Momo Pictures
Fortissimo Films, a sales company based in China and the Netherlands, has acquired international rights to the new Chinese sports feature film “Wild Punch.” The film is scheduled to be released outside of mainland China at the Cannes market next week.
Co-directed by acclaimed director Yu Liku-wai and Wang Jing (The Best is Yet to Come), Wild Punch is a sports and action drama about a top mixed martial arts athlete who is past the peak of his career. . And they face competition from young, talented trainees. The two must face off in the ring because each has something to prove.
Yu has directed four feature films, including the Cannes competition entry “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and the Venice production “Plastic City.” He also has a reputation as a cinematographer, working on films such as Jia Zhangke's “Still Life,” “A Touch of Sin,” and “Mountains May Depart,” Lu Ye's “Love and Bruises,” and An Hui's ” He has worked on works such as “A Simple''. life. “
“Wild Punch” is produced by Momo Pictures, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Zhiwen Group, best known for its Momo instant messaging mobile application. Since 2017, Momo Pictures has produced films such as The Best Is Yet to Come, which screened at IFF in Venice and Toronto, Tokyo Festival Award winner A Long Shot, and The Boy Who Counted Cars. I've been doing it. ” is the first collaboration between Momo Pictures and his Fortissimo Films.
Fortissimo recently announced that it will be responsible for the sales of the Chinese animated film “The Umbrella Fairy” directed by Shen Jie. This follows the veteran director's previously announced title, Feng Xiaogang's If You Are the One 3, and Xu Haofeng's If You Are the One 3, which played at festivals in Shanghai and Toronto last year and in Rotterdam in early 2024. This is in addition to “100 Yards.'' Responsible for selling the rights to China's cutting-edge animation “Deep Sea” by Tian Xiaopeng.
