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All Asia articles – Page 368
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NewsBollywood icon Yash Chopra dies aged 80
Indian director, producer and studio head Yash Chopra died today in Mumbai where he was being treated for dengue fever. He was 80 years old.
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Tokyo International Film Festival gets underway
The 25th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) opened on Saturday night (Oct 20) with the world premiere of 3D extravaganza Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, executive produced by James Cameron.
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NewsZhang Yimou honoured at opening of Mumbai film festival
The 14th Mumbai film festival opened last night (Oct 18) with a screening of Silver Linings Playbook and the presentation of the lifetime achievement award to Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou.
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FeaturesThe Tokyo connection
Celebrating its 25th edition in 2012, the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 20-28) has become a major launchpad into Japan and a source of films for local distributors.
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NewsFortissimo appoints Will Lin as new head of marketing
Lin most recently worked in marketing and distribution for Huayi Brothers International in Beijing.
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NewsJapanese director Koji Wakamatsu dead at 76
Legendary Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu has died in hospital of injuries after being hit by a taxi on the night of October 12.
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FeaturesMostofa S. Farooki
Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa S. Farooki’s Television received a warm response when it screened as the closing film of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) last week.
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NewsAi Weiwei, Henkel world premieres to screen at BIFFDOCS
Ai Weiwei’s Ping’an Yueqing and Show Me The Magic [pictured], Cathy Henkel’s homegrown film about cinematographer Don McAlpine, are the two world premiere’s among the 15 films in the running to win BIFFDOCS, Australia’s richest documentary prize.
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NewsChina box office monthly round-up: The Expendables 2 tops September box office
The Expendables 2 was the highest-grossing release at the Chinese box office in September; a month dominated by US films.
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NewsTaken 2 delivers $45.1m int'l; Looper posts $109m; Impossible wows in Spain
UPDATE: EuropaCorp’s Liam Neeson thriller had too much in the tank for its competitors as distributor Fox International reported an estimated $134.8m running total after two weekends and $220.9m worldwide. Sci-fi Looper added $9m excluding China to cross the century mark after 17 days. And JA Bayona’s The Impossible [pictured] ...
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FeaturesManjeet Singh
The director talks about his debut feature Mumbai’s King, about slum kids in India.
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NewsGlobal Film Initiative picks up Busan trio
The Global Film Initiative has picked up three films that screened at the recent Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) for North American distribution - 111 Girls, Beijing Flickers and Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights.
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NewsKayan, 36 take New Currents awards at close of Busan fest
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped yesterday (Oct 13) with a record of more than 221,000 admissions.
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FeaturesEffendee Mazlan
Malaysian husband-and-wife filmmaking team, Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina Isahak, have gone against the grain of the unabashedly commercial Malay-language film industry with Songlap, a drama about the illegal trafficking of babies.
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NewsFortissimo's Touch of the Light sells to Cinema de Manon for Korea
Taiwan’s official submission to the Academy Awards to be released this coming spring in Korea.