Liz Shackleton

The fact that both Asia and Europe are finding it more difficult to finance movies following the pandemic may drive the two regions to start working together more closely, despite the huge differences in their funding systems, said a group of leading producers on a two-session Filmart panel. In the…

EXCLUSIVE: US-based Filipino filmmaker Isabel Sandoval is returning to the Philippines to shoot her fourth feature, Moonglow, starring Arjo Atayde (Trigger, BuyBust). Sandoval, who is known for her award-winning 2019 feature Lingua Franca and directing series in the U.S., is scheduled to start…

EXCLUSIVE: ANIMA, the Filipino studio behind Venice winner On The Job 2: The Missing 8 and Sundance winner Leonor Will Never Die, is joining with Project 8 Projects to co-produce Antoinette Jadaone's teenage pregnancy drama Sunshine. Maris Racal stars in the film, marking her third collaboration with…

Chinese tech and media giant Alibaba is investing $640M (HK$5BN) into Hong Kong's creative industries over the next five years. The funding will come via multiple divisions in Alibaba's Digital Media and Entertainment Group, including Alibaba Pictures and streaming platform Youku. The plan…

After stints heading local-language production at Disney APAC and HBO Asia, Hong Kong-based Jessica Kam-Engle is now heading CreAsia Studio, a new Banijay Asia venture in Southeast Asia, in the role of EVP & Business Head. Sitting down with Deadline in Hong Kong in the run-up to Filmart, Kam-Engle…

Veteran producers Cora Yim and Benjamin Lin are launching a production company, S11 Partners, with an equity investment from Hong Kong-listed Medialink Group. Based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the new outfit aims to develop, finance, produce and distribute original and market-driven Chinese-language…

As Filmart gets underway, Hong Kong's major production companies, including Edko Films, Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP), Media Asia, One Cool Group and Universe Entertainment, will be unveiling their new titles in enormous booths at the front of the trade show floor, some of which will be as elaborate as…

EXCLUSIVE: Vietnamese distributor and producer Mockingbird Pictures is making its debut as an international sales agent at Filmart with a slate of local horror, comedies and action films, headed by record-breaking horror hit Crimson Snout (Quy Cau). Produced by 89s Group, the film is currently the…

This year's Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF, March 28-April 8) will open with the Asian premiere of All Shall Be Well, directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Ray Yeung, which recently won the Teddy Award at Berlin film festival. Starring Patra Au and Maggie Li, the film tells the story of an…

EXCLUSIVE: Indonesia's MD Pictures has announced that its horror prequel Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari is the first production in Southeast Asia to be filmed with Imax-certified digital cameras. The film, which is a prequel to record-breaking hit KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village, will receive a wide Imax…

Taking place alongside Filmart, the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) is one of Asia's oldest and most established project markets, helping a string of award-winning films to get made.  Recent HAF successes include Mongolian drama If Only I Could Hibernate, which was selected for last year's…

After a successful return as a physical event last year, Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart, March 11-14) is taking place again this year against a complicated backdrop, both in terms of market realities and the shifting geopolitics of the region.  Although China's box office has come…