Tan Chui Mui’s ‘All About Yuyu’ Scores at Shanghai Project Market
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Barbarian Invasion” director Tan Chi Mui from Malaysia scored a top result from the SIFF Project Market.
The market is a component event of the Shanghai International Film Festival, which wrapped up over the weekend. Tan’s “All About Yuyu” was named as the “recommended project for creativity” at the project market’s closing event.
The project, which is already being structured as a Malaysia-China coproduction, is a story that combines contemporary wuxia (heroic martial arts) with youth elements. “I want to make a modern wuxia film to recapture the magical feeling I had when watching films during my childhood,” she told local media.
Tan is a repeat visitor to Shanghai. She was previously a jury member for the Asian New Talent Award at the festival and saw “Barbarian Invasion” pick up the Grand Jury Prize at the festival’s 24th edition.Other top prizes from the project market jury, which was headed by filmmaker Wuershan, included: “Gods Are Watching” as a recommended work in progress; “Floating Cloud, Lone Crane,” as recommended new talent project; and “Two Time Zones,” which received a special mention.
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