Chinese sales agent Parallax Films is reteaming with Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin on his latest film Indera, following their collaboration on Locarno 2022 title Stone Turtle.
Set against the backdrop of the real-life Memali Incident in 1985, which involved a fatal raid by Malaysian police against villagers accused of fundamentalism, the horror film centres on a handyman and his young daughter who experience mysterious visions in a remote village.
The cast is headed by hot Malaysian star Shaheizy Sam, Azirah Shafinaz (Air Force The Movie) and Samara Kenzo (Stone Turtle).
Parallax previously picked up Woo’s Stone Turtle, which premiered in...
Set against the backdrop of the real-life Memali Incident in 1985, which involved a fatal raid by Malaysian police against villagers accused of fundamentalism, the horror film centres on a handyman and his young daughter who experience mysterious visions in a remote village.
The cast is headed by hot Malaysian star Shaheizy Sam, Azirah Shafinaz (Air Force The Movie) and Samara Kenzo (Stone Turtle).
Parallax previously picked up Woo’s Stone Turtle, which premiered in...
- 3/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Further sales titles include Kong Dashan’s ’Journey To The West’ and Zhang Chi’s ’In Search Of Echo’.
Chinese sales agent Parallax Films has closed deals on four titles including The Cord Of Life and Berlinale title Remembering Every Night with buyers in Japan and the US
Japanese distributor Pandora has picked up The Cord Of Life, which marks the feature directorial debut of Qiao Sixue and is among China’s New Talents Going Global programme at the Cannes market. The director is in Cannes with executive producer Yao Chen from Chinese production company Bad Rabbit Pictures.
Set in Inner Mongolia,...
Chinese sales agent Parallax Films has closed deals on four titles including The Cord Of Life and Berlinale title Remembering Every Night with buyers in Japan and the US
Japanese distributor Pandora has picked up The Cord Of Life, which marks the feature directorial debut of Qiao Sixue and is among China’s New Talents Going Global programme at the Cannes market. The director is in Cannes with executive producer Yao Chen from Chinese production company Bad Rabbit Pictures.
Set in Inner Mongolia,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Fun fact: The last time a Best Picture Oscar winner also scored a craft victory was Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” which took home awards for Paul Austerberry’s production design and Alexandre Desplat’s score in 2018. Which means that Best Picture winners “Coda” (no craft nominations) “Nomadland”, “Parasite”, and “Green Book” (editing) all left empty-handed as far as craft wins.
But look for the five-year craft drought to end if frontrunner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wins Best Picture. As part of its Oscar-leading 11 nominations, it captured craft nods for costume design, editing, score, and song. It certainly has momentum on its side as the populist favorite. In addition to Best Picture, it’s a serious above-the-line contender for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (the Daniels), Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu), and Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan...
But look for the five-year craft drought to end if frontrunner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wins Best Picture. As part of its Oscar-leading 11 nominations, it captured craft nods for costume design, editing, score, and song. It certainly has momentum on its side as the populist favorite. In addition to Best Picture, it’s a serious above-the-line contender for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (the Daniels), Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu), and Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan...
- 2/9/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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