All Asia articles – Page 248
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NewsChina's Alibaba plots $7.2bn entertainment war chest (report)
The Chinese titan’s Digital Media And Entertainment Group offshoot has ring-fenced more than 50bn yuan for content investment over the next three years, according to Reuters.
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NewsScreen's most-read stories of 2016
Topics that were popular with Screen readers in 2016 included Blade Runner, Baahubali, our Cannes jury grid and of course, Brexit.
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NewsChinese firm aborts $350m Voltage Pictures acquisition
Company cancels US investment and instead targets Hong Kong outfit Pegasus Entertainment.
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News‘The Great Wall’ conquers China box office
The Great Wall in at number one; 2016 annual takings set to break new records
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NewsAustralian production and sales outfit launches with Sundance romance 'First Girl I Loved'
EXCLUSIVE: Recently launched Arcadia heads to Utah with survival thriller.
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FeaturesZhang Yimou looking to make history with 'The Great Wall'
The director hopes ‘The Great Wall’ will be the first China-US co-production to achieve worldwide success.
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NewsHartnett, Terajima head cast of US-Japan comedy 'Oh Lucy!'
EXCLUSIVE: Adam McKay and Will Ferrell are executive producing the feature adaptation of Atsuko Hirayanagi’s short film, which stars Shinobu Terajima and Josh Hartnett.
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NewsNetflix signs exclusive multi-film deal with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood legend grants Netflix exclusive streaming rights to his upcoming projects.
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NewsCinestaan, Film London’s Shakespeare adaptation 'The Hungry' begins shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Naseeruddin Shah and Tisca Chopra head the cast of UK-India co-production, which is a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.
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NewsKurdish director Hussein Hassan’s Isis drama triumphs in Dubai
The 13th edition of DIFF has revealed its winners with The Dark Wind scooping top prize.
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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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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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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.