It seems that 2023 has been a great year for Hong Kong family/social dramas, with titles like “Fly me to the Moon” , “Lost Love” and “In Broad Daylight” having a significant impact in the industry. Nick Cheuk's feature debut “Time Still Turns the Pages” can easily be added in the same list, in a film that deals with how the actions of parents affect and shape their children.
Time Still Turns the Pages is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival 2024
High school teacher Cheng tries to be kind and considerate to all his students, but when a cleaning lady discovers a suicide note, a triggering memory of his rather demanding, rather harsh and violent father begins to resurface. Eventually, the faculty decides to ask a student for help in the matter. At the same time, Cheng is in the middle of a divorce, which he finds quite difficult to acknowledge.
Time Still Turns the Pages is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival 2024
High school teacher Cheng tries to be kind and considerate to all his students, but when a cleaning lady discovers a suicide note, a triggering memory of his rather demanding, rather harsh and violent father begins to resurface. Eventually, the faculty decides to ask a student for help in the matter. At the same time, Cheng is in the middle of a divorce, which he finds quite difficult to acknowledge.
- 4/26/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It seems that 2023 has been a great year for Hong Kong family/social dramas, with titles like “Fly me to the Moon” , “Lost Love” and “In Broad Daylight” having a significant impact in the industry. Nick Cheuk's feature debut “Time Still Turns the Pages” can easily be added in the same list, in a film that deals with how the actions of parents affect and shape their children.
“Time Still Turns the Pages,” hits the UK cinemas on 24th November, courtesy of Trinity CineAsia
High school teacher Cheng tries to be kind and considerate to all his students, but when a cleaning lady discovers a suicide note, a triggering memory of his rather demanding, rather harsh and violent father begins to resurface. Eventually, the faculty decides to ask a student for help in the matter. At the same time, Cheng is in the middle of a divorce, which he finds quite difficult to acknowledge.
“Time Still Turns the Pages,” hits the UK cinemas on 24th November, courtesy of Trinity CineAsia
High school teacher Cheng tries to be kind and considerate to all his students, but when a cleaning lady discovers a suicide note, a triggering memory of his rather demanding, rather harsh and violent father begins to resurface. Eventually, the faculty decides to ask a student for help in the matter. At the same time, Cheng is in the middle of a divorce, which he finds quite difficult to acknowledge.
- 11/14/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Social drama directed by Jin Ong picked up three prizes.
Social drama Abang Adik has become the first feature from Malaysia to win the Golden Mulberry at the Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy.
The directorial debut feature of Jin Ong follows two undocumented men, played by Taiwan’s Wu Kang-Ren and Malaysia’s Jack Tan, one of whom is a deaf-mute and whose relationship is upset after an accident.
Ong attended the festival and collected the top prize as well as the White Mulberry for best debut feature and a further award voted by the festival’s Black Dragon season pass holders.
Social drama Abang Adik has become the first feature from Malaysia to win the Golden Mulberry at the Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy.
The directorial debut feature of Jin Ong follows two undocumented men, played by Taiwan’s Wu Kang-Ren and Malaysia’s Jack Tan, one of whom is a deaf-mute and whose relationship is upset after an accident.
Ong attended the festival and collected the top prize as well as the White Mulberry for best debut feature and a further award voted by the festival’s Black Dragon season pass holders.
- 5/2/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The pioneering Far East Film Festival (Feff), held annually in the picturesque Northern Italian city of Udine, continued making history with its 25th-anniversary edition this year. At the closing ceremony on Sunday, Malaysian drama Abang Adik, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Jin Ong, achieved a clean sweep of the highest prizes, marking the first time that a film from the Southeast Asian nation took top honors at the specialty festival.
Abang Adik won Feff’s first-place Golden Mulberry audience award, as well as the Black Dragon critics’ prize and the White Mulberry Award for best first feature. Ong is a veteran figure of the Malaysian entertainment industry, having worked in the music business and film and TV production for many years (he’s produced well-received films like Shuttle Life, 2017; and Miss Andy, 2020; among others), but Abang Adik is his first film as a writer and director. The movie...
