Just got back from Bangkok Film Festival - aka the strage, the bizarre, and the incompetent!
Re: Apichatpong
He's already shooting a new film. Was supposed to meet up with him for lunch, but he was out in the countryside working on the as-yet-untitled feature.
He's off to Rotterdam in a few days to premiere WORLDLY DESIRES. Interesting fact - it's shot in Korea.
Re: That utterly bizarre rumour about
Tsui Hark's SEVEN SWORDS opening at Cannes
Where in the world do these people get their information?!?!? Geez! This "Lars" somehow knew what Fortissimo didn't even know (or say). Biggest possible explanation - he misheard the whole thing. "We're hoping to open at Cannes" is not the same thing as "We're opening Cannes".... But anyways..the Cannes people should see the film first...which they haven't. So this "rumour" is a bust.
Since the list has been officially released, here it is - a list of pre-productions from the Hong Kong and Berlin Film Forums. Note that these are projects looking for funding, NOT a guarantee that they are definitely going to be made.
Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum 2005
1. At The World's End (Hong Kong)
Dir/prod: Ann HUI On Wah
Production Company: Class Limited
2. A Beautiful Mine (Meung Rae) (Thailand)
Dir: Jira Maligool. Prod: Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
Production Company: Gmm Tai Hub Company Limited
3. Bluebird (Paraneh Abi) (Iran)
Dir/prod: Hassan Yektapanah
Production Company: Yekta Film
4. Camera Obscura (The Philippines)
Dir/prod: Raymond Red
Production Company: Mistulang Pelikula Film Production
5. The Circle (Hong Kong)
Dirs: Wong Ching Po, YIP Lim Sum. Prods: YIP Lim Sum, Sandy YIP Wai Shan
Production Company: Red Flag Production Limited
Co-production Company: Heat Creative Workshop
6. The Coffin (Thailand)
Dir: Ekachai Uekrongtham. Prod: Pantham Thongsang
Production Company: TIFA (Thailand), Spicy Apple Films (Singapore)
7. Dark Heart Of Man (Hong Kong)
Dir/prod: William Kwok Wai Lun
Production Company: FilmSARS Limited
8. Dragon Tiger Gate (Hong Kong)
Dir: Wilson YIP Wai Shun. Prod: Raymond Wong Pak Ming
Production Company: Mandarin Films Limited
9. Erotica Taboo (Se Chieh) (Chinese mainland/Taiwan)
Dir: Liu Fen Dou. Prod: Peggy Chiao Xiong Ping
Production Company: Arc Light Films
10. The Hong Kong Butcher Witnesses Our Love (Hong Kong)
Dir: Chan Khan. Prod: Stephen Shin Kei Yin
Production Company: Show Biz (Asia) Limited
11. In Your Eyes (South Korea)
Dir: Park Kwang-Su. Prod: Choi Soo-Young
Production Company: I Film Company Limited
12. Innocent Sin (Yagate Umareizuruki) (Japan)
Dir: Isao Yukisada. Prod: Hilo Iizumi
Production Company: Grasshoppa! Film
13. Invisible Waves (Thailand)
Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Prod: Wouter Barendrecht
Production Company: Fortissimo Film Sales (HK)
14. I-Sheet (Hong Kong)
Dir: Lo Chi Leung. Prod: Cheung Chi Kwong
Production Company: Classmates Productions Limited
15. Kingdom Of Fire (Chinese mainland/Hong Kong)
Dir: Xiao Jiang. Prod: John Shum Kin Fun
Production Company: Beijing Dadi Century Limited
16. Knife (Kal) (South Korea)
Dir: Song Il-gon. Prods: OH Jung-wan, Eugene Lee
Production Company: Bom Film Productions
17. Little Woman (Chinese mainland)
Dir/prod: Jiang Wen
Production Company: Beijing Bu Yi Le Hu Culture and Communication Limited
18. Love For Share (Berbagi Suami) (Indonesia)
Dir: Nia Dinata. Prods: Constantin Papadimitriou, Claude Kunetz
Production Company: Kalyana Shira Film
19. Love Talk (South Korea)
Dir: Lee Yoon-ki. Prod: Lee Seung-jae
Production Company: LJ Film Company Limited
20. The Marriage Celebrant (Hong Kong)
Dir/prod: Barbara Wong Chun Chun
Production Company: Endless Entertainment Inc
21. Marriage Proposal (Hong Kong)
Dir: Pang Ho Cheung. Prod: Roger Garcia
Production Company: Making Film Production Limited
22. McDull, The Alumni (Hong Kong)
Dir: Samson Chiu Leung Chun. Prods: Peter Chan Ho Sun, Brian Tse Lap Man
Production Company: Applause Pictures Limited
Co-production Company: Bliss Concepts Limited
23. My Brother, My Sister (Chinese mainland)
Dir/prod: Zhu Wen
Production Company: China Film Assist Production Company
24. Odd Game (Hong Kong)
Dir: Vincci Cheuk. Prod: Jeff Lau Chun Wai
Production Company: Commercial Radio Productions Limited
25. Pulling Faces (Singapore/Japan)
Dir: Sandi Tan. Prod: Hisami Kuroiwa
Production Company: Media Space, Inc.
