Director Alan Zhang wasn’t entirely convinced that her first film would find an audience in China, but it has — and more — at the 17th edition of the First International Film Festival.
This annual indie cinema love-in — set way up near the Tibetan Plateau — almost guarantees a full house for every screening, and so they came to see This Woman in droves. When the screening was over, the audience stayed and asked question after question of the filmmaker, who goes by the name Alan
Surprised by that, Alan then looked to be in total shock when This Woman was named the winner of Fiff’s First Frame award on Saturday — the top prize in a unique program that focuses only on independent film by Chinese women or about Chinese women.
“I came here really hoping that the story of this film doesn’t end here,” said Alan. “This program is a rare thing,...
This annual indie cinema love-in — set way up near the Tibetan Plateau — almost guarantees a full house for every screening, and so they came to see This Woman in droves. When the screening was over, the audience stayed and asked question after question of the filmmaker, who goes by the name Alan
Surprised by that, Alan then looked to be in total shock when This Woman was named the winner of Fiff’s First Frame award on Saturday — the top prize in a unique program that focuses only on independent film by Chinese women or about Chinese women.
“I came here really hoping that the story of this film doesn’t end here,” said Alan. “This program is a rare thing,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Mathew Scott
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Once more with rather less feeling: after “Love in a Fallen City” and “Eighteen Springs,” acclaimed Hong Kong director Ann Hui returns to the work of celebrated 20th century author Eileen Chang with “Love After Love,” a not-at-all-short adaptation of a Chang short story laboring under the English title “Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier.” Hui has assembled something of an all-star lineup, with the young leads played by rising actors Sandra Ma and Eddie Peng, the legendary Ryuichi Sakamoto on scoring duties and Dp Christopher Doyle returning to the scene, if not quite the time period, of his greatest Wong Kar-wai collaboration, “In the Mood For Love.” Despite all this promise,
Tracking the very gentle wising-up of a naive, wide-eyed ingenue over the course of a few eventful pre-war years, the film begins as Weilong (Ma), a Shanghainese student come to Hong Kong to finish her education away from her stifling father’s influence,...
Tracking the very gentle wising-up of a naive, wide-eyed ingenue over the course of a few eventful pre-war years, the film begins as Weilong (Ma), a Shanghainese student come to Hong Kong to finish her education away from her stifling father’s influence,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
"A pleasure in never feeling pleased." A festival promo trailer has debuted for the Hong Kong romantic drama Love After Love, which is screening out of competition at this year's Venice Film Festival. The latest film from Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui, this looks sultry and sumptuous. It is an adaptation of an Eileen Chang short story, set in Hong Kong shortly before the start of World War II. Sandra Ma stars as a young girl who falls into her aunt's game of luring rich men. But then surprise, she finds herself genuinely attracted to playboy George Qiao, whose aim is to marry a wealthy girl to maintain his own high-end class lifestyle. Co-starring Eddie Peng as George, along with Faye Yu, Ning Chang, Wei Fan, and Isabella Leong. Featuring some gorgeous cinematography by Dp Christopher Doyle. At first glance, this has the feeling of Wong Kar Wai's beloved In the Mood for Love.
- 9/7/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Produced by Dreamland Image, the company of former actress May Su, “Dear Loneliness” is a triptych of stories about women and loneliness, whose creators have drawn inspiration from a two-part documentary on 80 of Taiwan’s independent bookstores.
“Dear Loneliness” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
Hsiao Yu focuses on a 12-years-old schoolgirl, who spends most of her free time in a bookstore, since she has no friends. As the majority of the girls in her school, she is in love with a young and very handsome teacher, David, and after reading a book that borders on the erotic, decides to seduce him, at least in the way seduction works in her mind.
Through a story that is harshly realistic, Lien Chien-hung manages to make a number of social comments, with the central one revolving around the issue of lack of parenting for young people, which seems to be...
“Dear Loneliness” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
Hsiao Yu focuses on a 12-years-old schoolgirl, who spends most of her free time in a bookstore, since she has no friends. As the majority of the girls in her school, she is in love with a young and very handsome teacher, David, and after reading a book that borders on the erotic, decides to seduce him, at least in the way seduction works in her mind.
Through a story that is harshly realistic, Lien Chien-hung manages to make a number of social comments, with the central one revolving around the issue of lack of parenting for young people, which seems to be...
- 9/4/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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