All Asia articles – Page 324

  • Kundo Age Of The Rampant landscape
    News

    Showbox rampant for Kundo deals

    2014-05-14T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has sealed a string of major territory deals for action feature Kundo: Age Of The Rampant.

  • Yakuza Apocalypse
    News

    Takashi Miike casts The Raid star

    2014-05-14T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Indonesian action star Yayan Ruhian (The Raid, The Raid 2) has been cast opposite Hayato Ichihara in Takashi Miike’s return to hardcore genre filmmaking.  

  • Naomi Kawase
    News

    MK2 boards Naomi Kawase’s An

    2014-05-14T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based company adds trio of Japanese titles to slate.

  • 25 April landscape
    News

    Animated Gallipolli drama underway

    2014-05-13T08:06:00Z

    Filmmakers behind Beyond the Edge to tell drama documentary through animation.

  • Kamal Swaroop
    News

    Medient backs Kamal Swaroop’s Battle

    2014-05-12T22:52:00Z

    Medient Studios and producer Manu Kumaran are backing Kamal Swaroop’s documentary The Battle Of Banaras, which follows the on-going Indian elections.

  • Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios
    Features

    Malaysia: The stage is set

    2014-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Malaysia’s burgeoning film industry gets a huge boost with next month’s opening of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios. Liz Shackleton reports.

  • The Fatal Encounter
    Reviews

    The Fatal Encounter

    2014-05-09T08:49:00Z

    Dir: Lee Jae-kyu. South Korea. 2014. 135mins

  • Kano
    News

    Kano names NYAFF centrepiece

    2014-05-08T21:42:00Z

    The North American premiere of Umin Boya’s Kano has been selected as the Centerpiece selection for this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), set to run from June 27–July 14.

  • 20,000 Days on Earth
    News

    Sydney reveals competition line-up

    2014-05-07T23:46:00Z

    Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth and titles set for Cannes among Sydney Film Festival competiton contenders.

  • History of Fear
    News

    History Of Fear wins at Jeonju

    2014-05-07T17:11:00Z

    Benjamin Naishtat’s debut feature picked up the Grand Prize at the festival in South Korea.

  • Black Coal, Thin Ice
    News

    Fortissimo mines Black Coal sales

    2014-05-07T16:38:00Z

    Berlinale Golden Bear winner picked up by territories throughout Europe.

  • The Great Hypnotist
    News

    Classmate, Hypnotist top China box office

    2014-05-07T06:21:00Z

    CHINA BOX OFFICE: Frant Gwo’s romantic drama My Old Classmate held onto pole position at the Chinese box office last week with a futher haul of $34.63m, while opener The Great Hypnotist came in second with $22.28m.

  • Skin Trade
    News

    HPI brings Skin Trade to Cannes

    2014-05-07T06:18:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Hyde Park International (HPI) president Eric Christenson will commence sales in Cannes on the Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa revenge thriller.

  • yellow_03
    News

    Medient, Tarantella eye Asian markets

    2014-05-06T20:19:00Z

    Medient Studios and Tarantella Pictures have announced a joint venture to create and distribute content for China and Far East-Asian markets.

  • Jeonju Project Market
    News

    Jeonju Project unveils market winners

    2014-05-06T10:03:00Z

    The 6th Jeonju Project Market (JPM) has announced award winners with Park Jong-keun’s Baby Rose taking the Grand Prize for Feature Film Pitching in the Jeonju Project Promotion (JPP).

  • The Great Hypnotist
    News

    Fortissimo entranced by Great Hypnotist

    2014-05-06T10:00:00Z

    Fortissimo Films has struck a deal with China’s Wanda Media to handle worldwide sales (excluding HK, Taiwan, SE-Asia) on current box office hit The Great Hypnotist.

  • Gong Li
    News

    Gong Li to head Shanghai jury

    2014-05-06T07:49:00Z

    Chinese actress Gong Li will serve as jury president for this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), which will take place June 14-22.

  • Derek YEE
    News

    Derek Yee’s Sword Master set for battle

    2014-05-05T03:09:00Z

    Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop is launching two titles directed by Derek Yee at the upcoming Cannes marche; 3D martial arts action title Sword Master and drama I Am Somebody.

  • The Target
    Reviews

    The Target

    2014-05-03T06:48:00Z

    Dir: Chang. South Korea. 2014. 98mins

  • The Peaceful Island
    News

    CJ unveils Peaceful Island co-pro

    2014-05-02T17:38:00Z

    South Korea’s CJ E&M has announced Korea-China-Hong Kong co-production The Peaceful Island (working title), directed by Korean Chang Yoon-hyun, whose credits include Hwang Jin Yi and Tell Me Something.