All Asia articles – Page 332
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NewsUnveil The Truth wins in Taipei
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.
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Lippo Group to invest $516m in cinemas
Indonesia’s Lippo Group has announced plans to invest $516m (6 trillion rupiahs) in 300 multiplexes across the country over the next ten years.
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NewsAlibaba pacts with high-profile trio
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.
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NewsPanna Rittikrai dies aged 53
Panna Rittikrai, the action choreographer who introduced Thai action movies to world audiences, has died aged 53.
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FeaturesNoboru Iguchi, Live & Nuigulumar Z
Ian Sandwell talks to the Japanese film-maker about his two films screening at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
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CommentMamoru Oshii honoured at Fantasia
Japanese film-maker receives Lifetime Achievement award on opening night of genre festival in Montreal.
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NewsBusan unveils Film Academy fellows
24 participants have been selected for the 10th Asian Film Academy, which will have Hungarian director Bela Tarr as its dean.
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NewsChina’s iQiyi launches film company
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.
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NewsSaffron Digital, KDDI launch Anime Service
KDDI has partnered with Saffron Digital to launch Anime Pass, a new subscription service offering anime content.
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FeaturesPark Chan Wook
The Korean director talks international appeal as he is being honoured at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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NewsPlans for Fox theme park, Korea
20th Century Fox and Village Roadshow have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Gyeongsang Province to build a theme park.
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NewsTransformers holds China top spot
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Transformers: Age Of Extinction held onto the top spot at the China box office in its third week, although local comedy The Break-up Guru also managed to hold its own.
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NewsFox out, Fosun up at Bona Film Group
Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group is acquiring an additional 13.3% stake in Bona Film Group, while 21st Century Fox is divesting its stake in the Beijing-based studio.
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NewsTransformers 4 biggest film in China
Paramount confirmed the development on Wednesday (July 9) as Transformers: Age Of Extinction reached $225.1m.
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NewsKorean admissions down, gross up
Latest report from KOFIC for the first half of 2014 also outlines the best first half year on record for foreign films.
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NewsFilm Bazaar announces script finalists
Film Bazaar, the South Asian film market organised by India’s National Film Development Corp (NFDC), has selected the six finalists of Screenwriters’ Lab 2014.
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NewsTransformers breaks China records
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Paramount’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction has become the highest-grossing film of all time in China, taking $222.74m in its first ten days, and breaking the $221.9m record set by Avatar in 2010.