Mandarin Films Distribution Co. Ltd or Mandarin Cinema (東方電影發行有限公司), formerly known as Mandarin Films Ltd. (東方電影出品有限公司), was a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

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production company A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and ...

and

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. It was established in 1991 by

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

Raymond Wong Pak-Ming Raymond Wong Pak-ming (Chinese: 黃百鳴, born 8 April 1946; sometimes transliterated as Raymond Wong Bak-ming) is a Hong Kong film producer, playwright, director and actor. He is one of the most successful producers in Hong Kong cinema, h ...

, and is a

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of Mandarin Entertainment Holdings Ltd. Mandarin Films Limited

Company

Since its foundation, Mandarin has been closely involved in producing, licensing and distributing high-quality films, which include ''Eighteen Spring'', ''The Phantom Lover'', ''

The Bride with White Hair ''The Bride with White Hair'' is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Ronny Yu, starring Brigitte Lin and Leslie Cheung. The film's main character, Lian Nichang, is loosely based on the protagonist of Liang Yusheng's novel ''Baifa Monü Zh ...

'', ''

Dragon Tiger Gate ''Dragon Tiger Gate'' is a 2006 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Wilson Yip and featuring fight choreography by Donnie Yen, who also stars in the film. The film is based on the manhua ''Oriental Heroes'', which bears the same Chines ...

'', and ''

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''. Up to this moment, Mandarin Films has produced more than 85 films for distribution around the world. In 2001, Mandarin Films took a big leap by listing its share in the

Hong Kong Stock Exchange The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2020, it has 2,538 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$47 trillion. It is repor ...

. With recent strong international interest in Chinese films and powerful new government initiatives to promote films of Hong Kong, Mandarin Films is ideally placed to lead the way in a newly vibrant film industry. Mandarin aims to produce more and better films, and taking advantage of their PRC collaborations to shoot, market and distribute films and television series, as well as taking advantage of the huge demand for quality films in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

itself, Mandarin will also be increasing its promotion of Chinese films to an eager and ever-growing international audience.

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