Parallax Takes Global Sales on Qiu Jiongjiong’s ‘Fuxi’ Ahead of Tokyo — SkimNews
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- Parallax Films has boarded international sales for Fuxi: Four Tales Of Feasting, extending its representation of director Qiu Jiongjiong’s filmography to include his latest feature
- Qiu Jiongjiong directed Fuxi: Four Tales Of Feasting, a film rooted in Sichuan folklore that unfolds across four millennia through feasts uniting the living, dead, gods, and ghosts
- Lee Kang-sheng plays two grandmothers in the film, marking his first on-screen female roles in a career defined by collaborations with Tsai Ming-liang
- Fuxi: Four Tales Of Feasting is a Hong Kong-Taiwan-Japan co-production supported by HAF, MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, Red Sea Fund, Doha Film Institute, and NAFF at Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival
- The film’s visual world extends into Fuxi: A Feast For The Universe, a solo exhibition at A4 Art Museum in Chengdu featuring paintings, sets, props, and installations from the film
Why it matters: This premiere and sales pickup solidify Qiu Jiongjiong’s standing in the international arthouse circuit, giving his uniquely handcrafted cinematic style broader distribution leverage while highlighting sustained cross-regional collaboration in Chinese-language auteur cinema despite geopolitical headwinds.
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