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Exclusive: Hong Kong star Ekin Cheng and fast-rising actress Natalie Hsu are set to receive honorary awards at the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) next month.

Acclaimed actor and singer Cheng will accept the Star Asia Award on July 14, honouring nearly four decades on screen, while Hsu will receive the Screen International Rising Star Award on July 12, recognising a string of roles in recent major films.

Both most recently starred in Jill Leung’s romantic fantasy drama Last Song For You, which received seven nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards including a best actress nod for Hsu and...

Netflix has set Taiwanese drama series “Forget You Not,” directed by multi-hyphenate talent Rene Liu, who steps behind the camera after establishing herself as one of Taiwan’s premier actress-singers.

The drama features an ensemble cast featuring Golden Horse Award-winning actress Hsieh Ying-xuan, veteran actor Chin Han, Tracy Chou and Esther Liu (“At the Moment”). The series also benefits from special appearances by Wallace Huo (“Light the Night”), Wang Po-chieh (“Eye of the Storm”) and Chen Yi-wen.

Set against the backdrop of a bustling metropolis, “Forget You Not” delves into the powerful role of memory within family dynamics. The narrative centers on Cheng Le-le (Hsieh), a stand-up comedian moonlighting as a convenience store employee who struggles to balance her career ambitions with her marriage. While harboring dreams of a brighter future, she navigates complex relationships with her husband Chang Kai (Huo) and her father Cheng Kuang-chi (Chin Han). These challenges...

The 18th Asian Film Awards (Afa) proudly announces Wu Kangren as the recipient of the prestigious Afa Next Generation Award. This distinguished honor recognizes Asian filmmakers who consistently challenge themselves, push creative boundaries, and redefine the cinematic landscape.

Wu Kangren will attend the Asian Film Awards Ceremony on March 16, 2025, at the Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, to receive the award. Expressing his gratitude, Wu shared, “I am truly honored to receive this award. It serves as an important recognition of my work, and I look forward to embracing new challenges and delivering even more compelling performances to audiences.”

A Trailblazer in Acting: Wu Kangren’s Expanding Horizons

Having worked across multiple film industries in Asia, Wu Kangren has gained profound insight into the nuances of filmmaking across different cultures. Reflecting on his journey, he remarked, “Each region has its own distinct storytelling traditions and cinematic techniques,...

Netflix is ramping up its Chinese-language entertainment with five drama series set for 2025, toplined by Shu Qi, Lee Sinje and Alice Ko and directed by Rene Liu, Li Nien-hsiu and Chien Chi-feng.

The five series – four Taiwanese productions and one licensed title from mainland China – span romantic comedy, revenge and period drama and feature local stories from rising voices to industry icons.

Starring Alice Ko (Copycat Killer) and Jasper Liu (Twogether), I Am Married…But! is a romantic comedy series that offers an unconventional look at marriage through a woman who is trapped in a cycle of wanting to leave...

Screenworks Asia, the production subsidiary of Taiwan’s Catchplay, has acquired international sales rights to the horror anthology series Urban Horror and will present the show at this week’s Filmart in Hong Kong.

Directed by Jun-Hong Li, Bao-Zhong Chen, and Dan-Chi Huang, Urban Horror comprises 34 short episodes revolving around the mysterious, the unexplained, and the disturbed in six types of modern city scenes. Synopsis reads: In each episode, the audience will see a familiar face that could be an award-winning actor, a pop star, or an internet celebrity. They will discover the ultimate fear and thrill at places such as nightclubs, office buildings, and youth hostels, where you don’t see any ghosts, monsters, or supernatural powers.

The series will feature Austin Lin (Marry My Dead Body) and Ann Hsu (The Victims’ Game) alongside Meng-Po Fu (Taiwan Crime Stories) and Esther Liu (Light the Night...

Taipei-based Screenworks Asia has picked up innovative anthology series “Urban Horror” for international sales ahead of this week’s FilMart in Hong Kong.

Directed by Lee Chun-Hong, Chen Bao-Zhong and Huang Dan-Chi, a group of young and upcoming filmmakers, “Urban Horror” comprises 34 short episodes revolving around the mysterious, the unexplained and the disturbed.

They make use of six modern city settings, such as night clubs, office buildings, youth hostels and other places where ghosts and monsters are not normally found. The deliberately limited number of locations also enables the 34 short films to be re-packaged as six longer episodes.

In each episode, the audience will see a familiar face that could be an award-winning actor, a pop star, or an internet celebrity. These include Austin Lin (Taiwan’ Oscar selection “Marry My Dead Body”), Ann Hsu (“The Victims’ Game”) Fu Meng-Po (“Taiwan Crime Stories”) and Esther Liu (“Light the Night”).

The show,...

Htc Vive Originals is launching a debut of their latest metaverse project “Light the Night: Redhat Killer” on the platform Beatday. The story of “Light the Night: Redhat Killer” is adapted from the sensational drama series “Light the Night,” which was set in the early 80s and became an exemplary Taiwanese series in recent years. It overwhelmed the audiences throughout whole Asia from 2021~2022. “The Future Version” sets in a backdrop of a world where androids and humans cohabit 600 years later. It's a new revolution and it's a new entertainment business model, it will debut not only through VR theatres, but also combined with gaming and concerts. The debut at Mwc at Barcelona 2023 received much attention and good feedback all over the world.

