All Asia articles – Page 2
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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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Sony 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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Fortissimo 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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Asian 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.
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SEAFIC unveils five Southeast Asian projects for 2020 edition
Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Singapore’s Fran Borgia among the producers working with up-and-coming talent.
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Films Boutique boards Mohammad Rasoulof’s Berlin competition title ‘There Is No Evil’ (exclusive)
It’s unclear if the Iranian auteur will be allowed to attend the film’s premiere.
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Hong Kong International Film Festival and HAF to be postponed to summer
HAF on track to be held during Filmart, which in response to the coronavirus, has been postponed to August 27-29.
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Hong Kong Filmart to be postponed to August due to coronavirus outbreak
THe Hong Kong Trade Development Council has confirmed new dates of August 27-29 at the HKCEC.
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Versatile unveils fresh details of Arab and Tarzan Nasser’s Gaza-set love story ‘Apollo’ (exclusive)
The film is inspired by the true story of an Ancient Greek statue that was fished out of the sea off Gaza and then disappeared.
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Hong Kong Film Awards unveils nominations, but mulls new format due to coronavirus fears
Derek Tsang’s ’Better Days’ heads the awards race with 12 nods, followed by ‘Fagara’ (11) and ’I’m Livin’ It’ (10).
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Aurit Zamir appointed new director of Israel’s Sam Spiegel International Film Lab
Zamir, who is a producer and graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School, replaces Renen Schorr.
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‘Parasite’ backer CJ Entertainment, RedBird Capital in $275m Skydance investment
Partners aim to create universally appealing stories, strengthen presence across Asia-Pacific region.
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Globalgate adds Indonesia’s Falcon to worldwide consortium of partners
Other partners include Televisa, TF1, Nordisk, Tobis, Rai, Kadokawa.
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Comment: Where will the next foreign-language Oscar winner come from?
’Parasite’’s win will have other non-English-speaking countries pondering their own chances.
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Comment: ‘Parasite’ triumph is the best thing that could have happened to the Oscars
Parasite has shown that stories don’t have to be rooted in Americana or English-speaking culture to win the big prize.
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Oscars 2020 speeches: crowd demands encore after ‘Parasite’ producer cut off
Representation across borders was a key theme in many speeches.
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How Cannes winner ’Parasite’ made history to win the best picture Oscar
Trailblazer has grossed more than $165m at global box office.
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Oscars 2020: South Korea’s ’Parasite’ becomes first foreign-language film to win best picture
Bong Joon Ho named best director.
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Australia’s Aquarius hires former STXinternational senior executive Rachel Okine
Company pipeline includes Guy Pearce directorial debut Poor Boy.
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Tokyo Film Festival sets 2020 dates, new TIFFCOM venue
Festival and market will be held at the same time and in venues that are walking distance from each other.
