The International Film Festival and Awards Macao and Variety combined forces for the second year running to put a spotlight on Asia’s acting talent.
A well-attended meet-the-stars press event on Friday afternoon in Macau was addressed by leading local official, Maria Helena Senna de Fernandes. She turned the microphone over the five actors from different corners of the region, who dazzled with poise and wisdom beyond their years.
In 2017 the talent selection included Celina Jade, Ludi Lin, Rajkummar Rao, Shioli Kutsuna, Piolo Pascual, And Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, better known as the star of “Bad Genius.”
The five in this year’s crop — Xana Tang (New Zealand), Ann Curtis (The Philippines), Zheng Kai (China), Zaira Wasim (India) and Iqbaal Ramadhan (Indonesia) – will be presented with trophies on stage this evening at the closing ceremony of the Iffam.
Xana Tang (New Zealand)
Best known in the role of an offbeat office assistant...
A well-attended meet-the-stars press event on Friday afternoon in Macau was addressed by leading local official, Maria Helena Senna de Fernandes. She turned the microphone over the five actors from different corners of the region, who dazzled with poise and wisdom beyond their years.
In 2017 the talent selection included Celina Jade, Ludi Lin, Rajkummar Rao, Shioli Kutsuna, Piolo Pascual, And Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, better known as the star of “Bad Genius.”
The five in this year’s crop — Xana Tang (New Zealand), Ann Curtis (The Philippines), Zheng Kai (China), Zaira Wasim (India) and Iqbaal Ramadhan (Indonesia) – will be presented with trophies on stage this evening at the closing ceremony of the Iffam.
Xana Tang (New Zealand)
Best known in the role of an offbeat office assistant...
- 12/14/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Feng Xiaogang has been deemed as China’s box office king, with films like “Personal Tailor”, “Aftershock”,” Assembly” and many others that had huge success in mainland China. “Youth” follows in the same, blockbuster tactics and aesthetics, in a truly impressive production, based on a script by Geng Liu, one of the country’s most competent scriptwriters and authors.
Youth is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, that will be on January 24 until February 4
Xiaoping is a talented dancer whose father has been branded a rightist and has been sent for re-education. The girl however, becomes a part of the Pla’s dance troupe, brought in by the lead dancer Liu Feng. During her stay there, she meets Suizi, the lead female dancer who also functions as the narrator of the film, Shuwen, a daughter of the elite who functions as the leader of a “gang” also including Dingding, the belle of the troupe,...
Youth is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, that will be on January 24 until February 4
Xiaoping is a talented dancer whose father has been branded a rightist and has been sent for re-education. The girl however, becomes a part of the Pla’s dance troupe, brought in by the lead dancer Liu Feng. During her stay there, she meets Suizi, the lead female dancer who also functions as the narrator of the film, Shuwen, a daughter of the elite who functions as the leader of a “gang” also including Dingding, the belle of the troupe,...
- 1/28/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Personal Tailor, the latest movie by one of China's most popular directors, Feng Xiaogang, has shaken off negative online buzz and the skepticism of market investors to rack up one of the best openings ever in the country. In its opening day on Dec. 19, the movie took around $13.20 million (80 million yuan), with 47,200 screenings and 2.312 million admissions on the first day. Its cume over the first two days was $15 million (152 million yuan), with the movie screening on 57 percent of all screens in China. This makes it the fastest a 2D
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- 12/22/2013
- by Clifford Coonan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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