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Stephen Cremin
Stephen Cremin covers Taiwan for Screen.
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Taiwan enacts controversial "three strikes" copyright law
29-Apr-2009
Taiwan’s legislature has passed an amendment to the Copyright Act to authorise a controversial”three strikes and you’re out” policy for online intellectual property violations. -
Thailand's Mono Entertainment returns to market after restructure
23-Mar-2009
Thailand’s Mono Entertainment returns to Filmart this year under the banner of motif+ after a major corporate restructuring. The company is now divided into production division motif+, headed by successful director and producer Pantham Thongsang, and home entertainment division Command N, headed by Jirun Ratthanaviriyachai, managing director of Mono Entertainment.The first film to carry the motif+ branding is Pongpat Wachirabunjong’s Happy Birthday, which has ... -
Quickie Express wins best Indonesian film at JIFFest
10-Dec-2008
Indonesian sex comedy Quickie Express and psychological thriller Fiksi. took top honours at the tenth edition of the Jakarta International Film Festival (JIFFest). -
Warlords wins best film anddirector at Golden Horse awards
8-Dec-2008
Peter Chan's Warlords secured best film and best director at this year's Golden Horse Awards held in Taiwan on Saturday night (Dec 6). -
Lin, Pan share top prize at Taipei projects market
5-Dec-2008
Lin Yu-hsien's road movie 2menwalking and Pan Baochang's thriller Parkour Boys shared the $15,000 top prize at the fourth edition of the Film & TV Co-Production Meeting (formerly called the Taipei Film & TV Project Promotion) held from December 2-4. -
Distribution - Warm embrace in Taiwan
5-Dec-2008
Something is brewing in Taiwan. In the past 12 months it has become a more active buying market for international films, home to new distributors with deep pockets, while Hong Kong companies, such as Filmko, are launching local production offices to benefit from government subsidies and local talent. At the heart of the new optimism is the success of local film Cape No. 7, the biggest hit in Taiwan since James Cameron's Titanic. -
Warlords heads the pack forTaiwan's Golden Horse Awards
30-Oct-2008
Peter Chan's The Warlords leads the race for the 45th Golden Horse Awards with nominations in 12 categories, including best feature film, best director and best actor for Jet Li. -
Wenders helps toturn First Page in Taipei
30-Oct-2008
Wim Wenders formally announced his new project, First Page Taipei, in Taiwan's capital today. -
Queens of Langkasuka tops Thai box office
28-Oct-2008
Nonzee Nimibutr's fantasy action epic Queens of Langkasuka topped the box office charts in Thailand this weekend. -
Cape No. 7 becomes Taiwan's top-grossing film of the year
2-Oct-2008
Taiwan's Cape No. 7 has become the number one film at the Taipei box office in 2008, grossing over $4m. -
Parking to open Taipei Golden Horse film festival
25-Sep-2008
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival is stepping outside the art house for its 30th edition. -
Taiwan starts subsidy for film-makers with box-office hits
19-Sep-2008
Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) has announced a new production subsidy for film-makers who score box-office success. -
Serbia's The Trap takes top prize at Chungmuro fest
12-Sep-2008
The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul (CHIFFS) awarded its Grand Prize to Srdan Golubovic's Serbian thriller The Trap on Thursday night. -
Local comedy Cape No. 7 tops Taiwanese box office
8-Sep-2008
On its third weekend on release, Wei Te-sheng's character comedy Cape No. 7 is the first local film in six years to climb to the top of the Taipei box office charts. -
Hidden Fortress kicks off Korea's Chungmuro fest
4-Sep-2008
The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul opened last night with some of South Korea's biggest stars in attendance and the screening of Japanese director Shinji Higuchi's Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess. -
Taiwan selects Cape No. 7 as foreign-language Oscar entry
1-Sep-2008
Wei Te-sheng's Cape No. 7 has received official notice that it is Taiwan's submission in the category of best foreign-language film at the upcoming Academy Awards. -
Taiwan's NDF to back Hou Hsiao-hsien's Assassin
18-Aug-2008
Hou Hsiao-hsien's long-awaited martial arts fantasy The Assassin has become the first film to secure direct investment from Taiwan's National Development Fund. -
Chow teams with Cathay United Bank group on Taiwan fund
7-Jul-2008
Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow is advising Taiwan's Cathay Securities Investment Truston an investment fund which aims to pump $65m into listed film companies. -
Taipei fest ups glamour but suffers from falling ticket sales
7-Jul-2008
