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Wan Kin Fai, a Taiwanese of Indian and Cantonese descent, is a photographer, director, and screenwriter who has been actively involved in film production since joining Chang Tso Chi Film Studio in 2013. There, he worked as a photographer for C-Cam on “Thanatos, Drunk” (2015), and as a sound recordist on “Synapses” (2019). With family roots in Kolkata for over a century, he has always wanted to tell a story about the Chinese community in the city—currently the only place in India where the community still lives together. His directorial debut, “Side A: A Summer Day” (2024), is based on his childhood experiences and earned him the Best Live Action Short Film award at the 2024 Golden Horse Film Festival.

Side A: A Summer Day is screening at Beskop Tshechu Film Festival

The story opens inside a cluttered house, where Ah-Fei, a young boy, is still sleeping while his mother prepares breakfast and...

Most of us watch Netflix through the app, whether it's on a smart TV, a tablet, or a phone. But millions of us still stream it on our computers, even if only occasionally. There's one advantage to watching on a browser that Netflix has yet to replicate on their app. That would be the famous secret category codes. Or not so famous; that's probably why you're reading this.

The secret categories originated from the dull boring days before streaming. Yes, Virginia, there used to be a thing called DVDs by mail. There used to be video stores, too, but that's a story for another time. When Netflix's primary business was DVD rentals - crazy, right? - they categorized and subcategorized movies ad infinitum to make films easier to find. Sadly, they haven't carried those subcategories forward to the app, but you can find them through a web browser.

When I say they created subcategories,...

GrX Studio has announced an ambitious plan to invest Usd 50 million over the next five years with its Asia strategic partners to produce 15 Mandarin series and 5 horror films, aiming to expand its presence across the Asia-Pacific region and establish itself as a leading film studio in Taiwan. The launch event was attended by the cast of the latest series and films, including Taiwan actress Ning Chang and Vietnam actor Lien Binh Phat from “The Outlaw Doctor,” which was co-produced with Public Television Service Foundation (Pts) and Chunghwa Telecom (Cht), as well as Korean celebrity Jinyoung and Taiwan actress Moon Lee from “The Photo from 1977,” a film facilitated by the Hakka Affairs Council, with script development supported by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca), and funded by the Hakka Public Communication Foundation. This international collaboration has generated significant excitement.

The event brought together investors, distribution companies, IP licensing firms, media representatives,...

GrX Studio has set its sights on an international expansion that matches its leading position within Taiwan’s film and TV production industry.

At a fast-paced event on Monday held on the margins of the Busan International Film Festival, the company detailed plans to invest some $50 million over five years into 15 Mandarin-language series and five horror films through a new fund.

The launch event also included a roster of current shows from the group, which was formerly known as Greener Grass Productions. It was previously responsible for “Copycat Killer,” a series which has performed strongly for streaming giant Netflix.

Taiwan actor Ning Chang and Vietnam actor Lien Binh Phat from “The Outlaw Doctor,” a crime series which is now in post-production and which GrX co-produced with Public Television Service Foundation (Pts) and Chunghwa Telecom (Cht), and Korean celebrity Jinyoung and Taiwan actress Moon Lee from “The Photo from 1977.” The title...

Taiwan’s GrX Studio is to launch a $50m fund covering 20 titles at the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) in Busan on Monday (October 7), where it is also set to reveal the cast of upcoming romantic feature The Photo From 1977.

The fund, known as the Asian Spring Project, aims to expand the Taipei-based company’s footprint across the Asia Pacific region and comprises 15 series and five horror films over the next five years. GrX strategy and chief investment officer Dennis Wu, who heads the new fund, will collaborate with Asian and international partners to jointly develop and produce the projects.

Taiwan’s GrX Studio is to launch a $50m fund covering 20 titles at the Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) in Busan on Monday (October 7), where it is also set to reveal the cast of upcoming romantic feature The Photo From 1977.

The fund, known as the Asian Spring Project, aims to expand the Taipei-based company’s footprint across the Asia Pacific region and comprises 15 series and five horror films over the next five years. GrX strategy and chief investment officer Dennis Wu, who heads the new fund, will collaborate with Asian and international partners to jointly develop and produce the projects.

