Focus Films Ltd.

Focus Films Ltd. (映藝娛樂有限公司) is a Hong Kong film investment, production and distribution company founded by actor-singer Andy Lau Tak-wah. It operates as the film arm of Focus Group Holdings Limited (映藝控股有限公司), the diversified entertainment group Lau established in 2003. The company's main business covers film investment, production and distribution, and it has built a library of nearly forty titles for which it owns or acts as commissioned distributor. Focus Films has produced and invested in a broad range of Hong Kong and pan-Asian cinema. Its early credits include classics such as Saviour of the Soul, A Fighter's Blues, Fulltime Killer and Dance of a Dream. In 2004 it co-invested in Feng Xiaogang's A World Without Thieves, which was a major box-office success in mainland China, and in 2005 it produced the romantic drama All About Love. In 2006 the company launched the "Focus First Cuts" high-definition film project, showcasing emerging directors from mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan; the project yielded six films including Crazy Stone, which became a breakout hit and an iconic brand movie. Subsequent productions include Brothers (2007), Gallants (2010), which won Best Film at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards, and A Simple Life (2011), which swept major awards at the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards. Later titles such as Firestorm (2013), My Voice, My Life (2014), Our Times (2015), Lost and Love (2015) and The Bodyguard (2016) continued the company's commercial and critical run. In 2019, the Lau-starring and -produced The White Storm 2: Drug Lords represented Hong Kong in the Best International Feature Film race at the 92nd Academy Awards, and in 2021 Shock Wave 2 surpassed RMB 1.3 billion at the mainland China box office, becoming the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in that market. Focus Films positions itself as a platform for nurturing film talent and supporting innovative, professional production with commercial appeal. It is part of a group whose other businesses include music production and publishing, artiste management, advertising production, stage and cultural projects, television production, intellectual property management and an international fan club.

Focus Films Ltd. is the film investment, production and distribution company within Focus Group Holdings Limited, the entertainment group founded by Hong Kong actor-singer Andy Lau Tak-wah in 2003. The group describes itself as managed by an experienced professional team and active across film and television production and distribution, music production and publishing, artiste management, advertising production, stage and cultural projects, an international fan club and intellectual property-related businesses. The film company's own account traces a long production and distribution record. Its early produced and invested titles include Saviour of the Soul, A Fighter's Blues, Fulltime Killer and Dance of a Dream. On the distribution side, it owns or is commissioned for the distribution rights of nearly forty titles, among them Wong Ching Po's Jiang Hu and Fruit Chan's award-winning Made in Hong Kong and The Longest Summer. In 2004 the company co-invested in Feng Xiaogang's A World Without Thieves, which achieved huge box-office success in mainland China, and in 2005 it produced the romantic drama All About Love. In 2006 it launched "Focus First Cuts" (亞洲新星導), a high-definition film project involving new and upcoming directors from mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. The project produced six films: Crazy Stone (mainland China), I'll Call You (Hong Kong), My Mother Is A Belly Dancer (Hong Kong), Rain Dogs (Malaysia), Love Story (Singapore) and The Shoe Fairy (Taiwan). Crazy Stone became both a box-office success and an iconic brand movie. In 2007 the company produced Brothers, directed by Derek Chiu. In 2010, versatile artiste Lam Ka-tung made his debut as producer with Gallants, an action comedy co-directed by Derek Kwok and Clement Cheng; it earned critical praise and won Best Film at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2011 the company participated in producing Ann Hui's A Simple Life, which won major awards at the 68th Venice Film Festival, the 48th Golden Horse Awards (Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director) and the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards, where it took Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. The company continued with commercially successful titles including the 2013 Hong Kong-style crime film Firestorm, the 2014 documentary My Voice, My Life directed by Oscar-winning documentary director Ruby Yang, the 2015 romantic comedy Our Times and the emotionally charged Lost and Love, and the 2016 action film The Bodyguard, directed by and starring Sammo Hung. Lost and Love received the Outstanding Feature Film Award and Outstanding Actor Award at the 16th Huabiao Awards. In 2019, The White Storm 2: Drug Lords, directed by Herman Yau and starring and produced by Andy Lau, won both box office and critical acclaim and represented Hong Kong in the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards. In 2021 the production team reunited for Shock Wave 2, whose mainland China cumulative box office exceeded RMB 1.3 billion, making it the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in that market; together with The White Storm 2 it gave Hong Kong films the top two box-office positions in mainland China. Looking ahead, Focus Films states it will continue to support innovation and professional production, provide a platform to nurture film talent, and deliver high-quality, commercially appealing films.

• 2021

  Shock Wave 2 surpassed RMB 1.3 billion at the mainland China box office, becoming the highest-grossing Hong Kong film there.

• 2019

  The White Storm 2: Drug Lords represented Hong Kong at the 92nd Academy Awards.

• 2016

  Released The Bodyguard, directed by and starring Sammo Hung.

• 2015

  Released Our Times and Lost and Love; Lost and Love won two Huabiao Awards.

• 2014

  Released My Voice, My Life, directed by Ruby Yang.

• 2013

  Released the crime film Firestorm.

• 2011

  A Simple Life swept awards at the 68th Venice Film Festival, the 48th Golden Horse Awards and the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards.

• 2010

  Gallants won Best Film at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards.

• 2007

  Produced Brothers, directed by Derek Chiu.

• 2006

  Launched the "Focus First Cuts" (亞洲新星導) HD film project with six films from emerging Asian directors.

• 2005

  Produced the romantic drama All About Love; Focus Films Ltd. established as the group's film company.

• 2004

  Co-invested in Feng Xiaogang's A World Without Thieves, a major mainland China box-office success.

• 2003

  Focus Group Holdings Limited founded by Andy Lau Tak-wah.

A Hong Kong film studio and distributor focused on high-quality, commercially viable cinema and on nurturing emerging film talent across Asia.

• Saviour of the Soul

• A Fighter's Blues

• Fulltime Killer

• Dance of a Dream

• A World Without Thieves

• All About Love

• Crazy Stone

• I'll Call You

• My Mother Is A Belly Dancer

• Rain Dogs

• Love Story

• The Shoe Fairy

• Brothers

• Gallants

• A Simple Life

• Firestorm

• My Voice, My Life

• Our Times

• Lost and Love

• The Bodyguard

• The White Storm 2: Drug Lords

• Shock Wave 2

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