The tenth anniversary edition of the Taipei Film Festival (June 20 - July 6) ended Sunday with an attempt to reinvent itself as a competitive event for local films amid plummeting ticket sales. -
Lionsgate, CJ Entertainment join forces for Korean Wedding
2-Jul-2008
South Korea's CJ Entertainment has partnered with Lionsgate and Vertigo Entertainment, best known for re-making Asian films, on original cross-cultural comedy Korean Wedding. -
Festival report: Shanghai International Film Festival
14-Jun-2008
Shanghai-born Wong Kar-wai heads up the international competition jury for this year's Shanghai International Film Festival(SIFF), replacing the late Anthony Minghella. -
Shanghai announces line-up, Wong Kar-wai to head jury
6-Jun-2008
The 11th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has announced its line-up, with Wong Kar-wai as president of its main competition jury. -
China's Chengtian buys controlling stake in Golden Harvest
5-Jun-2008
Mainland China's Chengtian Entertainment Group has picked up a 55.9% majority stake in Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Group. -
Portico pacts with Vividas to bring streaming to Taiwan
22-Feb-2008
Taipei-based Portico Media has signed a deal with Vividas Group to become the exclusive agent of its internet video streaming technology in Taiwan. Portico also has a non-exclusive licensing deal for the Greater China region. -
Lust, Caution sweeps Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards
9-Dec-2007
Ang Lee's Lust, Caution dominated the 44th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei with seven wins including best feature, best director, best actor and best adapted screenplay. The film had received eleven nominations. -
Dream, Nanking share top prize at Taipei projects market
7-Dec-2007
Clara Law and Yim Ho shared the top award at the 3rd Taipei Film & TV Project Promotion (TFTPP) held Dec 4-6, dividing the cash prize of $15,500. Ironically, runner-up Sherwood Hu walked away with $9,300. -
Golden Horse Awards announces new nominations
12-Nov-2007
The Golden Horse Organising Committee has announced additional nominations for the Golden Horse Film Awards to be held on Dec 8 in Taipei. -
Taipei Film & TV Project Promotion unveils line-up
9-Nov-2007
The Golden Horse Organising Committee has announced the 17 feature films and television series selected for the third edition of the Taipei Film & TV Project Promotion (TFTPP). -
Lust, Caution leads nominations for Golden Horse awards
28-Oct-2007
Ang Lee's Lust, Caution dominated the nominations for Taiwan's 44th Golden Horse Film Awards with nods in eleven categories including Best Feature Film. -
Lust, Caution rejected as Taiwan's Oscar entry
18-Oct-2007
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles has rejected Taiwan's submission of Lust, Caution as its official nomination for the foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. -
Taiwan gears up for 5th Film & Television Expo
3-Oct-2007
Details have started to emerge about the 5th Taiwan International Film & Television Expo (TIFTE) which will take place from Nov 17 and culminates with the Golden Horse Awards on Dec 8. -
Lust, Caution has Oscar-qualifying opening in Taiwan
25-Sep-2007
Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) is expected to imminently announce Lust, Caution as the country's official bid for best foreign-language film at the Academy Awards. -
Thai horror Alone finds company in Taiwan
1-Aug-2007
Thai horror film Alone has scored the biggest opening ever for a Thai film in Taiwan. -
BANGKOK: Right Beyond launches first Taiwanese-Thai co-production
24-Jul-2007
At the Bangkok Film Market, Right Beyond Films has launched international sales of The Fatality, billed as the first ever co-production between Thailand and Taiwan. -
Fortissimo seduced by Lee's Help Me Eros
23-Jul-2007
Fortissimo Films has picked up worldwide sales rights outside Taiwan and Malaysia to Help Me Eros, directed by Taiwanese actor-turned-filmmaker Lee Kang-sheng. -
Tsai Ming-liang takes top prize at Taipei Film Festival
9-Jul-2007
The Taipei Film Festival has awarded its $30,000 grand prize to Tsai Ming-liang's I Don't Want To Sleep Alone. -
Edward Yang dies of cancer aged 59
1-Jul-2007
Director Edward Yang, who ignited the Taiwan New Wave with his debut feature That Day On The Beach, died on Friday afternoon at his home in Beverly Hills from colon cancer, aged 59. -
Chou's Secret directorial debut set for summer release
21-Jun-2007
Hong Kong's Edko Films officially unveiled Taiwanese star Jay Chou's directorial debut Secret in Shanghai today. The shooting of the film, budgeted at $2.5m, was as tight-lipped as the film's title. -
Taiwan's Gay Pride
13-Apr-2007
