All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 183
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Hong Kong sellers journey to Cannes
Media Asia has chosen to stay at home but several other Hong Kong sellers and buyers have made the trip to Cannes as the SARS crisis in the territory appears to be diminishing. Among the Hong Kong sellers who can be found either on the Croisette or in the Riviera ...
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Two SARS-themed films ready to shoot
Producers in Hong Kong and China are preparing two separate films about the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which are both scheduled to start shooting next week.The Hong Kong project, The City Of SARS, will be produced by Mandarin Films with Steve Cheng directing. Described by Mandarin as ...
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Shanghai International Film Festival succumbs to SARS
The organisers of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) have confirmed that this year's event will not take place as scheduled next month (June 7-15). Instead, the event has been postponed until 2004, when it will run June 5-13. Organisers are concerned that the worsening SARS situation in mainland China ...
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Albert Lee named CEO of Emperor Multimedia Group
Albert Lee has been appointed chief executive of Hong Kong's Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), replacing Carl Chang who is leaving the company to set up his own production outfit.Chang is expected to work alongside Lee at EMG until delivery of $6m action adventure The Twins Effect which is currently in ...
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May Yip moves from EMG to Fortune Star
May Yip, distribution andacquisition manager at Hong Kong's Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), is leavingthe company today to take up the position of head of distribution at FortuneStar. Fortune Star is the contentarm of News Corp-owned regional broadcaster Star TV. It owns world rights inperpetuity to a large library of Chinese-language ...
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Yip swaps EMG for Fortune Star
May Yip, distribution and acquisition manager at Hong Kong's Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), is leaving the company today to take up the position of head of distribution at Fortune Star. Fortune Star is the content arm of News Corp-owned regional broadcaster Star TV. It owns world rights in perpetuity to ...
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Filmart falls victim to SARS
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) is expected to announce tomorrow that its annual film and TV market, Filmart, will be postponed to September 24-26 as a result of the ongoing SARS crisis.The widely expected postponement comes after a recent survey by the TDC which found around 60% of ...
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SARS shuts Beijing's cinemas
Beijing authorities have closed the city's cinemas for an indefinite period in an attempt to stop the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a move which executives fear may be followed in other cities and provinces.The Beijing government decided Saturday to suspend all entertainment businesses involving mass public gatherings ...
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Hukkle wins top prize at muted Hong Kong film fest
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) continued with its inaugural prize-giving ceremony last week, although SARS kept away overseas jurors and award winners.Local replacements were found for absent jury members and HKIFF director Peter Tsi accepted awards on behalf of overseas directors.The festival featured three new international competition sections ...
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Hong Kong warms to English, but gives Monk cool reception
Johnny English lured SARS-wary Hong Kong audiences back into cinemas over the Easter holiday, grossing $579,000 from 31 sites over the four-day weekend. However, Golden Harvest was disappointed with the performance of its other Easter release -Bulletproof Monk - which grossed $229,500. According to Golden Harvest distribution chief, Teerachai Triwongwaranat, ...
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Hong Kong gets film financing and production guide
The Hong Kong film industry has taken another step towards building a professional film financing infrastructure with the release of a legal documentation guide, sponsored by the Hong Kong government's Film Development Fund.The "Legal Documentation Guide on Film Financing and Production" was drawn up a Hong Kong law firm, Fong ...
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Hong Kong box office suffers from SARS
The Hong Kong box office has been so badly hit by the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that exhibitors are starting to cut shows and distributors are pulling films from Easter release schedules.Hong Kong's leading exhibitors reported that box office receipts plummeted between 30% and 55% in the ...
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Jackie Chan to join Mandarin's $10m Sword Searchers
Hong Kong's Mandarin Entertainment has lined up Jackie Chan and hot local singer-actor Nicholas Tse to star in The Sword Searchers, a $10m action adventure film to be directed by Tony Ching Siu-Tung.The film, which will be set up as a co-production with a Chinese studio, is based on the ...
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Hong Kong's Universe sets sights on mainland market
So far the killer virus that has recently hit Hong Kong doesn't appear to be affecting production. Several studios, encouraged by the growing potential of the mainland market, are continuing to line up busy production slates for the coming months. Universe International Holdings plans to put into production at least ...
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Infernal Affairs, Hero share honours at Hong Kong Film Awards
The show went on at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night (April 6) despite the outbreak of atypical pneumonia in the territory. Box office smash Infernal Affairs and Zhang Yimou's Hero were the big winners, taking home seven awards apiece, although the latter scored mostly in the technical ...
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Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum postponed
The organisers of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) have confirmed that the event has been postponed until further notice due to the outbreak of a deadly virus in Hong Kong. More than 450 industry professionals from 20 countries had registered to attend the projects and co-production market ...
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Leslie Cheung dies, aged 46
Hong Kong actor and singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing reportedly leapt to his death from a Hong Kong hotel on Tuesday. He was 46. According to Hong Kong broadcaster RTHK, Cheung jumped from the Mandarin Oriental hotel in the Central district of Hong Kong Island in the early evening. He was ...
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Media Asia boards Masked Crusader
Hong Kong's Media Asia has boarded Han Entertainment's futuristic action movie, Masked Crusader, starring Michelle Yeoh and Richie Jen, which started shooting today (March 27) in Beijing. The $15m film is a co-production between Han, Media Asia and China's Tianjin Film Studio with the assistance of China Film Co-production Corp. ...
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Hong Kong distributor moves into production finance
Hong Kong distributor Panorama Entertainment has unveiled plans to co-finance up to five Chinese-language movies this year, starting with comedy-drama Ho Qing (Erotica), a co-production with China Star Entertainment. The $2.5m film, which started shooting today (March 24) in Hong Kong, stars Louis Koo and Eason Chan as a pair ...
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Hong Kong film fest introduces three new international competition sections
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HIFF) is introducing three international competition sections to its 27th edition (April 8-23), marking the first time the event has handed out awards.A section entitled Firebird Awards for Young Cinema will screen 11 first or second productions from new directors, including Blind Shaft, directed ...