Tag: Limbo
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Hong Kong’s Soi Cheang Is Ready to Go Into Film ‘Limbo’
Solidly-established Hong Kong film director Soi Cheang returns to action with the new crime thriller “Limbo.” He says his ambition is to revive the former glory of the city’s action cinema by targeting international audiences outside China.Announced just ahead of the opening of Wednesday’s FilMart, which has been postponed from its usual March slot and…
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Picturehouse Acquires U.K. Rights for Maria Sødahl’s ‘Hope’
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired U.K. rights from TrustNordisk for Maria Sødahl’s “Hope,” which stars Stellan Skarsgård and Andrea Bræin Hovig, and will have its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this month.Based on the director’s own experiences after being diagnosed with brain cancer, “Hope” explores the relationship between artists and partners Tomas (Skarsgård) and…
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‘Birds of Passage’ Review: A Violent Crime Saga in the Desert from the Director of ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ — Cannes 2018
“Birds of Passage” starts in 1968 and encompasses a dozen years of violent upheaval in the northern Colombian desert, chronicling the rise and fall of a drug dealer and his family; the desert, however, turns out just fine. “Embrace of the Serpent” director Ciro Guerra’s latest surreal drama, co-directed by “Serpent” producer Cristina Gallego, once…
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LevelK acquires Danish family action feature ‘Hacker’ (exclusive)
Poul Berg’s feature debut was developed in cooperation with fellow Emmy nominee Kalle Bjerkø.LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Poul Berg’s Danish family action film Hacker.The film marks the feature debut for Emmy nominee Berg, whose TV credits include Ride Upon The Storm, Mille and Limbo.The script has been developed in cooperation with writer…
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Bravos Pictures brings action titles to Filmart, including ‘Limbo’ with Lam Ka Tung (exclusive)
Hong Kong-based company’s slate includes Soi Cheang’s Limbo, produced by Wilson Yip.Hong Kong-based Bravos Pictures is handling international sales on a fresh slate of action titles, including Soi Cheang’s Limbo, starring Lam Ka Tung.Lam plays a detective on the trail of a serial killer in the $16m action drama, which is produced by Wilson Yip…