’s historical epic Snow In Midsummer leads the nominations for the 60th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, scoring nine nods including best film and best director.
Lin Chun-yang’s Sars drama Eye Of The Storm and Cheng Wei-hao’s ghost comedy Marry My Dead Body are close behind with eight nominations apiece.
Each will compete in the best film category along with Stonewalling by husband-and-wife team Huang Ji from mainland China and Ryuji Otsuka from Japan, and Time Still Turns The Pages, the feature debut...
Chong Keat-aun’s historical epic Snow In Midsummer leads the nominations for the 60th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, scoring nine nods including best film and best director.
Lin Chun-yang’s Sars drama Eye Of The Storm and Cheng Wei-hao’s ghost comedy Marry My Dead Body are close behind with eight nominations apiece.
Each will compete in the best film category along with Stonewalling by husband-and-wife team Huang Ji from mainland China and Ryuji Otsuka from Japan, and Time Still Turns The Pages, the feature debut...
- 10/3/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Taiwan’s Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development has announced the submission of Cheng Wei-hao’s Marry My Dead Body for the Best International Feature category of next year’s Oscars.
The supernatural comedy with a crime-thriller twist is the seventh highest-grossing local film in Taiwan’s box office history, taking $11.3 million (Nt$360M), and also performed well when it was released theatrically in South Korea, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
The film, which is produced by Taiwan’s Calendar Studios and Bole Film, also landed in Netflix’s global top 10 (non-English) chart during its first week of release on the platform. It also won best screenplay at the Taipei Film Awards.
Starring Hsu Kuang-han, Austin Lin and Gingle Wang, the film tells the story of a homophobic cop who is forced into a same-sex “ghost” marriage to appease the spirit of a man who has passed away. Although terrified of both homosexuality and ghosts,...
The supernatural comedy with a crime-thriller twist is the seventh highest-grossing local film in Taiwan’s box office history, taking $11.3 million (Nt$360M), and also performed well when it was released theatrically in South Korea, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
The film, which is produced by Taiwan’s Calendar Studios and Bole Film, also landed in Netflix’s global top 10 (non-English) chart during its first week of release on the platform. It also won best screenplay at the Taipei Film Awards.
Starring Hsu Kuang-han, Austin Lin and Gingle Wang, the film tells the story of a homophobic cop who is forced into a same-sex “ghost” marriage to appease the spirit of a man who has passed away. Although terrified of both homosexuality and ghosts,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Wei-Hao Cheng’s newest movie is unlike any of the usual movies that have made their way to Netflix lately. Marry My Dead Body, starring Greg Han-Hsu and Po-Hung Lin, among others, is a movie about a young cop who accidentally participates in the Chinese ghost marriage tradition. Hilarity ensues when the ghost of the deceased Mao comes to live with Wu as his husband, making the cop change his outlook on the world. Here’s a detailed recap and review of the newest movie on Netflix.
Spoilers Ahead
What Happens In The Film?
Wu Ming-Han is a cop in a reputed police precinct and is performing well in his career, but the issue with him is his extreme homophobia, which causes him to heavy-handle a homosexual suspect. In his workplace, his boss, Yung-Kang, chides him for his prejudice, as does his partner, the beautiful Tzu-Shing. Wu is adamant about...
Spoilers Ahead
What Happens In The Film?
Wu Ming-Han is a cop in a reputed police precinct and is performing well in his career, but the issue with him is his extreme homophobia, which causes him to heavy-handle a homosexual suspect. In his workplace, his boss, Yung-Kang, chides him for his prejudice, as does his partner, the beautiful Tzu-Shing. Wu is adamant about...
- 8/10/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
Hong Kong’s Haf adds 15 Wip projects ahead of first in-person edition since 2019.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has announced 15 work-in-progress projects, completing the full line-up of the 21st Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF21).
A total of 43 projects will be presented at Haf, including 28 in-development projects announced last month, which is set to run from March 13-15 alongside the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (Filmart). It will mark the first in-person edition for both events since pre-Covid 2019.
Scroll down for full list of projects
Emerging and established actors who lead the cast of the 15 Wip projects include Fish Liew,...
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has announced 15 work-in-progress projects, completing the full line-up of the 21st Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF21).
A total of 43 projects will be presented at Haf, including 28 in-development projects announced last month, which is set to run from March 13-15 alongside the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (Filmart). It will mark the first in-person edition for both events since pre-Covid 2019.
Scroll down for full list of projects
Emerging and established actors who lead the cast of the 15 Wip projects include Fish Liew,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Fifteen additional work-in-progress films are set to join the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) that takes place next month alongside the FilMart rights market. They join 28 previously announced in-development projects.
The 21st edition of Haf runs March 13-15 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and will be the first physical, in-person edition of the project event since 2019. All the work-in-progress projects will take part in a public pitching session on the first day.
The work-in-progress selection skews heavily towards Chinese language titles, with three originating in Hong Kong and the majority of the others from mainland China.
Leading names attached to the selected work-in-progress titles include producers Stanley Kwan (“Centre Stage”), Mai Meksawan (“Manta Ray”) and Ram Krishna Pokharel (“The Red Phallus”). Emerging and established actors including Fish Liew, Austin Lin, Ma Chih-Hsiang, Matsuda Ryuhei, Wang Xuebing, Wu Kang-Ren, and Zu Feng grace various projects.
The 21st edition of Haf runs March 13-15 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and will be the first physical, in-person edition of the project event since 2019. All the work-in-progress projects will take part in a public pitching session on the first day.
The work-in-progress selection skews heavily towards Chinese language titles, with three originating in Hong Kong and the majority of the others from mainland China.
Leading names attached to the selected work-in-progress titles include producers Stanley Kwan (“Centre Stage”), Mai Meksawan (“Manta Ray”) and Ram Krishna Pokharel (“The Red Phallus”). Emerging and established actors including Fish Liew, Austin Lin, Ma Chih-Hsiang, Matsuda Ryuhei, Wang Xuebing, Wu Kang-Ren, and Zu Feng grace various projects.
- 2/8/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Taiwan’s longest-running festival unveils key titles.
The 2022 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Tghff) has set Chan Ching-lin’s family drama Coo-Coo 043 as its opening film and Cheng Wei-hao’s comedy Marry My Dead Body as its closer.
The two Taiwanese films will bookend the largest and the longest-running film festival in Taiwan, which is set to be held in-person from November 2-20 and includes the prestigious Golden Horse Film Awards.
Coo-Coo 043 follows a couple who makes a living with racing pigeons, but the economic downturn and the disappearance of their son is breaking the family apart. It stars Golden...
The 2022 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Tghff) has set Chan Ching-lin’s family drama Coo-Coo 043 as its opening film and Cheng Wei-hao’s comedy Marry My Dead Body as its closer.
The two Taiwanese films will bookend the largest and the longest-running film festival in Taiwan, which is set to be held in-person from November 2-20 and includes the prestigious Golden Horse Film Awards.
Coo-Coo 043 follows a couple who makes a living with racing pigeons, but the economic downturn and the disappearance of their son is breaking the family apart. It stars Golden...
- 8/30/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
“Coo-Coo 043,” a family drama set in the world of racing pigeons, has been set as the opening film of the 2022 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. The closing film is comedy “Marry My Dead Body.”
“Coo-Coo 043” is the second film directed by Chan Ching-lin (“The Island That All Flow By”) and stars Golden Bell Awards winners Yu An-shun and Yang Li-yin, along with Golden Harvest Awards best new performer Hu Jhih-ciang and emerging new talent Rimong Ihwar.
Chan was previously nominated for Golden Horse Awards best short film for “A Breath From the Bottom,” and as best new director with his feature debut “The Island That All Flow By.” As a work in progress, “Coo-Coo 043” previously participated in the 2021 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion.
The story revolves around a poor family dependent on its racing pigeons which is shaken by economic pressures, restless youth and the disappearance of their son. The...
“Coo-Coo 043” is the second film directed by Chan Ching-lin (“The Island That All Flow By”) and stars Golden Bell Awards winners Yu An-shun and Yang Li-yin, along with Golden Harvest Awards best new performer Hu Jhih-ciang and emerging new talent Rimong Ihwar.
