All Asia articles – Page 28
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NewsSony eyes acquisition of Japan’s Kadokawa Corporation
The Japanese media giant is behind features such as Takeshi Kitano’s ‘Kubi’ and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Serpent’s Path’.
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NewsDonnie Yen’s ‘The Prosecutor’ lands US distribution and sets release date (exclusive)
The action-thriller is inspired by a real legal case in Hong Kong.
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News‘The Last Dance’ records Hong Kong’s biggest ever single-day box office for a local film
The drama is led by Michael Hui and Dayo Wong.
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News‘Gladiator II’ leads Korea box office with 40% of weekend takings
Further titles in the top 10 include ‘Hear Me: Our Summer’ and ‘Devils Stay’.
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News‘Red One’ tops North American box office on $32.1m, ‘Hello, Love, Again’ scores record opening for Filipino film
Heretic crosses $20m, Anora hits $10m.
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NewsHong Sangsoo’s Locarno title ‘By The Stream’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film centres around a scandalous incident involving a lecturer and her uncle.
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NewsRed Sea unveils line-up and ‘The Tale Of Daye’s Family’ as opening film
Fourth edition of the festival takes place from December 5-14 in the port city of Jeddah.
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News‘Clouded Leopard’, ‘Rest In Pieces’, ‘Call Of Lobster’ among winners at Taiwan Creative Content Fest
They won awards in the presigious Pitching programme.
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NewsEST N8 in talks with AFM buyers on Indonesian horror thriller ‘The Hole’ (exclusive)
Hanung Bramantyo directed story which blends noir with supernatural horror.
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Reviews’Lust In The Rain’: Tokyo Review
Ambitious, uneven erotic love triangle drama set in 1940s Japan
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NewsYu Irie’s ‘Muromachi Outsiders’ lands North America, Europe deals ahead of AFM (exclusive)
The historical action adventure is set for release in Japan on January 17.
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NewsAI-themed project ‘AI Within’ wins Pitching Contest at TIFFCOM 2024
Further winners included Kazuya Maruyama’s ‘The Right Place’ and Shun Tsujii’s ‘2 Years And 2 Months’.
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News‘Children Of The River’ team on being the first Italy-Japan co-production treaty project
Acclaimed Japanese director Lisa Takeba is working with Italian producer Parsifal Reparato. “Everyone is curious to know we proceed, how it works.”
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NewsApple TV+’s ‘Sunny’ starring Rashida Jones cancelled after one season (exclusive)
The mystery drama from A24 was filmed in Japan.
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NewsVenice, Berlin, Sundance award-winning Japanese directors selected for festival support
The chosen include Shingo Ota, Emma Kawawada, Kohki Hasei and Mai Nakanishi
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NewsDaniel Hui’s ‘Small Hours Of The Night’ pulled from screening at Singapore International Film Festival (exclusive)
The film was refused classifcation by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore.
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NewsDaniel Hui, Martika Ramirez Escobar among Purin Pictures autumn 2024 grant selection
Two projects from Malaysia about legendary filmmaker P Ramlee also selected.
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NewsJohnnie To talks Hong Kong censorship and funding challenges: “Filmmakers cannot be bystanders”
The award-winning director was in conversation with Japan’s Yu Irie at Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Reviews‘The Unseen Sister’: Tokyo Review
Midi Zi’s first China-shot feature is a thriller starring Zhao Yiling
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NewsApple TV+’s ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’ and Josef Kubota Wladyka feature land Japan incentive funds
Further titles to secure funding include upcoming Apple TV+ series ‘Neuromancer’.