Sundream Motion Pictures
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Sundream Motion Pictures Ltd. , also known as Sundream Pictures is a Hong Kong
production company
and distributor
. It is a subsidiary
of pay TV
provider i-Cable Communications Ltd.
.
with a mission to produce high quality movies and nurture young talent for the filmmaking industry. The company commenced business as of March 23, 2005.
49 Days, which starred Cantopop
idols Stephen Fung
and Gillian Chung
. Sundream released another film that same year, such as A Battle of Wits
starring Andy Lau
, and Twins Mission
featuring the teen-icon band Twins
(Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi
).
Yau Nai-Hoi
's first directorial effort Eye in the Sky
, released in 2007
, enjoyed success in Hong Kong, winning several awards at film festivals throughout Asia
and North America
.
Sundream continues to produced and distribute feature films. Its next films include Howling Arrow which is being directed by martial artist
Sammo Hung
and Linger
a love story directed by Johnnie To
and starring Vic Zhou and Li Bingbing
.
Lost‧Indulgence (2008)
Ticket (2008)
Champions (2008)
The Equation of Love and Death (2009)
Plastic City (2009)
The Unbelievable (2009)
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
production company
Production company
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and distributor
Distributor
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. It is a subsidiary
Subsidiary
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of pay TV
Pay TV
Pay television, premium television, or premium channels refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analog and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and internet television...
provider i-Cable Communications Ltd.
I-CABLE Communications
i-CABLE Communications Limited , i-Cable in short, is an internet Service Provider in Hong Kong, and is now one of Hong Kong's leading integrated communications companies...
.
Company
Sundream Motion Pictures is a dynamic production houseProducing house
A producing house is a theatre which produces its own shows in-house. Theaters which do not produce their own material are known as receiving houses....
with a mission to produce high quality movies and nurture young talent for the filmmaking industry. The company commenced business as of March 23, 2005.
Films
Sundream Motion Pictures' first feature film was the 2006 filmHong Kong films of 2006
-2006:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 2006 at * at Hong Kong Film Archive...
49 Days, which starred Cantopop
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
idols Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung Tak-Lun is a Hong Kong based actor, singer, model, writer and film director.-Biography:Fung's mother, Julie Sek Yin, was a famous Shaw Brothers actress...
and Gillian Chung
Gillian Chung
Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Charlene Choi.-Early life:...
. Sundream released another film that same year, such as A Battle of Wits
A Battle of Wits (2006 film)
A Battle of Wits is a 2006 Hong Kong film based on a Japanese historical novel, written by Ken'ichi Sakemi. A manga series was written by Hideki Mori, also based on the novel. Directed by Jacob Cheung, the film starred Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu and Choi Siwon...
starring Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
, and Twins Mission
Twins Mission
Twins Mission is a 2007 Hong Kong martial arts-action-comedy film directed by action choreographer Kong Tao-Hoi and starring Sammo Hung, Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi and Wu Jing among others...
featuring the teen-icon band Twins
Twins (group)
Twins is a Hong Kong-based female Cantopop duo which was created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group . Twins is made up of two girls, Charlene Choi Cheuk-Yin and Gillian Chung Yan-Tung. They were a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in China. Their fanbase included Japan,...
(Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.-Biography:...
).
Yau Nai-Hoi
Yau Nai-Hoi
Yau Nai-Hoi is a Hong Kong filmmaker and screenwriter. He has been known as a popular writer for films directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai of Milkyway Image. He often collaborates with fellow Milkyway Image writers Wai Ka-Fai, Szeto Kam-Yuen, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing...
's first directorial effort Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky (film)
Eye in the Sky is a 2007 Hong Kong crime film starring Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Miss Hong Kong pageant winner Kate Tsui in her film debut. Yam and Tsui play surveillance operatives on the trail of a gang of professional robbers led by Chan Chong-Shan . The title of the film is derived from...
, released in 2007
2007 in film
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, enjoyed success in Hong Kong, winning several awards at film festivals throughout Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Sundream continues to produced and distribute feature films. Its next films include Howling Arrow which is being directed by martial artist
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...
and Linger
Linger (film)
Linger is a 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Johnnie To and starring Li Bingbing and Vic Chou of F4 fame in his film debut. Li plays a woman who is visited by the ghost of her former boyfriend , who died in a car accident three years earlier...
a love story directed by Johnnie To
Johnnie To
Johnnie To Kei-Fung, born 22 April 1955, is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas...
and starring Vic Zhou and Li Bingbing
Li Bingbing
Li Bingbing is a Chinese actress and singer.-Life and career:Li had no intention of becoming an actress initially and enrolled specifically in a high school for prospective school teachers...
.
Filmography
- 49 Days49 Days49 Days is a South Korean television fantasy drama series broadcast by SBS in 2011.-Synopsis:Ji-Hyun's life seems to be storybook perfect. Her parents adore her and her friends all seem to admire her. Ji-Hyun is also engaged and set to marry her fiance Min-Ho in just a few days...
(2006) - Twins MissionTwins MissionTwins Mission is a 2007 Hong Kong martial arts-action-comedy film directed by action choreographer Kong Tao-Hoi and starring Sammo Hung, Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi and Wu Jing among others...
(2006) - A Battle of WitsA Battle of Wits (2006 film)A Battle of Wits is a 2006 Hong Kong film based on a Japanese historical novel, written by Ken'ichi Sakemi. A manga series was written by Hideki Mori, also based on the novel. Directed by Jacob Cheung, the film starred Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu and Choi Siwon...
(2006) - Nothing is ImpossibleNothing Is ImpossibleNothing is Impossible is a 2006 Hong Kong film directed by Lam Wah-Chuen.-External links:* *...
(2006) - Eye in the SkyEye in the Sky (film)Eye in the Sky is a 2007 Hong Kong crime film starring Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Miss Hong Kong pageant winner Kate Tsui in her film debut. Yam and Tsui play surveillance operatives on the trail of a gang of professional robbers led by Chan Chong-Shan . The title of the film is derived from...
(2007) - Howling Arrow (2008)
- LingerLinger (film)Linger is a 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Johnnie To and starring Li Bingbing and Vic Chou of F4 fame in his film debut. Li plays a woman who is visited by the ghost of her former boyfriend , who died in a car accident three years earlier...
(2008)
Lost‧Indulgence (2008)
Ticket (2008)
Champions (2008)
The Equation of Love and Death (2009)
Plastic City (2009)
The Unbelievable (2009)