Transformers star Teresa Daley stars as a receptionist in an illegal massage parlour; The Iron Lady’s Damian Jones is exec producer.
Principal photography has wrapped in London on UK-Taiwan co-production The Receptionist, the feature debut of London-based Taiwanese director Jenny Lu.
The film stars Teresa Daley (Transformers 4: Age of Extinction) alongside Chen Shiang Chyi, who won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress in 2014 for the film Exit, and Josh Whitehouse (Northern Soul, Alleycats).
Inspired by a true story, The Receptionist follows the lives of Taiwanese women whose dream of a better life in London but end up taking jobs in an illegal massage parlour.
Shooting began after the production received funding from the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development in Taiwan as well as a successful crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter.
The film is executive produced by BAFTA winning producer Damian Jones (The Iron Lady) and Golden Horse Award winning producer Chih-ming Huang and is...
Principal photography has wrapped in London on UK-Taiwan co-production The Receptionist, the feature debut of London-based Taiwanese director Jenny Lu.
The film stars Teresa Daley (Transformers 4: Age of Extinction) alongside Chen Shiang Chyi, who won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress in 2014 for the film Exit, and Josh Whitehouse (Northern Soul, Alleycats).
Inspired by a true story, The Receptionist follows the lives of Taiwanese women whose dream of a better life in London but end up taking jobs in an illegal massage parlour.
Shooting began after the production received funding from the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development in Taiwan as well as a successful crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter.
The film is executive produced by BAFTA winning producer Damian Jones (The Iron Lady) and Golden Horse Award winning producer Chih-ming Huang and is...
- 9/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Lou Ye’s Blind Massage was the big winner at this year’s Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, scooping six prizes including best film and best new performer for Zhang Lei.Scroll down for full list of winners
The mainland China production also won best adapted screenplay (Ma Yingli), best cinematography (Zeng Jian), best film editing (Kong Jinlei, Jolin Zhu) and best sound effects (Fu Kang).
Ann Hui won best director for historical biopic The Golden Era, while best original screenplay went to Yee Chih-yen for Meeting Dr Sun.
Chen Jianbin won best new director and best actor for A Fool, along with best supporting actor for Paradise In Service, which also took the best supporting actress prize for Regina Wan’s performance. Chen Hsiang-chi took best actress for Exit.
Fruit Chan’s The Midnight After won best visual effects and Liu Qiang was awarded best art direction for Black Coal, Thin Ice. Brotherhood...
The mainland China production also won best adapted screenplay (Ma Yingli), best cinematography (Zeng Jian), best film editing (Kong Jinlei, Jolin Zhu) and best sound effects (Fu Kang).
Ann Hui won best director for historical biopic The Golden Era, while best original screenplay went to Yee Chih-yen for Meeting Dr Sun.
Chen Jianbin won best new director and best actor for A Fool, along with best supporting actor for Paradise In Service, which also took the best supporting actress prize for Regina Wan’s performance. Chen Hsiang-chi took best actress for Exit.
Fruit Chan’s The Midnight After won best visual effects and Liu Qiang was awarded best art direction for Black Coal, Thin Ice. Brotherhood...
- 11/23/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill, Turkey/Greece) has taken out the Best Feature Film award at the sixth Asia Pacific Screen Awards, held on Friday night in Brisbane.
Over 700 Australian and international guests attended the event, which took place at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
Australia, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film for Happy Feet 2, lost out to the Japanese film Momo E No Tegami (A Letter to Momo). Awards and High Commendations.were awarded to.multiple countries and areas of Asia Pacific including India, Indonesia, Iraqi-Kurdistan, Israel, Japan, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and for the first time, Iraq, which took out the Best Documentary Feature Film Award for In My Mother.s Arms. Japanese composer, actor and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto received the 2012 Apsa Fiapf award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia Pacific region. An Oscar®, Grammy® and two-time Golden...
Over 700 Australian and international guests attended the event, which took place at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
Australia, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film for Happy Feet 2, lost out to the Japanese film Momo E No Tegami (A Letter to Momo). Awards and High Commendations.were awarded to.multiple countries and areas of Asia Pacific including India, Indonesia, Iraqi-Kurdistan, Israel, Japan, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and for the first time, Iraq, which took out the Best Documentary Feature Film Award for In My Mother.s Arms. Japanese composer, actor and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto received the 2012 Apsa Fiapf award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia Pacific region. An Oscar®, Grammy® and two-time Golden...
- 11/26/2012
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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