Taiwan can stake its claim as the gay movie capital of Asia in 2007. Internationally, its position was crowned in February when lesbian drama Spider Lilies won the Teddy Award for best feature at the Berlin International Film Festival. At home, the three local releases of the year to date have all had a gay theme with Lilies becoming that rare thing, a Taiwanese box-office success. -
Taiwanese drama Spider Lilies blossoms in home market
3-Apr-2007
Zero Chou's idol drama Spider Lilies had a strong opening this weekend in Taipei, securing $71,400 on four prints for independent distributor Atom Cinema, and clinching fifth position in the chart. -
Golden Scene takes Hong Kong rights to Blood Brothers
20-Mar-2007
On the first day of Filmart, Taiwan's CMC Entertainment has sold gangster epic Blood Brothers to Hong Kong distributor Golden Scene. The debut film by Alexi Tan will open across Chinese-language territories in August.'Golden Scene is known for distributing high quality commercial pictures,' said producer Terence Chang. 'I look forward to working with Winnie [Tsang] to turn Blood Brothers into ... -
Chang's Butterfly reborn with CMC backing
19-Mar-2007
Taiwan's CMC Entertainment has boarded Chang Tso-chi's gangster drama Butterfly. The long-gestating film has been a regular participant at project markets since it was first announced in 2003. Chang is attending Filmart's HAF with his forthcoming feature, The Dream.Production of Butterfly halted one year ago when funds ran out. CMC's cash injection allows ... -
Emperor, Kadokawa board Chu Yen-ping's Slam Dunk
7-Mar-2007
Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) has acquired rights for Hong Kong and Macau to Chu Yen-ping's $10m kung-fu basketball movie Slam Dunk. Kadokawa Herald Pictures had previously stepped up for Japanese rights last November. -
Turning tide in Hong Kong Affairs
3-Mar-2007
When William Monahan accepted his Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar this week for The Departed, he thanked Felix Chong and Alan Mak, the writers of its source material, Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs. But he could have also paid homage to Media Asia's chairman Peter Lam who greenlit the high-concept thriller. -
Data - Market focus - Turning tide in HK affairs
2-Mar-2007
When William Monahan accepted his best adapted screenplay Oscar for The Departed, he thanked Felix Chong and Alan Mak, the writers of its source material, Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs. But he could have also paid homage to Media Asia's chairman Peter Lam who greenlit the high-concept thriller. -
Dragon Fruit wins top prize at Taiwan projects market
27-Nov-2006
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Exile , Love share top honours at Golden Horse Awards
27-Nov-2006
Aaron Kwok secured best actor for the second consecutive year at the 43rd Golden Horse Awards in Taipei on Saturday night for his role in Patrick Tam's After This Our Exile. -
Dragon Fruit wins top prize at Taiwan projects market
26-Nov-2006
Ivan C. Shih's ambitious 3Danimation fantasy project The Adventures Of Dragon Fruit took the main prize at the second TaiwanFilm & TV Project Promotion (TFTPP) event in Taipei yesterday. -
Exile, Love share top honours at Golden Horse Awards
26-Nov-2006
Aaron Kwok secured best actorfor the second consecutive year at the 43rd Golden Horse Awards in Taipei on Saturday night for his role in Patrick Tam's After This Our Exile. -
Tsai Ming-liang withdraws Sleep from Golden Horse
8-Nov-2006
Taiwan auteur TsaiMing-liang has withdrawn his new feature IDon't Want to Sleep Alone from the Golden Horse Film Awards, declaring thathe would no longer participate in the event. -
Perhaps Love leads the pack in Golden Horse race
23-Oct-2006
The nominations for the 43rd Golden Horse Awards for Chinese-language cinema were announced today in Taipei. Titles competing for Best Feature Film are Patrick Tam's After This Our Exile, Ning Hao's Crazy Stone, Johnnie To's Exiled, Peter Chan's Perhaps Love and Su Chao-pin's Silk. -
Perhaps Love leads the pack in Golden Horse race
23-Oct-2006
Thenominations for the 43rd Golden Horse Awards for Chinese-language cinema wereannounced today in Taipei. Titles competing for Best Feature Film arePatrick Tam's After This Our Exile, Ning Hao's Crazy Stone, Johnnie To's Exiled, ... -
Taiwan gears up for five-pronged Film & TV Expo
12-Oct-2006
The second TaiwanInternational Film & Television Expo was officially unveiled at a pressconference in Taipei today. -
Billionaire Gou plans new Chinese studio
3-Aug-2006
Taiwan-based billionaire Terry Gou isinvesting $200m to build a film studio in northwest China. Gou announced theproject on a visit to his ancestral hometown of Jinchengin Shanxi province, near to where the new studio isplanned in Zhezhou county. Upto 40% of the investment is expected to come ... -
Taipei film festival wraps with record ticket sales
10-Jul-2006
The 8th edition of theTaipei Film Festival closed this weekend with ticket sales of $300,000, almost50% up on last year's box office record. -
