All Asia articles – Page 324
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      NewsShowbox rampant for Kundo deals
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has sealed a string of major territory deals for action feature Kundo: Age Of The Rampant.
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      NewsTakashi Miike casts The Raid star
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.
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      NewsMK2 boards Naomi Kawase’s An
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based company adds trio of Japanese titles to slate.
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      NewsAnimated Gallipolli drama underway
Filmmakers behind Beyond the Edge to tell drama documentary through animation.
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      NewsMedient backs Kamal Swaroop’s Battle
Medient Studios and producer Manu Kumaran are backing Kamal Swaroop’s documentary The Battle Of Banaras, which follows the on-going Indian elections.
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      FeaturesMalaysia: The stage is set
Malaysia’s burgeoning film industry gets a huge boost with next month’s opening of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios. Liz Shackleton reports.
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      NewsKano names NYAFF centrepiece
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.
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      NewsSydney reveals competition line-up
Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth and titles set for Cannes among Sydney Film Festival competiton contenders.
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      NewsHistory Of Fear wins at Jeonju
Benjamin Naishtat’s debut feature picked up the Grand Prize at the festival in South Korea.
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      NewsFortissimo mines Black Coal sales
Berlinale Golden Bear winner picked up by territories throughout Europe.
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      NewsClassmate, Hypnotist top China box office
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.
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      NewsHPI brings Skin Trade to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Hyde Park International (HPI) president Eric Christenson will commence sales in Cannes on the Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa revenge thriller.
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      NewsMedient, Tarantella eye Asian markets
Medient Studios and Tarantella Pictures have announced a joint venture to create and distribute content for China and Far East-Asian markets.
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      NewsJeonju Project unveils market winners
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).
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      NewsFortissimo entranced by Great Hypnotist
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.
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      NewsGong Li to head Shanghai jury
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.
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      NewsDerek Yee’s Sword Master set for battle
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.
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      NewsCJ unveils Peaceful Island co-pro
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.
 








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