Bright Shadow Films

Directed by China’s young director Yang Shupeng, THE ROBBER, whose leading actors include Hu Jun and Jiang Wu, has been on theatrical release since Nov 20th, 2009.

THE ROBBER is one of the films going  public screening among the projects of SIFF’s China Film Pitch and Catch. It is Yang’s second feature film after his maiden work THE COLD FLAME.

Since its debut in CFPC of SIFF 2007, THE ROBBER has been considered as market promising and won CFPC’s award for Most Promising Project to Invest. It was well evaluated by investors and received collaboration intentions from international distributors including AVIX of Japan when it started to shoot.

In addition to THE ROBBER, other CFPC’s projects such as ONCE UPON A TIME IN TIBET by DAI Wei and THE LAST RAINSTORM by Leste Chen are now almost finished and scheduled for theatrical release the coming year.

SIFF’s CFPC serves as a bridge for the connection between film projects and investors, the place in which the young film makes can benefit from the concept of investors as well as their insight to the market. This helps young film makers better understand the market and enlarge the possibility for their project’s success.

The China Film Pitch and Catch is one of SIFF’s efforts to explore, support and promote the young. During the past few years, SIFF integrated its resource to be an effective system consisting of pitching, co-production and competition. The China’s annual leading festival hopes these efforts could encourage directors’ brave innovation and practice in arts while at the same time provide them the chance for their development worldwide. Wanma Caidan, SIFF’s best director of Asian New Talent Award 2006 for his THE SILENT HOLY STONES, brought his project ON THE ROAD TO LHASA to CFPC. His latest THE SEARCH competed for the grand Jin Jue Award of SIFF and is selected by the jury panel head by Danny Boyle as the winner of Jury Grand Prix. It’s now going for the theatrical screening in France by the end this year.

Either Yang Shupeng or Wanma Caidan, or THE ROBBER or THE SEARCH, it’s just a start. The young generation of China’s Film Industry grows fast and shows their talent to the world. The Shanghai International Film Festival will continue to set up a international stage for them.

The 13th Shanghai International Film Festival is due to start on June 12, 2010.

• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• People’s Republic of Desire
• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel

Hey Guys, here is a quick update about our film “The people of Republic desire”

We are currently working on the audition, finalize the big roles in the film, it’s going quite well and we are hoping to finish everything soon, but we are also searching for the small role cast, if you have a Chinese face with fluent English, feel free to send us your bio with previous work, we would love to send you some info regarding the audition.

Crew: Same as the casting, we are finalize the main crew member these days, if you willing to join the production, here are the available position:

Intern: For both pre-prod and prod

Assistant for different department: Art, Location, Equipment, Logistic, Talent Management, etc

prdthemovie@brightshadowfilms.com

Pic From here

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• People’s Republic of Desire
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

The People’s Republic of Desire hits Shanghai

Local film production company Bright Shadow Films is preparing to start filming on their debut feature-length film, The People’s Republic of Desire, an adaptation of Annie Wang’s 2006 novel. The shoot is scheduled for the middle of next month.

The novel has been dubbed a “Sex in the City for Chinese women” – centering on four female friends, just as in the TV show. “It’s about single women and love, but that’s not the only thing,” says Lucy Brydon, who co-wrote the script with Jenny Hammond. “It’s not quite so directly about romance – the book has a lot to offer in terms of Chinese culture as well.”

Although the original story is set in modern day Beijing, the film adaptation will be set in Shanghai. “Shanghai’s just a sexier city, no offense to Beijing,” Brydon says with a laugh. Author Wang was on hand during the adaptation process, and has given her approval of the treatment. “[Wang] kept tabs, but she didn’t have any strict guidelines. She’s a ball of energy – very smart, very cool,” says Brydon, also mentioning the challenge of adapting the book, which was originally comprised of columns, into a cohesive film narrative. “We basically started by taking all the dialogue and went from there,” she says.

Bright Shadow’s managing director Charlie Moretti, who will also act as the film’s producer, reveals – without giving too much away – that the film will be shot on location, all over the city, including scenes at “the Hyatt, 1933, Chinatown – all the famous landmarks that Shanghai residents will recognize.” The shoot will last six weeks, he says, beginning at the end of September and lasting through the fall.

Already attached to the project is UK actor Andrew Lincoln, who has previously appeared in 2003’s Love, Actually (which Moretti likens to PRD), Scenes of a Sexual Nature and numerous British TV shows. “It’s an ensemble piece – but Andrew is our male lead,” says Moretti, highlighting that the production will involve over 30 crew members. Also confirmed for the project is director Alexei Berteig and director of photography Mark Pugh. Bright Shadow is currently working to confirm several additional actors, including the film’s four female leads, who will be of Chinese descent.

The film will be shot in English, although Moretti confirms that there will be dubbing for a domestic Chinese release. Bright Shadow has big hopes for the film, with a multi-million RMB budget and plans for an international release. “We’re aiming for April 2010,” says Moretti. “[Coinciding with the Expo] is part of the point, but realistically, we always knew it would be in the second quarter April, and we want to release it as early as possible to get as many viewers as possible.”

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

This Post Originally from here.

Yu Nan, one of the jury members for the Asian New Talent Award during the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, had an exclusive interview with correspondent from Daily News yesterday. As a jury member, Yu Nan expressed her excitement to see so many spirited works, and she hoped these fresh film directors could stick to their own style, not to be distracted by material gain. Besides work, for the first time, Yu Nan replied to questions related to love in her real life and confessed that she was hoping for true love.

Yu Nan has already had some experience of being a jury member on International Film Festival overseas ahead of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival (continue reading…)

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

We worked with 37 digital for this video, the video was made in 3D, we made all the sound in this video in 2 days, if you have a speaker, feel free to turn it louder and listen to the amazing work we have done, sametime you are welcome to visit Birght Shadow Films and watch this video with our German imported monitoring speaker.

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release