The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) has unveiled 26 in-development projects for the 22nd Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), which will become part of the newly expanded Hkiff Industry Project Market.
The lineup features both veteran and rising filmmakers including Koji Fukada, Hong Khaou, Jang Kun-jae, Qiu Jiongjiong, Patiparn Boontarig, Wang Xiaoshuai, Teruhisa Yamamoto, and Zhang Lu. The projects cover comedy, horror, action, romance and family drama, including seven first features, two animations and a string of cross-country collaborations.
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“The selection is a testament to the resurgence of diversity and the revitalisation of international collaborations,...
The lineup features both veteran and rising filmmakers including Koji Fukada, Hong Khaou, Jang Kun-jae, Qiu Jiongjiong, Patiparn Boontarig, Wang Xiaoshuai, Teruhisa Yamamoto, and Zhang Lu. The projects cover comedy, horror, action, romance and family drama, including seven first features, two animations and a string of cross-country collaborations.
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“The selection is a testament to the resurgence of diversity and the revitalisation of international collaborations,...
- 1/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
André Bishop will conclude his 33-year leadership tenure at Lincoln Center Theater in June 2025 at the conclusion of the non-profit theater company’s 40th anniversary 2024-25 season.
Bishop, whose celebrated tenure as Lct’s Artistic Director and more recently Producing Artistic Director included the premieres of such acclaimed new works as Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Arcadia, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, to name a very few, announced his intended departure today.
“My years at Lincoln Center Theater have been happy ones,” he said in a statement, “and I will miss working with all my friends and colleagues. But the time has come, as it inevitably does, for the next generation to step in and step up. I look forward to that. Lct has...
Bishop, whose celebrated tenure as Lct’s Artistic Director and more recently Producing Artistic Director included the premieres of such acclaimed new works as Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Arcadia, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel, to name a very few, announced his intended departure today.
“My years at Lincoln Center Theater have been happy ones,” he said in a statement, “and I will miss working with all my friends and colleagues. But the time has come, as it inevitably does, for the next generation to step in and step up. I look forward to that. Lct has...
- 9/22/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The start of any month brings with it batches of movies added to streaming services’ libraries. As of this week, Netflix has “Girl, Interrupted,” “Steel Magnolias” and “Traffic,” HBO Max has “Blue Valentine,” “Hustle & Flow” and “Parasite,” and Hulu has “Atonement” and “Boogie Nights.” A handful of newer titles are also premiering digitally. First up is a spellbinding thriller featuring some of Hollywood’s hottest young actors.
The contender to watch this week: “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”
Neon picked up this eco-thriller out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, after which it won raves for its gripping portrait of young DIY environmental activists who band together to destroy oil pipes in West Texas. Based on Andreas Malm‘s nonfiction book of the same name, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”), Sasha Lane (“American Honey”), Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus”), Marcus Scribner...
The contender to watch this week: “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”
Neon picked up this eco-thriller out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, after which it won raves for its gripping portrait of young DIY environmental activists who band together to destroy oil pipes in West Texas. Based on Andreas Malm‘s nonfiction book of the same name, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”), Sasha Lane (“American Honey”), Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus”), Marcus Scribner...
- 5/6/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
Sabotage is a hopeful practice, a claw in the institutional fabric, and a tactic for long-term amelioration—so argues Andreas Malm, the provocative and ruthlessly efficient author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire. Malm’s manifesto, though uninstructive in the mechanics of the text’s title, runs in counterflow to both climate pessimism (or “fatalism”) and pacifism, arguing the mainstream environmental movement is lacking in one key flavor: functional sabotage. It isn’t so difficult to blow up a CO₂ emitting device, Malm says, and though his writing eschews the mechanics of how to do so, he offers ample rationale. “Will those in school today or born next year grow up to think that the machines of the fossil economy were accorded insufficient respect?” asks Malm.In his sophomore feature, Daniel Goldhaber shoulders the task of realizing Malm’s paperback as a narrativized feature,...
