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[2011.08.30] SANDRA NG FENDS OFF SLEEPINESS TO SUPPORT HER MOTHER

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Joey Yung, Zhang Ziyi
Gillian Chung, Feng Xiaogang, Charlene Choi
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON's Chang Chen, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat, Zhang Ziyi  reunite 11 years later
Andy Lau salutes artists on behalf of the film industry
Huang Xiaoming, Tang Wei, Sammi Cheng had good chemistry as guest presenters
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Sandra Ng Kwan Yu with ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU) two nights ago won the Excellent Overseas Chinese Actress award at the Beijing Huabiao Awards.  Yesterday she returned to Hong Kong.  Without any make up Kwan Yu stepped out of the airport and reporters rushed to interview her.  She instead asked reporters who they were waiting for?  Kwan Yu honestly said that she was very emotional at the moment of victory.  Although her boyfriend Peter Chan Ho Sun was not nominated, he
watched it on television with their daughter.  She said, "I was the happiest about my daughter toughing it out (bed time) until my appearance.  The daughter asked me why the one before me (Chow Yun Fat) talked so long and that she didn't know what I was saying because I was speaking Putonghua."

Two nights ago Kwan Yu celebrated with Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting, Alex Law Kai Yui and Aarif Rahman (Lee Chi Ting) but they will not celebrate again because Chan Ho Sun's mother just passed away and he was not in the greatest of mood.  As for defeating the favorite Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi King), she asked, "Really?  I didn't notice.  I just returned from Thailand to Hong Kong for a day before going to Beijing."  As for still taking time to attend despite her family issue, was she notified in advance about her victory?  She said that the event was fully confidential.  "Originally I didn't plan on going because I wasn't ready, but I of course asked the event whether I had any chance."

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[2011.08.29] ANDY LAU SPEEDS DOWN THE RED CARPET

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Aarif Rahman (Lee Chi Ting)



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The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television Film's 14th Huabiao film award took place last night in Beijing. The red carpet ceremony began around 5PM. Artists like Andy Lau Tak Wa, Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan, Huang Xiaoming, Gong Li, Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Jingchu, Tang Wei, Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi King), Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Sandra Ng Kwan Yu, Lynn Xiong (Hung Doi Lam), AngelaBaby, Joey Yung Cho Yi, Twins and Annie Yee Nung Jing attended. When Wa Jai sped down the red carpet, the crowd shrieked. Later during an interview he revealed that in his next film he will play a blind character. Gong Li appeared on the red carpet with a foreign friend.


Aarif Rahman (Lee Chi Ting)'s ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU) was nominated for Excellent Co-Production Film. Last night he not only walked the red carpet with Alex Law Kai Yui, Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting and Ng Kwan Yu but also announced the Excellent Child Actor and Actress Awards with Hu Ge. Just released his second record EVERYTING, Aarif yesterday was invited to attend FIRST youth film festival press conference. He along with Huang Xiaoming and Chris Lee Yuchun will be the event promotional ambassador, but Lee Yuchun and Huang Xiaoming could not attend. Aarif felt very honored to be this event's promotional ambassador and thanked the event for giving him this opportunity. However he still felt that he needed to learn a lot more.

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[2011.07.20] AARIF RAHMAN HAS GREAT CHEMISTRY WITH ZHOU DONGY

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Singer Aarif Rahman (Lee Chi Ting) is busy in Shanghai working on the film TEAR OF FALLEN CITY, his first collaboration with Mainland actress Zhou Dongyu. Aarif said, "Zhou Dongyu is very nice. Before meeting me, she said to reporters that she appreciated my ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU) performance very much. I couldn't help but tell her that UNDER A HAWTHORN TREE was really great and very touching. Now I am working with her everyday, we have great chemistry."

Aarif revealed after the shoot he will begin to prepare for his concert next month. The company informed him that the tickets were sold out in less than a week. He said, "I am very excited. I have already begun to think about the show so I will be able to give fans a very memorable show."

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[2011.03.09] YAN RAN HAS TWO FILM RELEASES

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The young new director Yan Ran directed suspense disaster film TOGETHER and family comedy SWEET JOURNEY starting today will be released nationwide. Both films that were shot in Guizhou but had different classes of miners and intellectual youth and life subjects of life and death and loneliness.

