Yeo Siew Hua, the Singaporean director whose “A Land Imagined” won the Locarno Film Festival’s top prize in 2018, has cast acclaimed Taiwanese actors Lee Kang-Sheng and Wu Chien-Ho (“A Sun”) in his new “Stranger Eyes.”
The film, a thriller with domestic surveillance at its core, is currently shooting. It is set to wrap post-production by early 2024 and start a festival run thereafter. International sales are handled by France’s Playtime.
The Golden Horse-nominated Wu plays Darren, a struggling young father whose baby daughter has gone missing. When mysterious footage appears of his private and intimate life, Darren suspects that his neighbor Goh, a supermarket supervisor, is the voyeur linked to his daughter’s disappearance. Goh is portrayed by Lee, who is best-known for his three-decade-plus collaboration with Golden Lion-winning director Tsai Ming-liang. Increasingly frantic, Darren takes it upon himself to stalk Goh, meaning that the hunted becomes hunter.
“It...
The film, a thriller with domestic surveillance at its core, is currently shooting. It is set to wrap post-production by early 2024 and start a festival run thereafter. International sales are handled by France’s Playtime.
The Golden Horse-nominated Wu plays Darren, a struggling young father whose baby daughter has gone missing. When mysterious footage appears of his private and intimate life, Darren suspects that his neighbor Goh, a supermarket supervisor, is the voyeur linked to his daughter’s disappearance. Goh is portrayed by Lee, who is best-known for his three-decade-plus collaboration with Golden Lion-winning director Tsai Ming-liang. Increasingly frantic, Darren takes it upon himself to stalk Goh, meaning that the hunted becomes hunter.
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- 8/18/2023
- by Patrick Frater and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Distribution and sales outfit Mutiny Pictures has added a trio of features to its release slate for this year.
The company has taken North American rights on Born To Be Human, Lily Ni’s queer medical drama which follows a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realizing what is going on. Mutiny will release in the fall.
The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Barkan for Mutiny Pictures and Princeton Holt of Hewes Pictures on behalf of Ni and Yi. It was produced by Kevin Yi of Flying Key Movie Co and stars Lee Ling-Wei, Vera Chen, Alice Lee, and Chao-te Yin.
Mutiny has also taken North American rights on erotic cyberthriller Graphic Designs. Written and directed by Andy Edwards, the film was produced by Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews.
It stars David Wayman, Sian Altman, and May Kelly in the story of a reclusive man who, when he...
The company has taken North American rights on Born To Be Human, Lily Ni’s queer medical drama which follows a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realizing what is going on. Mutiny will release in the fall.
The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Barkan for Mutiny Pictures and Princeton Holt of Hewes Pictures on behalf of Ni and Yi. It was produced by Kevin Yi of Flying Key Movie Co and stars Lee Ling-Wei, Vera Chen, Alice Lee, and Chao-te Yin.
Mutiny has also taken North American rights on erotic cyberthriller Graphic Designs. Written and directed by Andy Edwards, the film was produced by Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews.
It stars David Wayman, Sian Altman, and May Kelly in the story of a reclusive man who, when he...
- 3/1/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
As many people struggle to make a living in their home country or region, in South-East Asia and many other parts of the world, the flow of migrant workers brings a variety of issues for many cultures. Whereas the economic factor has to be taken into account, the fact that these people at times live a life aside from the society where they found work is quite troublesome, leading to isolation and a growing sense of detachment, which is further emphasized by their relatives still being in their home country. In his short feature “Nia’s Door”, Malaysian director Lau Kek-huat tells the story of a Filipino migrant worker, who has taken up a job as a housemaid in a Taiwanese household. The movie, which was nominated for Best Short Film at Taipei Film Festival 2016 and won the Sonje Award at Pusan International Film Festival 2015, tackles the problem of isolation...
- 8/29/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Taking up two significant but also quite different issues, in this case the guerrilla war between the Malayan Communist Party (McP) troops and the British army and immigration (in this case of Philippino and Malaysians in Taiwan) is a rather ambitious task. Lau Kek Huat and Vera Chen gave it their best. Let us see how they fared.
Boluomi is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The narrative unfolds in two axes. In the first one, Wu Yi-fan is a Malaysian ethnic Chinese who is studying agriculture in Taiwan, after failing to get into any Malaysian university due to his descent. His life in Taiwan is quite difficult, since he does not get along with the local students, has to work long hours to make ends meet, and his only two friends are two other Malaysian-Chinese, one his age, and one of his professors. Eventually, he meets Laila, a...
Boluomi is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The narrative unfolds in two axes. In the first one, Wu Yi-fan is a Malaysian ethnic Chinese who is studying agriculture in Taiwan, after failing to get into any Malaysian university due to his descent. His life in Taiwan is quite difficult, since he does not get along with the local students, has to work long hours to make ends meet, and his only two friends are two other Malaysian-Chinese, one his age, and one of his professors. Eventually, he meets Laila, a...
- 12/7/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Five Flavours Asian Film Festival invite you for a journey through taste, colors, and sounds of the Asian continent, hoping they can provide food for your thoughts and solace for your spirits.
The Programme of this year’s Festival comprises more than forty titles representing the extreme variety of Asian cinemas – from horror cinema to sweet melodramas, from grasping auteur cinema to relaxing journeys around the continent.
All the films will be presented online between November 25 and December 6.
Preparing this year’s edition forced the organisers to face up to completely new challenges – from the matters of logistics to finding new ways of thinking about their mission, priorities, building bridges between filmmakers and audiences outside the screening rooms. The online edition of the Festival is not a compromise, but a different way to reach the, perhaps even wider, audiences, discover the rich variety of Asian cultures, and explore the contemporary...
