Singapore’s mm2 Asia ramps up production with five features for 2023 (exclusive)
Singapore’s mm2 Asia is ramping up production across Asia and in the US, with five films scheduled for release in 2023 as audiences return to theatres after the pandemic.
*The titles include Yu Sen-I’s New York-set drama My Heavenly City and Nate Ki’s Hong Kong suspense horror Back Home . They will respectively star Keung To and Anson Kong from popular Hong Kong boy group Mirror.
Angelin Ong, general manager for North Asia at mm2 Asia, said the raft of upcoming features marked a rising demand for content in the region following the events of the past couple of years.
“The Covid-19 pandemic caused severe production disruption in the last two years. Cinema audience numbers in Singapore and Malaysia have rebounded to close to pre-pandemic levels since capacity restrictions for cinemas have been removed in late April,” said Ong.
“We are now gearing up a busy slate of cross-border collaborations to meet the rising demand for content across the region. That is made possible as travel restrictions are becoming more relaxed. Talent is more willing to travel, which makes it easier for us to cast them in cross-border projects.”
All five features were shot this year and are in post-production.
My Heavenly City marks the feature directorial debut of Taiwan-born New York-based Yu and stars Vivian Sung ( Till We Meet Again ), Yao Chun-Yao (series The Amazing Grace Of Σ ) and To ( Mama’s Affair ). They are among the three sets of characters who connect and inspire one another in their journey of finding hope in the seemingly heavenly city of New York.
「愛真的面貌/用藝術呈現莫負擅長/只希望默默地提示人類善良」
——姜濤《作品的說話》
We Are the World、Heal the World、《Amani》、《薩拉熱窩的羅密歐與茱麗葉》等流行曲為我們建立反戰、重視和平、反歧視等價值觀。曾幾何時,我們珍惜它、捍衛它,並以它作為行事準則。然而,不知何時,不明原因,身邊人已很少討論這些我們一直以來擁抱的東西。但這不表示它消失,只要曾存在,所有遺失的東西都會在心中。《作品的說話》傳達的反戰與共融的訊息,正好起記憶補遺的作用。當「可記得/曾融和天與地/東跟西/繪於一面圍牆/的噴畫」這個柏林圍牆倒下的畫面出現於腦海時,我們會否記得那些曾存在於心中的崇高事物?
——海邊欄