Culturally pluralistic and gender-diverse Taiwan is the backdrop for “The Chronicles of Libidoists,” a brand new movie by Gilles Yang, a director whose three earlier movies have additionally explored the erotic.

The story is impressed by “The Little Mermaid,” the standard fairy story through which a mermaid princess falls in love with a human prince. However in Yang’s arms there’s a twist in that the mermaid seems to be a boy. His narrative follows 4 city souls, every struggling to cope with their unfathomable solitude by on-line pickups.

The movie is now in post-production and is ready to be delivered within the second half of the yr. Distribution Workshop will kick off gross sales on the European Movie Market.

One component of a traditional gross sales pitch, nevertheless, won’t be a part of the Berlin patter. “The forged has been saved confidential — even in Taiwan — given the character of the movie,” Distribution Workshop co-founder Jeffrey Chan instructed Selection.

Yang (actual title Yang Ye-chang) has beforehand directed 2008 comedy fantasy “Orz Boyz,” 2012 romance “Girlfriend, Boyfriend” and the 2017 thriller thriller “The Daring, the Corrupt and the Lovely” (aka “Blood Bodhisattva”). Every has earned a number of awards together with finest image, finest path and screenplay at Asia-focused festivals and awards occasions.

“Libidoists” is the primary challenge produced and funded by 16cc Firm Ltd., a brand new manufacturing joint-venture between Chan (“As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Advert Astra,” “Halfway”) and Atom Cinema, which was co-founded by acclaimed Taiwanese producer Liu Wei-jan (“Coo-coo 043,” ”The Daring, the Corrupt and the Lovely”) and famend movie veteran Chen Kuo-fu (“The Yinyang Grasp,” the “Detective D” trilogy, “Double Imaginative and prescient,” “The Personals”).

Distribution Workshop can also be dealing with rights gross sales on the EFM on “The Legend,” an action-adventure title reuniting the beforehand profitable pairing of Jackie Chan and director Stanley Tong that’s now in post-production; 2023 mainland Chinese language motion drama “Seven Killings,” directed by Gao Qunshu (“Outdated Fish”) and starring Zhang Yi; and Wong Po-ching’s crime drama “The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon,” which final yr gained one of the best motion choreography prize on the Golden Horse Movie Awards.