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The Hong Kong Filmart had a steady start Monday as guests streamed into the convention hall and buzzed around a handful of hot titles in various stages of completion, including Lu Chuan's high-profile "Nanking! Nanking!" Anticipation of buyers and sellers was piqued by a jump in the number of Chinese companies in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center this year, even though a few griped about the lack of carpeting in the cavernous place - apparently a cost-effective operation - construction and persistent noise . Director Lu's "Nanking! Nanking!" About the massacre of Chinese in the hands of the Japanese army 72 years ago, a lot of attention in the Chinese language press. Lu is not Filmart as he holes in Beijing editing of the film, which he hopes by the end of the time for the Cannes Film Festival in May. Lu said the Hollywood Reporter that Harvey Weinstein has seen the film and expressed strong interest in the world rights outside China. The Weinstein Co.'s man in Asia, Bey Logan, declined comment. Media Asia is the sales agent. Among the flood of Asian films is simply that a turning of the heads seemed to be "The Child's Eye in 3D", the two Helming duos Danny and Oxide Pang are billing as the first Asian digital 3-D horror film. The $ 4.5 million picture of Hong Kong's Universe Films Distribution is about six Hong Kong, the encounter with the supernatural, while in the Bangkok airport during the protests against the government in November. It starts filming in Bangkok in June. Late Monday, the film closed a deal with Scorpio East for the Malaysian and Singaporean theatrical and video rights. Martial arts action film "High Kick Girl!" Japanese writer-producer-director Fuyuhiko Nishi ( "Black Belt") has sales representatives Indie Hexagon Pictures considerable interest after an early Monday-screening for buyers from Taiwan and Korea. The film has already been to China and Turkey. Building on the success of 2008, the "Painted Skin", Hong Kong distributor of the Golden Sun has recently announced that 20 million U.S. dollars "A Chinese Ghost Story" was the interest of the big American and Japanese studios, with the latter speak early investment. The second installment in a "Lord of the Rings" trilogy also has style presale offers from Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Vietnam. Mandarin Films "2010 planned sequel to Donnie Yen vehicle" IP Man "- the gross 200 million yuan - also Filmart its debut and quickly has offers from South East Asia buyers. Mandarin is also available on the One Dollar Prod "S Adult Film" 3D Sex & Zen, "a reprise of the 1990s popular genre, the attention of Japanese and Korean buyers. Sales Workshop "overhead", a traditional Hong Kong cop thriller from the "Infernal Affairs" writing team led by Felix Chong and Alan Mak, has an interest in Southeast Asia and Europe. Tsai Ming-liang's marquee was designed as a contribution Fortissimo Films attracts Asian interest for "face," the Taiwanese auteur film the movie with a mostly French cast. Meanwhile, Bill Kong EDKO movies hoped, a Vietnam for "Blood The Last Vampire", a film that sees the Frenchman Chris Nahon direct Korean starlet Gianna Jun demon-vampire-hunting in the aftermath of the Second World War in Japan. EDKO has sewn, sales in the rest of Asia. Comments Please login to post comments or replies.