Chan was previously nominated for Golden Horse Awards best short film for “A Breath From the Bottom,” and as best new director with his feature debut “The Island That All Flow By.” As a work in progress, “Coo-Coo 043” previously participated in the 2021 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion.
The story revolves around a poor family dependent on its racing pigeons which is shaken by economic pressures, restless youth and the disappearance of their son. The...
- 8/30/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The 20th anniversary Nyaff boasts a handful of this year’s most innovative and important films about the LGBTQ+ experience from all around Asia. Nyaff is proud to say that three of them have been selected for their Uncaged Competition for Best Film.
Angry Son by Kasho Iizuka, Japan, Uncaged Competition
7/28/2022 9:30pm
An intensely moving, gently comedic coming-of-age tale about overcoming otherness and oppression through unconditional compassion, this charming film by a transgender director focuses on a gay, biracial teen who was raised by a Filipina bar hostess mother in the countryside of Japan, and has endured a full spectrum of prejudices.
Big Night! by Jun Robles Lana, Philippines
7/27/2022 6:15pm
A biting satire about a gay hairdresser (a superlative Christian Bables) and model citizen who learns that he has been added to a government kill list, and sets out on a harrowing — and sometimes hilarious — odyssey to clear his name and stay alive.
Angry Son by Kasho Iizuka, Japan, Uncaged Competition
7/28/2022 9:30pm
An intensely moving, gently comedic coming-of-age tale about overcoming otherness and oppression through unconditional compassion, this charming film by a transgender director focuses on a gay, biracial teen who was raised by a Filipina bar hostess mother in the countryside of Japan, and has endured a full spectrum of prejudices.
Big Night! by Jun Robles Lana, Philippines
7/27/2022 6:15pm
A biting satire about a gay hairdresser (a superlative Christian Bables) and model citizen who learns that he has been added to a government kill list, and sets out on a harrowing — and sometimes hilarious — odyssey to clear his name and stay alive.
- 7/6/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
For the first time in two years, the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will have a full return to big-screen viewing as they celebrate their 20th Anniversary!
Following a fully virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid 2021 edition, Nyaff is delighted to present this year’s 60+ new and classic titles fully in person at Film at Lincoln Center and the Asia Society, from July 15 to July 31. Mark your calendars now to celebrate this major cinematic anniversary in July!
We’ll be announcing more titles and exciting guests in coming weeks, but here are some initial highlights to look out for:
Thailand Fast & Feel Love © 2022 Gdh 559 Co.,Ltd.
The 20th Anniversary edition of Nyaff will kick off with the international premiere of the propulsively-paced Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and starring Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who will be honored on stage with the Screen International Rising Star Award.
Following a fully virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid 2021 edition, Nyaff is delighted to present this year’s 60+ new and classic titles fully in person at Film at Lincoln Center and the Asia Society, from July 15 to July 31. Mark your calendars now to celebrate this major cinematic anniversary in July!
We’ll be announcing more titles and exciting guests in coming weeks, but here are some initial highlights to look out for:
Thailand Fast & Feel Love © 2022 Gdh 559 Co.,Ltd.
The 20th Anniversary edition of Nyaff will kick off with the international premiere of the propulsively-paced Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and starring Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who will be honored on stage with the Screen International Rising Star Award.
- 6/17/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
In the genre of coming-of-age drama, the concept of alienation plays a vital role when it comes to tell a story of a person’s development into an adult. The paradox of being different, of wanting to stand out while also being part of a group, is an issue everybody can relate to, as we have all experienced it at least once in our lives. In her directorial debut “Somewhere I Have Never Travelled”, Fu Tein-yu explores these themes, telling the story of a colorblind girl and the issues she faces because of her condition and being treated differently than others. The feature, which was nominated for the Taipei Grand Award at Taipei Film Festival, blends elements of drama and comedy, making the story both entertaining but also quite heartfelt, as we watch the development of the main characters.
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled is screening at Taiwan Film Festival...
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled is screening at Taiwan Film Festival...
- 8/31/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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