Pan-Asian Filmmaking and Co-productions with China: Horizontal Collaborations and Vertical Aspirations

Abstract

This chapter explores how film industries in Asia have sourced regional funding in the form of pan-Asian collaborations and bilateral co-productions. It takes as its case study Johnnie To’s Hong Kong-China co-production Office (2015) to examine how new funding models and production practices have been developed by Asia’s film industries in response to declining theatrical audiences and changing consumer trends.