Bachelorette fan favorite Tyler Cameron recently revealed if he’s really dating anyone and if he wants to be a father in the future. He has had several well-known girlfriends over the years and many wonder if he’s ready to find the one and settle down. What did he have to say? Keep reading to find out more.
Tyler Cameron Talks Dating And How Moving Home Changed Him
Tyler Cameron has been doing a lot of interviews lately to promote his new Amazon Prime reality show titled, Going Home With Tyler Cameron. One of his stops for an interview was with Serena Pitt and Joe Amabile on Bachelor Happy Hour.
Serena and Joe dug into the good stuff and asked Tyler about his dating status and if he wanted to have children in the future. He said over the last year going back home to Jupiter, Florida has been the best thing for him.
Tyler Cameron Talks Dating And How Moving Home Changed Him
Tyler Cameron has been doing a lot of interviews lately to promote his new Amazon Prime reality show titled, Going Home With Tyler Cameron. One of his stops for an interview was with Serena Pitt and Joe Amabile on Bachelor Happy Hour.
Serena and Joe dug into the good stuff and asked Tyler about his dating status and if he wanted to have children in the future. He said over the last year going back home to Jupiter, Florida has been the best thing for him.
- 4/24/2024
- by Jamie Colclasure
- TV Shows Ace
I was lucky to see the new restoration of July Rhapsody, an oft-forgotten 2002 drama that represents a murderer’s row of Hong Kong cinema: directed by Ann Hui (Boat People), scripted by Ivy Ho (Comrades: Almost a Love Story), and starring Jacky Cheung and, in her final performance, Anita Mui. There’s little reason for the film to toil in obscurity, making essential Cheng Cheng Films’ theatrical release this summer––July 19 at Film Forum, July 26 at LA’s Laemmle Theaters, and expanding elsewhere. Ahead of this, we’re pleased to exclusively debut the restoration’s trailer.
Here’s the synopsis: “Brimming with unspeakable serene beauty, July Rhapsody by Hong Kong director Ann Hui (A Simple Life) and scriptwriter Ivy Ho (Comrades Almost a Love Story) is a profound and soothing tale about how one paddles through life’s chaos as many seemingly eternal inspiration sources of times, like the Yangtze river,...
Here’s the synopsis: “Brimming with unspeakable serene beauty, July Rhapsody by Hong Kong director Ann Hui (A Simple Life) and scriptwriter Ivy Ho (Comrades Almost a Love Story) is a profound and soothing tale about how one paddles through life’s chaos as many seemingly eternal inspiration sources of times, like the Yangtze river,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Panama’s Abner Benaim, writer-director of Oscar shortlisted “Plaza Catedral,” and one of Central America’s most prominent filmmakers, has set its follow-up, “The Simple Life” (“La vida simple”), which will make its market debut at the 2024 Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (Maff) this March, one of the key co-production forums for Spanish-language art films.
Set up at Benaim’s Panama City label, Apertura Films, “The Simple Life” (“La Vida Simple”) and co-produced by Montevideo-based U Films or endemic juvenile violence among narrative features, or a Latin American icon, “Ruben Blades Is Not My Name” (2018) and Panama’s 1989 U.S. invasion among doc features or hybrids.
“Ruben Blades” “will definitely be related to the history of Latin America in the past 50 years,” Benaim told Variety while in prep.
In contrast, “The Simple Life,” is more related to the reality of Benaim himself. In it, a film director – envisaged as...
Set up at Benaim’s Panama City label, Apertura Films, “The Simple Life” (“La Vida Simple”) and co-produced by Montevideo-based U Films or endemic juvenile violence among narrative features, or a Latin American icon, “Ruben Blades Is Not My Name” (2018) and Panama’s 1989 U.S. invasion among doc features or hybrids.
“Ruben Blades” “will definitely be related to the history of Latin America in the past 50 years,” Benaim told Variety while in prep.
In contrast, “The Simple Life,” is more related to the reality of Benaim himself. In it, a film director – envisaged as...
- 1/11/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
‘The Movie Emperor’ Review: Andy Lau Plays Vain Version of Himself in Hong Kong Megastar Meta-Satire
In America, doing what Andy Lau does in Hong Kong film industry satire “The Movie Emperor” would likely net him an Oscar nomination. Or at least an MTV Movie Award. Or maybe just the admiration of his peers, considering how few stars are willing to poke fun at their own image, much less entertain the question of what might happen if their fans were to turn on them tomorrow.
