The video game “Black Myth: Wukong” is a cultural “magic weapon,” a soft power export that’s raising China’s profile across the world. It sold 10 million copies within just three days of its launch last August — one of the fastest debuts in gaming history.
Independent Hong Kong distributor Golden Scene has picked up worldwide sales rights to Macau director Tracy Choi’s “Girlfriends,” a work-in-progress project at the Hong Kong — Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). Choi said the project is a pan-Asian collaboration and involves talent and backing support
Studio 99, the Emmy-winning production company co-founded by David Beckham, has appointed Jessica Ludgrove in the new role of vice president of production. Reporting into president Nicola Howson, Ludgrove joins Studio 99 with immediate effect and is responsible for overseeing and driving both the company’s
The Europeans are coming! European Film Promotion is featuring nine world sales companies from five European countries to EFP’s Europe! Hub at the market. “Although audience numbers for European films in Asia have declined since the pandemic, the market continues to offer solid opportunities. While
Chinese director Fang Li’s WWII documentary “The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru” is set for a theatrical release across the U.K. and Ireland starting this month, coinciding with commemoration activities for the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, it was revealed on the
AI startup Voia is coming out of stealth mode and introducing its developing visual effects pipeline. “We have built this for artists, by artists,” says CEO Avner Braverman. “We’re basically taking VFX and we’re putting in a lot of AI and automation, building it into
Veteran filmmaking duo Sze Pak-lam and Lau Wing-tai are expanding their horizons with “Open Fire,” an ambitious $16.4 million action thriller that blends Hong Kong crime cinema with large-scale disaster elements. The project is selected for the Hong Kong — Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF),
Jason Isaacs is walking back a comment he made on the “White Lotus” press tour regarding his full-frontal scene and “how the sausage is made.” In an attempt to playfully dodge questions about whether he was wearing a prosthetic or going au naturel in Season