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Taiwanese top actress Shu Qi has finished production on her directorial debut feature, Girl, which is scheduled for a 2025 release.

She is known for starring in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Millennium Mumbo, Three Times and The Assassin, as well as Feng Xiaogang’s If You Are The One.

She has also won two Golden Horse Awards and three Hong Kong Film Awards for her acting roles.

She was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2024. She served as a jury member at Berlinale in 2008, Cannes in 2009 and Venice in 2023.

Girl is financed by Cmc Entertainment, Wow Momentum, J.Q. Pictures and Aranya Pictures, and produced by Mandarin Vision.

The film is executed produced by veteran producer Yeh Jufeng, who also worked together with Shu Qi on the 2017 comedy The Village of No Return.

“I am so happy that the filming is wrapped,” Shu Qi said.

Taiwan-born actor Shu Qi has completed production of her feature film directing debut, “Girl.”

While plot and cast details of the new film remain under wraps, “Girl” is Shu Qi’s original story that she wrote and directed after a prolonged development period. Shu Qi does not appear in the film.

The picture is financed by Taiwan’s Cmc Entertainment, Wow momentum, J.Q. Pictures and Aranya Pictures, and produced by Mandarin Vision. The film is executive produced by Yeh Jufeng, a Midas-like producer behind “A Sun,” “The Great Buddha+” and the Shu Qi-starring “The Village of No Return.”

The film is expected to be completed at an unspecified date in 2025. Mandarin Vision also serves as the film’s international sales agent, outside mainland China.

“I am so happy that the filming is wrapped. I look forward to sharing this film with audiences everywhere,” Shu Qi said in a prepared statement.

Taiwanese actress Shu Qi has wrapped production on her directorial debut — a project previously kept under wraps. Production company Mandarin Vision released a teaser image for the new film, titled Girl, along with a shot of Shu behind the camera during a recent location shoot.

Described as an original story written and directed by Shu, the film is scheduled for release in Asia sometime in 2025, according to the producers. It’s unclear whether Shu will also perform in Girl. Mandarin Vision declined to share additional information about the project.

Shu Qi on set for ‘Girl.

A fashion icon and favorite of both arthouse and commercial filmmakers across the Chinese-speaking world, Shu made her breakthrough in Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 2001 feature Millennium Mambo. Later successes have included Feng Xiaogang’s If You Are the One (2008), Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) from Stephen Chow, Gone with the Bullets (2014) by Jiang Wen,...

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The film picked up RMB140 million ($19.7 million) between Friday and Sunday in China, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. That compares favorably with its $26.2 million opening weekend and gives it a cumulative of RMB523 ($73.7 million) since releasing on Aug. 16.

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