White knight rides in to save Taiwan's oldest studio
1-May-2006
Taiwanese businessman GouTai-chiang is acquiring a majority stake in Taiwan's oldest film studio, the Central Motion PictureCorporation (CMPC), which was facing closure following its sale to the ChinaTimes Group at the end of last year. -
Lin launches Taiwan's first venture capital film fund
16-Mar-2006
Taiwanese entrepreneur AlanLin has launched Media Vantage, Taiwan's first venture capital company specialising in the entertainmentand cultural industries. -
Taiwan's oldest studio closes
2-Mar-2006
Taiwan's oldest film company, the Central Motion Picture Corporation (CMPC), hasofficially closed its studio lots and once-popular theme park in northern Taipei marking the symbolic end of an era for local cinema.No recent films have shot at the studio lots, although Jay Chou's music videofor Jet Li's Fearless was recentlyfilmed there. -
Water takes best picture at Bangkok
25-Feb-2006
DeepaMehta's Water took the best pictureaward at last night's Golden Kinnaree Awards, held during the BangkokInternational Film Festival which comes to a close on Monday. -
Thailand and Malaysia to collaborate on digital content
24-Feb-2006
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Government subsidy supports Hou Hsiao-hsien project
29-Dec-2005
Taiwan's award-winning director Hou Hsiao-hsien has raised $450,000 in government subsidies for the production of Nie Yinniang, his long-cherished martial arts film about a female assassin. -
Five Golden Horses for Kung Fu Hustle
13-Nov-2005
Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle was the clear winnerat Taiwan's 42nd Golden Horse Award in Keelung, picking up fiveprizes, including Best Feature Film and Best Director. Benny Chan's Divergence was another to enjoymultiple successes with three key awards for acting, photography ... -
Taiwan announces selections for new film and TV event
4-Nov-2005
Taiwan'sGovernment Information Office (GIO) has announced the 21 film and televisionseries selected for the inaugural 2005 Taiwan Film and TV Project Promotion(TFTPP). -
Election leads race for Taiwan's Golden Horse
18-Oct-2005
Johnnie To'sElection leads the nominations for this year's Golden Horse awards with11 nods, followed by Stephen Chow's Kung-Fu Hustle with 10 nominationsand Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times with nine. -
Asian Film Industry Network launches at Pusan
11-Oct-2005
The Asian Film IndustryNetwork (AFIN) - an initiative that aims to promote Asian film industriesinternationally - was officially launched at the 10th Pusan International FilmFestival this morning (Oct 11). -
Golden Horse to kickstart strong Chinese film awards season
22-Sep-2005
While film industries aroundthe globe are busy selecting their foreign-language Oscar entries, the Chinesefilm awards season got underway this week with submissions for Taiwan's GoldenHorse, which claims to be the leading awards ceremony for Chinese-language film. -
Olympian bounty for winning Taiwanese film-makers
23-Aug-2005
Taiwan's GovernmentInformation Office (GIO) yesterday announced new financial rewards foraward-winning local directors. Film ... -
Documentaries shine at Taipei Film Festival
9-Jul-2005
The 7th Taipei Film Festivalconcluded today (July 9) with an awards ceremony weighted towards localdocumentary features.The ... -
CMC to adapt 1940s classic Love In A Fallen City
30-Jun-2005
Taiwan's CMC EntertainmentGroup is to adapt Eileen Chang's classic 1940s novella Love In A Fallen City.The $6m production is set to shoot next July from a script by Ang Lee's CrouchingTiger collaborator, Wang Hui-ling. -
Lau revs up debut First Cuts project in Taiwan
17-Jun-2005
Hong Kong star Andy Lau flewinto Taiwan yesterday with three directors to promote the first production inhis Focus: First Cuts project, six features shot on HD in collaborationwith Star Chinese Movies Network.Lau's company Focus Films will oversee the series' production andinternational ... -
Taiwan's CMC unveils big-budget Silk
16-Jun-2005
Taiwan's CMC Entertainment Group has unveiled Silk (Guisi),Taiwan's biggest film since Chen Kuo-fu's Double Vision in 2002. -
Oscar titles do box-office battle in Taiwan
4-Mar-2005
All five Academy Best Picture nominees went head-to-head atthe Taiwan box office in February to benefit from media buzz during the awardseason. -
...as festival honours Man Without A Head
15-Dec-2003
With Taiwanese film production at a record low, there was some speculation whether this year's Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards would even take place. -
Infernal Affairs dominates Golden Horse Awards
15-Dec-2003
Hong Kong crime epic Infernal Affairs won the major prizes at this year's Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and the People's Choice Award.