Tseng Ying-ting’s thriller opens with pyrotechnics lightning up the New Year Eve’s sky to Yazoo’s 1982 smash hit “Only You”, an uncharacteristically romantic environment for a suicide attempt. This sequence is the introduction into the movie’s key character, police officer Wu Jie (Janine Chun-Ning Chang) whose plans of ending it all are derailed when a teenager appears out of nowhere and starts banging on her window pleading for help. Her car is actually parked close to the popular gathering spot at the river bank, and Wu decides to get out and see what made the teenagers leave the place in panic. It is there she discovers a bloated corpse washed up on shore. Hit by the paradox of a dead person saving her life, Wu chooses to solve the case despite the anguish she is experiencing at work.

The Abandoned is screening at...

Way back in January, we told you about Softstar Entertainment’s The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation. The game hit Steam back in August, and now thanks to publisher eastasiasoft, the first-person adventure horror game will be headed to the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2023.

In addition, the game will now have an English voice acting option to complement the original Chinese voice acting track. There’s no word on if the English voice acting option will be making its way to the Steam version, however.

Based on 2020 film The Bridge Curse by Lester Hsi, the story for The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation sees you exploring the events surrounding one of Taiwan’s best-known supernatural incidents at Tunghu University. When six college students challenge the urban legend of a lingering female ghost as part of their “bravery initiation test...

"Can't just send these kids up there to get shot down." United Entertainment + Lionsgate have debuted a full-length official trailer for the film Air Strike, a Chinese production about WWII, which has gone under different titles including The Bombing and Unbreakable Spirit. The film is about five Chinese people who fight their way through intense Japanese Air Force attacks to protect an important military machine in Chongqing. In addition to the Chinese cast, the film also stars Bruce Willis and Adrien Brody, who are being put front and center for the Us release. The cast also includes Ye Liu, Song Seung-heon, William Wai-Ting Chan, Nicholas Tse, Janine Chun-Ning Chang, Fan Wei, and Fan Bingbing. This film features seriously epic CGI sequences of WWII bombings and air attacks, along with all the impassioned performances from the cast. It looks fairly entertaining, but also looks extremely cheesy and very jingoistic. Here's the...

Gold Circle Films is gearing up to remake the 2006 Hong Kong sci-fi thriller Silk. The studio has hired Frankie & Alice screenwriters Marko King, Mary King, and Jonathan Watters to draft an American version.

The original story centers on a group of scientists who capture the ghost of a young boy in an apartment, and the detective in charge of discovering the boy's identity. The American version will not keep the same plot line, and, although specifics were not revealed, this new story is described as, "Michael Crichton meets The Sixth Sense."

Paul Brooks will produce for Gold Circle Films alongside Rob Cowan and Robin Jonas, with Scott Niemeyer executive producing.

No production schedule was released for the Silk remake at this time.

Silk was released September 28th, 2006 and stars Chen Chang, Yôsuke Eguchi, Kar Yan Lam, Barbie Hsu, Bo-lin Chen, Chun-Ning Chang, Fang Wan, Kuan-Po Chen. The film is directed by Chao-Bin Su.

The voyeuristic Taiwanese suspense drama “Zoom Hunting” marks the directorial debut of Cho Li, who previously worked as producer on the likes of “Winds of September” and Singing Chen’s excellent “God Man Dog”. Co-written by Kelly Yang, the film is an elaborate puzzle revolving around half seen images of sex and murder, with Ning Chang (recently in “Black and White” and “What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?”) and Zhu Zhi Yin (“Lust, Caution”) as two sisters living in an apartment block, who start spying on a couple living opposite and get more than they bargained for. The film also features a strong supporting cast that includes Jack Kao (“Shinjuku Incident”), James Wen (“My Queen”), Zhou Hen Yin, and Michelle Krusiec (“Saving Face”). The plot kicks off as a fashion photographer called Ru Yi (Ning Chang) accidentally takes a picture of a couple (James Wen and Zhou Hen Yin...