All Asia articles – Page 323
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NewsRice, Settle to star in Kelvin Tong horror
Elizabeth Rice (Mad Men) and Matthew Settle (Band Of Brothers) will star in Singaporean director Kelvin Tong’s English-language horror film The Faith Of Anna Waters.
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NewsBusan unveils 2014 line-up
Chen-Zer Doze Niu’s Paradise In Service and Lee Bo-Cheung’s Gangster Pay Day to bookend 19th edition.
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NewsPark Chan-wook's Fingersmith adaptation confirmed
Long-rumoured project to begin casting this month with a shoot planned for 2015.
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NewsVersatile acquires Chan’s Dearest
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese child abduction film to screen in Toronto following world premiere in Venice.
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NewsApes swings into top spot in China
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Fox International’s Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes kept local action title The Four 3 off the top spot at the China box office last week, grossing a hefty $45.13m over its three-day opening weekend.
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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.