Although both were Guizhou subjects, the film styles differed. TOGETHER was a "performance with motivation, viewing with tears" suspense disaster film about a mining disaster. Three miners in the dark encouraged each other and survived 25 days, exceeding the 8 day survival limit of previous world mining disasters. The film entered several hundred meters below ground and shot in a virtual mine, with massive explosion, water leakage, collapse, buried alive disaster scenes that challenged the visual senses to become a daring attempt in national films. The other film was called the Mainland version ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU), a family nostalgia film that was full of a sense of the period. SWEET JOURNEY starred Zhang Hanyu, Yu Na, Xiao Jian. The film through two children's points of view was about the first spring of 80s, when an era changed in China. Although the subject was rather sizable and serious, the director handled the film with a light and warm touch.

Reportedly, the films would be distributed regionally, the first time that the Mainland attempted this distribution. Speaking of both of his films being released at the same time, director Yan Ran said, "The film market is so cruel. The two films are like children who I carried for ten months, I hope they can grow. When they are released at the same time, on one hand although I am competing with myself, on the other they are competing against other films together. Let's leave the choice to viewers."

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[2011.02.17] THE GRANDMASTERS CATCHES U.S. BUYERS' EYES

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The Berlin Film Festival will take place between February 10 and 20. The Hong Kong Film Development Council representative and a dozen or so Hong Kong directors including Alex Law Kai Yui, Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting, Ivy Ho (Ong Sai), Barbara Wong Chun Chun, Yanyan Mak Yuen Yan, Derek Tsang Kwok Cheung, Clement Cheng Si Kit and others will attend and recommend many low budgets Hong Kong life reflecting films like ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU), CROSSING HENNESSY (YUET MOON HIN NEI SI), GALLANTS (DA LUI TOI) and LOVER'S DISCOURSE (LUEN YUN SHUI YU) as well as new directors overseas. Hong Kong Film Development Council Secretary General Wellington Fung Wing expressed that currently local low budget film development strategy is "rooted in South China, broadcast to the entire nation". In addition, a foreign film site reported that Wong Kar Wai's new film THE GRANDMASTERS (YUT DOI JUNG SI) after airing its trailer earlier at the Berlin Film Festival is already in negotiation with an U.S. buyer over North American rights.

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[2011.01.21] ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW RUNS OUT OF LUCK AT THE OSCARS

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The American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences yesterday announced the 83th Oscars Best Foreign Film second round nominations. Mainland China's AFTER SHOCK, Hong Kong's ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU) and Taiwan's MONGA all took an early exit. For the eighth year in a row Chinese films were not nominated.

Nine films made the second round, including the Golden Globe Best Foreign Film IN A BETTER WORLD, Mexican film BIUTIFUL, Japanese film CONFESSIONS and Algerian film OUTSIDE THE LAW. According to the rules, the jury will select five final nominees from them.

Since 2003 when Chinese director Zhang Yimou's HERO was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Chinese films have not received a nomination. In the Oscar history, seven Chinese films have been nominated but only Ang Lee's CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON won.

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[2011.01.15] SHU QI, TANG WEI COMPETE FOR GUANGDONG HONG KONG MACAU BEST ACTRESS

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Hong Kong Film Development Council member and Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association chairman Hung Cho Sing, Creative Hong Kong assistant director and Hong Kong Film Development Council Secretary Fung Wing and Hong Kong directors Wilson Yip Wai Shun, Manfred Wong (Man Jun) and others yesterday attended the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau film industries organized first "Guangdong Hong Kong Macau Youth Film Event". The event will take place on February 25 in Guangzhou's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall. Yesterday nominations were announced. Nominated for Best Actor were Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Jiang Wen, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Ge You and Nick Cheung Ka Fai, for Best Actress were Tang Wei, Xu Fan, Shu Qi, Sandra Ng Kwan Yu and Zhou Dongyu. Best Picture nominees were SACRIFICE, AFTER SHOCK, LET THE BULLETS FLY, IF YOU ARE THE ONE 2 and ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU).

Creative Hong Kong assistant director and Hong Kong Film Development Council Secretary Fung Wing revealed that this year the Entertainment Expo will not only have film awards but also add "Asia Rainbow Award for Television" and "Asia Popular Music Festival" on March 22 and 23. Both will receive over 10 million in production budget from the government. IFPI will direct the music event. Speaking of this year's music award chaos, he said that the award ceremony will be open. Fung Wing also revealed that the government will allocate 300 million to assist the film industry. Three films have already been approved.

Hong Kong director Yip Wai Shun was nominated for Most Popular Director. Yip Wai Shun said that he will support anything that will increase film industry employment opportunities. In addition this is a Guangdong Hong Kong and Macau film event, which has never been done before. Speaking of his film CHINESE GHOST STORY (SIN NUI YAU WON), Yip Wai Shun said that Louis Koo Tin Lok, Liu Yifei and Yu Shaoqun have been confirmed. He also said that he will guest star in the Lunar New Year film ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2011 (JUI KEUNG HEI SI). He joked that he was an extra and had more scenes with Yen Chi Tan, who he realized was a worse actor than him.

