Singapore-based distributor and producer Clover Films has partnered with Taiwan’s Machi Xcelsior Studios for the worldwide theatrical rights (except Taiwan and South Korea) to Giddens Ko’s “Till We Meet Again.”
The film is a fantasy romance starring Kai Ko (“You Are The Apple Of My Eye”), Gingle Wang (“Detention”) and Vivian Sung (“Our Times”) that recently garnered eleven nominations at the Golden Horse Film Awards.
The producers will retain the rights in Taiwan. Hive Filmworks will be handling the theatrical rights in Korea. The movie, produced for a budget of $3.5 million, has been dated for release on 24 November in Taiwan.
Clover has long been a leading distributor of commercial Asian movies in both Singapore and Malaysia. It has also produced several titles in the same two territories. Taking the vastly wider package of rights outside the producer territory (and Korea) is a new step.
“We are not aiming...
The film is a fantasy romance starring Kai Ko (“You Are The Apple Of My Eye”), Gingle Wang (“Detention”) and Vivian Sung (“Our Times”) that recently garnered eleven nominations at the Golden Horse Film Awards.
The producers will retain the rights in Taiwan. Hive Filmworks will be handling the theatrical rights in Korea. The movie, produced for a budget of $3.5 million, has been dated for release on 24 November in Taiwan.
Clover has long been a leading distributor of commercial Asian movies in both Singapore and Malaysia. It has also produced several titles in the same two territories. Taking the vastly wider package of rights outside the producer territory (and Korea) is a new step.
“We are not aiming...
- 10/9/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Hong Kong’s TV industry has managed to keep churning out new episodes and even some new series, despite the city’s coronavirus restrictions. Shows have had to adopt clever working practices, and in some cases modify their story lines, but they have emerged better than the territory’s feature film sector, where production remains largely halted.
The production charge has been led by local channel ViuTV, which is backed by Pccw and is a sister company to pay-tv cluster Now TV and multi-territory Asian Ott platform Viu, and by Hong Kong’s traditional TV market leader Tvb.
ViuTV’s drama series “Single Dad” is one of the new titles that has started shooting recently. Camera began to roll in mid-April, delayed just by a few weeks. “We had to wait for the infection rate to drop to a certain level,” said the show’s writer-producer Peter Tsi.
Tvb has...
The production charge has been led by local channel ViuTV, which is backed by Pccw and is a sister company to pay-tv cluster Now TV and multi-territory Asian Ott platform Viu, and by Hong Kong’s traditional TV market leader Tvb.
ViuTV’s drama series “Single Dad” is one of the new titles that has started shooting recently. Camera began to roll in mid-April, delayed just by a few weeks. “We had to wait for the infection rate to drop to a certain level,” said the show’s writer-producer Peter Tsi.
Tvb has...
- 4/29/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
HONG KONG -- Peter Tsi, who quit last month as executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, has joined Soft-Trek Media as GM of content development and production.
Soft-Trek is an operation under Fireworks International, a Hong Kong-based media company initially funded by Dutch bank ABN AMRO, with a controlling stake in Hong Kong's Asia Television Ltd., and Korea's Taewon Entertainment.
Tsi's new duties cover the development and production of mostly drama series and variety programs for Asian territories, including China and Southeast Asia.
"There is no reason why film producers and directors around this region can't do what Jerry Bruckheimer, Brian Grazer, Brett Ratner, Brian Singer, etc., have been doing in the U.S," Tsi said.
Soft-Trek will actively search for raw materials from the Internet and literature, and Tsi said the company hopes to build with ATV a production platform of an annual 300-plus hours of quality content with a focus on developing projects which can be broadcast on a range of media.
Soft-Trek is an operation under Fireworks International, a Hong Kong-based media company initially funded by Dutch bank ABN AMRO, with a controlling stake in Hong Kong's Asia Television Ltd., and Korea's Taewon Entertainment.
Tsi's new duties cover the development and production of mostly drama series and variety programs for Asian territories, including China and Southeast Asia.
"There is no reason why film producers and directors around this region can't do what Jerry Bruckheimer, Brian Grazer, Brett Ratner, Brian Singer, etc., have been doing in the U.S," Tsi said.
Soft-Trek will actively search for raw materials from the Internet and literature, and Tsi said the company hopes to build with ATV a production platform of an annual 300-plus hours of quality content with a focus on developing projects which can be broadcast on a range of media.