Abang Adik won Feff’s first-place Golden Mulberry audience award, as well as the Black Dragon critics’ prize and the White Mulberry Award for best first feature. Ong is a veteran figure of the Malaysian entertainment industry, having worked in the music business and film and TV production for many years (he’s produced well-received films like Shuttle Life, 2017; and Miss Andy, 2020; among others), but Abang Adik is his first film as a writer and director. The movie...
- 5/1/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 25th edition of the prestigious Udine Far East Film Festival came to an end on Saturday night. After a totally digital edition in 2020, a hybrid edition in 2021, and a “semi-traditional” edition in 2022, this year the Festival has been able to joyfully re-savour its full length, interrupted (not to say broken) by the Covid-19 pandemic, and all the persistent health restrictions. An entirety demonstrated not only by the record numbers of the line-up, but also by the record number of guests of honour (200), finally free to travel and to reach the Udinese red carpet.
Looking already forward to the next edition, let's have a look at the winners of this year.
Mulberry Audience Awards
1st place: Abang Adik by Jin Ong
2nd place: Rebound by Chang Hang-jun
3rd place: Yudo by Masayuki Suzuki
Black Dragon Critics Award
Abang Adik by Jin Ong
White Mulberry Award for First Film
Abang Adik...
Looking already forward to the next edition, let's have a look at the winners of this year.
Mulberry Audience Awards
1st place: Abang Adik by Jin Ong
2nd place: Rebound by Chang Hang-jun
3rd place: Yudo by Masayuki Suzuki
Black Dragon Critics Award
Abang Adik by Jin Ong
White Mulberry Award for First Film
Abang Adik...
- 4/30/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The turn Hong Kong cinema has made during the recent years, towards more socially relevant themes, is a rather appealing one and also moves towards the realistic, real life story path international cinema seems to have taken, for the most part. “Lost Love” is a film that definitely leans towards this direction, as it explores the concept of foster homes through an approach that is both realistic and dramatic.
“Lost Love” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
Mei and her husband Bun have been stricken with pain by the death of their three-year-old son. When her work becomes too overbearing for her to continue, Mei convinces her husband to become foster parents, in an effort to make some money, and perhaps to deal with their grief. Their endeavor, however, is anything but easy, as they have to face the bullying these children experience in school, their emotional issues,...
“Lost Love” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
Mei and her husband Bun have been stricken with pain by the death of their three-year-old son. When her work becomes too overbearing for her to continue, Mei convinces her husband to become foster parents, in an effort to make some money, and perhaps to deal with their grief. Their endeavor, however, is anything but easy, as they have to face the bullying these children experience in school, their emotional issues,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The ceremony was held on Sunday evening.
Mabel Cheung’s controversial documentary To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self was named best film at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards (Hkfa), which also saw Wai Ka Fai’s Detective Vs. Sleuths walk away with best director.
Held on Sunday evening (April 16), the awards ceremony returned to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre for the first time since 2019. It was a star-studded event with a big presence of nominees and guests on the red carpet. Most notable was Michelle Yeoh who recently won the best actress Oscar.
As the first presenter of the night, Yeoh...
Mabel Cheung’s controversial documentary To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self was named best film at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards (Hkfa), which also saw Wai Ka Fai’s Detective Vs. Sleuths walk away with best director.
Held on Sunday evening (April 16), the awards ceremony returned to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre for the first time since 2019. It was a star-studded event with a big presence of nominees and guests on the red carpet. Most notable was Michelle Yeoh who recently won the best actress Oscar.
As the first presenter of the night, Yeoh...
- 4/17/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Mabel Cheung’s controversial documentary To My Nineteen-year-old Self scooped Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night (April 16), where the crowds also applauded an appearance by Best Actress Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh.
Malaysia-born Yeoh, who recently became the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress, started her career in the Hong Kong film industry and has been making a celebratory return trip to the city over the past week. At the Hong Kong Film Awards, she presented the award for Best New Performer, which went to 10-year-old Sahal Zaman for The Sunny Side Of The Street.
Cheung’s documentary, which follows six schoolgirls over a perod of ten years, won Best Picture despite being earlier pulled from the awards after some of the girls said they hadn’t consented to any public screenings.
The film was resubmitted by its co-director, William Kwok,...
Malaysia-born Yeoh, who recently became the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress, started her career in the Hong Kong film industry and has been making a celebratory return trip to the city over the past week. At the Hong Kong Film Awards, she presented the award for Best New Performer, which went to 10-year-old Sahal Zaman for The Sunny Side Of The Street.
