Wang Xiaoshuai, the Chinese film director whose “So Long, My Son” picked up two top prizes at this month’s Berlin Film Festival, has stuck a production deal with expanding media group Huanxi Media.
Huanxi, which is backed by leading Chinese talent Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, obtains priority investment rights to two films or Internet series directed or produced by Wang and his Dongchun Films over the next six years. That includes global distribution and online rights.
Wang, a veteran of 11 feature films, is considered a leading light of the so-called sixth generation of mainland Chinese directors. His filmography includes 2001 breakout “Beijing Bicycle,” 2008 drama “In Love We Trust” and Cannes jury prize winner “Shanghai Dreams.”
His latest film, “So Long, My Son,” tracks the intertwined destinies of two families over 30 years, and illuminates the personal and social impact of China’s economic miracle and the country’s authoritarian rule.
Huanxi, which is backed by leading Chinese talent Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, obtains priority investment rights to two films or Internet series directed or produced by Wang and his Dongchun Films over the next six years. That includes global distribution and online rights.
Wang, a veteran of 11 feature films, is considered a leading light of the so-called sixth generation of mainland Chinese directors. His filmography includes 2001 breakout “Beijing Bicycle,” 2008 drama “In Love We Trust” and Cannes jury prize winner “Shanghai Dreams.”
His latest film, “So Long, My Son,” tracks the intertwined destinies of two families over 30 years, and illuminates the personal and social impact of China’s economic miracle and the country’s authoritarian rule.
- 2/28/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
SEOUL -- Veteran filmmakers will mingle with aspiring first-timers at an increasingly internationalized 10th anniversary edition of the Pusan Promotion Plan, scheduled for Oct. 8-11 in the South Korean beach resort of Pusan, organizers said Tuesday.
The PPP -- under the Asian Film Market's umbrella since last year -- will feature 35 projects from 18 countries throughout Asia and several projects chosen from outside the region.
Broader than ever in geographical scope, this year's PPP includes international projects from Armenia and Nepal and seven co-productions with partners from outside Asia, including the U.S. and South Africa.
Chosen from 200 applications, the PPP selections this year include projects from such prominent producers as Terrence Chang ("Face/Off," Mission: Impossible II), Peter Fudakowski (Tsotsi), Tsai Ming-liang (The Wayward Cloud) and Hong Sang-soo.
With the mission of discovering and supporting promising Asian talent, the PPP has seen more than 90 of its 234 projects made into finished films. Among those titles are Siddiq Barmak's Osama, winner of the Golden Globe for best foreign language film in 2005; Wang Xiaoshuai's Beijing Bicycle, winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at Berlin in 2001; and Bong Joon-ho's The Host, which went on to become the highest-grossing film in Korean history.
The PPP -- under the Asian Film Market's umbrella since last year -- will feature 35 projects from 18 countries throughout Asia and several projects chosen from outside the region.
Broader than ever in geographical scope, this year's PPP includes international projects from Armenia and Nepal and seven co-productions with partners from outside Asia, including the U.S. and South Africa.
Chosen from 200 applications, the PPP selections this year include projects from such prominent producers as Terrence Chang ("Face/Off," Mission: Impossible II), Peter Fudakowski (Tsotsi), Tsai Ming-liang (The Wayward Cloud) and Hong Sang-soo.
With the mission of discovering and supporting promising Asian talent, the PPP has seen more than 90 of its 234 projects made into finished films. Among those titles are Siddiq Barmak's Osama, winner of the Golden Globe for best foreign language film in 2005; Wang Xiaoshuai's Beijing Bicycle, winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at Berlin in 2001; and Bong Joon-ho's The Host, which went on to become the highest-grossing film in Korean history.
- 8/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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