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Cambodia’s first action road-trip comedy “Gems on the Run” is Sok Visal’s directorial debut, co-directed with Quentin Clausin. The movie premiered at the Cambodia International Film Festival and was shown in numerous festivals around Southeast Asia.

At the end of the 90s, Rith, Dara, and Sovan promise each other they will stay friends forever. Fifteen years on, they have drifted apart and are leading completely different lives. Rith (Cheki Athiporn) spinelessly follows his father’s wishes both by becoming a policeman and almost marrying the annoying and bossy Pretty (Noun Lihoung), all while hoping of becoming a pop singer. Sovan (Vandy Piseth) has become a member of one of the biggest crime syndicates in Cambodia and is living ruthlessly while dreaming of emigrating to America. And Dara has died. In a word, there is no prospect for the three to ever meet again.

However, after a botched robbery...

Exclusive: South Korean sales agent Opus Pictures has locked a raft of deals on surveillance thriller Cold Eyes.

The film sold to Japan (Klockworx), Hong Kong and Macau (Sundream), Indonesia (Ram Entertainment), Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei (Purple Plan), Vietnam (Lotte Cinema) and in-flight rights (Emphasis).

Co-directed by Cho Ui-seok and Kim Byung-seo, Cold Eyes is the Korean remake of the Johnnie To-produced Hong Kong thriller Eye In The Sky. Directed by Yau Nai-hoi, the original premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007.

Cho, who previously directed films such as The World Of Silence, wrote the remake screenplay and Kim, whose credits as a cameraman and cinematographer include Kim Jee-woon’s I Saw The Devil and Hur Jin-ho’s Dangerous Liaisons, shot the film.

The Korean version features starlet Han Hyo-joo (Love 911) as a gifted rookie surveillance detective who joins a team headed by a veteran detective played by Seol Kyung-gu (The Tower). Jung Woo-sung...