Reteaming with “Crazy Stone” director Ning Hao for an ultra-polished, good-sport parody of A-list vanity, Lau plays Dany Lau — not quite himself, but a megastar of roughly his own stature. The movie is loaded with inside jokes, but like French series “Call My Agent,” it should have no trouble translating around the globe. Between Lau’s international standing — bolstered by roles in everything from “Infernal Affairs” to “A Simple Life,” plus a Cantopop singing career — and the script’s deft way...
Reteaming with “Crazy Stone” director Ning Hao for an ultra-polished, good-sport parody of A-list vanity, Lau plays Dany Lau — not quite himself, but a megastar of roughly his own stature. The movie is loaded with inside jokes, but like French series “Call My Agent,” it should have no trouble translating around the globe. Between Lau’s international standing — bolstered by roles in everything from “Infernal Affairs” to “A Simple Life,” plus a Cantopop singing career — and the script’s deft way...
- 10/21/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
On Tuesday, TIFF announced additional honorees who will be receiving a TIFF Tribute Award at this year’s Festival. Recipients include award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Carolina Markowicz who will be honoured with the TIFF Emerging Talent Award presented by MGM. This award is in the spirit of Torontonian Mary Pickford, the groundbreaking actor, producer, and co-founder of United Artists, whose impact continues today. Two-time Academy Award–nominated Polish cinematographer Łukasz Żal will receive the TIFF Variety Artisan Award, which recognizes a distinguished creative who has excelled at their craft and made an outstanding contribution to cinema and entertainment. Both Markowicz and Żal will be honoured on Sept. 10 at the fifth annual TIFF Tribute Awards gala fundraiser at Fairmont Royal York Hotel, presented by Bulgari.
On Sept. 15, TIFF will be honouring Andy Lau, the multi-hyphenate Hong Kong artist with a Special Tribute Award at the World Premiere Gala presentation of Ning Hao’s “The Movie Emperor,...
On Sept. 15, TIFF will be honouring Andy Lau, the multi-hyphenate Hong Kong artist with a Special Tribute Award at the World Premiere Gala presentation of Ning Hao’s “The Movie Emperor,...
- 8/22/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
The Hong Kong protests have been front and center of the city’s films of recent years, save for one — “We Don’t Dance for Nothing.” This feature started making its rounds with its May premiere, and has recently played online at the 45th Asian American Film Festival. Its origins are just as multinational too – the production took place across the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, all under the eye of first-time Chinese-Greek-American filmmaker Stefanos Tai. He uses the protests as a mere backdrop the city’s 400,000 Filipino domestic workers. While calls for democracy rages on in the streets, domestic workers like the fictional H (Miles Sible) remain locked up at home. A complex emotional compound of endearment and estrangement bubbles up within the home — tempting some domestic workers, like the film’s fictional H (Miles Sible), to ultimately escape.
“We Don’t...
“We Don’t...
- 8/24/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
The Hong Kong protests have been front and center of the city’s films of recent years, save for one — “We Don’t Dance for Nothing.” This feature started making its rounds with its May premiere, and has recently played online at the 45th Asian American International Film Festival. Its origins are just as multinational too – the production took place across the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, all under the eye of first-time Chinese-Greek-American filmmaker Stefanos Tai. He uses the protests as a mere backdrop of the city’s 400,000 Filipino domestic workers. While calls for democracy rages on in the streets, domestic workers like the fictional H (Miles Sible) remain locked up at home. A complex emotional compound of endearment and estrangement bubbles up within the home — tempting some domestic workers, including H, to ultimately escape.
“We Don’t Dance for Nothing” played at...
“We Don’t Dance for Nothing” played at...
- 8/24/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Ann Hui was born to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father in Northeastern China in 1947, and settled in Hong Kong with her family when she was 5. After graduating in English and Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University, she studied for two years at the London Film School before returning to Hong Kong to work for King Hu, as an assistant director. Following this, she joined the broadcaster Tvb where she directed dramas and documentaries before making her feature debut with “The Secret”, a film which established her as one of the leaders of Hong Kong’s New Wave movement. Her career since then has included adaptations of literary works, family dramas, martial arts movies, and supernatural tales with notable award-winners like “Boat People”, “Summer Snow”, “A Simple Life” and “Our Time Will Come”. Hui was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice International Film Festival 2020 where her latest film,...
- 3/6/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
2020 will go down in history for many things. The pandemic. The US elections. Rat-filled sinkholes. But 2020 will also go down in history as the year of Asian cinema: when Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” (2019) became the first non-English language film to win the coveted Academy Award for Best Picture; when Ann Hui was recognized with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice Film Festival; when Mohammad Rasoulof’s Iranian drama “There Is No Evil” (2020) won Berlinale’s Golden Bear. And this is not even to mention the stellar achievements we’ve had at Asian Movie Pulse as well – including a new partnership with Mubi, a curated arthouse streaming service, and 1000 followers on Instagram. Now, we just want to take a step back to reflect on this year.
Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah — arguably the first major event to kick off the film festival circuit — gave us a...
Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah — arguably the first major event to kick off the film festival circuit — gave us a...
- 12/21/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Based on the real story of producer Roger Lee’s maid Ah Tao and directed by Ann Hui, “A Simple Life” has been an immediate success, despite dealing with a difficult and not-so-charming subject matter. Boasting incredible performances by two big stars, it earned Deanie Ip the prestigious Coppa Volpi Award at Venice Film Festival and re-boosted her career. The film then went on to win a plethora of other Awards.
“A Simple Life” is screening on Mubi
At the center of the story lies Ah Tao (Deanie Ip). Orphaned in very early age, she has been with Roger (Andy Lau) and his family for many years, way before Roger was born, and she has been raising the children, feeding them and caring almost as a mother. Now Roger is the only member of the family left in his Hong Kong family home, as the rest of the family is in the US.
“A Simple Life” is screening on Mubi
At the center of the story lies Ah Tao (Deanie Ip). Orphaned in very early age, she has been with Roger (Andy Lau) and his family for many years, way before Roger was born, and she has been raising the children, feeding them and caring almost as a mother. Now Roger is the only member of the family left in his Hong Kong family home, as the rest of the family is in the US.
- 12/1/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Mubi has revealed its picks for November with a slate packed with recent festival hits and rediscovered classics. Nimic, the latest work by award-winning director Yorgos Lanthimos, premieres exclusively on Mubi November 27. Starring Oscar nominee Matt Dillon and written by Lanthimos with frequent collaborator Efthimis Filippou, Nimic is a compact thriller about identity, perception, relationships, and circularity.
November will kick off with the exclusive online premiere of Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, But…,an enigmatic story of family and loss that confirms the German auteur’s status as a modern master. To coincide with the US election on November 3rd, Mubi is proud to exclusively present a new restoration of Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind. Making its way through 400 years of American history, this thought-provoking documentary by John Gianvito visits the resting places of such famed figures as Malcolm X, Mother Jones, Frederick Douglass, Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony and Crazy Horse,...
November will kick off with the exclusive online premiere of Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, But…,an enigmatic story of family and loss that confirms the German auteur’s status as a modern master. To coincide with the US election on November 3rd, Mubi is proud to exclusively present a new restoration of Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind. Making its way through 400 years of American history, this thought-provoking documentary by John Gianvito visits the resting places of such famed figures as Malcolm X, Mother Jones, Frederick Douglass, Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony and Crazy Horse,...
- 11/1/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
“Young filmmakers do not need the old actively helping them,” said Ann Hui during her masterclass at the Venice Film Festival, raising some eyebrows. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipient went on to explain: “[That’s because young filmmakers’] rules, environment, experiences are completely different. By actively advising, we can hinder more than help. Unless the director is also a very good teacher. But being a great teacher is more difficult than being a great filmmaker.”
Hui, one of Asia’s most prolific and versatile directors, has some insight on this because she was a teacher of film herself. “I was very serious about homework and stuff. I don’t think my students liked that,” she joked, adding: “I feel sometimes students are too serious about an intended subject. Sheer joy of making films can take you a long way.”
The director is taking part in the festival not only as an award recipient...
Hui, one of Asia’s most prolific and versatile directors, has some insight on this because she was a teacher of film herself. “I was very serious about homework and stuff. I don’t think my students liked that,” she joked, adding: “I feel sometimes students are too serious about an intended subject. Sheer joy of making films can take you a long way.”
The director is taking part in the festival not only as an award recipient...
- 9/10/2020
- by Anna Tatarska
- Variety Film + TV
An adaptation of an Eileen Chang short story, Love After Love will play out of competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Ann Hui’s new film Love After Love, which will play out of competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
It is an adaptation of an Eileen Chang short story, set in Hong Kong shortly before the Second World War. Sandra Ma (Soulmate) plays a young girl who falls into her aunt’s game of luring rich men, with Eddie Peng (Our Time Will Come) co-starring.
Hui last...
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Ann Hui’s new film Love After Love, which will play out of competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
It is an adaptation of an Eileen Chang short story, set in Hong Kong shortly before the Second World War. Sandra Ma (Soulmate) plays a young girl who falls into her aunt’s game of luring rich men, with Eddie Peng (Our Time Will Come) co-starring.
Hui last...
