Filmart: Veteran Chinese Content Producers Launch Production Banner S11 Partners

Patrick Brzeski
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Veteran Chinese-language content producers Cora Yim and Benjamin Lin have joined forces to launch a new production company named S11 Partners, based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The outfit aims to develop, finance, produce and distribute original, market-driven Chinese-language content for global audiences. Its equity investors include Medialink Group, the Hong Kong stock market-listed IP management company. Yim and Lin say S11 Partners will prioritize storytelling “high-concept, genre-driven and gender-dynamic narratives with an initial focus on film production and distribution.”

S11 Partners will unveil three new feature film projects at Hong Kong’s Filmart, running March 11-14. They include: The Marriage Drive, a Hong Kong romantic drama that won the IDP Award at last year’s HAF, to be written and directed by Lawrence Kan (In Broad Daylight); Mrs. Killer, a Hong Kong-Taiwan-Malaysia co-production with Imagine Entertainment about a retired assassin-housewife forced back into action, written and directed by Liao Ming-yi (I Weirdo); and Korean culture satirical comedy Oppa, I Hate You, a Taiwan-South Korea co-production from Imagine Entertainment and Warner Music Group that reunites scriptwriter Liao Min Kai and script consultant Sharon Wu from the Taiwanese hit Marry My Dead Body.

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“We are committed to delivering exceptional and high-value Chinese-language content to our audiences,” Yim and Lin said in a joint statement. “We will adopt a producer-centered approach and with our experiences working with talents in the region and a deep understanding of the audiences, we are confident that S11 Partners will offer a dynamic platform for creative talents to unleash their creativity and craft compelling stories that enthrall audiences throughout Asia and beyond.”

Yim has worked extensively in Chinese-language content development and distribution. She spent stints at Golden Harvest Entertainment and Media Asia Group, as well as heading up original programming and channel management for Fox Networks Group Asia, where she produced premium series like The Trading Floor (2018) and Stained (2019).

Based in Taiwan and CEO of CalFilms Asia, Lin’s experience spans screenwriting, financing, and co-production in both film and television. His credits include Peace Breaker (2017), The Gangs, The Oscars and The Walking Dead (2020) and Plurality (2021).

Lovinia Chiu, CEO of Medialink Group added: “The Group, being a dynamic leader in Asia’s media content and IP management industry, is confident that S11 will enhance the Group’s capacity and capability to produce Chinese-language content for the Asian market and leverage its global distribution network.“

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