China- and Netherlands-based sales firm Fortissimo Films has picked up the international rights to new Chinese sports feature film “Wild Punch.” It will launch the film in territories outside mainland China next week at the Cannes Market.
Co-directed by well-established director Yu Lik-wai and Wang Jing (“The Best Is Yet to Come”), “Wild Punch is a sports and action drama about a top mixed martial arts athlete who has passed the peak of his career and faces competition from his young and gifted trainee. Both with something to prove, the two will have to face each other in the ring.
Yu has directed four feature films, including Cannes competition title “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and Venice title “Plastic City.” He is also well-established as a cinematographer who has worked on films including “Still Life,” “A Touch of Sin,” and “Mountains May Depart” by Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye’s “Love...
Co-directed by well-established director Yu Lik-wai and Wang Jing (“The Best Is Yet to Come”), “Wild Punch is a sports and action drama about a top mixed martial arts athlete who has passed the peak of his career and faces competition from his young and gifted trainee. Both with something to prove, the two will have to face each other in the ring.
Yu has directed four feature films, including Cannes competition title “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and Venice title “Plastic City.” He is also well-established as a cinematographer who has worked on films including “Still Life,” “A Touch of Sin,” and “Mountains May Depart” by Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye’s “Love...
- 5/6/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
China- and Netherlands-based sales firm Fortissimo Films has picked up the international rights to new Chinese animation feature “The Umbrella Fairy.” It will launch the film next month at the Cannes Market.
“The Umbrella Fairy” tells the story of Qingdai, a royal umbrella’s fairy. As Qingdai fails her mission to guard a sword’s fairy who escapes the royal pavilion for vengeance, she embarks on a journey with a young craftsman to prevent a war.
Put together with a strongly Oriental aesthetic, the film brings together a rich mix of Chinese traditional crafts, architecture and opera, creating a unique fantastical world.
The film is the directorial debut of experienced animator Shen Jie, who has previous animating credits on “Mr. Miao,” from 2020, and “Crystal Skies of Yesterday.”
Production is by Maoyan Entertainment, a company which has its roots in online film ticket sales, but which has diversified into film marketing,...
“The Umbrella Fairy” tells the story of Qingdai, a royal umbrella’s fairy. As Qingdai fails her mission to guard a sword’s fairy who escapes the royal pavilion for vengeance, she embarks on a journey with a young craftsman to prevent a war.
Put together with a strongly Oriental aesthetic, the film brings together a rich mix of Chinese traditional crafts, architecture and opera, creating a unique fantastical world.
The film is the directorial debut of experienced animator Shen Jie, who has previous animating credits on “Mr. Miao,” from 2020, and “Crystal Skies of Yesterday.”
Production is by Maoyan Entertainment, a company which has its roots in online film ticket sales, but which has diversified into film marketing,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Shen Jie graduated from Shanghai Institute of Technology in 2012. His animated short films have been screened at film festivals around the world including Berlinale and Venice Film Festival, and animation festivals such as Annecy, Zagreb, Ottawa and Hiroshima. His latest work, “Tiger Stabs Tiger” is an experimental animation with no dialogue and presented in 4:3 ratio, that is presented in Locarno this year.
“Tiger Stabs Tiger” is screening at Across Asia Film Festival
In a rather absurd intro, a naked man carrying a rifle is masturbating over a grave inside a cemetery of sorts. Soon, a baby appears in the frame, with the two eventually leaving together. The next sequence is presented with writings on screen, over an image that looks like one tiger, drawn only with black and white, is eating another tiger, or perhaps merging with it. The story talks about the birth of a baby after artificial insemination,...
“Tiger Stabs Tiger” is screening at Across Asia Film Festival
In a rather absurd intro, a naked man carrying a rifle is masturbating over a grave inside a cemetery of sorts. Soon, a baby appears in the frame, with the two eventually leaving together. The next sequence is presented with writings on screen, over an image that looks like one tiger, drawn only with black and white, is eating another tiger, or perhaps merging with it. The story talks about the birth of a baby after artificial insemination,...
- 12/11/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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