- 9/6/2020
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
This year’s Venice Film Festival runs September 2-12, 2020.
UK actress Tilda Swinton and Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui will receive Golden Lions for lifetime achievement at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.
The duo were chosen by the Biennale board of directors on the recommendation of festival director Alberto Barbera.
“Tilda Swinton is unanimously recognised as one of the most original and powerful performers to establish herself at the end of the last century,” said Barbera. ”Her uniqueness lies in her commanding and incomparable personality, uncommon versatility, and an ability to pass from the most radical art-house cinema to big Hollywood productions,...
UK actress Tilda Swinton and Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui will receive Golden Lions for lifetime achievement at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.
The duo were chosen by the Biennale board of directors on the recommendation of festival director Alberto Barbera.
“Tilda Swinton is unanimously recognised as one of the most original and powerful performers to establish herself at the end of the last century,” said Barbera. ”Her uniqueness lies in her commanding and incomparable personality, uncommon versatility, and an ability to pass from the most radical art-house cinema to big Hollywood productions,...
- 7/20/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Ann Hui and actress Tilda Swinton are each to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 77th Venice International Film Festival (2 September – 12 September, 2020).
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia upon the recommendation of Venice Film Festival Director, Alberto Barbera.
Accepting the award, Swinton said: “This great festival has been dear to my heart for three decades: to be honored by her in this way is extremely humbling. To come to Venice, this year of all years, to celebrate immortal cinema and her defiant survival in the face of all the challenges that evolution might throw at her – as at us all – will be my sincere joy.”
Swinton started making films with the director Derek Jarman in 1985 with Caravaggio. They made seven more films together including Edward II for which she won the Best Actress award at the 1991 Venice International Film Festival.
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia upon the recommendation of Venice Film Festival Director, Alberto Barbera.
Accepting the award, Swinton said: “This great festival has been dear to my heart for three decades: to be honored by her in this way is extremely humbling. To come to Venice, this year of all years, to celebrate immortal cinema and her defiant survival in the face of all the challenges that evolution might throw at her – as at us all – will be my sincere joy.”
Swinton started making films with the director Derek Jarman in 1985 with Caravaggio. They made seven more films together including Edward II for which she won the Best Actress award at the 1991 Venice International Film Festival.
- 7/20/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
British actor Tilda Swinton and Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui will be honored by the Venice Film Festival with Golden Lions for career achievement.
Both are no strangers to Venice, where Hui’s “A Simple Life” and “The Golden Era” both world-premiered. Swinton is a Venice veteran.
“This great festival has been dear to my heart for three decades: to be honored by her in this way is extremely humbling,” said Swinton. “To come to Venice, this year of all years, to celebrate immortal cinema and her defiant survival in the face of all the challenges that evolution might throw at her — as at us all — will be my sincere joy,” she added.
Said Hui: “I am so happy to receive this news and honored for the award! So happy that I feel I cannot find the words. I just hope everything in the world will turn better soon and...
Both are no strangers to Venice, where Hui’s “A Simple Life” and “The Golden Era” both world-premiered. Swinton is a Venice veteran.
“This great festival has been dear to my heart for three decades: to be honored by her in this way is extremely humbling,” said Swinton. “To come to Venice, this year of all years, to celebrate immortal cinema and her defiant survival in the face of all the challenges that evolution might throw at her — as at us all — will be my sincere joy,” she added.
Said Hui: “I am so happy to receive this news and honored for the award! So happy that I feel I cannot find the words. I just hope everything in the world will turn better soon and...
- 7/20/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Includes new films from Ann Hui, Mohamed Diab and Kaouther Ben Hania.Asia
Love After Love (China)
Dir. Ann Hui
Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui revisits the work of Eileen Chang with this adaptation of 1943 novella Aloeswood Incense about a young woman from Shanghai who heads to Hong Kong to continue her studies, but ends up working for her aunt, seducing rich and powerful men. The cast features Eddie Peng, Ma Sichun and Faye Yu. Hui is regularly feted on the Asian festival circuit but has not been selected for an A-list European event since 2011 when A Simple Life played in competition in Venice.
Love After Love (China)
Dir. Ann Hui
Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui revisits the work of Eileen Chang with this adaptation of 1943 novella Aloeswood Incense about a young woman from Shanghai who heads to Hong Kong to continue her studies, but ends up working for her aunt, seducing rich and powerful men. The cast features Eddie Peng, Ma Sichun and Faye Yu. Hui is regularly feted on the Asian festival circuit but has not been selected for an A-list European event since 2011 when A Simple Life played in competition in Venice.
