Taiwan’s film industry is out in force at Filmart with a slew of new projects, including upcoming feature films Penguin Girl, That Burning House and 96 Minutes and ten-episode series A Controversial Entertainer.
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) is presenting these projects, along with their key creative teams and cast members, at a showcase in Filmart today.
Penguin Girl, from first time feature director Yuyu Yang, is a fantasy romance starring Charlize Lamb and Hua Chen who will both be attending today’s showcase. The film, which premiered as the opening film of last year’s Kaohsiung Film Festival, follows a young woman who studies the marital life of penguins and believes humans can also find true love. Distribution Workshop is handling international sales.
That Burning House, directed by Tsai Yin-chuan, delves into social issues surrounding child protection and juvenile crime. Currently in post-production, the film is produced by...
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) is presenting these projects, along with their key creative teams and cast members, at a showcase in Filmart today.
Penguin Girl, from first time feature director Yuyu Yang, is a fantasy romance starring Charlize Lamb and Hua Chen who will both be attending today’s showcase. The film, which premiered as the opening film of last year’s Kaohsiung Film Festival, follows a young woman who studies the marital life of penguins and believes humans can also find true love. Distribution Workshop is handling international sales.
That Burning House, directed by Tsai Yin-chuan, delves into social issues surrounding child protection and juvenile crime. Currently in post-production, the film is produced by...
- 3/18/2025
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Dennis To, Fan Siu-wong, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Huang Yi, Rose Chan | Written by Erica Lee | Directed by Herman Yau
Review by Baron Fortnightly
The Legend is Born: Ip Man is a 2010 Hong Kong semi-biographical martial arts film about the early life of Ip Man (also spelled as Yip Man) and his journey to becoming a Wing Chun master whilst resisting the influence of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, aims to dominate China and secure its vast raw resources. Ip is probably most famous in the West as the teacher of legendary martial arts actor Bruce Lee.
The film starts with a montage of images and banners from the early 1900s, of the increasingly nationalistic Chinese resisting pressure from Japan who in 1915 issued the Twenty-One Demands to extort political and commercial privilege from China after the First Sino-Japanese War. This won’t mean much to casual viewers, but even...
Review by Baron Fortnightly
The Legend is Born: Ip Man is a 2010 Hong Kong semi-biographical martial arts film about the early life of Ip Man (also spelled as Yip Man) and his journey to becoming a Wing Chun master whilst resisting the influence of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, aims to dominate China and secure its vast raw resources. Ip is probably most famous in the West as the teacher of legendary martial arts actor Bruce Lee.
The film starts with a montage of images and banners from the early 1900s, of the increasingly nationalistic Chinese resisting pressure from Japan who in 1915 issued the Twenty-One Demands to extort political and commercial privilege from China after the First Sino-Japanese War. This won’t mean much to casual viewers, but even...
- 8/12/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
From the ridiculous to the sublime. On the day that the Hell Baby red band trailer premieres, we also have the first full length U.S. trailer for Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmaster.
The Grandmaster is the story of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man (or Yip Man), who also taught Bruce Lee. The film will follow Ip Man from his 1930s youth in Foshan to the events leading to his death, including flashbacks to his early training from the age of seven by master Chan Wah-Sun and his marriage Cheung Wing-sing. The film stars Tony Leung (Infernal Affairs) as the Grandmaster himself, with Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as Gong Er, a fighter and love interest of sorts.
The trailer does not give us much plot, but it does give us a great deal of beautiful slow motion and glimpses of elegant fight sequences. The film seems almost saturated by color.
The Grandmaster is the story of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man (or Yip Man), who also taught Bruce Lee. The film will follow Ip Man from his 1930s youth in Foshan to the events leading to his death, including flashbacks to his early training from the age of seven by master Chan Wah-Sun and his marriage Cheung Wing-sing. The film stars Tony Leung (Infernal Affairs) as the Grandmaster himself, with Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as Gong Er, a fighter and love interest of sorts.
The trailer does not give us much plot, but it does give us a great deal of beautiful slow motion and glimpses of elegant fight sequences. The film seems almost saturated by color.
- 7/12/2013
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Everyone ready for a self-indulgent rant? Because I bought this soapbox in from the car, and they only let you hire out these megaphones for the day. So, ready? Excellent. Testing. Testing. Is this coming across self-righteous enough up the back there? Can you hear me being all judgemental? Okay. Here goes.
I’d like to take a moment, if I can, to dive back into what I admit are the thoroughly fished-out waters of the film critic Roger Ebert’s now infamous declaration that videogames cannot be Art. I want to explore this premise again, briefly, because I think that it is still in this presumptuous, ill-conceived dismissal that we can see many of the most pervasive misconceptions that continue to stifle the discussion and celebration of the videogame medium in its relative infancy.
And yes, at this point you might be thinking to yourself: but why? Why bothering referencing Ebert again?...
I’d like to take a moment, if I can, to dive back into what I admit are the thoroughly fished-out waters of the film critic Roger Ebert’s now infamous declaration that videogames cannot be Art. I want to explore this premise again, briefly, because I think that it is still in this presumptuous, ill-conceived dismissal that we can see many of the most pervasive misconceptions that continue to stifle the discussion and celebration of the videogame medium in its relative infancy.
And yes, at this point you might be thinking to yourself: but why? Why bothering referencing Ebert again?...
- 7/7/2012
- by drayfish
- Obsessed with Film
The Legend Is Born: IP Man
Guest Review by Baron Fortnightly
Stars: Dennis To, Fan Siu-wong, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Huang Yi, Rose Chan | Written by Erica Lee | Directed by Herman Yau
The Legend is Born: Ip Man is a 2010 Hong Kong semi-biographical martial arts film about the early life of Ip Man (also spelled as Yip Man) and his journey to becoming a Wing Chun master whilst resisting the influence of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, aims to dominate China and secure its vast raw resources. Ip is probably most famous in the West as the teacher of legendary martial arts actor Bruce Lee.
The film starts with a montage of images and banners from the early 1900s, of the increasingly nationalistic Chinese resisting pressure from Japan who in 1915 issued the Twenty-One Demands to extort political and commercial privilege from China after the First Sino-Japanese War. This won’t mean much to casual viewers,...
Guest Review by Baron Fortnightly
Stars: Dennis To, Fan Siu-wong, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Huang Yi, Rose Chan | Written by Erica Lee | Directed by Herman Yau
The Legend is Born: Ip Man is a 2010 Hong Kong semi-biographical martial arts film about the early life of Ip Man (also spelled as Yip Man) and his journey to becoming a Wing Chun master whilst resisting the influence of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, aims to dominate China and secure its vast raw resources. Ip is probably most famous in the West as the teacher of legendary martial arts actor Bruce Lee.
The film starts with a montage of images and banners from the early 1900s, of the increasingly nationalistic Chinese resisting pressure from Japan who in 1915 issued the Twenty-One Demands to extort political and commercial privilege from China after the First Sino-Japanese War. This won’t mean much to casual viewers,...
- 9/21/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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