My blog
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HONG KONG ASIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 2:46PM / Standard Entry
We attended the Closing Ceremony of the Hong Kong Asia Independent Film Festival on Sunday, Nov 29th at the Grand Cinema in Elements, a new shopping mall in Kowloon, and saw Quentin Lees romantic comedy, The People Ive Slept With. We arrived a bit late and had to sit in the second row with our heads tilted up the whole time. Good thing the movie was very enjoyable!
lead actor Archie Kao, Glen Chin, director Quentin Lee, lead actress Karin Anna Cheung were all in attendance
festival organizer Vincent Chui of Ying E Chi (back to us) chatting with Quentin Lee
The movie poster
On the way to the cinema we saw a diamond-studded (rhinestones, actually) Mercedez-Benz on display. Its the grand prize of a giveaway for Mainland Chinese tourists only. Would anyone drive that thing in China?
Afterwards everyone went to the Closing Party at Stormies which was a lot of fun. Saw many friends we hadn't seen in a while. Even Teddy Chen was there. His new film, Bodyguards and Assassins is coming out in two weeks and he had just finished the sound mix the night before!
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SPY iPHONE
Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 6:30PM / Standard Entry
As I blogged before, there is something for everything in Japan. From low tech, spoons for your coffee...
to scissors for clipping your newspaper...
to the high-tech, iZoom for the iPhone!
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48 Hour Film Project Judging
Monday, Nov 9, 2009 6:35PM / Standard Entry
I had the great pleasure of being one of the three judges at the 48 Hour Film Project on November 6th, 2009. The other judges were Li Cheuk To, Artistic Director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival and Liz Kerr, film reviewer from The Hollywood Reporter.
Li Cheuk To and I before the screenings
Kenneth Bi, Li Cheuk To and Ivy Lam (Hong Kongs 48 Hr Film Project producer)
There were 14 films but only 10 were eligible because the other 4 handed in their films late. They have strict rules regarding when the project begins and ends. Although the four late films were not eligible for the juried prizes such as Best Film, Best Director, etc., they were still eligible for the Audience Award.
I was impressed by some of the films production value and quality of writing. One film had locations such as an apartment, street scene, a bar, a hair salon and a pirate ship complete with Pirates of the Caribbean costumes. They had to come up with a concept, a scrīpt, locations, then shoot it and finally edit and add music and effects all in 48 hours. Thats very impressive.
In the end, the film that won Best Film utilized only a couple of simple locations and one principal actor. It was called Breathe, produced by Fly Eye Media and directed by Zac Murphy. Best Director went to Thomas Lo for the film Cocktail Definition, produced by Spontaneous Combustion. And the Audience Award winner was Found and Lost, by A-Team.
Breathe producer Lorien Kranen and actor Diederik van Gorp
The filmmakers who put themselves on the line and produced such thought-provoking and entertaining films were the real stars of the evening. They should all be very proud of their accomplishment. It was a great inspiration to many. Congratulations to all.
(seated, from L to R) Cocktail Definition director Thomas Lo, lead actor from Underdog Joe Fiorello, lead actress from Savage Love Maggie Chan, director of The Art of Flying Katarina Ivarsson, and director from Responsible People Arne Venema
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48 Hour Film Project
Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 9:12PM / Standard Entry
The world's largest 48 Hour Film Project is coming to Hong Kong on October 30 - November 1, 2009!
Get your team ready to make a short film - write, shoot, edit and score - in one weekend...just 48 hours.
See your work up on the big screen right away. Your completed film will be screened at the Agnes b theatre at the Hong Kong Arts Centre the very next week, on November 6 from 8:30pm. Winning films will also be screened at Clockenflap.
Registration starts now! Sign up here: http://www.48hourfilm.com/registration/?id=308
You can also look for team members on the site and sign up for the newsletter at http://www.48hourfilm.com/hongkong
Check out "48HFP's" official page on AliveNotDead: www.alivenotdead.com/48hourfilm
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=142750872760&ref=ts
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hk48hfp
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THE DRUMMER in UKRAINE
Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 2:22PM / Standard Entry