26. The Rape of Nanking (Chinese mainland)
Dir: Lu Chuan. Prod: Tian Zhuang Zhuang
Production Company: Lu Chuan Film Studio
27. Red Bickle (Chinese mainland)
Dir: Ning Hao. Prod: Lan Rui Long
Production Company: Ning Hao Gong Zuo Shi
28. The Tree of Destiny (Chinese mainland)
Dir: Lou Ye. Prod: Nai An
Production Company: Dream Factory
Berlinale Co-Production Market projects:title / director / production companies / country
- Carmo (Murilo Pasta), Aquafilms/ BR-3 Films UK, Argentina/ Great Britain
- The Host (Norberto L�pez), BocaBoca Producciones, Spain
- The Velvet Road (Cathal Black), Cathal Black Films/ David P. Kelly Productions, Ireland/Great Britain
- Prima Primavera (Janos Edelenyi), Cinema-Film/ Ipso Facto, Hungary/ Great Britain
- Krabat (Hans-Christian Schmid), Claussen+W�bke Filmproduktion GmbH, Germany
- Mongol. The Early Years of Genghis Khan (Sergei Bodrov), CTB Film Company, Russia
- Three Seasons in Hell (Tomas Masin), Dawson Productions, Czech Republic
- Victor Chicken (Dean Blumberg), DV8 Films, South Africa
- My Clara (Alan Lazar), EuroArts Medien/ My Clara LLC, Germany/ USA
- Fairy Ring (Benedek Fliegauf), Inforg Studio, Hungary
- My Queen Karo (Doroth�e van den Bergh), K2, Belgium
- The Cold Virgin (Raphael Vion), Les Films Du Safran, France
- Time On Two Legs (Jean Bojko), Link�s Productions, France
- The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (Kasper Barfoed), M & M Productions, Denmark
- The Trouble With Sheldon (James Brett), MakeFilm, Great Britain
- What it Takes to Keep a Young Girl Alive (Chris Austin), Maverick Productions, South Africa
- The Climber�s Book (Leidulf Risan), Nordisk Film Norway, Norway
- Don't Cry For Me Europe (Andrej Kosak), Novi Val - NEW WAVE D.O.O., Slovenia
- Chasing the Stars (Nicholas Kendall), Orca Productions, Canada
- Then Again (Kelly Makin), Sienna Films, Canada
- The Balance of the Souls (Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani), Sintra, Italy
- Shiver (Christina Andreef), Toi-Toi Films, Australia
- The Education of a Fairy (Jos� Luis Cuerda), Tornasol Films, Spain
- The Great Match (Gerardo Olivares), Wanda Films, Spain
Rotterdam-Berlinale Express:
- Hand of the Headless Man (Guillaume Malandrin), La Parti Production, Belgium
- The Miracle of Montlhery (Rana�an Alexandrowicz), Lama Films, Israel
- White Male Heart (David Mackenzie), Hepp Film/ Brocken Spectre, Sweden/ Great