All Asia articles – Page 311

  • Kahaani
    News

    Oplev to direct Kahaani remake

    2014-07-25T18:04:00Z

    Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev wil direct Deity, an English-language remake of Indian hit thriller Kahaani for YRF Entertainment.

  • 52 Tuesdays
    News

    Screen Australia reflects on cuts

    2014-07-25T10:10:00Z

    Around $20m in direct annual investment in film production has escaped the knife in a package of changes that will reduce Screen Australia’s current annual budget by $US5.18m (A$5.5m).

  • Big Hero 6
    News

    Big Hero 6 world premiere to open Tokyo

    2014-07-23T22:00:00Z

    The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its opening film will be the world premiere of Disney animation Big Hero 6.

  • Dead, End Or: How I Learned To Stop Living And Love Being Officially Dead
    News

    Dead, End wins at PiFan's NAFF

    2014-07-23T16:47:00Z

    The 18th Puchon International Film Festival (PiFan)’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) wrapped tonight with top Bucheon Award going to Dev Benegal’s Indian project Dead, End Or: How I Learned To Stop Living And Love Being Officially Dead.

  • Rachel Griffiths
    News

    Screen Australia backs 18 features

    2014-07-23T10:05:00Z

    UK producer Kevin Loader joins comedy drama B Model, to be directed by actor Rachel Griffiths.

  • PiFan 2014
    News

    Transmedia talks at PiFan’s NAFF

    2014-07-23T09:57:00Z

    At the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), experts discussed transmedia storytelling, where it’s at and where it could go in the near future.

  • Snowpiercer
    News

    Spackman jumps 79% on Singapore debut

    2014-07-22T20:30:00Z

    Korea’s Spackman Entertainment Group (SEG) surged 78.9% in an IPO on the Catalist board of the Singapore stock exchange on Tuesday (July 22).

  • Tiny Times 3
    News

    Tiny Times 3 tops China box office

    2014-07-22T11:56:00Z

    CHINA BOX OFFICE: The third installment in Guo Jingming’s Tiny Times franchise grossed $50.12m over its opening weekend in China, finally toppling Transformers: Age Of Extinction from the top spot.

  • Son of a Gun
    News

    Son Of A Gun goes global

    2014-07-22T06:00:00Z

    Julius Avery thriller Son Of A Gun sells around the world.

  • The Monkey King
    News

    China box office up 25% in H1 2014

    2014-07-21T20:16:00Z

    China’s box office increased by 25% to reach $2.23bn (RMB13.74bn) in the first half of 2014, according to official figures from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRT).

  • Unveil the Truth II: State Apparatus
    News

    Unveil The Truth wins in Taipei

    2014-07-21T11:32:00Z

    Kevin Lee’s documentary Unveil The Truth II: State Apparatus won the Grand Prize and best documentary at this year’s Taipei Film Awards, which took place at the close of the Taipei Film Festival on July 19.

  • News

    Lippo Group to invest $516m in cinemas

    2014-07-21T11:11:00Z

    Indonesia’s Lippo Group has announced plans to invest $516m (6 trillion rupiahs) in 300 multiplexes across the country over the next ten years.

  • Wong Kar Wai
    News

    Alibaba pacts with high-profile trio

    2014-07-21T10:40:00Z

    ChinaVision Media Group, which will soon be renamed Alibaba Pictures Group, has signed production deals with Wong Kar Wai’s Block 2 Pictures, Angie Chai and Giddens Ko’s Star Ritz International Entertainment and Peter Ho-sun Chan’s We Pictures.

  • Panna Rittikrai
    News

    Panna Rittikrai dies aged 53

    2014-07-21T09:42:00Z

    Panna Rittikrai, the action choreographer who introduced Thai action movies to world audiences, has died aged 53.

  • Kundo: Age Of The Rampant
    Reviews

    Kundo: Age Of The Rampant

    2014-07-20T18:50:00Z

    Dir: Yoon Jong-bin. South Korea. 2014. 137mins

  • Noboru Iguchi at Fantasia
    Features

    Noboru Iguchi, Live & Nuigulumar Z

    2014-07-19T13:58:00Z

    Ian Sandwell talks to the Japanese film-maker about his two films screening at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.

  • Mamoru Oshii
    Comment

    Mamoru Oshii honoured at Fantasia

    2014-07-18T14:07:00Z

    Japanese film-maker receives Lifetime Achievement award on opening night of genre festival in Montreal.

  • bela_tarr.jpg
    News

    Busan unveils Film Academy fellows

    2014-07-18T12:27:00Z

    24 participants have been selected for the 10th Asian Film Academy, which will have Hungarian director Bela Tarr as its dean.

  • Gong Yu
    News

    China’s iQiyi launches film company

    2014-07-18T10:11:00Z

    Chinese video streaming platform iQiyi is launching a film company, iQiyi Films, which aims to develop a new internet-oriented business model for film production.

  • Saffron Digital
    News

    Saffron Digital, KDDI launch Anime Service

    2014-07-17T17:56:00Z

    KDDI has partnered with Saffron Digital to launch Anime Pass, a new subscription service offering anime content.