All Asia articles – Page 224
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NewsIndustry steps up calls for Iran to free director Keywan Karimi
Film-maker faces 223 lashes during his one-year jail sentence which has just begun.
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NewsNejjar, Breish and Arraf secure Doha Film Institute grants
Qatar’s Doha Film Institute (DFI) backs 32 projects in autumn funding round.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Deepak Rauniyar on Nepalese drama 'White Sun'
Rauniyar tells Udita Jhunjhunwala about the renaissance in Nepali cinema following a period of civil war.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Iman Kamel talks 'Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc'
The Egyptian film-maker talks to Melanie Goodfellow about her creative documentary, which chronicles her country’s revolution and premier in DIFF’s Muhr Feature competition.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Ali F Mostafa and Rami Yasin on dystopian thriller 'The Worthy'
Emirati film-maker Ali F Mostafa and producer Rami Yasin talk to Melanie Goodfellow about The Worthy, which played in DIFF’s Muhr Emirati competition
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News'The Winter', 'Trespass Against Us' triumph at inaugural Macau fest
Emiliano Torres’ The Winter [pictured] was named best film at the first edition of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM).
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News'Your Name' retains China box office lead
Hacksaw Ridge and Suddenly Seventeen open in second and third respectively.
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NewsWheelchair gains momentum with Samir
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Egyptian producer Mohamed Samir has boarded Wheelchair, the first narrative feature from Little Eagles director Mohamed Rashad.
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NewsKaouther Ben Hania plots ISIS bride doc
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Habib Attia is producing documentary about a mother fighting to get her two teenage daughters back from Libya.
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NewsAdam Bakri to star in Sen-Gupta’s Slam
DUBAI/EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian actor Adam Bakri (Omar) has been cast in Sydney-based director Partho Sen-Gupta’s upcoming drama Slam, alongside Australian actress Rachael Blake.
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NewsSiddiqui to star in Beautiful Bay’s Sultana Daku
Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has joined the cast of The Confession Of Sultana Daku, produced by London-based Beautiful Bay Entertainment.
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NewsKorean president implicated in CJ chief’s exit
South Korean prosecutors today named president Park Geun-hye as a suspected accomplice in pressuring CJ Group vice chairwoman Miky Lee to step down in 2013.
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NewsRaheb, Haffaf clinch top DFC prize
Lebanese filmmaker Eliane Raheb’s The Great Family and Algeria Is Still Far Away, from Algerian-French filmmaker Omar Haffaf, shared the $25,000 top prize at Dubai Film Connection (DFC) yesterday.
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NewsArab Film Institute launched in Dubai
Non-profit cultural body aims to promote Arab cinema and launch an Oscars-style awards ceremony.
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NewsMacau: Fruit Chan shoots new action-thriller 'Made in Kowloon'
EXCLUSIVE SET VISIT: Cop thriller stars The Grandmaster’s Zhang Jin.
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NewsDFM finance panel: Do your homework before approaching investors
FilmNation COO Milan Popelka tells Arab producers that there’s more money out there than good projects, but that capital is very specific in what it’s looking for.
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NewsSaudi director unveils soccer drama Shoot
Saudi director Aymen Khoja is unveiling his upcoming US-set, soccer-themed work Shoot at the inaugural edition of the Arab Cinema Lab at DIFF.
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NewsPhoenicia scores an ace with Borg vs McEnroe
Lebanon-based distributor Phoenicia Pictures has acquired MENA rights to Borg vs McEnroe, about the famous rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe, at Dubai Film Market.
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NewsZawya powers up Egyptian indies
Zawya Distribution is ramping up its 2017 slate of Egyptian independent features with titles including Tamer El Said’s In The Last Days Of The City and Mohamed Rashad’s DIFF competition title Little Eagles.
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NewsFarhadi, Dumont, Panh named as Qumra masters
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French auteur Bruno Dumont and Cambodian creative documentarian Rithy Panh have been confirmed as the first ‘masters’ at the Doha Film Institute’s talent development event Qumra.