Beijing-based sales company Hugoeast has revealed its lineup at the Hong Kong FilMart.
Heading up the slate is feature film “Shanghai Wonton,” produced by Shanghai Artown Film and directed by Wu Tiange.
The film follows retired engineer Lao Wang, who lives a quiet life in Shanghai and shares a weekly ritual with his son, who returns home every Saturday for a bowl of homemade wontons. Hoping to help his son settle down, Lao Wang visits the city’s famous marriage market, where unexpected encounters lead him on an emotional journey of his own.
The film won the Shanghai Film of the Year prize at this year’s Shanghai Film Critics Awards, and has grossed over RMB30 million ($4.35 million) at the Chinese box office since its release in December 2025
Also in the lineup is the documentary feature “Slow Road to Hainan,” directed by Fu Jin and He Lei.
Set along Hainan’s slow-paced Coastal Highway, the film captures fishing villages in transition as environmental awareness and changing livelihoods reshape the identity of the villagers for good.
According to the producers, “Slow Road to Hainan” offers a poetic portrait of communities navigating the delicate balance between tradition, nature and sustainable ways of life.
The title is new to market, and currently in production with an expected release in the second quarter of 2026.
Founded in 2016, Hugoeast has carved a niche for itself as a purveyor of arthouse films and documentaries by Chinese directors, with a focus on female-themed films. The company had also distributed over 200 foreign-language arthouse films within Mainland China.
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