- 10/8/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BEIJING -- Peter Tsi has resigned as executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, ending a six-year run on top of the organization.
Tsi declined comment Thursday on industry speculation that he was unhappy about the level of government support for the event.
The 2007 edition of the festival, founded in 1977, cost HK$17 million ($2.2 million) to stage, according to festival officials who asked not to be named. Of that, only HK$7 million ($898,000) came from the Hong Kong government's Arts Development Council, while the balance of the budget was raised from commercial sponsors.
Last March at the festival's 31st edition, critics said that the event's historically independent spirit was being hampered by the growing percentage of the budget coming from commercial sponsors.
In a phone interview, Tsi said that he was bound by contract to not comment on his reasons for handing in his resignation Monday, adding that he would "probably not" continue at the festival in a new role.
Tsi declined comment Thursday on industry speculation that he was unhappy about the level of government support for the event.
The 2007 edition of the festival, founded in 1977, cost HK$17 million ($2.2 million) to stage, according to festival officials who asked not to be named. Of that, only HK$7 million ($898,000) came from the Hong Kong government's Arts Development Council, while the balance of the budget was raised from commercial sponsors.
Last March at the festival's 31st edition, critics said that the event's historically independent spirit was being hampered by the growing percentage of the budget coming from commercial sponsors.
In a phone interview, Tsi said that he was bound by contract to not comment on his reasons for handing in his resignation Monday, adding that he would "probably not" continue at the festival in a new role.
BEIJING -- The 31st annual Hong Kong International Film Festival , which kicks off on March 20 and runs to April 11, has already sold 25,000 tickets, 60% more than in 2006, organizers said Monday.
Part of the annual 23-day Hong Kong Entertainment Expo for a third year running, the HKIFF will, as is tradition, open with a double feature: Hong Kong director Yau Nai-hoi's Tony Leung starrer "Eye in the Sky" and South Korean helmer Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, but that's OK". Tickets for "Cyborg" sold out in half an hour, organizers said.
Due to overwhelming requests, the festival has added additional screenings including the Asian premiere of 2007 Berlin Golden Bear-winner "Tuya's Marriage", by Chinese director Wang Quanan; "Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust", by Japanese director Baba Yasuo; and "Sakuran", by Japan's Ninagawa Mika.
Festival attendance is expected to surpass the 12,000 visitors recorded in 2006 and additional screenings could be added as demand arises, said Peter Tsi, executive director of the HKIFF Society Ltd.
"There are the ticket holders and then there are the trade buyers and sellers, who are already at 1,000 this year, double the 2006 number because we're opening at the same time as HAF," Tsi said, referring to the concurrent Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum, known locally as HAF.
Part of the annual 23-day Hong Kong Entertainment Expo for a third year running, the HKIFF will, as is tradition, open with a double feature: Hong Kong director Yau Nai-hoi's Tony Leung starrer "Eye in the Sky" and South Korean helmer Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, but that's OK". Tickets for "Cyborg" sold out in half an hour, organizers said.
Due to overwhelming requests, the festival has added additional screenings including the Asian premiere of 2007 Berlin Golden Bear-winner "Tuya's Marriage", by Chinese director Wang Quanan; "Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust", by Japanese director Baba Yasuo; and "Sakuran", by Japan's Ninagawa Mika.
Festival attendance is expected to surpass the 12,000 visitors recorded in 2006 and additional screenings could be added as demand arises, said Peter Tsi, executive director of the HKIFF Society Ltd.
"There are the ticket holders and then there are the trade buyers and sellers, who are already at 1,000 this year, double the 2006 number because we're opening at the same time as HAF," Tsi said, referring to the concurrent Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum, known locally as HAF.
- 3/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BEIJING -- Director Li Yu's Lost in Beijing will open the Hong Kong International Film Festival in March, its producer and mainland China distributor said Wednesday.
The announcement follows a demand earlier in the week by government censors that director Li cut 15 minutes from her film about rape and class conflict in China's capital before it goes overseas or screens on the mainland.
But a festival spokesman said that more than eight films are in the running for the opening spot in Hong Kong. He added that Beijing is eligible because it was financed partly through its participation in the 2006 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, a part of the HKIFF.
Also, Peter Tsi, HKIFF executive director, said he would not comment on producer Fang Li's claim that Beijing was tapped for the opening slot, saying that the roster would be announced Feb. 22.
Fang's claim that Beijing would open the 31st HKIFF beginning March 20 was repeated by Yu Dong, CEO of Beijing Poly Bona Film Distribution, the leading distributor of Hong Kong films on the mainland.
