Film production in Hong Kong has slowed sharply due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. But there is no lack of completed Hong Kong films and works in progress at this year’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
Mandarin Motion Pictures, with eight new titles, and One Cool Pictures, with ten, are two of the most prolific companies setting up shop in the virtual market that is part of the Busan International Film Festival.
One Cool Pictures’ slate is headed by the highly-anticipated $55 million sci-fi epic “Warriors of Future” directed by Ng Yuen-fai, and starring Louis Koo and Sean Lau Ching-wan. It is also pitching dramedy “All You Need Is Love,” a collaborative effort involving ten film companies that is intended to keep aims to sustain the livelihood of local film industry workers. The ensemble feature revolves around a fictional hotel that becomes the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Its “On Your Mom,...
Mandarin Motion Pictures, with eight new titles, and One Cool Pictures, with ten, are two of the most prolific companies setting up shop in the virtual market that is part of the Busan International Film Festival.
One Cool Pictures’ slate is headed by the highly-anticipated $55 million sci-fi epic “Warriors of Future” directed by Ng Yuen-fai, and starring Louis Koo and Sean Lau Ching-wan. It is also pitching dramedy “All You Need Is Love,” a collaborative effort involving ten film companies that is intended to keep aims to sustain the livelihood of local film industry workers. The ensemble feature revolves around a fictional hotel that becomes the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Its “On Your Mom,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
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