All Asia articles – Page 15
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‘Ne Zha 2’, ‘Detective Chinatown 1900’ takes China box office to $1.1bn over Lunar New Year
The animated sequel and a ’Detective Chinatown’ prequel helped break the single-day record at the box office.
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Netflix reveals 2025 India slate including heist thriller and romantic comedy films
Six features are among 25 titles set to roll out in the year ahead.
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Founder of UK’s Day for Night launches Asia-based company Not That Films (exclusive)
The sister firm will handle distribution, sales and co-production from its base in Tokyo, Japan.
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‘Hitman 2’ tops Korea box office over Lunar New Year weekend
The action-comedy dethroned horror thriller ‘Dark Nuns’.
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Nikkatsu picks up ‘What Should We Have Done?’ for EFM slate (exclusive)
The documentary has recorded local box office success since its release.
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Korean animation ‘Gill’ sets sales at Barunson E&A ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The feature from director Ahn Jae-huun premiered in competition at Annecy.
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LevelK acquires Norwegian box office hit ‘Nr. 24’ for Asia, Australia-NZ (exclusive)
Second World War drama recorded 250,000 admissions in Norway.
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Japan box office down 6.5% to $1.3bn in 2024 due to Hollywood shortfall
Local films performed strongly but could not offset a decline in taking for US imports.
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Poland’s Lava Films boards Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘A Pale View Of Hills’, Gaga to launch at EFM (exclusive)
The production company’s credits include Oscar-nominated ‘The Girl With The Needle’.
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Parallax launches sales on trio of Berlin-bound titles (exclusive)
Features include ‘A Story About Fire’, ‘Eel’ and ‘Underground’.
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Sony Pictures acquires Tsui Hark’s ‘Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants’ (exclusive)
The feature has release dates set for the US and across Asia.
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Jackie Chan action film ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ set for EFM sales launch
The action heist feature began filming in Macau in October.
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‘Cactus Pears’: Sundance Review
A gay Indian man returns to his rural hometown in this sensitive drama
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‘Devil’s Diner’ set as first Vietnam drama series to stream globally on Netflix (exclusive)
Ham Tran’s supernatural horror series will be available in more than 190 countries.
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Korea pledges support to mid-budget films to rejuvenate local industry
Local productions have been hit by dwindling private investment.
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Films Boutique boards Vivian Qu’s Berlin competition title ‘Girls On Wire’ (exclusive)
The film follows two Chinese women on the run from the local mafia.
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Berlin competition title ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ lands Japan deal; first English-language trailer unveiled (exclusive)
Dreams is the final part of Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, Love, Dreams trilogy.
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Japan’s Cinema at Sea festival reveals line-up for second edition
The Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will open with ‘Ocean Elergy: The Tragedies Of Mudan And Ryukyu’.
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Bong Joon Ho talks ‘Mickey 17’ release delays and outsmarting AI
The ‘Parasite’ director was joined by actor Robert Pattinson in Seoul.
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Prime Video appoints Keisuke Oishi country manager for Japan
Upcoming titles for the streamer include Takeshi Kitano’s ‘Broken Rage’.