Hong Kong Filmart Kicks Off First-Ever Online Edition
The 600 international film companies converging online to take part in Asia's largest film and TV market are taking encouragement from mainland China's recently rebooted theatrical sector.
Hong Kong Film Festival, Filmart Content Market Both Postponed Due to Coronavirus Fears
Originally slated for late March, Asia's largest content market and Hong Kong's flagship cinema event will both take place in August instead.
Filmart: Singapore's Potocol, Aurora Media Seal Two-Year First-Look Deal
Cop thriller 'Raja,' by Nepalese writer-director Deepak Rauniyar, will be the first production under the new collaboration.
Filmart: How Japanese Director Y?jir? Takita Overcame Culture Shock with Chinese-language ‘Silence of Smoke’
The Oscar-winning ‘Departures’ helmer co-wrote and directed the drama about a family of cake makers wrestling with a generational divide.
Filmart: Streamer Viu Targets Increased Social Media Engagement With Travel Challenge Show ‘No Sleep No FOMO’
The program invites viewers to help celebrities as they race to complete a range of around-the-clock challenges in major cities within 60 hours and without rest.
Nicolas Cage to Star in Sci-Fi Martial Arts Movie 'Jiu Jitsu'
Dimitri Logothetis is writing and directing the film, which will also star Alain Moussi.
'Dogs in the House' ('Cheongchunbilla Dalinsageon'): Film Review | Filmart 2019
A murder plot gone awry curdles from comedy into tragedy in Shin Hae-gang’s quasi-home invasion thriller, starring Kim Young-ho and a surprising Lee Seung-hyun.
'Fallen' ('Nak-in'): Film Review | Filmart 2019
Present and future collide in writer-director Lee Jeong-sub’s twisting, ambitious oddball scifi feature debut.
Filmart: iQiyi's Tim Gong Yu on Netflix, Expanding Globally and Why the Chinese Market is "Unpredictable"
The tech and entertainment tycoon offers a post-mortem on his company's partnership with the U.S. streaming giant and how the somewhat battered state of China's film industry is actually boosting his company's core business.
Filmart: CJ Entertainment to Remake Its Hit Romance ‘The Classic’ for Thailand
The South Korean entertainment giant is also targeting the Southeast Asia market with a local version of its 2011 hit 'Sunny.'
Hong Kong Flashback: With 1999's 'Peppermint Candy,' Lee Chang-dong Arrived as a Fully Formed Auteur
With just his second film, the 'Burning' helmer made a case for being the most essential voice of the Korean Wave.
Filmart: Channeling Martin Scorsese for a Modern-Day Malaysian Crime Epic (Q&A)
Director Zahir Omar and star Sunny Pang discuss their thriller 'Fly by Night,' capturing contemporary Kuala Lumpur onscreen and embracing diversity in the Asian film sector (just don’t get Pang started on 'Crazy Rich Asians').
Filmart: Donnie Yen Joins Benny Chan's Cop Thriller ‘Raging Fire’
The project is part of Emperor Motion Pictures' new slate, which includes the psychological thriller ‘Declared Legally Dead’ and the romance ‘Just 1 Day.'
'Territory of Love' ('L'Autre Continent'): Film Review | Filmart 2019
Deborah Francois and Paul Hamy star in Romain Cogitore's Franco-Taiwanese romantic drama.
'Blue Hour' ('Buru Awa ni Buttobasu'): Film Review | Filmart 2019
Kaho and Shim Eun-kyung star as two friends visiting a provincial city in Japanese filmmaker Yuko Hakota's first full-length feature.