- 1/14/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦¬134¦Jean Noh¦516¦
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong producer described her career from 1980s ’disruptor’ studio Cinema City to the present day during Pingyao film festival’s Forum platform.
Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi took a captivated audience of young cinephiles and budding filmmakers through her 38-year career of producing Chinese-language films in a Forum session at Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff).
Shi was in Pingyao to receive the ‘International Contribution to Chinese Cinema Award’ for helping give Chinese films an international profile. Her producing credits include the many iconic titles she has made through Film Workshop with her former husband Tsui Hark, to the Infernal Affairs...
Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi took a captivated audience of young cinephiles and budding filmmakers through her 38-year career of producing Chinese-language films in a Forum session at Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff).
Shi was in Pingyao to receive the ‘International Contribution to Chinese Cinema Award’ for helping give Chinese films an international profile. Her producing credits include the many iconic titles she has made through Film Workshop with her former husband Tsui Hark, to the Infernal Affairs...
- 10/21/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Lee was an avid film buff from his school days in Hong Kong before immigrating with his family to the Us at the age of 19 where he later started making short films. As a producer, he worked with the director Ann Hui three times – with “Summer Snow” (Best Actress award for Josephine Siao at Berlin Iff in 1995), “A Simple Life” (Best Actress award for Deanie Ip at Venice Iff in 2011), and “Our Time Will Come“. The script for “A Simple Life” was based on the true story of his maid who worked for four generations of the Lee family for almost 60 years. His book “Taojie and Me” was published in 2012. His play “The Amahs” was produced by Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2015.
On the occasion of his films with Ann Hui screening at Five Flavours, we speak with him about his career, Hong Kong cinema, his collaboration with Ann Hui,...
On the occasion of his films with Ann Hui screening at Five Flavours, we speak with him about his career, Hong Kong cinema, his collaboration with Ann Hui,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Based on the real story of producer Roger Lee’s maid Ah Tao and directed by Ann Hui, “A Simple Life” has been an immediate success, despite dealing with a difficult and not-so-charming subject matter. Boasting incredible performances by two big stars, it earned Deanie Ip the prestigious Coppa Volpi Award at Venice Film Festival and re-boosted her career. The film then went on to win a plethora of other Awards.
“A Simple Life” screened at Five Flavours
At the center of the story lies Ah Tao. Orphaned in very early age, she has been with Roger (Andy Lau) and his family for many years, way before Roger was born, and she has been raising the children, feeding them and caring almost as a mother. Now Roger is the only member of the family left in his Hong Kong family home, as the rest of the family is in the Us.
“A Simple Life” screened at Five Flavours
At the center of the story lies Ah Tao. Orphaned in very early age, she has been with Roger (Andy Lau) and his family for many years, way before Roger was born, and she has been raising the children, feeding them and caring almost as a mother. Now Roger is the only member of the family left in his Hong Kong family home, as the rest of the family is in the Us.
- 9/14/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
As pro-democracy, anti-police-brutality protests in Hong Kong enter their 10th week, the political unrest has begun to make itself felt in the entertainment world, with actors and other performers caught up in an increasingly vituperative battle between those who support the demonstrators and those who back the local government and mainland China’s tough stance.
One popular singer-actress blacklisted by Beijing has live-streamed and live-tweeted herself attending protests and being tear-gassed. Another veteran actor took part in a pro-police rally – and promptly landed a release date in mainland China for his directorial debut film. Worldwide star Jackie Chan has thrown his lot in with the Beijing regime, putting out a video interview in which he expressed his patriotism in terms that echo mainland propaganda.
The protests – the biggest in Hong Kong’s history – have raged since early June, at their peak drawing nearly 2 million out of the territory’s 7.4 million people to the streets,...
One popular singer-actress blacklisted by Beijing has live-streamed and live-tweeted herself attending protests and being tear-gassed. Another veteran actor took part in a pro-police rally – and promptly landed a release date in mainland China for his directorial debut film. Worldwide star Jackie Chan has thrown his lot in with the Beijing regime, putting out a video interview in which he expressed his patriotism in terms that echo mainland propaganda.
The protests – the biggest in Hong Kong’s history – have raged since early June, at their peak drawing nearly 2 million out of the territory’s 7.4 million people to the streets,...
- 8/14/2019
- by Rebecca Davis and Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Beijing and Amsterdam-based sales agent also adds Super Me, exec produced by the Russo Brothers, to its Cannes slate.
Fortissimo Films is launching sales in Cannes on Ann Hui’s latest drama, Love After Love, an adaptation of a short story by Eileen Chang.