- 4/17/2023
- MUBI
Desperate times may call for desperate measures, but they don’t always inspire great art. While “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is based on the non-fiction book by of the same name by Swedish environmentalist Andreas Malm, a fictional fantasy of environmental terrorism with real stakes, the film itself is sorely lacking precisely that.
An ensemble drama too diluted to meaningfully establish any characters, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” relies on tension-building music and chaotic flashbacks to piece together its one-trick heist narrative. Using the book as philosophical inspiration,
Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, who co-wrote the script with “Runaways” actor Ariela Barer (who also stars in the film) and Jordan Sjol, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” features an impressive roster of up-and-coming young actors. “The White Lotus” favorite Lukas Gage, “American Honey” star Sasha Lane, and “The Revenant” actor Forrest Goodluck all add a measure of intrigue to the ensemble,...
An ensemble drama too diluted to meaningfully establish any characters, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” relies on tension-building music and chaotic flashbacks to piece together its one-trick heist narrative. Using the book as philosophical inspiration,
Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, who co-wrote the script with “Runaways” actor Ariela Barer (who also stars in the film) and Jordan Sjol, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” features an impressive roster of up-and-coming young actors. “The White Lotus” favorite Lukas Gage, “American Honey” star Sasha Lane, and “The Revenant” actor Forrest Goodluck all add a measure of intrigue to the ensemble,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
With his feature debut Cam, Daniel Goldhaber considered the state of online sex work within an entertaining horror film that follows a classic doubling narrative. His sophomore effort, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, scales up the ambition but similarly explores complex themes, this time within the framework of a tense heist narrative. An ensemble piece, Pipeline follows an idealistic group of young activists plotting an eco-terrorism attack in rural Texas. This group of eight includes co-writer Ariela Barer, Lukas Gage, Kristine Froseth, and Sasha Lane. Unwilling to wait for painfully-slow systematic change, they feel forced (and therefore justified) to take this drastic action, even with the risk of hefty prison sentences should they be caught.
Art frequently mirrors the environment in which it was created and How to Blow Up a Pipeline carries the energy of the project’s very fast, 19-month conception-to-screen timeline, leading to its premiere last...
Art frequently mirrors the environment in which it was created and How to Blow Up a Pipeline carries the energy of the project’s very fast, 19-month conception-to-screen timeline, leading to its premiere last...
- 4/7/2023
- by Caleb Hammond
- The Film Stage
Even among many who’ve grasped the scientific evidence, or experienced escalating weather extremes, climate change remains an abstraction for most — something too large and vague to trigger urgent emotional response. Not so the fictive activists in “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” inspired by Andreas Malm’s nonfiction tome of the same name. Though diverse in background and motivations, the eight individuals here drawn together to attack an oil conduit in Texas share a sense that the planetary environmental crisis is immediate, and the time for gently chiding protests past.
Whether their actions constitute “eco-terrorism” and whether violence of any kind is ever justifiable in the service of progress are questions Daniel Goldhaber’s sophomore feature duly grapples with. Still, its degree of moral self-examination is unlikely to appease climate deniers, who’ll likely decry the film (if they notice it at all) as a recruitment poster for aspiring saboteurs.
Whether their actions constitute “eco-terrorism” and whether violence of any kind is ever justifiable in the service of progress are questions Daniel Goldhaber’s sophomore feature duly grapples with. Still, its degree of moral self-examination is unlikely to appease climate deniers, who’ll likely decry the film (if they notice it at all) as a recruitment poster for aspiring saboteurs.
- 4/6/2023
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
General Motors and media company MacRo announced the launch of The General Motors Marketing Academy Powered by MacRo, a five-month program to prepare the next generation of multicultural marketing executives. This program focuses on business and professional acumen, enabling each participant to successfully grow in marketing and media while creating a diverse talent pipeline of skilled and deserving executives in marketing, branding, public relations and communications.
“As part of the Gm Diverse Incubator fund, we are dedicated to supporting and scaling diverse-owned companies now and in the future,” said Tarshena Armstrong, Director of Diversity Marketing and Development, Gm. “As Gm strives to be the most inclusive company in the world, programs like this ensure authentic representation and development of diverse companies and talent, providing participants with dedicated resources and opportunities to excel.”
