All Asia articles – Page 249
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FeaturesIndia box office: mid-budget and Hollywood booming
Modest budget films are outperforming bigger budget fare in India, while Hollywood films doubled their market share in 2015.
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NewsTaiwan’s Catchplay launches VOD platform
The distributor has partnered with StarHub and Telkom Indonesia to roll out the new service in Q2 2016.
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News'Zootopia' biggest animated film in China
Zootopia beat Kung Fu Panda 3 to become the biggest animated film in China, while The Revenant opened second.
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NewsCTE lands 'Mermaid' pay-TV rights
Hong Kong-based Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has acquired exclusive pay-TV rights to Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid for its channels in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore.
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NewsKorean industry threaten Busan boycott
Committee of nine major film organisations has issued a set of demands to ensure the festival’s independence.
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News'Ip Man 3' distributor has licence suspended for box office fraud
The company admitted fabricating more than 7,600 screenings of the film, amounting to $8.6m in fraudulent receipts.
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NewsIsrael to open contentious second Cannes stand
Culture Ministry funds new stand with aim to increase Israeli presence at the festival.
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News'The Assassin' sweeps Asian Film Awards
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s period drama took eight awards including best film, best director and best actress.
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NewsAustralia's 'Spotlight' to capture painful chapter in recent history
Drama Don’t Tell, starring Rachel Griffiths and Jack Thompson, depicts a ground-breaking child sex abuse case in Australia.
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FeaturesUKTI at Hong Kong's Filmart: support network
UKTI’s presence at Hong Kong’s Filmart 2016 is helping the UK film industry make the most of the opportunities emerging from Asia.
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NewsFlagship Entertainment unveils debut slate
Flagship Entertainment, a joint venture between Warner Bros, China Media Capital (CMC) and TVB, has unveiled its debut slate, including projects from Hong Kong filmmakers Peter Chan, Wong Jing and Stephen Fung.
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NewsJohn Woo's 'Manhunt' casts leads
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese star Zhang Hanyu and Japan’s Masaharu Fukuyama have been confirmed as the first leading cast for John Woo’s upcoming action thriller Manhunt.
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NewsWide scores sales of Indian gay love story 'Loev'
EXCLUSIVE: France’s Wide has secured a raft of deals on Indian gay love story Loev.
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NewsUK-China producers join forces; 'The Proving Ground' first project
EXCLUSIVE: China’s Thunder Communications and UK’s Poisson Rouge to collaborate on up to five titles; first drama centres on a real investigation into mysterious biological weapons that were used against the Chinese.
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NewsNew musicials festival to launch in Seoul
Artistic director Hong-Joon Kim and staff are at Filmart in Hong Kong scouting for the first edition of the Chungmuro International Musical Film Festival (CHIMFF), set to launch July 6-11 in Seoul.
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NewsNew firm The One Entertainment to invest in HK talent
EXCLUSIVE: New finance-distribution company launched by former Tomson exec and a fund manager.
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NewsUdine Far East Film Festival partners with Rome to launch market
First Focus Asia to include screenings, research panels and meetings.
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NewsKorea's Central Park moves into features with 'The Salt Planet'
EXCLUSIVE: Firm also compiling shorts into omnibus films.
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NewsChina's Huace dives into remake of 'Canola'
Director Chang made Cannes title The Target in 2014.
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NewsIndonesia's Putrama Tuta readies 'Happy Birthday Every Day' shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Film centres on a dead writer who discovers he is living inside his own story.