Based on the story Aloeswood Incense, published in Chang’s Love In A Fallen City collection, the film follows a young woman who moves from Shanghai to Hong Kong in search of an education. However, she ends up working for her aunt by luring rich and powerful men and is forced into a loveless marriage with a playboy.
Fortissimo Films is launching sales in Cannes on Ann Hui’s latest drama, Love After Love, an adaptation of a short story by Eileen Chang.
Based on the story Aloeswood Incense, published in Chang’s Love In A Fallen City collection, the film follows a young woman who moves from Shanghai to Hong Kong in search of an education. However, she ends up working for her aunt by luring rich and powerful men and is forced into a loveless marriage with a playboy.
- 5/7/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Aside from Iffr, a very happening event, two new and related international sales companies are launching in Berlin. Fortissimo and Nine Film are related genealogically, even to Iffr, because the founder of Fortissimo, Wouter Barendrecht (Rip 2009), came from Iffr where he was an expert on programming films from Asia.Wouter Barendrecht (Jerusalem International Film Festival Photos)
Wouter founded Fortissimo in 1991. Together with partner Michael Werner, another China aficionado, they introduced the west to Asian arthouse cinema. Barendrecht was also instrumental in re-vitalizing the Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 2000. He created a staff and a fanbase whose loyalty and family-like closeness has never been replicated. Today at Iffr, he is commemorated annually by the Wouter Barendrect Award of €5,000 bestowed by CineMart in conjunction with the Wouter Barendrecht Film Foundation to a filmmaker under the age of 35 who has directed three or fewer films. The prize is decided upon by...
Wouter founded Fortissimo in 1991. Together with partner Michael Werner, another China aficionado, they introduced the west to Asian arthouse cinema. Barendrecht was also instrumental in re-vitalizing the Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 2000. He created a staff and a fanbase whose loyalty and family-like closeness has never been replicated. Today at Iffr, he is commemorated annually by the Wouter Barendrect Award of €5,000 bestowed by CineMart in conjunction with the Wouter Barendrecht Film Foundation to a filmmaker under the age of 35 who has directed three or fewer films. The prize is decided upon by...
- 2/3/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
After Alien’s latest performance of Pharrell Williams‘ “Happy” on Episode 5 of “The Masked Singer,” a physical clue was revealed that hinted at her true identity: a police badge. At first judges Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy and Robin Thicke were confused, until they realized that the badge was from Indiana. That made Nicole jump out of her chair in excitement, since the Jackson family famously hails from Gary, Indiana. Robin wondered aloud, “If you go with the Jacksons, is it La Toya Jackson“? Watch “The Masked Singer” performance video above.
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“The person I thought definitely ain’t the police,” joked host Nick Cannon when he saw the police badge clue. As the audience chuckled, Alien responded, “This badge is not a prop. I swore to protect and serve.” Hmm, could that...
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“The person I thought definitely ain’t the police,” joked host Nick Cannon when he saw the police badge clue. As the audience chuckled, Alien responded, “This badge is not a prop. I swore to protect and serve.” Hmm, could that...
- 1/31/2019
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Two years after China’s Hehe Pictures rescued it from receivership, former Asian industry powerhouse Fortissimo Films is making a full return to the international film sales business. The revived and revamped company will debut next week at Berlin’s European Film Market, and will also launch an international film marketing services subsidiary.
In its former incarnation, Fortissimo played a major role in growing Asia’s art-house film business and launched the careers of dozens of Asian auteurs. Although it operated out of Hong Kong, the company was legally registered in the Netherlands and filed for bankruptcy there in August 2016. Hehe Pictures backed the acquisition of the company from Dutch bankruptcy administrators in February 2017.
The new Fortissimo will keep its Amsterdam office, but decisions will now be made from Beijing by a team headed by former Im Global executive Clement Magar, Fortissimo’s general manager. Gabrielle Rozing, who was instrumental...
In its former incarnation, Fortissimo played a major role in growing Asia’s art-house film business and launched the careers of dozens of Asian auteurs. Although it operated out of Hong Kong, the company was legally registered in the Netherlands and filed for bankruptcy there in August 2016. Hehe Pictures backed the acquisition of the company from Dutch bankruptcy administrators in February 2017.
The new Fortissimo will keep its Amsterdam office, but decisions will now be made from Beijing by a team headed by former Im Global executive Clement Magar, Fortissimo’s general manager. Gabrielle Rozing, who was instrumental...
- 1/28/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Leung will be handling international sales on Venice title Jinpa and Jingle Ma’s Euro Raiders for Block 2.
Wong Kar Wai’s Block 2 Distribution Co is moving into international distribution with the appointment of Virginia Leung as head of international sales.
