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Fan Bingbing, Lee Kang-Sheng Star as Hong Kong’s HAF Unveils 15 Work-in-Progress Projects, Alumni Head to Berlin
Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum unveils 15 work-in-progress features from Asian filmmakers, as four alumni projects make European festival debuts.
Other notable projects include Chong Keat Aun’s “Mother Bhumi,” headlined by Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing, a mystery about a widowed farmer confronting her husband’s death, Sakamoto Yukari’s supernatural boarding school tale “White Flowers and Fruits” with “Drive My Car” producer Yamamoto Teruhisa, and Yashasvi Juyal’s migrant worker drama “The Ink-Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb.” The lineup marks several directorial debuts, including Indonesian actor Reza Rahadian’s “Pangku,” tackling the controversial practice of lap-sitting in coffee shops, and Tribeny Rai’s “Shape of Momo,” which earned top honors at India’s NFDC Film Bazaar WIP lab. Genre offerings include Isabel Sandoval’s 1970s Manila-set “Moonglow,” starring the director alongside Arjo Atayde, and Wang Tong’s “Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts,” featuring Wan Qian and Qu Chuxiao in a twisted romance between a zookeeper and a serial killer.
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