Malaysia-Singapore-Taiwan co-production Snow in Midsummer and Swedish title Sons took top prizes in the Young Cinema Competition at the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff).
Winners of the festival’s 15 Firebird Awards and Fipresci Prize were announced at an awards gala held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Directed by Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat-aun, Snow in Midsummer was named Best Film (Chinese Language) in the Young Cinema Competition, with the jury commending the director for “demonstrating extraordinary courage in recounting the traumatic experiences of Malaysian travelling players.”
The feature revolves around a Cantonese street opera troupe during a turbulent period in Malaysia’s political history in the late 1960s. Cast includes Wan Fang, Pearlly Chua, Rexen Cheng, Pauline Tan, Peter Yu and Alvin Wong.
Other winners in the Chinese-language category included the Best Director award for Chinese filmmaker Liang Ming for his film Carefree Days, while the film’s female lead,...
Winners of the festival’s 15 Firebird Awards and Fipresci Prize were announced at an awards gala held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Directed by Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat-aun, Snow in Midsummer was named Best Film (Chinese Language) in the Young Cinema Competition, with the jury commending the director for “demonstrating extraordinary courage in recounting the traumatic experiences of Malaysian travelling players.”
The feature revolves around a Cantonese street opera troupe during a turbulent period in Malaysia’s political history in the late 1960s. Cast includes Wan Fang, Pearlly Chua, Rexen Cheng, Pauline Tan, Peter Yu and Alvin Wong.
Other winners in the Chinese-language category included the Best Director award for Chinese filmmaker Liang Ming for his film Carefree Days, while the film’s female lead,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
BayView Entertainment have released the Asian horror film The Tag Along: Devil Fish on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA.
Synopsis:
When a spirit medium is called to exorcise a demon from a possessed man, he is unknowingly captured in the act by two students looking to document the process. The students accidentally release the devil fish demon into the world during their project, so it becomes up to them and the spirit medium to send it back to the hell from where it came.
The Tag Along: Devil Fish was Directed by David Chuang and stars Vivian Hsu, Rexen Cheng and Joe Shu-Wei Chang.
The Tag Along: Devil Fish is out now on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA from BayView Entertainment.
Available to order on Blu-ray (Region Free) now at:
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Synopsis:
When a spirit medium is called to exorcise a demon from a possessed man, he is unknowingly captured in the act by two students looking to document the process. The students accidentally release the devil fish demon into the world during their project, so it becomes up to them and the spirit medium to send it back to the hell from where it came.
The Tag Along: Devil Fish was Directed by David Chuang and stars Vivian Hsu, Rexen Cheng and Joe Shu-Wei Chang.
The Tag Along: Devil Fish is out now on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA from BayView Entertainment.
Available to order on Blu-ray (Region Free) now at:
Amazon.com
ImportCDs.com
DeepDiscount.com
Keep up to date with all things BayView Entertainment by following them on...
- 11/21/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
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