Beatday is a multi-entertainment metaverse. It is accessible for the cross-device entertaining and, of course, immersive contents including music, theatre art, gaming and more. Unlike past 360 VR films,...

Vive Originals, a content brand under Htc Vive, will be debuting exclusively a VR experience version of the immersive metaverse theatre project “Light the Night: Redhat Killer” at the upcoming Mwc Barcelona. This theatre project is made with volumetric capture, and combines puzzle games and concert elements, by wearing the latest Htc Xr equipment Vive Xr Elite, players can follow the characters and explore the cyberpunk world of androids in 600 years. After Mwc, Vive Originals will consecutively release the PC version in March, allowing players worldwide to experience the metaverse project with their computers at hand.

In 2021, Vive Originals introduced a music metaverse platform, Beatday, incorporating volumetric capture, and Aaa-game-level production design, to create multiple immersive holographic concerts and to present unprecedented music experience. In 2022, it went international with its VR Holo-concerts, collaborating with Taiwanese popular rock band “Amazing Show,” which was selected by the iconic innovation expo South by Southwest’s “Xr Experience” section,...

Hong Kong’s Haf adds 15 Wip projects ahead of first in-person edition since 2019.

The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has announced 15 work-in-progress projects, completing the full line-up of the 21st Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF21).

A total of 43 projects will be presented at Haf, including 28 in-development projects announced last month, which is set to run from March 13-15 alongside the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (Filmart). It will mark the first in-person edition for both events since pre-Covid 2019.

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Emerging and established actors who lead the cast of the 15 Wip projects include Fish Liew,...

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Netflix has scooped up the global streaming rights to Taiwanese horror blockbuster Incantation, which it will release worldwide on July 8. The film was released theatrically in Taiwan in March and has been described as the “scariest Taiwanese film ever.” So far, it has earned 5.7 million (TW170 million) in cinemas, making it the highest-grossing film at the Taiwan box office this year, as well as the top-earning original Taiwanese horror film of all time.

“I’m really proud that Incantation is going to be released on Netflix globally, maximizing the number of people who can watch it,” said Kevin Ko, writer-producer-director of Incantation. “It has always been my dream to make films that travel around the world and are watched by every horror fan on Earth, keeping them awake at night. I can’t wait to hear viewers’ reactions.”

“Incantation has resonated strongly with Taiwanese audiences,...

The wait for “Bridgerton” Season 2 is over at last. As usual, Netflix has a robust lineup of new movies and shows streaming in March, including the return of the lusty Shondaland Regency romance series that left audiences swooning after Season 1 debuted in December 2021.

Other new shows on Netflix this month include the thriller series “Pieces of Her” starring Bella Heathcote and Toni Collette as a mother-daughter duo contending with the mother’s past after a shocking act of violence uncover long-hidden secrets. Also debuting this month is the “Big Mouth” spinoff “Human Resources,” which “pulls back the curtain on the daily lives of the creatures – Hormone Monsters, Depression Kitties, Shame Wizards, and many more – that help humans journey through every aspect of life from puberty to childbirth to the twilight years.”

In the realm of new Netflix Original movies, “The Adam Project” is the sci-fi film from “Stranger Things” and...

Spotlight on how and why Taiwanese drama series are gaining increasing prominence on the world stage.

Taiwanese drama series are gaining increasing prominence on the world stage, in line with the rapid growth of global Ott platforms.

Stirrings of new interest in drama from Taiwan were seen in 2017 with The Teenage Psychic and 2018 with On Children. But it is the events of the past two years, when audiences found themselves craving more content during pandemic lockdowns, that has seen a sizeable number of made-in-Taiwan series make their way to fresh audiences around the world.

High-profile titles such as The World Between Us,...

Haruto Higashiyama is a high school teacher because he wants to be killed by a beautiful high school girl. While he is a popular and well-regarded teacher at Nitaka High School, he has spent the past nine years secretly formulating his bizarre plan. His two ideal conditions for his death are: “It must be a perfect crime” and “He must be killed with her full effort”. Haruto is now ready to put his plan into motion.

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This is a live-action adaptation of the suspense manga “Joshikosei ni Korosaretai” by Usamaru Furuya (Litchi☆Hikari Club), which was initially serialised in Shinchosha’s bi-monthly magazine Go Go Bunch in 2013. There are two tankōbon volumes, the first was shipped in 2015 with the second and final volume in 2016 after the manga ended. Written and directed by Hideo JŌJŌ (On the Edge of Their Seats), the film stars Kei Tanaka (Your Turn to Kill...

Netflix brings one of its biggest shows back to the streaming service in March with the return of “Bridgerton.” The second season of the 2021 Emmy Award nominee for Best Drama series debuts on March 25. But there are loads of other original shows and movies coming to Netflix in March 2022 – including the Ryan Reynolds blockbuster “The Adam Project” – plus legacy titles such as “Shrek,” “Top Gun,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” and “Dunkirk.” Here’s everything coming to Netflix in March 2022 and what’s leaving the service in March as well.

What’s new on Netflix in March 2022

Coming soon

800 Meters

Tomorrow

March 1

The Guardians of Justice

Worst Roommate Ever

21

21 Bridges

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Battleship

Christine

Coach Carter

Due Date

Freddy vs. Jason

Gattaca

The Gift

Redemption

The Replacements

Richie RichThe Shawshank Redemption

Shooter

Shrek

Shrek 2

Sorry to Bother You

Starship Troopers

Texas Chainsaw 3D...