EDKO FILMS LTD - AFM2010
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UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE (山楂樹之戀)
"...this tender, understated romancer touches the heart with a disarming,
almost stealthy sweetness." –VARIETY

By ZHANG Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers)
China/Hong Kong, 2010, Mandarin, 115’, Drama/Romance
Cast: ZHOU Dongyu, Shawn DOU
Delivery: Ready


I cannot wait for you for one year and one month. I cannot wait for you until you are 25. But I have waited for you my whole life.

Synopsis: Jing, a young high school city girl and a picture of innocence, is sent to the countryside to be “re-educated” during the Cultural Revolution and there, meets a young man named Sun who will change her ideas on love, family, and loyalty forever.

15th Pusan International Film Festival – Opening Film

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojSsSMX7Ys

   
STRAWBERRY CLIFF (贖命)

By Chris CHOW (Screenwriter of Fearless and Blood the Last Vampire) Hong Kong/USA/France, 2010, English, 105’, Suspense/Thriller
Cast: Eason CHAN (Lavender, Trivial Matters), Leslie-Anne HUFF

Delivery: Ready

Do you have the time to die?

Synopsis:
Kate, troubled by her rare gift of foretelling the exact time of other people’s deaths, tries to find answers in Hong Kong when she is introduced to Darren, a young bartender who has an agenda of his own.

15th Pusan International Film Festival – New Currents

   
OCEAN HEAVEN (海洋天堂)

By XUE Xiaolu (Screenwriter of Together)
China/Hong Kong, 2010, 97’, Mandarin, Drama
Cast: Jet LI (The Forbidden Kingdom, Fearless), KWAI Lun Mei (All About Women, Secret), WEN Zhang (A Tale of Two Donkeys)

Delivery: Ready

For him, heaven is the ocean.
For his father, it means leaving a child behind.


Synopsis: Sam Wong, a loving father who has devoted his life to taking care of his autistic son David, must try to prepare David for a life on his own, a day that will come sooner than he thinks.

4th Balinale International Film Festival – The Best Overall Film
13th Shanghai International Film Festival – Opening Film
4th Seoul International Family Film Festival – Competition


Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/user/edx2y#p/search/0/d6L1cVVj-_E

   
 
LIFE IS A MIRACLE (TENTATIVE TITLE)


By GU Changwei (Peacock, And the Spring Comes)
China/Hong Kong, 2010, Mandarin, Drama/Romance
Cast: ZHANG Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha), Aaron KWOK (Storm Warriors I&II, The Detective)

Delivery: Spring 2011

Synopsis: Set in a small Chinese village where an illicit blood trade has spread HIV to the community, Life is a Miracle is the story of De Yi and Qin Qin, two victims faced with the grim reality of impending death, who unexpectedly find love with each other and risk everything to pursue a last chance at happiness before it’s too late.

Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt2eAfpIbis

   
REST ON YOUR SHOULDER (肩上蝶)


By Jacob CHEUNG (A Battle of Wits)
China, 2011, Mandarin, Drama/Romance/Fantasy
Cast: Aloys Chen (Let the Bullet Fly, Painted Skin), Gigi Leung (Turn Left, Turn Right), KWAI Lun-Mei (All About Women, Secret), JIANG Yi-Yan (City of Life and Death)
Music: Jo HISASHI (Departures, Spirited Away)

Delivery: late April 2011

A butterfly holds the secret to the truth about love.

Synopsis:
On an island struck by a deadly new illness, Bobo makes a pact with a mythical being to sacrifice herself and become a butterfly in order to save her sick fiancée Joseph, an acclaimed biologist who is devoted to finding a cure. As Bobo watches, Joseph moves on with his life and associates with new women, casting doubt in Bobo’s mind about Joseph’s love for her. When she finds the final ingredient for the cure, Bobo rushes to get it to Joseph in time and must decide if she will become human again to find out whom Joseph desires as his one true love.

   
THE WARRIOR AND THE WOLF (狼災記)


By TIAN Zhuangzhuang (The Go Master, Horse Thief, The Blue Kite)
China/Hong Kong/Singapore/Japan/USA, 2009, 104’, Mandarin, Epic/Action/Romance
Cast: Maggie Q (Die Hard 4, Mission: Impossible III), Joe ODAGIRI (Blood and Bones, Tokyo Tower), TOU Chung-hua (Lust, Caution, July Rhapsody)


Based on a story by Award-winning Japanese Writer Yasushi Inoue

34th Toronto International Film Festival – Special Presentation
3rd Middle East International Film Festival Abu Dhabi – Competition


Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbsKODdDvDE

   
MURDERER (殺人犯)


By Roy Hin-Yeung CHOW
China/Hong Kong/USA, 2009, 120’, Cantonese, Suspense/Thriller
Cast: Aaron KWOK (Storm Warriors I&II, The Detective), Ning CHANG (Tea Flight, Silk), CHEUNG Siu-Fai (Connected, Election)


How do you solve a mystery when you can’t keep track of the clues?
How do you investigate a crime when you become the suspect?


10th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival - Competition

Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/user/edx2y#p/u/99/QRuU0pd5tRc

   
DANCE, SUBARU! (舞吧!昴)


By LEE Chi Ngai (Magic Kitchen, The Sleepless Town)
China/Hong Kong/Korea/Singapore, 2009, 113’, Japanese, Dance/Drama
Cast: Meisa KUROKI (A Sword of Emperor, I Am Still Loving You), Momoi KAORI (Kagemusha, Memoirs of a Geisha)


From the best-selling Japanese comic by Masahito Soda

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnsvLufEWMQ

   
CLAUSTROPHOBIA (親密)
“A mastery that recalls Eric Rohmer and Woody Allen at their most sublime.”
- VARIETY

By Ivy Ho (Screenwriter of Comrades, Almost a Love Story)
Hong Kong, 2009, 100’, Cantonese/Mandarin, Drama/Romance
Cast: Karena LAM (July Rhapsody, Inner Senses), Ekin CHENG (The Stormriders I&II, Divergence)


59th Berlin International Film Festival – Panorama Special
21st Tokyo International Film Festival – Competition
52nd San Francisco International Film Festival – Competition
3rd Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul – Best Actress


Trailer : http://www.irresistiblefilms.com.hk/movie/claustrophobia.htm

   
SECRET (不能說的秘密)


By Jay CHOU (Initial D, Curse of the Golden Flower)
Hong Kong, 2009, 102’, Mandarin, Drama/Fantasy/Music/Romance
Cast: Jay CHOU, KWAI Lun-Mei (Blue Gate Crossing, Sound of Colors), Anthony WONG (The Painted Veil, Infernal Affairs Trilogy)


Asian superstar Jay Chou directs and stars in this supernatural
romance which topped box offices throughout Asia

Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7dQSP4EQ-g

   
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