The General Motors Marketing Academy Powered by MacRo program will identify eight exceptional diverse candidates in the early...
“As part of the Gm Diverse Incubator fund, we are dedicated to supporting and scaling diverse-owned companies now and in the future,” said Tarshena Armstrong, Director of Diversity Marketing and Development, Gm. “As Gm strives to be the most inclusive company in the world, programs like this ensure authentic representation and development of diverse companies and talent, providing participants with dedicated resources and opportunities to excel.”
The General Motors Marketing Academy Powered by MacRo program will identify eight exceptional diverse candidates in the early...
- 3/27/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Territories in Asia, Europe and North America have acquired the feature.
Korean action-thriller Project Wolf Hunting has been sold in Asia, Europe and North America ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand.
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has closed deals in Taiwan (Moviecloud), India (Multivision Multimedia), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Company) and Japan (The Klockworx). The film has also sold to Well Go USA for North America and A Contracorriente Films for Spain.
The film is written and directed by Kim Hongsun, whose credits include horror Metamorphosis and crime thrillers The Chase and The Con Artists.
Produced by Contents G and Cheum Film,...
Korean action-thriller Project Wolf Hunting has been sold in Asia, Europe and North America ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand.
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has closed deals in Taiwan (Moviecloud), India (Multivision Multimedia), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Company) and Japan (The Klockworx). The film has also sold to Well Go USA for North America and A Contracorriente Films for Spain.
The film is written and directed by Kim Hongsun, whose credits include horror Metamorphosis and crime thrillers The Chase and The Con Artists.
Produced by Contents G and Cheum Film,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist for the influential instrumental rock band the Ventures, died Saturday at the age of 88.
Wilson’s family first confirmed to Seattle journalist Saint Bryan that the guitarist “passed peacefully” of natural causes in Tacoma, Washington.
“Our dad was an amazing rhythm guitar player who touched people all over world with his band, The Ventures,” Don’s son Tim Wilson said in a statement. “He will have his place in history forever and was much loved and appreciated. He will be missed.”
Wilson and guitarist...
Wilson’s family first confirmed to Seattle journalist Saint Bryan that the guitarist “passed peacefully” of natural causes in Tacoma, Washington.
“Our dad was an amazing rhythm guitar player who touched people all over world with his band, The Ventures,” Don’s son Tim Wilson said in a statement. “He will have his place in history forever and was much loved and appreciated. He will be missed.”
Wilson and guitarist...
- 1/22/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Gun-woo (Lee Soo-hyuk) is the heir of an oil refining conglomerate who devises a heist that could earn him even more money. He plans to siphon off oil from a major pipeline that runs between Honam and the Seoul to Busan highway. Pindol (Seo In-guk), a gifted young drilling technician, agrees to help Gun-woo for a large fee. But to meet the deadline, Pindol has to recruit and work with a ragtag team of misfits including an expert welder, an excavation specialist, an operations professional, a geographer and a tech specialist. Racing against time and with their lives at stake, they must overcome their self-interests to complete this ultimate team play. However, a street-smart detective Man-sik (Bae Yoo-ram) is onto them and tries to shut the operation down.
This non-traditional caper film with a fresh idea of oil theft is directed by Yoo Ha, who is known as one of...
This non-traditional caper film with a fresh idea of oil theft is directed by Yoo Ha, who is known as one of...
- 11/14/2021
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Kim Hongsun is directing the film which is currently shooting in Korea and the Philippines.
South Korean sales agency Finecut is launching international sales on Project Wolf Hunting at the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm). The film is directed by Kim Hongsun, known for stylised genre films such as Metamorphosis (2019), The Chase (2017) and The Con Artist (2014).
His new film is about a cargo ship that embarks on a special mission known as ’Project Wolf Hunting’ to transport the most atrocious convicts from Manila to Busan. When prisoners start a riot onboard, the 1,630-mile journey quickly devolves into a floating, self-contained...