The Programme of this year’s Festival comprises more than forty titles representing the extreme variety of Asian cinemas – from horror cinema to sweet melodramas, from grasping auteur cinema to relaxing journeys around the continent.
All the films will be presented online between November 25 and December 6.
Preparing this year’s edition forced the organisers to face up to completely new challenges – from the matters of logistics to finding new ways of thinking about their mission, priorities, building bridges between filmmakers and audiences outside the screening rooms. The online edition of the Festival is not a compromise, but a different way to reach the, perhaps even wider, audiences, discover the rich variety of Asian cultures, and explore the contemporary...
- 11/2/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
It’s finally time for the prestigious Taiwanese Award Ceremony “Golden Horse Awards” (23rd November 2019) and this is year the event is heavily influenced by the the snowballing effect of director Fu Yue’s cry for independence during her acceptance speech for the documentary “Our Youth In Taiwan” at last year’s edition. The statement caused a stir, ended with China boycotting the Golden Horse and Hong Kong directors being advised to stay away.
On the other hand, China’s Golden Rooster Awards has just opened and announced that from now on it will be held permanently in Xiamen and annually, instead of every two years. Therefore the two events will happened almost at the same time.
The “Golden Horse Awards” lineup is consequently “different” this year and – to stay positive – Taiwanese film-makers will have a greater chance to showcase their work and be awarded.
Leading the competition is the horror movie “Detention” with 12 nominations,...
On the other hand, China’s Golden Rooster Awards has just opened and announced that from now on it will be held permanently in Xiamen and annually, instead of every two years. Therefore the two events will happened almost at the same time.
The “Golden Horse Awards” lineup is consequently “different” this year and – to stay positive – Taiwanese film-makers will have a greater chance to showcase their work and be awarded.
Leading the competition is the horror movie “Detention” with 12 nominations,...
- 11/23/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
There are films you feel glad to have seen for educational reasons, for being informed about aspects of our messed-up world that have so far escaped your attention. And at Busan, the leading film festival of Asia, it feels particularly fitting to learn more about the historical and current concerns of this vast, complicated continent through its film selection. But while you can certainly do that watching the debut narrative feature of Chinese-Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kek Huat and Taiwanese actress/director Vera Chen, the experience itself proves otherwise less than fulfilling.
Boluomi centers around young man Wu Yi-Fan (played by Wu Nien-Hsuan), nicknamed Boluomi after the tropical jackfruit popular in Southeast Asia. Yi-Fan was born in the Malay jungles amidst a decade-long guerilla warfare waged by the communist party. Like many other babies born of this fate, he was sent out of the jungle for safety and raised by a couple of local good Samaritans.
Boluomi centers around young man Wu Yi-Fan (played by Wu Nien-Hsuan), nicknamed Boluomi after the tropical jackfruit popular in Southeast Asia. Yi-Fan was born in the Malay jungles amidst a decade-long guerilla warfare waged by the communist party. Like many other babies born of this fate, he was sent out of the jungle for safety and raised by a couple of local good Samaritans.
- 10/7/2019
- by Zhuo-Ning Su
- The Film Stage
The nominations for this year’s Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan were unveiled Tuesday, with no Chinese films in contention amid the political fallout from last year’s ceremony.
Now in their 56th year, the awards have traditionally been seen as among the most prestigious for Chinese-language film. But tension bubbled over last year after Taiwanese filmmaker Fu Yue said onstage during an acceptance speech that she hoped Taiwan could be regarded as “independent.”
China classifies Taiwan as a renegade province rather than a separate country, and, according to various reports, authorities declared that China’s actors, directors and producers would not be allowed to submit to year’s Golden Horse Awards.
Instead, this year’s nominees list is largely composed of Taiwanese films, with a handful of features from Hong Kong and elsewhere also up for prizes. Taiwan’s Detention, John Hsu’s thriller, leads the pool with 12 noms including Best Narrative Feature,...
Now in their 56th year, the awards have traditionally been seen as among the most prestigious for Chinese-language film. But tension bubbled over last year after Taiwanese filmmaker Fu Yue said onstage during an acceptance speech that she hoped Taiwan could be regarded as “independent.”
China classifies Taiwan as a renegade province rather than a separate country, and, according to various reports, authorities declared that China’s actors, directors and producers would not be allowed to submit to year’s Golden Horse Awards.
Instead, this year’s nominees list is largely composed of Taiwanese films, with a handful of features from Hong Kong and elsewhere also up for prizes. Taiwan’s Detention, John Hsu’s thriller, leads the pool with 12 noms including Best Narrative Feature,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
New Currents Award is presented to two first or second-time features from up-and-coming Asian filmmakers.
The 24th Busan International Film Festival has unveiled the 14 titles selected for the New Currents Award, the festival’s competition section for Asian films.
The line-up includes Rom directed by Vietnam’s Tran Thanh Huy; Boluomi from Taiwanese filmmakers Lau Kek Huat and Vera Chen; Iranian titles Among The Hills, from Mohammad Reza Keyvanfar, and Hamed Tehrani’s Diaspason, along with titles from Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, India, Japan, China and South Korea (full list below).
All are world premieres with the exception of Arden Rod Condez’ John Denver Trending,...
The 24th Busan International Film Festival has unveiled the 14 titles selected for the New Currents Award, the festival’s competition section for Asian films.
The line-up includes Rom directed by Vietnam’s Tran Thanh Huy; Boluomi from Taiwanese filmmakers Lau Kek Huat and Vera Chen; Iranian titles Among The Hills, from Mohammad Reza Keyvanfar, and Hamed Tehrani’s Diaspason, along with titles from Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, India, Japan, China and South Korea (full list below).
All are world premieres with the exception of Arden Rod Condez’ John Denver Trending,...
- 9/10/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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