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[2010.09.15] MABEL CHEUNG RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE

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The Hong Kong University yesterday presented eight honorary degrees for the recipients' contribution to the school and the community. They included film workers who raised a preservation fever with ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU), Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting and Alex Law Kai Yui, and former Hong Kong Observatory chief Lam Chiu Ying. They were very excited to wear the caps.

Cheung Yuen Ting and Law Kai Yui had particular deep feeling about returning to their alma mater to receive the honorary degree. Cheung Yuen Ting said that back then she played cool and missed her graduation ceremony. She said, "Unfortunately Mother has already passed away, I regret that I didn't take a photo with her." Cheung Yuen Ting invited her university, secondary school students and sister to attend.

In addition, Cheung Yuen Ting and Law Kai Yui were preparing two separate films. The former would take place in the 30s and the 40s, the latter would be a story about 18th century immigration wave. As for casting, Cheung Yuen Ting wanted to find a Shandong thug and a heroic Shanghai woman and planned to cast in the Mainland. She would keep Simon Yam Tat Wa, Sandra Ng Kwan Yu and Araif Rahman (Lee Chi Ting) in mind with the right characters.

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[2010.09.09] SIMON YAM REMAINS QUIET ABOUT NEW FILM CO-STAR

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Qi Qi and Simon Yam Tat Wa

Karen Mok Man Wai will include a bathing video in her record release

Moses Chan Ho may get married at any moment
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Karen Mok Man Wai, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Yam Tat Wa and Moses Chan Ho yesterday attended a Paul Smith fall and winter fashion show. Brother Wa and his wife just returned from a holiday in England. He revealed that on the flight he saw a foreigner crying. A closer look revealed that he was watching ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU), which touched Brother Wa. Earlier he even posed for pictures with him and asked him for an address to send an autographed DVD to. Speaking of Sandra Ng Kwan Yu's pregnancy rumors, Brother Wa pointed out that only Kwan Yu would know for sure but he believed Kwan Yu. As for Carina Lau Ka
Ling resigning from YIT OI DOH (HOT LOVE ISLAND) and a famous actress joining the cast, Brother Wa kept quiet about who the person was. He only said that he looked forward to working with good actors.

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[2010.08.29] NICK CHEUNG WINS BEST ACTOR AGAIN IN CHANGCHUN

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The 10th China Changchun Film Festival award ceremony took place last night at the Changchun Five Ring Stadium. Nick Cheung Ka Fai with the film THE BEAST STALKER (JING YUN) won his seventh Best Actor, which also went to BODYUGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (SUP YUET WAI SING)'s Wang Xueqi. Wai Ying Hung with AT THE END OF DAYBREAK (SUM MOR) along with MULAN's Vicki Zhao Wei both won Best Actress. Best Chinese Picture went to FOUNDING OF A REPUBLIC, while Sandra Ng Kwan Yu with ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU) won Best Supporting Actress.

When Cheung Ka Fai accepted the award on stage, because of THE BEAST STALKER he received numerous Best Actor awards. This was his Best Actor in his motherland and made it even more meaningful. Ka Fai won Best Actors with THE BEAST STALKER at the Golden Horse award, Hong Kong Film Award, Asia Pacific Film Festival, Film Critic Society, Puchon
International Fantastic Film Festival, Chinese Film Award and last night's Changchun Film Festival.

The film AT THE END OF DAYBREAK has won Wai Ying Hung three Best Actress awards (Film Critic Society, Hong Kong Film Award, Changchun Film Festival) and two Best Supporting Actress awards. Yesterday Wai Ying Hung attended the award show in Changchun. The award was also her first Best Actress award in the Mainland.

Zhao Wei opened the award show as a guest performance and flew to the stage. She even won Best Actress with MULAN. Last night Zhao Wei thanked his "lover" for giving her a lot of love and dispelling rumors of marital issues.

Ng Kwan Yu was very happy that ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW received Mainland jury and audience recognition. This was also her first Mainland film award, which she thought was quite meaningful. Unfortunately she was unable to pick up the award in person. Later she hoped to be able to celebrate one more with the director, the producer, Brother Wa and their two on screen sons. Kwan Yu also denied that she personally confirmed her pregnancy in writing, insisting that it was her MR. AND MRS. INCREDIBLE character's experience.

