Thailand’s Mosquito Films Distribution has picked up four Southeast Asian titles, including The Second Life Of Thieves, directed by Woo Ming Jin, which is making its world premiere in Biff’s Window on Asian Cinema section.
Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin’s previous films include Tiger Factory, which screened in Cannes, and Woman On Fire Looks For Water, which was in Venice and Busan.
Mosquito has also picked up Edmund Yeo’s feature directorial debut River Of Exploding Durians, which will make its world premiere in competition at the upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival. Woo took on the role of producer for Yeo’s film.
“Edmund and I are excited to work with Mosquito. We are in good hands and look forward to a long-term relationship with them. I believe this is a collaboration that will serve not just Malaysian and Thai cinema, but also Southeast Asian cinema in general. Together, we can...
Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin’s previous films include Tiger Factory, which screened in Cannes, and Woman On Fire Looks For Water, which was in Venice and Busan.
Mosquito has also picked up Edmund Yeo’s feature directorial debut River Of Exploding Durians, which will make its world premiere in competition at the upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival. Woo took on the role of producer for Yeo’s film.
“Edmund and I are excited to work with Mosquito. We are in good hands and look forward to a long-term relationship with them. I believe this is a collaboration that will serve not just Malaysian and Thai cinema, but also Southeast Asian cinema in general. Together, we can...
- 10/5/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Biff’s distribution arm Cac (Center of Asia Contents) Entertainment has started picking up titles to launch distribution in Korea in step with Biff’s 20th anniversary next year.
Pick-ups include Emmanuel Shirinian’s It Was You Charlie and Ramiro Belanger’s Clydecynic – both from Canada, and the Russian film Intimate Parts, directed by Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov. All three screened in Biff 2013.
At time of writing, titles hammering out their contracts with Biff included Tsai Ming Liang’s Stray Dogs (Taiwan-France) and Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s 1996 film A Moment Of Innocence and his 1991 film Time Of Love.
Others included Asian Cinema Fund support recipients Murali Nair’s Virgin Goat (India), Weng Shou Ming’s Fujian Blue (China), Woo Ming Jin’s Woman On Fire Looks For Water (Malaysia), Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home (Thailand/Singapore) and Khoroldorj Choijoovanjig’s Yellow Colt (Mongolia).
Ellie Jo, acquisitions manager...
Pick-ups include Emmanuel Shirinian’s It Was You Charlie and Ramiro Belanger’s Clydecynic – both from Canada, and the Russian film Intimate Parts, directed by Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov. All three screened in Biff 2013.
At time of writing, titles hammering out their contracts with Biff included Tsai Ming Liang’s Stray Dogs (Taiwan-France) and Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s 1996 film A Moment Of Innocence and his 1991 film Time Of Love.
Others included Asian Cinema Fund support recipients Murali Nair’s Virgin Goat (India), Weng Shou Ming’s Fujian Blue (China), Woo Ming Jin’s Woman On Fire Looks For Water (Malaysia), Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home (Thailand/Singapore) and Khoroldorj Choijoovanjig’s Yellow Colt (Mongolia).
Ellie Jo, acquisitions manager...
- 10/4/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Though Malaysia's Woo Ming Jin will likely always be best known internationally as the arthouse auteur responsible for The Tiger Factory and Woman On Fire Looks For Water, he has shown himself more than willing to also dip into populist genre fare back home in Malaysia. 2010 found footage effort Seru laid on copious amounts of blood and his next effort teams the director with popular local comedian Zizan Raja Lawak (Kl Gangster, Kapoww!!) for horror comedy Kl Zombi.Yep, the undead have arrived in Kuala Lumpur and while the very specific comedy style of Lawak will likely limit the export value of the film - comedy very seldom translates well between cultures - the first teaser for the film promises a good amount of undead...
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- 6/10/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Though best known as an arthouse director, Malaysia's Woo Ming Jin (The Tiger Factory, Woman On Fire Looks For Water) has been exploring his more commercial urges of late. And by commercial, I mean horror.His shocker Seru hit Malaysian cinemas last year and now Woo is part of the Yomyomf series of Silent Terror shorts - a collection of four short films from directors around Asia, all unified by the fact that none of the pieces include dialogue. Woo chips in this week with a piece titled Double:a young woman lives in a bright, white house. Like clockwork, she goes through her daily routine. The young woman seems to exist alone in this cavernous and antiseptic environment, until one day, she is visited by another...
- 10/12/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The explosion of independent Malaysian arthouse films reached its peak this past year when Woo Ming Jin's The Tiger Factory was selected to screen in both Cannes and Rotterdam. Woo has long been a leader in the arthouse scene, his Woman On Fire Looks For Water and The Elephant And The Sea also screening around the world to widespread acclaim while the director also kept active as a producer supporting the work of a number of other promising talents.So, after building a career as a hugely respected arthouse filmmaker, what do you do next? What comes after hitting the peak on Cannes? For Woo Ming Jin what comes next is taking a hard left turn and moving into the world of horror with Seru.Releasing on...
- 3/21/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Soon to screen in the Pusan, Tokyo and Vancouver festivals in Inhalation, the latest short film from Malaysian expat film maker Edmund Yeo. We've covered a number of Yeo's pieces in the past and it seems as though he just keeps moving from strength to strength, finding an increasingly distinct voice as he goes. The only real question now is when does he make a feature?
Bored Mei (Susan Lee Fong Zhi, "The Tiger Factory") works on a pig farm and a butcher shop. One night she takes money from boyfriend Seng (Ernest Chong Shun Yuan, "Woman On Fire Looks For Water"), breaks his heart, and boards a ship to Japan to work there illegally. A month later she gets deported. Her ex-boyfriend Seng picks up her up from the harbour. The young ex-couple spends the night trying to come to terms with how they came to their lives of shattered dreams and forsaken love.
Bored Mei (Susan Lee Fong Zhi, "The Tiger Factory") works on a pig farm and a butcher shop. One night she takes money from boyfriend Seng (Ernest Chong Shun Yuan, "Woman On Fire Looks For Water"), breaks his heart, and boards a ship to Japan to work there illegally. A month later she gets deported. Her ex-boyfriend Seng picks up her up from the harbour. The young ex-couple spends the night trying to come to terms with how they came to their lives of shattered dreams and forsaken love.
- 9/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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