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An anti-corruption investigator uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company’s foun­der, and becomes entangled in a long-running investigation.Ĭontact: Miriam Cheung, Emperor Motion Pictures Far Far Away Produced by Ronald Wong ( Overheard series), East Side Stories is set in Hong Kong in the 1980s when a stock-market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company. Previously known as Once Upon A Time In Hong Kong, this crime thriller reunites Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau, who both starred in the Infernal Affairs franchise, with Chong, who co-wrote the Infernal Affairs films and has since directed thrillers such as the Overheard series and Project Gutenberg. Contact: Pearl Chan, Good Move Media East Side Stories It has played at festivals including Slamdance and DMZ Docs.

The film was shot mainly in Hong Kong with local resident Gerosa directing and with backing from Fondation Jean Rouch and non-profit Think­Young. Dea Panendra, who has credits including Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts and recent Busan New Currents entry Photocopier, plays the lead role and the cast also features Italy’s Bruno Zanin ( Amarcord). This feature-length docudrama about the experiences of an Indonesian domestic helper in Hong Kong was written and partly improvised by a workshop of such helpers from Indonesia and the Philippines. Their new collaboration co-stars Lam Ka Tung, Megan Lai and Simon Yam and is in post-production. Produced by Soi Cheang with backing from Sil Metropole and Entertaining Power, the film is the second feature directed by Wong following I’m Livin’ It, which also starred Kwok and was produced by Cheang. Previously known as Disconnect’d, this action drama stars Aaron Kwok as a cyber security engineer who develops an AI programme that has the potential to disable the region’s networks, but then has to prevent it falling into the wrong hands. Contact: Meng Xie, Rediance Films Cyber Heist

Produced by Guangzhou-based Youwei Film Culture and Media, the film won best cinematic script at this year’s First International Film Festival, Xining. The mostly Cantonese-language production stars Hong Kong actors Athena Chu and Tse Kwan-ho, while the title refers to the family’s 160-year-old Argentine tortoise, which goes missing.

Set in the steamy southern Chinese province of Guangdong, this drama revolves around a middle-class family that is thrown into chaos when the grandfather dies and complex family secrets and relationships are revealed.