The announcement follows a demand earlier in the week by government censors that director Li cut 15 minutes from her film about rape and class conflict in China's capital before it goes overseas or screens on the mainland.
But a festival spokesman said that more than eight films are in the running for the opening spot in Hong Kong. He added that Beijing is eligible because it was financed partly through its participation in the 2006 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, a part of the HKIFF.
Also, Peter Tsi, HKIFF executive director, said he would not comment on producer Fang Li's claim that Beijing was tapped for the opening slot, saying that the roster would be announced Feb. 22.
Fang's claim that Beijing would open the 31st HKIFF beginning March 20 was repeated by Yu Dong, CEO of Beijing Poly Bona Film Distribution, the leading distributor of Hong Kong films on the mainland.
BEIJING -- Director Li Yu's "Lost in Beijing" will open the Hong Kong International Film Festival in March, its producer and mainland China distributor said Wednesday.
The announcement follows a demand earlier in the week by government censors that director Li cut 15 minutes from her film about rape and class conflict in China's capital before it goes overseas or screens on the mainland.
But a festival spokesman said that more than eight films are in the running for the opening spot in Hong Kong. He added that "Beijing" is eligible because it was financed partly through its participation in the 2006 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, a part of the HKIFF.
Also, Peter Tsi, HKIFF executive director, said he would not comment on producer Fang Li's claim that "Beijing" was tapped for the opening slot, saying that the roster would be announced Feb. 22.
Fang's claim that "Beijing" would open the 31st HKIFF beginning March 20 was repeated by Yu Dong, CEO of Beijing Poly Bona Film Distribution, the leading distributor of Hong Kong films on the mainland.
The announcement follows a demand earlier in the week by government censors that director Li cut 15 minutes from her film about rape and class conflict in China's capital before it goes overseas or screens on the mainland.
But a festival spokesman said that more than eight films are in the running for the opening spot in Hong Kong. He added that "Beijing" is eligible because it was financed partly through its participation in the 2006 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, a part of the HKIFF.
Also, Peter Tsi, HKIFF executive director, said he would not comment on producer Fang Li's claim that "Beijing" was tapped for the opening slot, saying that the roster would be announced Feb. 22.
Fang's claim that "Beijing" would open the 31st HKIFF beginning March 20 was repeated by Yu Dong, CEO of Beijing Poly Bona Film Distribution, the leading distributor of Hong Kong films on the mainland.
HONG KONG -- Five of Hong Kong's top action choreographers were feted Monday night at a fund-raising dinner that served as the kickoff for the Hong Kong International Film Festival opening today. Lau Kar-leung, Yuen Woo-ping, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Tony Ching were recognized by a group of their peers that included directors Tsui Hark, Andrew Lau, Peter Chan, Ann Hui and Mabel Cheung as well as such guests as "Kill Bill" star Chiaki Kuriyama and Japanese action legend Yasuaki Kurata. "We've never actually had something like this to pay tribute to this group of people who contributed so much to Hong Kong films, and we thought this was a really good opportunity to do it," said HKIFF director Peter Tsi.
HONG KONG -- Now in its second year since going private, the cash-strapped Hong Kong International Film Festival is contemplating its future as it deals with dwindling funding from the government and an increasing dependence on commercial sponsors. "Since going independent two years ago, our board has been going through a learning process and we need to decide what HKIFF should be. The government budget won't be increasing and it will be up to us to find more money," HKIFF director Peter Tsi said. "We need to contemplate if we should increase the glitziness of the event or maintain the scale we currently have." The festival, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, is facing increasing competition from film festivals in Bangkok and Pusan, where government funding has been more generous.
HONG KONG -- Gu Chang-Wei's Berlin Silver Bear winner The Peacock has been chosen as the opening film for this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival, which will run March 22-April 6 as part of the eight-event Hong Kong Entertainment Expo, organizers said Thursday. Yamada Yoji's samurai saga The Hidden Blade will be the other film to screen opening night, which will also feature a special gala premiere of JCE Movies' homage to kung fu, House of Fury, by Stephen Fung. A cut in government funding and a last-minute pullout by main sponsor Cathay Pacific has meant a slight downsizing of the program, with the number of films dropping from last year's 260 to 240, with 338 screenings. "But we're very happy with the selection we have now," festival director Peter Tsi said Thursday. "I think it's the best program we've had for some time."...
- 2/25/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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