Cheung’s documentary, which follows six schoolgirls over a perod of ten years, won Best Picture despite being earlier pulled from the awards after some of the girls said they hadn’t consented to any public screenings.
The film was resubmitted by its co-director, William Kwok,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Udine Far East Film Festival is back with a record line-up to celebrate its 25th edition. 78 films, 14 countries, 9 world premieres – Golden Mulberry for Lifetime Achievement to Baisho Chieko – On the red carpet also Johnnie To, Watanabe Hirobumi and Jang Sun-woo.
If there are 78 films (record number!) and they come from 14 countries, it should certainly be emphasized that the line-up includes 15 women directors and 12 newcomers. In brief, the 2023 selection aims to restore great complexity more than ever of Asia. A selection that combines the recent past with today, seamlessly, among different communities, different expectations and choices of life, languages and dialects, politics, religions, habits, inclinations, beliefs, myths and legends and, last but not least, different gender identities. A selection that tells in real time how the cinematography of East and Southeast Asia have re-emerged from the sad period of the pandemic, not all in the same way, and not all with the same results.
If there are 78 films (record number!) and they come from 14 countries, it should certainly be emphasized that the line-up includes 15 women directors and 12 newcomers. In brief, the 2023 selection aims to restore great complexity more than ever of Asia. A selection that combines the recent past with today, seamlessly, among different communities, different expectations and choices of life, languages and dialects, politics, religions, habits, inclinations, beliefs, myths and legends and, last but not least, different gender identities. A selection that tells in real time how the cinematography of East and Southeast Asia have re-emerged from the sad period of the pandemic, not all in the same way, and not all with the same results.
- 4/5/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Chicago – On April 1st (2:30pm), director Ka Sing Fung will represent the North American premiere of his film “Lost Love,” part of Season 16 for the Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc), with screenings at AMC New City in Chicago. The film, part of Hong Kong Cinema Showcase, will feature a Q&a moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com. Click Hong Kong for location and timing details, including for the rest of the films in the series, including “The Sparring Partner,” “Remember What I Forgot,” and “Port of Call.”
Apuc Hong Kong Cinema Showcase: ‘Lost Love’
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
Season 16 Apuc will focus on a variety of films from Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea, and is curated by the Founder and Executive Director of the fest, Sophia Wong Boccio. Apuc features films by region, and it continues with Hong Kong (March 31-April 1), online for China,...
Apuc Hong Kong Cinema Showcase: ‘Lost Love’
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
Season 16 Apuc will focus on a variety of films from Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea, and is curated by the Founder and Executive Director of the fest, Sophia Wong Boccio. Apuc features films by region, and it continues with Hong Kong (March 31-April 1), online for China,...
- 4/1/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Season 16 of the Asian Pop Up Cinema (Apuc) continues with the Hong Kong Cinema Showcase, with ‘A Guilty Conscience’ featuring appearances by an actress and director.
The appearance is on Friday, March 31st (7pm), and ‘A Guilty Conscience’ is the first film in Hong Kong history to pass the $100 million mark locally in country. The evening will feature an honor for actress Renci Yeung with Apuc’s Bright Star Award and will also have director Jack Ng Wai Lun at the screening. They talked to HollywoodChicago.com below.
On April 1st (2;30pm), director Ka Sing Fung will represent the North American premiere of his film “Lost Love.” Both screenings are at AMC New City in Chicago, and will feature Q&As moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com. Click Hong Kong for location and timing details, including for the rest of the films in the series, including “The Sparring Partner,...
The appearance is on Friday, March 31st (7pm), and ‘A Guilty Conscience’ is the first film in Hong Kong history to pass the $100 million mark locally in country. The evening will feature an honor for actress Renci Yeung with Apuc’s Bright Star Award and will also have director Jack Ng Wai Lun at the screening. They talked to HollywoodChicago.com below.
On April 1st (2;30pm), director Ka Sing Fung will represent the North American premiere of his film “Lost Love.” Both screenings are at AMC New City in Chicago, and will feature Q&As moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com. Click Hong Kong for location and timing details, including for the rest of the films in the series, including “The Sparring Partner,...
