E&W Films

17/11/2024

“Mother Maybe” is one of three projects to receive the QPM Philippine Co-Production Grant.

QCinema film market strengthens Southeast Asian cinema with grants and post-production awards for emerging regional filmmakers and projects.

14/11/2024

"Mother Maybe" is selected in the Red Sea Souk 2024 Projects-in-Development section.

Currently at QCinema Project Market. 💪

Red Sea Souk Unveils 2024 Project Selection With Upcoming Features From Fatima Al-Banawi, Asmae El Moudir & C.J Obasi

13/11/2024

Two prizes at QCinema!

"Viet and Nam" wins Best Picture.

"Cu Li Never Cries" wins the NETPAC Jury Prize for Best Asian First Film.

13/11/2024

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28/10/2024

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"Mongrel" and "Viet and Nam" compete together again at the upcoming Singapore International Film Festival, while "Cu Li Never Cries" also screens, under the Horizon section.

Experience bold new cinematic visions by emerging Asian directors debuting their first to third feature films. These nine films collectively capture the vibrant pulse of Asian cinema today.

26/10/2024

😍 “Mongrel” accompanying “Viet and Nam” in the International Competition at the World Film Festival of Bangkok.

With “Regretfully at Dawn” as the Opening Film and “Cu Li Never Cries” in World Kaleidoscope.

Mongrel / Chiang Wei Liang, You Qiao Yin / 2024 / Taiwan, Singapore, France

Oom has no papers or formal training but is good at caring for the elderly and disabled. When his situation as a caregiver in the mountains becomes too much for him, he has to choose between survival and dignity.

อุ้มเป็นแรงงานเถื่อน ไม่มีทั้งใบอนุญาตและใบประกาศผ่านการฝึกงาน แต่เขาก็สามารถดูแลผู้พิการและผู้สูงอายุได้ดี วันหนึ่งเมื่อสถานการณ์การทำงานเป็นผู้ดูแลผู้ที่ช่วยเหลือตัวเองไม่ได้บนภูเขาสูงเริ่มสร้างความลำบากใจให้อุ้ม อุ้มจึงต้องตัดสินใจเลือกระหว่างศักดิ์ศรีและความอยู่รอด

17/10/2024

"Regretfully at Dawn" is the opening film of the World Film Festival of Bangkok!

It will also have its North American Premiere at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. 💪

15/10/2024

"Mongrel", "Viet and Nam", and "Regretfully at Dawn" screen at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.

"Mongrel" and "Viet and Nam" receive nominations in Best Cinematography at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

09/10/2024

"Mongrel" and "Viet and Nam" compete in the upcoming Tokyo FILMeX Competition!

世界的に大きな注目を集めるアジアからは、才能ある新鋭たちが次々と登場しています。そんなアジアの新進作家が2023年から2024年にかけて監督した作品の中から、10作品を上映します。また3名からなる国際審査員が、最優....

03/10/2024

"Mongrel" wins the Best Script Award at the Ourense Film Festival, and has also been awarded the Next Masters Support Program International Promotion Fund from Talents Tokyo.

"Mongrel" and "Regretfully at Dawn" compete in the New Asian Cinema section of the Five Flavors Asian Film Festival and the New Directors Competition at the São Paulo International Film Festival.

De 17 a 30 de Outubro | 2024

02/10/2024

Super honoured that “Mongrel” has received 7 nominations in the following categories at Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards!

Best Leading Actor for Wanlop Rungkumjad
Best Supporting Actor for Hong Yu-hong
Best Supporting Actress for Lu Yi-ching
Best New Director for Chiang Wei Liang & Yin You Qiao
Best Cinematography for Michaël Capron
Best Art Direction for Ye Tzu-wei
Best Sound Effects for R.T Kao, Lim Ting Li, Chen Yung

Oom has no papers or formal training but is good at caring for the elderly and disabled. When his situation as a caregiver in the mountains becomes too much for…

26/09/2024

"Primetime Mother" is the National Winner for the Philippines in the Best Short Form (Scripted) Category at the Asian Academy Creative Awards

"Mongrel" competes at Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, which is also screening "Cu Li Never Cries" and "Regretfully at Dawn"

"Cu Li Never Cries" and "Viet and Nam" compete at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

"Viet and Nam" in theatres across France

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04/09/2024

3 films screening at BIFF! 🙏

Mongrel by Chiang Wei Liang and Yin You Qiao
Regretfully at Dawn by Sivaroj Kongsakul
Viet and Nam by Truong Minh Quy

Busan International Film Festival 2-11 October, 2024

17/07/2024

"Regretfully at Dawn" by Sivaroj Kongsakul is selected for the New Directors Competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival!

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2024/sections_and_films/7/723576/in

07/06/2024

"The Gospel of the Beast" wins Best Feature Narrative at the Bali International Film Festival!

27/05/2024

A small consolidation of reviews for "Mongrel" over the past 12 days of Cannes:

"Zen-like tale of compassion and suffering among migrant care workers"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/20/mongrel-review-zen-like-tale-of-compassion-and-suffering-among-migrant-care-workers

"There is a sense after seeing it...of having encountered greatness. That is a rarity, even in Cannes."
https://deadline.com/2024/05/mongrel-review-taiwan-drama-chiang-wei-liang-1235926980/

"Chiang’s tough but affecting film taps into tragically universal notions of feeling invisible or ineffectual in one’s day-to-day survival. These concepts are most certainly not lost in translation."
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/mongrel-review-1235006740/

"the quietly enigmatic Rungkumjad projects an air of decency which draws the audience...[t]he question of whether this ‘mongrel’ is staying in this hopeless place because he has no choice or actually deciding to remain adds a lingering layer of ambiguity to a powerful piece of social realism."
https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/mongrel-cannes-review/5193473.article

"The mise-en-scène and locations are all very contained and hermetic, but this is all a prelude to...a spectacular and ruthlessly staged demonstration of how the illegal immigrants land in these traffickers’ hands in the first place."
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/462564/

"There’s a serene, still devastation lurking at the heart of Chiang Wei Liang’s Mongrel."
https://www.highonfilms.com/mongrel-2024-cannes-movie-review/

Close attention is required for this sombre but impressive Taiwanese feature debut about exploited illegal staff, and their patients and gangmasters

26/05/2024

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14/11/2023

“Primetime Mother” wins Best International Short at the San Diego Asian Film Festival

Sonny Calvento’s Primetime Mother has just clinched the Best International Short award at the 2023 San Diego Asian Film Festival presented by the Pacific Arts Movement! 🎥🌟

Primetime Mother is a short film produced as a proof of concept for its full-length feature version, 'MOTHER MAYBE,' by Southern Lantern Studios and co-produced by E&W Films and VOLOS FILMS 飛望影像有限公司. The film project recently won major awards at the 文化內容策進院 Taiwan Creative Content Agency: the MPA Grand Award, Taichung Action Award, and the top prize, the TAICCA & CNC Award for Best Project.

From 2000 onward, the San Diego Asian Film Festival has established itself as a leading stage for Asian American cinema, evolving into the largest exhibition of Asian and Pacific Islander films in the Western United States.

More details: https://sdaff.org/2023/2023/11/11/announcing-the-24th-san-diego-asian-film-festival-awards-winners/