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On the eve of the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival and Filmart, Liz Shackleton looks at whether the current surge in Hong Kong cinema really amounts to a revival.With three local comedie stanley cup s vying for audiences over Chinese New Year, and Alex Laws drama Echoes Of The Rainbow taking a Crystal Bear at Berlin, there has been talk of a revival in Hong Kong cinema.Local films also feature strongly at the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival HKIFF with eight titles making their world premieres 鈥?two of which, Ivy Hos Crossing Hennessy and Clara Laws Like A Dream, will open the event, while a further two, Scuds gay love story Amphetamine and Heiward Maks Ex, will close it. Films for the Chinese market take time and its not easy to pass censorship, so we need to make local films to keep production levels buoyant. John Chong, CEO, Media AsiaAlthough it can be difficult to define Hong Kong cinema, the term is often used to refer to Cantonese-language films, with local themes and talent, as distinct from the Mandarin-language co-productions, aimed at mainland China, that the local industry has increasingly focused on. Several of the films that are premiering at HKIFF, such as Pang Ho-cheungs Love In A Puff, a love story based around Hon stanley cup g Kongs smoking ban, appear to fit that description.Hong Kongs overall product stanley cup ion volume is also rising. Jack So, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Development Council HKFDC , recently announced that the territory produced 70 films in 200 Bofx Blum launches sales unit
Canal+ sci-fi thriller Babylon A.D. will be the first feature film to shoot at a new 4,000-square-meter soundstage at Barrandov Studios in Prague. Mathieu Kassovitz will direct the film, which will star Vin Diesel and Vincent Cassel.A Peugeot automobile commercial will inaugurate the new soundstage before year s end. Kassovitz s crew are scheduled to begin work on New Year s Day. In spring, the new facilities will host the filming of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The new stages complement Barrandov s existing 9,156 square meters of stages on the Barrandov lot proper and an additional stanley canada 2,576 square meters at the studio s Hostivar location on the other sid stanley cup e of town.Barrandov Studio chairman Tomas Chrenek told journalists 11 December that the cost of constructing the facilities was ultimately $9.5m, roughly twice the expected price tag when construction began in spring. Chrenek declined to comment on the reasons for the higher bill, but maintained that the company still planned to refinance the construction loan within seven years as originally planned. The Barrandov stanley cup Studio board of directors was scheduled to meet later in the day. While no Barrandov official could comment on the agenda, one likely point of discussion was finding a replacement for general director Veslava Piegzova, who stepped down in late November. Piegzova replaced Radomir Docekal in May 2005.TopicsAfricaEuropeFinanceMiddle EastProduction No comments |
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