South Korean sales agency Finecut is launching international sales on Project Wolf Hunting at the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm). The film is directed by Kim Hongsun, known for stylised genre films such as Metamorphosis (2019), The Chase (2017) and The Con Artist (2014).
His new film is about a cargo ship that embarks on a special mission known as ’Project Wolf Hunting’ to transport the most atrocious convicts from Manila to Busan. When prisoners start a riot onboard, the 1,630-mile journey quickly devolves into a floating, self-contained...
- 10/8/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Leading Korean film sales agent Finecut has taken international rights to stylish genre actioner “Project Wolf Hunting.” The company will launch it at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents and Film Market which starts at the weekend.
Directed by Kim Hongsun, the film is set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from Manila in the Philippines to Busan, South Korea. An escape attempt leads to a riot which in turn unleashes a sinister force.
Kim is known for delivering stylized genre films including “Metamorphosis” (2019), “The Chase” (2017), and “The Con Artist” (2014). For “Project Wolf Hunting” he has assembled a cast of Korean rising stars including Seo In-guk (“Pipeline” and TV’s “Doom At Your Service”) and Jang Dong-yoon (TV’s “Search” and “The Tale of Nokdu”) as two protagonists, alongside veteran actors Choi Guyhwa and Sung Dong-il in leading roles.
Currently shooting in Korea and The Philippines,...
Directed by Kim Hongsun, the film is set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from Manila in the Philippines to Busan, South Korea. An escape attempt leads to a riot which in turn unleashes a sinister force.
Kim is known for delivering stylized genre films including “Metamorphosis” (2019), “The Chase” (2017), and “The Con Artist” (2014). For “Project Wolf Hunting” he has assembled a cast of Korean rising stars including Seo In-guk (“Pipeline” and TV’s “Doom At Your Service”) and Jang Dong-yoon (TV’s “Search” and “The Tale of Nokdu”) as two protagonists, alongside veteran actors Choi Guyhwa and Sung Dong-il in leading roles.
Currently shooting in Korea and The Philippines,...
- 10/7/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The nonprofit Inevitable Foundation, which aims to mentor and support the next generation of disabled screenwriters, has launched a new initiative to help close the diversity gap in film and television.
The Pipeline Program features a broad coalition of prominent industry individuals and organizations working to identify promising disabled screenwriters and fast-track them for consideration by showrunners, creative executives and the foundation’s Screenwriting Fellowship program.
Inevitable, which is supported by WarnerMedia/AT&T Foundation and a number of other foundations, has lined up more than 25 creative and development executives from studios, streamers and networks and more than a dozen showrunners who will be working with the foundation’s Screenwriting Fellows and other finalists to mentor them and prepare them to sell their work.
Founding members of the coalition include the Sundance Institute, The Black List, Easterseals, Deaf Talent Collective, Words Uncaged, Pillars Fund and the Writers Guild Foundation,...
The Pipeline Program features a broad coalition of prominent industry individuals and organizations working to identify promising disabled screenwriters and fast-track them for consideration by showrunners, creative executives and the foundation’s Screenwriting Fellowship program.
Inevitable, which is supported by WarnerMedia/AT&T Foundation and a number of other foundations, has lined up more than 25 creative and development executives from studios, streamers and networks and more than a dozen showrunners who will be working with the foundation’s Screenwriting Fellows and other finalists to mentor them and prepare them to sell their work.
Founding members of the coalition include the Sundance Institute, The Black List, Easterseals, Deaf Talent Collective, Words Uncaged, Pillars Fund and the Writers Guild Foundation,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Darkness Pulls. From Wild Eye Releasing, and director Emily Aguilar, comes a terrifying new motion picture experience : Pipeline. After moving into a new home, a family discovers the house is occupied by a bloodthirsty monster that lives in the walls and pipes, dragging in all who get too close. Now trapped inside, the …
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The post Pipeline – View and Share the Terrifying New Trailer! appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.
- 6/13/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
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