[Sing Tao Daily report]Jiang Tao and his teammate Liu Yingting (Jer) entered the film industry for the first time, and co-starred with the film queen Mao Shunyun in the emperor’s film “Ama Has A Second” directed by Peng Xiuhui. In the competition project of the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival, Jiang Tao was pleasantly surprised and said that he hoped that the Japanese audience would feel that they were performing attentively. Jer was excited and hoped that everyone would pay more attention to the new Hong Kong actors.Text: Entertainment Group
Jiang Tao and Jer made their first appearance in a film and were selected for overseas film festivals. Jiang Tao said frankly that he was pleasantly surprised: “I’m so happy that “Ama Has A Second” was able to be shortlisted for the Osaka Asian Film Festival. This is my first time making a film. I feel very honored that I can be shortlisted for the International Film Festival for the first time I made a film, and I also hope that Japanese audiences can feel our dedicated performance from the Japanese subtitle version, please support us a lot, thank you!”
Happy to learn from seniors
Jer, who is also making his debut on the big screen, is also very excited regarding being nominated for the Osaka Asian Film Festival: “This is my first film with Jiang Tao, we put a lot of effort into it, and I’m so happy that this film has rushed out of Hong Kong to the Japanese audience. You can appreciate it. As a newcomer, this film is a good learning opportunity. It is a bonus to be shortlisted in the International Film Festival. I hope everyone can pay more attention to the new actors in Hong Kong, so that the Hong Kong performing arts circle will become more and more blooming; I would like to thank the director in particular. Peng Xiuhui, she taught us how to act very attentively. In terms of acting, Jiang Tao and I have relatively little experience. She spent a lot of thought on assisting us in the preparatory work. She is a good director. In addition, Sister Mao has always been very good. Teach me attentively, I am very happy to be able to cooperate with different seniors, and at the same time, it is hard for the behind-the-scenes staff to take good care of us, so that we can have the best performance in front of the screen!”
Sister Mao is excited
Mao Shunjun was also very excited regarding being shortlisted, saying that it was like injecting a booster: “I’m so happy, especially when I was very depressed by the epidemic, hearing this good news immediately lifted my spirits! I hope all the audience will like it. “Grandma Has A Second”, participating in different film festivals in the future, all of them will be able to win!”
Director Peng Xiuhui once won the “Audience Award” at the Osaka Asian Film Festival with her first film “29+1”. She was very happy that “Grandma” was nominated for the Osaka Asian Film Festival, and said: “I am very happy, I am very happy for the Osaka Asian Film Festival. The festival has a special emotion, the first film “29+1″ directed, also won an award in this film festival; I am very moved to be nominated once more this time… I regret not being able to attend the film festival in person this year.” Peng Xiuhui also hopes that Japan The audience can use this to recognize new actors in Hong Kong.
■Director Peng Xiuhui (right) has a relationship with the Osaka Asian Film Festival.
■A Jer’s song has just been nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards, and another film has been nominated for the Asian Film Festival.
■Jiang Tao was shortlisted for the film festival for the first time, and he was very excited.
■Sister Mao had a lot of fun, and she even sprayed champagne with Jiang Tao to celebrate.
■The film has a good result, and the staff is a big part of it.
■Jiang Tao announced on the social platform earlier that the film was finished.
■Mao Shunyun was refreshed when he learned that he was shortlisted for the film festival.