Leung started her career with Hong Kong-based Media Asia in 1995 and later worked in international sales at Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
In 2008, she joined the newly-launched Distribution Workshop as sales chief, working on titles such as A Simple Life, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain and Operation Mekong. She left the company earlier this year when its international operations relocated to Taiwan.
Wong Kar Wai’s Block 2 Distribution Co is moving into international distribution with the appointment of Virginia Leung as head of international sales.
Leung started her career with Hong Kong-based Media Asia in 1995 and later worked in international sales at Universe Films Distribution and Mandarin Films.
In 2008, she joined the newly-launched Distribution Workshop as sales chief, working on titles such as A Simple Life, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain and Operation Mekong. She left the company earlier this year when its international operations relocated to Taiwan.
- 8/16/2018
- ScreenDaily
The Mulan International Film Festival (MulanIFF) is dedicated to showcasing the best of
Chinese-language films and historically significant films about China. The first edition of the
festival will be held from August 10 to August 17, 2018, in downtown Toronto. It will open with “Wrath of Silence”, a powerful drama based in Northern China by rising star director Xin Yukun, and will close with veteran actress-director Sylvia Chang’s moving family story “Love Education”.
The 2018 festival consists of 17 titles from Canada, China, Us and UK under three
programmes: China Retrospective, Made by Women and Portraits of the Young.
• China Retrospective features films by widely acclaimed directors that reflect the
development and changes of modern China.
• Made by Women focuses on female filmmakers and their works, as well as female
protagonists in films. This programmes is funded by the Government of Ontario.
• Portraits of the Young discovers pioneering works by emerging filmmakers.
China Retrospective...
Chinese-language films and historically significant films about China. The first edition of the
festival will be held from August 10 to August 17, 2018, in downtown Toronto. It will open with “Wrath of Silence”, a powerful drama based in Northern China by rising star director Xin Yukun, and will close with veteran actress-director Sylvia Chang’s moving family story “Love Education”.
The 2018 festival consists of 17 titles from Canada, China, Us and UK under three
programmes: China Retrospective, Made by Women and Portraits of the Young.
• China Retrospective features films by widely acclaimed directors that reflect the
development and changes of modern China.
• Made by Women focuses on female filmmakers and their works, as well as female
protagonists in films. This programmes is funded by the Government of Ontario.
• Portraits of the Young discovers pioneering works by emerging filmmakers.
China Retrospective...
- 8/4/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Lee was an avid film buff from his school days in Hong Kong before immigrating with his family to the Us at the age of 19 where he later started making short films. As a producer, he worked with the director Ann Hui three times – with “Summer Snow” (Best Actress award for Josephine Siao at Berlin Iff in 1995), “A Simple Life” (Best Actress award for Deanie Ip at Venice Iff in 2011), and “Our Time Will Come.” The script for “A Simple Life” was based on the true story of his maid who worked for four generations of the Lee family for almost 60 years. His book “Taojie and Me” was published in 2012. His play “The Amahs” was produced by Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2015.
Here are his top ten Hong Kong films, in reverse chronological order.
1. The Odd One Dies (1997) Johnnie To & Patrick Yau
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark,...
Here are his top ten Hong Kong films, in reverse chronological order.
1. The Odd One Dies (1997) Johnnie To & Patrick Yau
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark,...
- 5/12/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Michael Haneke’s Amour
Love (Amour) directed by Michael Haneke won the Best Feature Film award at the 33rd edition of the Durban International Film Festival that announced its award-winners on July 28, 2012.
The Best First Feature Film prize went to Julia Leigh for Sleeping Beauty (Australia).
The Best South African Feature Film was awarded to Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley.
The Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award went to Malika Zouhali-Worral and Katherine Fairfax Wright’s film Call Me Kuchu which focuses on attacks on gays in Uganda.
The full list of awards is:
Best Film: Love (Amour) (France, Austria, Germany), directed by Michael Haneke
Best South African Feature Film: Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley
Best First Feature Film: Sleeping Beauty (Australia), directed by Julia Leigh
Best Director: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts Of The Southern Wild (USA)
Best Actress: Deanie Ip in...
Love (Amour) directed by Michael Haneke won the Best Feature Film award at the 33rd edition of the Durban International Film Festival that announced its award-winners on July 28, 2012.
The Best First Feature Film prize went to Julia Leigh for Sleeping Beauty (Australia).
The Best South African Feature Film was awarded to Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley.
The Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award went to Malika Zouhali-Worral and Katherine Fairfax Wright’s film Call Me Kuchu which focuses on attacks on gays in Uganda.
The full list of awards is:
Best Film: Love (Amour) (France, Austria, Germany), directed by Michael Haneke
Best South African Feature Film: Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley
Best First Feature Film: Sleeping Beauty (Australia), directed by Julia Leigh
Best Director: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts Of The Southern Wild (USA)
Best Actress: Deanie Ip in...
- 7/29/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A Simple Life (Tao jie) and the other winners of the 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards have been announced. The 31th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards, “founded in 1982, are the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among the most respected in mainland China and Taiwan. Award ceremonies are held annually, typically in April. The Awards [...]
Continue reading: Hong Kong Film Awards 2012: Winners: A Simple Life (Tao Jie)...
Continue reading: Hong Kong Film Awards 2012: Winners: A Simple Life (Tao Jie)...
- 4/16/2012
- by R.W.
- Film-Book
Simone Eder and Carlotta Corvi report from the Venice International Film Festival.
The 68th was certainly a memorable year with the overall quality of the films being very high and the films for the lineup well selected. Some films surprised while some films disappointed, and most of them will be talked about in the coming weeks and months.
Day 1
The longest running Film festival in the World kicked off its 68th Edition Festival at the Lido in Venice with the world premiere of George Clooney’s political drama The Ides of March starring Ryan Gosling, Clooney himself, Paul Giamatti and Phillip Seymour Hoffman,and was the first film shown in competition for the Golden Lion. Promoted as intense tale of sex, ambition, loyalty, betrayal and revenge the film was however less cynical and shocking than promised and contained a couple of weak plot points. The actors, especially the supporting cast,...
The 68th was certainly a memorable year with the overall quality of the films being very high and the films for the lineup well selected. Some films surprised while some films disappointed, and most of them will be talked about in the coming weeks and months.
Day 1
The longest running Film festival in the World kicked off its 68th Edition Festival at the Lido in Venice with the world premiere of George Clooney’s political drama The Ides of March starring Ryan Gosling, Clooney himself, Paul Giamatti and Phillip Seymour Hoffman,and was the first film shown in competition for the Golden Lion. Promoted as intense tale of sex, ambition, loyalty, betrayal and revenge the film was however less cynical and shocking than promised and contained a couple of weak plot points. The actors, especially the supporting cast,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
What it lacked in controversy it more than made up for in starpower like Madonna and George Clooney, whose political film The Ides Of March was blanked up against nearly the two dozen movies in competition this year. The 68th Venice Film Festival ended today with the award of the coveted Golden Lion for Best Film to Faust by Aleksander Sokurov, the Russian director’s reworking of Goethe’s literary work. Silver Lion for Best Director to Shangjun Cai for the film Ren Shan Ren Hai. Special Jury Prize to Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese. Coppa Volpi to Michael Fassbender (for his star turn as a sex addict in the film Shame) and to Deanie Yip (in the film Tao Jie). Marcello Mastroianni Award to Shôta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidô (in the film Himizu). Other award winners included Best Screenplay to Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for Greece’s odd-ball, low-budget tragedy Alps.
- 9/10/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
[Editor's Note: Here's Manolis, a Greek reader who is covering Venice for The Film Experience. If you can read Greek, visit Cinema News for more of his festival coverage.]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The spy thriller was eagerly anticipated here in Venice and reaction was generally positive though some critics felt that something was missing. English is not my first language and with the heavy accents I did have a hard time following all of the twists of the intricate plot. But despite my difficult I was delighted that the film doesn’t underestimate your intelligence and demands your full attention throughout. The film's technical aspest are very impressive from sets to costumes to cinematography and Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) directs with stylish gusto, creating magnificent shots and frames. Though the spy movie genre doesn't generally promise the slow pacing that Alfredson chooses, it's an interesting approach. The performances follow this same tone, all of them toned down. The triumph of the ensemble cast is that you can feel that underneath the icy surface of the British mentality of the period,...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The spy thriller was eagerly anticipated here in Venice and reaction was generally positive though some critics felt that something was missing. English is not my first language and with the heavy accents I did have a hard time following all of the twists of the intricate plot. But despite my difficult I was delighted that the film doesn’t underestimate your intelligence and demands your full attention throughout. The film's technical aspest are very impressive from sets to costumes to cinematography and Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) directs with stylish gusto, creating magnificent shots and frames. Though the spy movie genre doesn't generally promise the slow pacing that Alfredson chooses, it's an interesting approach. The performances follow this same tone, all of them toned down. The triumph of the ensemble cast is that you can feel that underneath the icy surface of the British mentality of the period,...
- 9/6/2011
- by Manolis Dounias
- FilmExperience
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