Lau Kok Rui’s feature debut is competing for six Golden Horse Awards.
Hong Kong sales and distribution company Golden Scene has acquired the worldwide rights to multiple Golden Horse Awards nominee The Sunny Side Of the Street, starring renowned actor Anthony Wong.
Malaysia-born Hong Kong-based writer-director Lau Kok Rui is vying for six Golden Horse Awards for his feature debut The Sunny Side Of the Street. Shot in Hong Kong, the film is up for best film, best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography for Leung Ming Kai.
Wong (Still Human) and child actor Sahal Zaman have nods...
Hong Kong sales and distribution company Golden Scene has acquired the worldwide rights to multiple Golden Horse Awards nominee The Sunny Side Of the Street, starring renowned actor Anthony Wong.
Malaysia-born Hong Kong-based writer-director Lau Kok Rui is vying for six Golden Horse Awards for his feature debut The Sunny Side Of the Street. Shot in Hong Kong, the film is up for best film, best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography for Leung Ming Kai.
Wong (Still Human) and child actor Sahal Zaman have nods...
- 11/1/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Pioneering Hong Kong movie producer Run Run Shaw, whose studio popularized the kung fu genre that influenced Quentin Tarantino and other Hollywood directors, died on Tuesday.
He was 107.
His Shaw Brothers Studios, once among the world’s largest, helped launch the careers of powerhouses including director John Woo and his television empire helped actors including Chow Yun-fat rise to fame.
Other stars rose to fame through Shaw’s television station Tvb, which remains a dominant force in Hong Kong. Wong Kar-wai, the director behind critically acclaimed art-house movies like “Chungking Express” and “In the Mood for Love,” got his start through a Tvb training course and worked at the station briefly as a production assistant.
Ironically, one actor who slipped through Shaw’s grasp, Bruce Lee, went on to become the world’s biggest kung fu star.
On December 3, 2013, BAFTA presented a Special Award to Sir Run Run Shaw Cbe,...
He was 107.
His Shaw Brothers Studios, once among the world’s largest, helped launch the careers of powerhouses including director John Woo and his television empire helped actors including Chow Yun-fat rise to fame.
Other stars rose to fame through Shaw’s television station Tvb, which remains a dominant force in Hong Kong. Wong Kar-wai, the director behind critically acclaimed art-house movies like “Chungking Express” and “In the Mood for Love,” got his start through a Tvb training course and worked at the station briefly as a production assistant.
Ironically, one actor who slipped through Shaw’s grasp, Bruce Lee, went on to become the world’s biggest kung fu star.
On December 3, 2013, BAFTA presented a Special Award to Sir Run Run Shaw Cbe,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
During the first ever week of BAFTA events in Hong Kong, CEO Amanda Berry has announced new scholarships for UK nationals to study Film & TV in Hong Kong, as well as scholarships for Hong Kong permanent residents to study in the UK. On the same day, BAFTA is also awarding its first ever Special Award in Asia - to the 106-year-old founder of Shaw Studios, Sir RunRun Shaw Cbe, in recognition of outstanding contribution to cinema. The award will be presented to his great nephew, Darren Shaw, at a special ceremony at the Penninsula Hotel in Kowloon later this evening.Yesterday saw the first meeting of the new BAFTA Hong Kong Advisory Board, who will advise on a range of activities to encourage greater collaboration in...
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- 12/3/2013
- Screen Anarchy
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