- 3/30/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Having graduated from the department of chemistry, Ka Sing Fung ent into editing and reporting for Art Map's a.m. post, Ming Pao Weekly (明報周刊) and then Eat and Travel Weekly (飲食男女). During his time as a travel reporter in Eat and Travel Weekly, the entire industry started moving towards streaming media and he was able to learn how to shoot videos, write scripts, and things required for film production. This inspired Fung to become a film director. He quit his job and started a film company, and I started to join several competitions for film, including the Fresh wave International Short Film Festival. He and his wife wrote a script that entered the First Feature Film Initiative (Fffi) and won eight million dollars to make their first movie Lost Love (流水落花), which has been one of the closing movies of the 19th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (Hkaff) in...
- 3/18/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 (Oaff 2023) held its Special Opening Ceremony today, March 15, with stage greetings featuring filmmakers attending the festival and the World Premiere of the Hong Kong film “Over My Dead Body” (死屍死時四十四).
Oaff 2023 started on March 10, but “Over My Dead Body” was the first title to play at the festival's main venue of ABC Hall. Taking place at ABC Hall, the special event marked the first time since Oaff 2020, and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, that the festival was able to host guests for Q&As and more. Waiting to meet them was a full audience made up of enthusiastic filmgoers who welcomed an array of stars drawn from 16 films from Japan and abroad.
Among their number were
Hong Kong
“Over My Dead Body”
Director Ho Cheuk Tin (Competition Jury) and Actor Wong You Nam
“Hong Kong Family”
Director Tsang Hing Weng Eric
“Lost Love”
Director Ka Sing Fung...
Oaff 2023 started on March 10, but “Over My Dead Body” was the first title to play at the festival's main venue of ABC Hall. Taking place at ABC Hall, the special event marked the first time since Oaff 2020, and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, that the festival was able to host guests for Q&As and more. Waiting to meet them was a full audience made up of enthusiastic filmgoers who welcomed an array of stars drawn from 16 films from Japan and abroad.
Among their number were
Hong Kong
“Over My Dead Body”
Director Ho Cheuk Tin (Competition Jury) and Actor Wong You Nam
“Hong Kong Family”
Director Tsang Hing Weng Eric
“Lost Love”
Director Ka Sing Fung...
- 3/15/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Sammi Cheng was named best actress by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society for her performance
Hong Kong-based Media Asia Film has sealed a raft of deals for Ka Sing Fung’s Lost Love, starring Sammi Cheng, including for North America
The drama has been picked up by Imagi Crystal and Illume Films for North America, Applause Taiwan (Taiwan), Lotus Five Star (Malaysia and Brunei) and Clover Films (Singapore). Media Asia is in discussion for Japan and the UK.
Cheng was named best actress by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society for her portrayal of a woman who provides a caring home for foster children.
Hong Kong-based Media Asia Film has sealed a raft of deals for Ka Sing Fung’s Lost Love, starring Sammi Cheng, including for North America
The drama has been picked up by Imagi Crystal and Illume Films for North America, Applause Taiwan (Taiwan), Lotus Five Star (Malaysia and Brunei) and Clover Films (Singapore). Media Asia is in discussion for Japan and the UK.
Cheng was named best actress by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society for her portrayal of a woman who provides a caring home for foster children.
- 3/14/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The turn Hong Kong cinema has made during the recent years, towards more socially relevant themes, is a rather appealing one and also moves towards the realistic, real life story path international cinema seems to have taken, for the most part. “Lost Love” is a film that definitely leans towards this direction, as it explores the concept of foster homes through an approach that is both realistic and dramatic.
“Lost Love” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Mei and her husband Bun have been stricken with pain by the death of their three-year-old son. When her work becomes too overbearing for her to continue, Mei convinces her husband to become foster parents, in an effort to make some money, and perhaps to deal with their grief. Their endeavor, however, is anything but easy, as they have to face the bullying these children experience in school, their emotional issues, the occasionally hostile foster parents,...
“Lost Love” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Mei and her husband Bun have been stricken with pain by the death of their three-year-old son. When her work becomes too overbearing for her to continue, Mei convinces her husband to become foster parents, in an effort to make some money, and perhaps to deal with their grief. Their endeavor, however, is anything but easy, as they have to face the bullying these children experience in school, their emotional issues, the occasionally hostile foster parents,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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