All Asia articles – Page 278
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NewsBusan director's fate remains unclear following latest festival drama
Following a turbulent general assembly meeting festival director Lee Yong-kwan’s position remains unclear.
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NewsWanda seeks $1.5bn investment for production business
The Chinese entertainment giant recently acquired Legendary Entertainment for $3.5bn.
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NewsPark Chan-wook's 'Handmaiden' pre-sells to 116 countries
Amazon Studios has taken US rights to Park’s first Korean-language production since Thirst.
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NewsWanda chairman teases UK investment to create 10,000 jobs
Chinese conglomerate is also lining up a “major deal” in Europe, to be announced on Friday.
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NewsHKIFF to open with Trivisa, Chongqing Hotpot
Johnnie To-produced Trivisa and Yang Qing’s Chongqing Hotpot will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 21-April 4), while Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Creepy will close the event.
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NewsSpeakers unveiled for China-US Motion Picture Summit
Screenwriter Randall Wallace (Braveheart), producer Don Hahn (The Lion King) and Bill Borden, co-executive producer of The Mermaid, are among the speakers for the first China-US Motion Picture Summit (March 25).
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NewsScorsese’s Film Foundation teams with Indian heritage orgs
Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation is among the organsiations working with India’s Film Heritage Foundation on a film preservation workshop that kicks off this week (Feb 26-March 6).
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News'The Mermaid' becomes China's highest-grossing film
Stephen Chow’s comedy moved ahead of Monster Hunt to become the country’s top-grossing film, while Kung Fu Panda 3 targets all-time animation record.
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NewsChinese broadcasters drop Hong Kong Film Awards
Chinese broadcaster CCTV and leading portal Tencent have pulled out of showing this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards, which includes controversial drama Ten Years among the best picture nominees.
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News'Sweet 20' breaks Vietnamese box office record
The remake of Korean hit Miss Granny has become the country’s highest-grossing local film.
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Reviews'A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery': Berlin Review
Dir: Lav Diaz. 2016, Philippines/Singapore, 485 mins
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NewsBusan mayor offers to step down as BIFF chairman
Busan Metropolitan City mayor Suh Byung-soo has offered to step down as organizing committee chairman of Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), while stating BIFF festival director Lee Yong-kwan’s contract will not be renewed after Feb 26.
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NewsUniversal, Perfect World strike $500m financing deal
Universal Pictures and China’s Perfect World Pictures have entered into a multi-year financing agreement, including films across the entire Universal slate.
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News'The Mermaid' tops record-breaking week at China box office
The $581m accumulated over the first seven days of the Chinese new year is a world record.
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NewsMAD boards Alayan brothers' 'The Reports On Sarah And Saleem'
EXCLUSIVE: Brothers Muayad and Rami Alayan’s previous film Love, Theft And Other Entanglements debuted at Berlin 2015.
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NewsEmir Baigazin planning new trilogy
EXCLUSIVE: The Wounded Angel director is planning a series of films about modern nightlife in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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NewsMike Leeder to develop projects for 108 Media
Leeder will work on the development of new Asian film, TV and new media projects.
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NewsMarco Mueller to head new Macau film festival
Marco Mueller has been appointed director of the inaugural Macau International Film Festival (Dec 8-13).
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NewsBerlin: Leading industry figures show Busan solidarity
Busan International Film Festival has been under government pressure since 2014.