Filmart features – Page 2
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“Things have changed a lot”: Hong Kong Filmart readies first post-pandemic edition
After three virtual editions, Filmart is getting the industry back under one roof. But will business there be back to normal?
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Tuning in to Taiwan’s drama series boom and hot projects
Spotlight on how and why Taiwanese drama series are gaining increasing prominence on the world stage.
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Asian buyers on bouncing back from the pandemic and handling streaming competition
Three Asian distributors reveal their experiences of evolving their business through the pandemic, the impact of streamers and returning to physical markets.
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Filmart 2022: Hong Kong and China hot projects
Chinese and Hong Kong filmmakers are back up and running despite the pandemic but cinemas remain closed in Hong Kong.
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Filmart 2022: Japan hot projects
Titles incude speed-racer drama ‘Alivehoon’, coming-of-age feature ‘Nagi’s Island’ and horror ‘Kisagari Station’.
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Filmart 2022: South Korea hot projects
The variety of Korean projects on offer for international buyers range from a war epic to a supernatural romance.
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How ‘Borrowed Time’ and ‘The Sunny Side Of The Street’ rose through the HAF ranks
‘Screen’ explores the first two projects to rise through the ranks of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Forum (HAF).
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Filmart’s Peggie Liu on the changes and challenges of its 2022 online edition
Associate director at Hong Kong’s Filmart looks ahead to the third virtual edition.
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Hong Kong industry director Jacob Wong on taking films from “cradle to maturity”
Wong reveals why he is spending more time in China.
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Hong Kong’s Filmart readies third virtual edition as buyers “appetite for film still strong”
Asia’s largest content market is set to roll out for a third year online.
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Philip Yung on recreating a famous tale of corrupt cops in ‘Where The Wind Blows’
Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Aaron Kwok head the cast of the film, about two policemen-turned-fugitives who terrorised Hong Kong in the 1960s.
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Filmart 2021: The hot projects from Taiwan
International buyers are getting excited about these projects.
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Asian buyers talk pandemic survival strategies and the year ahead
Three Asian distributors who have remained active during the Covid-19 pandemic share their experiences.
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Filmart 2021: The hot projects from Hong Kong and China
As China comes off a record-breaking New Year, distribution is still feeling the effects of coronavirus.
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Filmart 2021: The hot projects from South Korea
Korean sales agents are building on meetings started at the EFM.
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Is China finally opening to Korean content as political relations improve?
Hopes are rising that Korean films and dramas might finally get an airing in China for the first time since they were banned in 2016.
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Filmart 2021: The hot projects from Japan
Films from Soushi Matsumoto, Yuya Ishii and Yujiro Haromoto are all sparking interest.
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Hive Media Corp’s Kim Won-kuk talks building a slate of hits in challenging times
The Man Standing Next producer discusses how streamers, Covid-19 are changing Korean film.
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Golden Scene’s Winnie Tsang on opening an independent cinema in Hong Kong
Veteran distributor shares her vision for Golden Scene Cinema, which opened last month in the newly gentrified Kennedy Town district.
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Hong Kong’s Filmart Online finds “opportunity in a crisis” for 2021 edition
Major companies are returning for Filmart’s second online edition, which is back in its traditional March slot.