Emerging film director Kelvin Shum from Hong Kong started his career in theater and short films in Australia and the United States. In 2019, his experimental short “We Shall Overcome” won multiple awards including Best Thriller and Best Director during its run in many film festivals around the world. Praised for its striking visuals, “Deliverance” (2022), a psychological thriller starring Summer Chan and Simon Yam, is his first feature-length film.
In “It Remains”, Shum and Chan are back in bringing us a supernatural horror adventure set in a secluded village on a remote island far away from the busy city. While mourning the death of his girlfriend, Zi Jie, a grief-stricken young waiter keeps getting flashbacks of the car accident that killed her. In an attempt to console him, his three friends take him to a small village hopping nature and the remoteness would enable him to find solace.
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In “It Remains”, Shum and Chan are back in bringing us a supernatural horror adventure set in a secluded village on a remote island far away from the busy city. While mourning the death of his girlfriend, Zi Jie, a grief-stricken young waiter keeps getting flashbacks of the car accident that killed her. In an attempt to console him, his three friends take him to a small village hopping nature and the remoteness would enable him to find solace.
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- 2/11/2024
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Est N8, a recently-established finance, production and rights sales company, has added a Hong Kong remake of classic film “Tape” and the LGBT comedy-drama “Asog” to its bulging sales slate at the Afcm market that accompanies the Busan Intenational Film Festival.
“Tape” tells the story of three best friends who, following an event at a graduation party that transforms their lives, reunite 15 years later where a case of blackmail forces them to confront a terrible secret from their past.
The original film starred Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Robert Sean Leonard and played at the Sundance, Toronto and Rotterdam festivals.
In the Cantonese-language remake directed by Bizhan Tong, Selena Lee, Kenny Kwan, and Adam Pak play the contemporary characters while Mason Fung, Summer Chan, and Angus Yeung portray the characters’ younger versions.
The script is written by Stephen Belber, Tong, Lee and Bonnie Lo, and is an adaptation of Belber...
“Tape” tells the story of three best friends who, following an event at a graduation party that transforms their lives, reunite 15 years later where a case of blackmail forces them to confront a terrible secret from their past.
The original film starred Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Robert Sean Leonard and played at the Sundance, Toronto and Rotterdam festivals.
In the Cantonese-language remake directed by Bizhan Tong, Selena Lee, Kenny Kwan, and Adam Pak play the contemporary characters while Mason Fung, Summer Chan, and Angus Yeung portray the characters’ younger versions.
The script is written by Stephen Belber, Tong, Lee and Bonnie Lo, and is an adaptation of Belber...
- 10/8/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Season 15 of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) is wrapping up its Fall Edition with Hong Kong Week, beginning with an exciting in-person event on Saturday, October 29th, 2022 (5pm). The well-received “Deliverance” will be screened at the AMC New City Theatre in the city, featuring actress Summer Chan, who will also be at the theater in person to receive Apuc’s Bright Star Award.
Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com will moderate the Q&a after the 10/29 5pm screening of “Deliverance,” which will feature Summer Chan, along with appearances by directorKelvin Shum, his brother screenwriter Kyle Shum and Producer Charlie Wang. For info and tickets on the nearly sold-out event, click Summer Chan.
Summer Chan of ‘Deliverance,’ Recipient of Apuc’s Bright Star Award
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
Season 15 of Apuc is wrapping up with with Hong Kong films, eight in all from October 29th through November 6th, culminating in a...
Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com will moderate the Q&a after the 10/29 5pm screening of “Deliverance,” which will feature Summer Chan, along with appearances by directorKelvin Shum, his brother screenwriter Kyle Shum and Producer Charlie Wang. For info and tickets on the nearly sold-out event, click Summer Chan.
Summer Chan of ‘Deliverance,’ Recipient of Apuc’s Bright Star Award
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org
Season 15 of Apuc is wrapping up with with Hong Kong films, eight in all from October 29th through November 6th, culminating in a...
- 10/29/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Following his multi-awarded short “We Shall Overcome”, Kelvin Shum now presents his feature debut “Deliverance”, a family drama that also unfolds as a psychological thriller.
Deliverance is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Nicole returns home to Hong Kong to work in a hospital, after being away for 15 years, and she is reunited with her brothers. However, she still clings to the shattered memory from the night of her mother’s passing, continuing to be in doubt regarding her death, despite the fact that any kind of human intervention has been ruled out. Through hypnosis sessions with her big brother Joseph, who also teaches criminal psychology, she tries to remember exactly what happened, but as more memories come to the fore, she starts doubting her brothers’ behavior, while her grip on reality becomes thinner and thinner. As the movie progresses, the questions pile up. Is Nicole losing it from the...
Deliverance is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Nicole returns home to Hong Kong to work in a hospital, after being away for 15 years, and she is reunited with her brothers. However, she still clings to the shattered memory from the night of her mother’s passing, continuing to be in doubt regarding her death, despite the fact that any kind of human intervention has been ruled out. Through hypnosis sessions with her big brother Joseph, who also teaches criminal psychology, she tries to remember exactly what happened, but as more memories come to the fore, she starts doubting her brothers’ behavior, while her grip on reality becomes thinner and thinner. As the movie progresses, the questions pile up. Is Nicole losing it from the...
- 10/26/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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