All Asia articles – Page 132
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg to support Beirut’s filmmaking community
Grants of between $500 to $3,000 are being donated towards filmmakers personally affected by the blast.
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NewsTokyo film festival unveils full line-up, including Tokyo Premiere section
New section introduced in response to Covid-19 travel restrictions will screen 32 films of which 25 are world premieres.
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NewsFirst two ‘Avatar’ sequels close to New Zealand wrap
Director James Cameron reports that Avatar 2 is done and Avatar 3 near completion.
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Reviews‘Genus Pan’: Hamburg Review
One of Lav Diaz’s most accessible films chronicles the growing tensions between three men crossing the jungle
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NewsRediance picks up Li Xiaofeng’s ‘Back To The Wharf’ (exclusive)
Li’s third film premiered in competition at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
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NewsChina box office: Peter Ho-sun Chan’s ‘Leap’ heads up pre-holiday weekend
Sports biopic starring Gong Li grossed $24.8m on its opening weekend, one week ahead of China’s National Holidays.
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NewsNetflix swoops on Maïwenn’s Cannes label drama ‘DNA’ (exclusive)
Wild Bunch International handles sales on film which plays in San Sebastian’s Perlak selection.
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Reviews‘Wuhai’: San Sebastian Review
Debt and tensions rise in Zhou Zhiyang’s second feature, set in a vivid Inner Mongolia
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News‘The Wailing’ director Na Hong-jin to produce Thai film from ‘Pee Mak’ director
France’s The Jokers Films has acquired French rights to the project, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun.
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NewsAGC Studios to fully finance, Ron Howard to direct Lang Lang biopic
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder producing with AGC head Stuart Ford.
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NewsIsrael, Abu Dhabi funds and Sam Spiegel film school sign cooperation agreement
Agreement follows historic deal in August normalising relations between Israel and the UAE.
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NewsSingapore’s ATF moves online due to Covid travel restrictions
The event will take place on the same dates, December 1-4, via a digital platform called ATF ONLINE+.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Mulan’ drops 72% while ‘The Eight Hundred’ prevails
Hit by piracy and poor word-of-mouth, Disney’s live-action retelling of a popular Chinese myth has grossed $36.3m since its September 11 release.
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NewsPicture Tree acquires San Sebastian competition title ‘Wuhai’ (exclusive)
The marital drama is the second feature from Ziyang Zhou.
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Reviews‘True Mothers’: San Sebastian Review
Naomi Kawase delivers a rewarding drama about teenage adoption
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FeaturesKiyoshi Kurosawa on why he hopes ‘Wife Of A Spy’ will create some controversy at home in Japan
The film won Kurosawa the best director prize in Venice; it is now screening in San Sebastian and Busan.
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Reviews‘DNA’: San Sebastian Review
Maïwenn’s Cannes Label drama tracks a French-Algerian family after the death of its patriarch
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Reviews‘The Eight Hundred’: Review
China’s first post-pandemic blockbuster moves out to international markets
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NewsHaifa Film Festival moves online as Israel enters three-week lockdown
International competition will go ahead with Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf acting as jury president.
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NewsIFC Films takes ‘The Night’ starring Iranian Cannes best actor winner Shahab Hosseini
Premiere Entertainment handles international sales.