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All Asia articles – Page 314
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NewsMumbai fest campaign raises $250k
UPDATED: The social media campaign to save the Mumbai Film Festival, threatened with closure due to a lack of funding, has raised $250,000 in just two days.
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NewsCoproduction Office boards Fires On The Plain
Shinya Tsukamoto’s film plays in Venice Competition and Toronto Wavelengths.
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NewsYouku Tudou launches film arm Heyi
Chinese online video platform Youku Tudou is launching a film division, Heyi Film, to produce a slate of theatrical features.
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ReviewsThe Look Of Silence
Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer. Denmark-Indonesia-Norway-Finland-UK. 2014. 100mins
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NewsBusan to host Korean hitmakers forum
Busan’s Asian Film Market has announced major events including a Korean Producers Forum featuring 10 filmmakers whose hits broke the 10 million admissions landmark at the local box office.
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NewsFestival chiefs protest Beijing indie fest closure
More than 20 festival heads and programmers have signed a statement in support of the Beijing Independent Film Festival, which was shut down by Chinese authorities last weekend.
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NewsEros, Viacom18 strike distribution pact
India’s Eros International has struck a deal to handle international distribution of four films produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures.
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NewsTokyo unveils major Asian push
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced a seven-year collaboration with the Japan Foundation that includes co-producing a pan-Asian omnibus series.
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NewsDragon 2 retains China BO lead
CHINA BOX OFFICE: How To Train Your Dragon 2 held on to the top spot at the China box office in the week August 18-24, grossing a further $24.09m for a cumulative total of $50.86m.
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NewsThai studios team for Transformation
Four Thai film companies – M Pictures, Bangkok Film Studio, True I-Content and Matching Studio – have joined forces to create a new studio, Transformation Films, with the aim of helping expand the Thai film industry at an international level.
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NewsBeijing Independent fest shut down
Chinese authorities shut down the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival on its opening day on Saturday (August 23).
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NewsPaper Planes wins CinefestOZ award
Robert Connolly writes and directs; the festival also awards Joel Edgerton with screen legend prize.
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NewsOmnibus to mark Singapore's 50th
Seven award-winning directors led by Royston Tan are set to create an omnibus film celebrating the 50th anniversary of Singapore and its people.
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NewsAsgar Farhadi to head Busan jury
The Oscar-winning director of A Seperation will oversee jury members including Bong Joon Ho.
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NewsFilms pirated by 73% of Taiwanese
A study from research consultancy Sycamore Research and Marketing has found that 73% of Taiwanese netizens admit they pirate movies and music, although 81% agree that piracy is wrong.
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NewsBusan's Asian Project Market line-up
Directors include Brillante Mendoza, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Yeon Sang-ho.