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On March 15th, 2024, one week after the domestic release in Hong Kong, Trinity CineAsia brings The Lyricist Wannabe to UK cinemas, nominated for two 2023 Golden Horse Awards (Best Actress & Best Adapted Screenplay) and for three upcoming 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards. It was also selected as the Closing Film at the 2023 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and it has just participated in Competition at the 2024 Osaka Asian Film Festival.

Director Norris Wong

As Norris Wong's second feature-length film following her award-winning debut My Prince Edward (2019), this refreshing and lively Hong Kong teenage comedy draws inspiration from Wong's own life. Starring the up-and-coming actress Chung Suet-ying, who is also a real-life Cantopop lyricist, and featuring lyrics of the film's soundtrack composed by Wong herself, The Lyricist Wannabe is about finding where your dream lies …and then having the courage to pursue it.

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Uniquely talented high-school student Law Wing-sze (Chung Suet...

Exclusive: UK distributor Trinity CineAsia has acquired UK rights to Norris Wong’s The Lyricist Wannabe from Hong Kong’s Edko Films and is planning a theatrical release on March 15.

Wong’s second feature following her award-winning debut My Prince Edward (2019) follows a high-school student who is determined to become a successful Cantopop lyricist. But while she works hard to hone her craft, handle rejection and draw inspiration from her personal experiences, nothing seems to go her way.

Chung Suet-ying, an up-and-coming actress who is also a real-life Cantopop lyricist, stars in the film, which features a soundtrack with lyrics composed by Norris Wong. Produced by Wong Hoi (Let It Ghost), the film also stars Ansonbean (Rob N Roll), Tang Lai Ying (Mama’s Affair), Sabrina Ng (Say I Do To Me) and Chu Pak Hong (My Prince Edward).

The UK release will come just one week after the film,...

Hong Kong-based studio Edko Films will launch “Table for Six 2,” a sequel to its 2022 smash hit, at Tiffcom, the rights market attached to the Tokyo International Film Festival.

The heartfelt comedy is again written and directed by Sunny Chan, who enjoyed breakout success with “Table for Six,” a comedy-drama that starts with an awkward family reunion dinner where past and present romantic relationships are tangled and almost anything that could go wrong did.

For the sequel. Chan has reunited the original cast – Stephy Tang, Louis Cheung, Ivana Wong, Lin Min Chen, Peter Chan Charm Man – for three weddings and their aftermath. “Marriage isn’t just about two individuals; it involves a whole family of aunts, uncles, and cousins,” says Edko,

Now in production, the film is being produced by Bill Kong, Ivy Ho and Tang Wai But. Rights will also be pitched at the American Film Market.

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Titles include ‘A Guilty Conscience’, ‘Everything Under Control’ and ‘Say I Do To Me’.

In Hong Kong, local films A Guilty Conscience and Everything Under Control are set to open tomorrow (January 21) on the eve of Chinese New Year while Donnie Yen’s Sakra and Kiwi Chow’s Say I Do To Me are also joining the festive race.

It marks the first year since 2020 that Hong Kong cinemas can open for business during the lucrative holiday period, following two consecutive years of blackout due to the Covid pandemic that led to cancellations both in the city and overseas markets that scheduled day-and-date releases.