All Asia articles – Page 364
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Making Film taps Phathanavirangoon as development head
Hong Kong filmmaker Pang Ho-cheung’s Making Film Production has signed on producer and film festival programmer Raymond Phathanavirangoon in the new role of development director.
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Screen Australia invests in Avery, Lance debuts
Screen Australia has invested in two debut features - Julius Avery’s Son Of A Gun and Stephen Lance’s My Mistress - and provided two years of working capital to four producers: Jessica Brentnall, Angie Fielder, Nicole O’Donohue and Nelson Woss.
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Johnnie To's Drug War revealed as second surprise film in Rome
Drug War (Duzhan) by Johnnie To has been revealed as the second surprise film completing the roster for the Rome Film Festival’s 2012 Competition.
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TWC picks up Bong Joon Ho's Snowpiercer
Leading South Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has confirmed The Weinstein Company has picked up English-speaking rights to Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Snowpiercer after a screening of a 10-minute promo reel at the AFM.
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World Cinema Fund backs four new projects
WCF jury made their selection from 95 submissions from a total of 37 countries, awarding production funds totalling €140,000.
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Yau starts shooting 3D horror as pan-Asian co-production
Hong Kong director Herman Yau has started shooting his first 3D production, suspense horror The Second Coming, as a Hong Kong-Singapore-Taiwan co-production.
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Black Nights Film Festival unveils EurAsia competition line-up
Everyday, Hannah Arendt and Wadjda [pictured] among films in contention.
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Mamoru Oshii readies international co-production
Japanese director Mamoru Oshii will direct live action military sci-fi thriller The Last Druid: Garm Wars as an international co-production.
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Blanchett to head jury for DIFF's IWC Schaffhausen award
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and luxury Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen have announced that Cate Blanchett will head the jury for the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Award at this year’s edition of the festival.
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Feng's Back to 1942 revealed as one of Rome's surprise films
Marco Mueller has revealed that the first of the two surprise films at this year’s Rome Film Festival will be the world premiere of Feng Xiaogang’s Back to 1942.The historial epic’s cast, in addition to Chinese stars such as Zhang Guoli, Fan Wei and Chen Daoming, includes Adrien Brody and ...
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China prices skyrocket at AFM
Asking prices for Chinese rights to US product are going through the roof at this year’s AFM, due to the influx of mainland Chinese buyers hungry for 3D action titles and star-driven films.
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Star Alliance to co-produce Masked Warrior, Zombie II
Hong Kong production and sales outfit Star Alliance is gearing up to start shooting two co-productions - Monkey: The Masked Warrior with Thailand’s Nakob Co and Zombie II with Taiwan’s Heyshine International, Sky Films and Entertaining Power.
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CJ swings into Jungle
EXCLUSIVE: CJ Entertainment has come on board to close financing on SC Films’ family animation Jungle Shuffle, due for delivery in Q4 2013.
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Oz filmmakers spend $66m on filming overseas
New research shows that Australian filmmakers are being much more outward looking than in the past: nearly half of the 28 Australian features that went into production during the 12 months up to June 30, and were made for more than $519,000 (A$500,000), were wholly or partly filmed abroad.
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Toei sings with A Chorus Of Angels
Japanese studio Toei is ringing up sales on Junji Sakamoto’s A Chorus Of Angels, which has gone to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and Taiwan (Skydigi).