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[2010.08.25] NICK CHEUNG HOPES TO REPEAT AS ASIA PACIFIC BEST ACTOR

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The Federation of Motion Film Producers of Hong Kong yesterday announced films that will represent Hong Kong in the 54th Asia Pacific Film Festival in Taiwan in December. They included THE STOOL PIGEON (SIN YUN), BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (SUP YUET WAI SING), ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU), LOVE IN A PUFF (JI MING YU CHUN GIU), KJ, and THE DRUNKARD (JAU TOH). Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Dante Lam Chiu Yin, Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting, Alex Law Kai Yui, Shawn Yue Man Lok, Miriam Yeung Chin Wa yesterday received the news and all were happy.

The 54th Asia Pacific Film Festival will take place in Taiwan between December 2 and 5. The Federation of Motion Film Producers of Hong Kong after a board voting selected six films to represent Hong Kong in competition. Lam Chiu Yin's new film THE STOOL PIGEON just opened in Hong Kong Thursday. Yesterday it received the Asia Pacific Film Festival good news.

Winning the Asian Pacific Film Festival Best Actor last year with THE BEAST STALKER (JING YUN), Nick Cheung Ka Fai honestly said that he would like a repeat. Cheung Ka Fai did not reveal any confidence in winning, but instead felt that this nomination could increase Hong Kong
film morale. "I am very happy that the film has already qualified for the Asia Pacific Film Festival before its official release. It reflects that while filmmaking in Hong Kong is getting harder and harder, the representative quality is also higher and higher."

Director Lam Chiu Yin also excitedly stated, "I have instantly reported the good news to the producer and the team. I thank the jury to still be able to see 'Lam Chiu Yin' the director under numerous commercial masking disguises, I hope every actor will be able to receive
recognition."

ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW's Cheung Yuen Ting and Law Kai Yui happily said, "Last time when it won the Crystal Bear prize we already wanted to attend with (Sandra Ng) Kwan Yu, but last time we couldn't get together. Hopefully this time we will be able to attend the Asia Pacific Film Festival altogether, but Kwan Yu, Brother Wa and (Araif) Lee Chi Ting are very busy. After the shoot our relationships have been great. When we have the chance we would like to meet for dinner."

LOVE IN A PUFF's "Ji Ming" Ah Lok yesterday thanked everyone for supporting films with Hong Kong specialty. He stated that he was trying to schedule in the film festival. "Chun Giu" Chin Wa said that it was worth learning to smoke for the movie.

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[2010.08.25] 100 FILMS COMPETE AT THE CHANGCHUN FILM FESTIVAL

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The 10th Changchun Film Festival officially opened on the night of the 23rd. 437 Chinese and foreign films will participate in the event, the most in its history. This year's "Golden Deer Award" attracted the attention of the world's primary Chinese film production regions, with over 100 privately operated companies from three lands on both sides of the straits and foreign film production companies' 437 films taking part. Films like FOUNDING OF A REPUBLIC, BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS, IP MAN 2, CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH, CONFUCIUS, MULAN, OVERHEARD, THE BEAST STALKER, PAINTED SKIN, ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW, SILVER MEDALIST, and JUST ANOTHER PANDORA'S BOX applied to participate in this year's film festival. In addition, the award ceremony will take place on August 28 in Changchun Five Ring Stadium. Vicki Zhao Wei will be the Changchun Film Festival image ambassador and stars like Stanley Huang (Wong Lap Hung), Han Geng, Van Fan Yat Sun will perform.

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[2010.08.09] ALEX LAW MAKES ROMANCE OF 8.5 DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY

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Alex Law Kai Yui, Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting

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The Central and Western District Council organized a screening of ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU) at the Sheung Wan Civic Center for the people in the district. The film's director Alex Law Kai Yui and producer Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting also attended to share their production memories and experience of promoting Hong Kong film culture and art. As soon as they arrived, many immediately asked them for their autographs.

Law Kai Yui and Cheung Yuen Ting expressed that ECHOES was able to shoot on Wing Lee Street mainly due to the assistance of the Central and Western District Council in communicating with each government department and apply for location permits. As for their future film plans, Law Kai Yui revealed that he is planning a love story that happened in Shanghai during a major era and joked that the degree of difficulty would be 8.5. He expected that the film will start production next year and will shoot on location in Shanghai. As for actors, he said that he could not reveal any yet and even joked that actors were hard to find. Will he work with Araif Rahman (Lee Chi Ting) again? He honestly said that the film will not have any young character and jokingly wished that he will grow up sooner, but he also knew that Lee's momentum has been great as of late.

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