All Asia articles – Page 139
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NewsFrance’s Art House Films swoops on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’ (exclusive)
Kurosawa is a Cannes regular with films such as Tokyo Sonata (2008), Journey To The Shore (2015) and Before We Vanish (2017).
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NewsM-Line makes key sales of ‘Beasts Clawing At Straws’ (exclusive)
The crime thriller starring Cannes Best Actress award winner Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine) and top star Jung Woo-sung (Asura: The City Of Madness).
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NewsGood Move Media teams with Skyline on Vietnamese trio (exclusive)
Directed by Kay Nguyen, Drama Queen follows a stuntman, on the run from the mob, who fulfils a lifetime wish to transition into becoming a woman.
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Reviews‘Minamata’: Berlin Review
Johnny Depp is the real-life photographer who documented the chemical poisoning of a Japanese fishing village
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News“A clear racist dog whistle”: Neon, Curzon respond after Donald Trump criticises ‘Parasite’ Oscar win
”The winner is a movie from South Korea, what the hell was that all about?”
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NewsKorea’s Finecut picks up genre trio (exclusive)
The titles are Yu Ha’s heist film Pipeline (working title), Shin Jung-won’s comedy thriller Night Of The Undead and mystery thriller The Anchor.
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NewsRediance picks up ‘Virgin Blue’, ‘Epic Of A Stone’ (exclusive)
Virgin Blue tells the story of a college graduate who returns home for summer vacation, but finds herself sinking into her childhood memories.
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from Japan
Includes two Japanese titles playing in the main festival.
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from Hong Kong and China
The coronavirus outbreak has not prevented a raft of eye-catching projects from reaching Berlin, including Zhang Ming’s new drama and the latest in a hit animation franchise.
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from Taiwan
Taiwanese films are benefiting from a new government agency that is making its market bow at EFM.
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NewsChina’s film industry counts the cost of coronavirus outbreak
From cinema chains to producers, the Chinese industry is facing serious disruption.
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NewsEuropean Film Academy calls for release of Chinese director Deng Chuanbin
Deng, also known as Huang Huang, was arrested in May 2019.
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Reviews‘Eeb Allay Ooo!’: Berlin Review
A disaffected monkey wrangler is the subject of Prateek Vats’ satirical feature debut
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News‘Train To Busan’ follow-up ‘Peninsula’ scores raft of sales (exclusive)
The project, budgeted at roughly twice Train To Busan’s $8m, is heading to North America and France.
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NewsVillage Inc launches ‘Siren In The Shadows’ (exclusive)
Village Inc has also announced that it is making its entire slate available for VOD and online distribution.
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NewsFantawild teams with ON Kids, ZAG to bring ‘Miraculous’ to China
Shenzhen-based studio has acquired all Chinese rights to the property and will invest in the development of a theatrical feature.
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NewsKorea’s box office broke records in 2019, but was also more skewed towards big movies
KOFIC’s annual report reveals that South Korea’s top ten releases in 2019 accounted for 46.2% of total box office.
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NewsSony India, Ellipsis Entertainment team for Hindi remake of Run Lola Run
Taapsee Pannu (Pink, Bull’s Eye) and Tahir Raj Bhasin (Mardaani) will head the cast.
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NewsFortissimo adds ‘The Yin-Yang Master’, ‘Hot Soup’ to Berlin slate
Amsterdam and Beijing-based sales company is also stepping into Asian TV series sales with Horizon Tower.
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NewsAsian Shadows picks up Berlinale Forum title ‘Zero’ (exclusive)
Hong Kong-based sales company has also acquired Kazuhiro Soda’s 2008 film on the same subject, Mental.