HONG KONG, Nov. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Silverman Holdings Limited (''Silverman'') (HKSE: 1616.HK) today announced that "Adoption", a China-US co-produced television drama series by Beijing Huasheng Taitong Media Investment Company Limited (''Huasheng Taitong Media''), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has won the 2016 Chinese American Film Festival (CAFF) Golden Angel Award. In addition, Chinese-American actress Kiana Fong, starring in "Adoption" as her first television drama series, has won the "Best New Actress" award.
The Chinese American Film Festival (CAFF) is an annual industry event for China and America and aims at promoting the exchange between the film and television industry of both countries. CAFF has teamed up with various media and entertainment organizations in America, and has gained official support from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China (SAPPRFT) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). During the month of November, CAFF showcased 200 full feature films in various major cinemas in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities. During the film exhibition period, the organizing committee invited industry players from China and America for observation and communication, in addition to hosting academic forums at famous film academies and institutions such as museums in the United States.
Winning this award is of extraordinary significance, as it not only acknowledges the solid production strength in Huasheng Taitong Media and the producer, Mr. Meng Fanyao, but also reflects the in-depth cooperation between China and the United States in the television industry by pointing out a globalized approach for the industry's future development. "Adoption" tells the story of a divorced mother who arrives in another country to find the biological parents of her adopted daughter, a leukemia patient. In addition to "Best new actress" awarded Kiana Fong, leading actor and actress are A-listers from Hong Kong and Mainland China, including Yuen Wing Yi, Wu Hang Yee, Ding Haifeng and Pu Cunxin.
As the investor and producer of "Adoption", Hong Kong-listed Silverman is deeply honored and is sparing no effort to develop its film and television business. In addition, Beijing Starrise Pictures Co., Ltd. ("Starrise Pictures", formerly known as "Yingsheng Cultural"), another film and television production company under Silverman, has recently also announced a strong web drama and IP adaptation pipeline to attract younger audiences with new entertainment content.
As stated in Silverman's previous announcement, Starrise Pictures is currently involved in the investment and production of movies and television dramas which include a TV drama series "The Unforgettable Years", a youth web drama "Goddess From the Future", IP movie "Li Lei and Han Meimei", "A-Test: The Love Adventure", "Care and Fear", "Goodbye to Time" and "Love @ You". All of the aforementioned films and dramas have completed filming and are in the post-production phase. Meanwhile, Starrise Pictures also has large numbers of movies and television dramas and sufficient IP reserves, of which scripts of movies and television dramas including Those Voices (science-fiction drama), When Love Fades Away (fantasy love drama), Boyfriend Upgrade (fantasy love drama). "The Detectives for Shiling" (Science fiction involving cases drama) and Love Fantasy Show (love movie) have been completed. Starrise Pictures will arrange filming works successively for the above movies and television dramas in accordance with external conditions in the market environment.
Silverman, through a new business platform, will continue to strengthen its market coverage in the PRC media industry by focusing on attracting younger audiences while retaining its existing senior audiences. With the optimization of business architecture, as well as the outstanding performance of its products, Silverman expects to generate healthy profit and return for Shareholders.
About Silverman
Silverman Holdings Limited (1616.HK), listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2012, operates business in film, television and media industry in pursuit of new growth driver and aims to be the biggest film and television production company in China. In 2015, Silverman completed the acquisition of Beijing Huasheng Taitong Media Investment Company Limited, a domestic film and television production company led by Mr. Meng Fanyao, a National Top Ten TV Producer. Beijing Huasheng Taitong Media owns a production scale of over one hundred episodes per annum and has gained excellent production capacity, with premium television series including Qiao's Grand Courtyard, Mazu, and The Wild Duck, as well as its TV series ''Eastern Battlefield," a 66-episode history drama on Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Meanwhile, Silverman owned Starrise Pictures, an emerging content producing platform aiming at young audiences, having works include a TV drama series ''The Unforgettable Years'', a youth web drama ''Goddess From the Future'', IP movie ''Li Lei and Han Meimei'', to further strengthen the Group's market coverage in the PRC media industry by new media forms such as web dramas and others.
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