Media Asia Entertainment Group (, ) is a Hong Kong

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and

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for films made in Hong Kong and throughout China. It is a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development Company Ltd.

History

Headquartered in Hong Kong and listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited Dealing and Automated Quotation System since November 2004, Media Asia is one of Asia's largest Chinese language film studios. The executive officer of the company is

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, a co-founder of Media Asia. The chairman of the company is

Peter Lam Peter Lam Kin-ngok, GBS (, born 7 August 1957) is a Hong Kong businessman and billionaire who has developed a reputation in Hong Kong's business, media, and entertainment industry, as well as in Asia's hospitality and food and beverage industrie ...

, the younger son of

Lim Por-yen Lim Por-yen（21 December 1914 – 18 February 2005) was a Hong Kong industrialist. He founded the Lai Sun Group, and his family was the biggest shareholder of Asia Television. Biography Lim was born in Chaoyang, Shantou, on 21 December 1 ...

, who founded the Lai Sun Group. Media Asia was also the only international entertainment company listed on the bourse. On 25 June 2007 the Singapore exchange approved the request to delist the company. In August 2007 following a compulsory buyout of minority interests in the company, it was successfully delisted.''Media Asia Entertainment Group'' (1 August 2007
Announcement by Media Asia Entertainment Group
Singapore Exchange

Films

Media Asia has produced or co-financed over 50 Chinese language films. These include box-office successes such as ''

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'', '' Wait 'Til You're Older'', ''

A World Without Thieves ''A World Without Thieves'' () is a 2004 comedy action drama film directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Ge You, Wang Baoqiang and Li Bingbing. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is an adaptation of a 1999 novelette ...

,'' ''

Magic Kitchen ''Magic Kitchen'' is a 2004 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Lee Chi-ngai and starring Sammi Cheng and Jerry Yan. The film was adapted from the novel of the same title by Hong Kong novelist Lam Wing-sum. Plot Yau became the proprieto ...

'', and the ''

Infernal Affairs ''Infernal Affairs'' () is a 2002 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (director), Alan Mak from a screenplay written by Mak and Felix Chong. The film stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong ( ...

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Media Asia has a library of over 269 Chinese language films that it distributes to more than 30 major international markets. It has built up a range of output agreements with Asia-leading television channels, including Hong Kong Cable TV (Hong Kong),

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(China), Eastern Broadcasting (

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(

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) and

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(Singapore/

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) and has formed a joint-venture with

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for film distribution in China. From 1997 until 2004, it held the pre-1997 Golden Harvest film library with Mega Star handling home video distribution. When Mega Star went into Fortune Star (under Star TV), and with backing

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, it took the rights to the Golden Harvest film catalogue with them.

Awards

Media Asia's films have won 183 awards and have been nominated more than 250 times at international film awards and at film festivals such as the

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...

, the

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, the

Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. According to the FIAPF, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals and the second largest film festival in Asia behind the ...

, the

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Awards () are a film festival and associated awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. The festival and ceremony were founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republ ...

and the

Hong Kong Film Awards The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies typically take place in April, and have mostly been held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre since 1991. The a ...

References

External links

Media Asia
– Official Website {{Authority control Film production companies of Hong Kong Entertainment companies established in 1993 1993 establishments in Hong Kong Hong Kong brands Lai Sun Group Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange