All Asia articles – Page 368

  • News

    Indian Kiss finds partners at Film Bazaar

    2012-11-24T07:59:00Z

    Guneet Monga of India’s Sikhya Entertainment and Giulia Achilli of Italy’s Dugong Production have signed a deal at Film Bazaar to co-produce a documentary on the depiction of romance in Indian cinema.

  • Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik
    News

    Polish Film Institute pacts with India on Kathiawar

    2012-11-24T07:57:00Z

    The Polish Film Institute is teaming with Indian broadcaster Doordarshan and the government of Gujarat to co-produce the documentary Little Poland In Kathiawar, the first official co-production under the Indo-Polish treaty signed earlier this year.

  • Pan Nalin
    News

    Arsam and Reservoir move to Pan Nalin's Known World

    2012-11-24T07:55:00Z

    Ilann Girard of Paris-based Arsam International has boarded Pan Nalin’s Film Bazaar project, Beyond The Known World, as co-producer alongside New Zealand’s Reservoir Films.

  • News

    Mammootty to star in Ahamed's Shop

    2012-11-24T07:52:00Z

    Malayalam superstar Mammootty will play the lead in Kunjanandan’s Shop (Kunjananthante Kada), the latest project from National Film Award-winning director Salim Ahamed.

  • Rakesh Mehra, Partho Sen-Gupta, Shrihari Sathe
    News

    Independent, Infinitum bask in Sunrise

    2012-11-24T07:51:00Z

    Mumbai-based Independent Movies has finalised the financing on Film Bazaar project Sunrise (Arunoday), following a deal with India’s Infinitum Productions to increase its funding for the film.

  • Dibakar Banerjee
    News

    Banerjee's Talkies short marks centennial of Indian cinema

    2012-11-24T07:38:00Z

    Dibakar Banerjee’s short film, which forms a part of the omnibus Bombay Talkies commemorating 100 Years of Indian Cinema, will be based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Potol Babu Film Star.

  • The Last Tycoon
    Features

    An international rendezvous

    2012-11-23T17:30:00Z

    With a new December slot running concurrently with the Asia TV Forum & Market, ScreenSingapore is aiming to provide a crossing point for the Asian and international film businesses. Jean Noh reports

  • Miss Nikki And The Tiger Girls
    Reviews

    Miss Nikki And The Tiger Girls

    2012-11-23T16:58:00Z

    Dir/scr: Juliet Lamont. Australia. 2012. 82mins

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    News

    Beyond The Hill wins best feature at APSA Awards

    2012-11-23T11:30:00Z

    The Turkish film industry was honoured at the sixth annual Asia Pacific Film Awards (APSAs), with three films among the winning line-up including Beyond the Hill, which was judged best feature.

  • Q
    News

    Q's Overdose Joint lines up treble

    2012-11-23T02:30:00Z

    Bengali director Q is producing three new projects through his production house Overdose Joint, including Kolkata-set horror film Ludo.

  • News

    Flick The Switch turns on Porichoi

    2012-11-23T02:30:00Z

    India and UK-based boutique studio Flick The Switch has boarded Bengali film Porichoi, directed by Rupali Guha, as co-producer and sales agent for English-speaking territories.

  • Peepli Live
    News

    Peepli Live directors option Sethi's A Free Man

    2012-11-23T02:30:00Z

    Delhi-based filmmakers Anusha Rizvi and Mahmood Farooqui are planning an adaptation of Aman Sethi’s non-fiction work A Free Man, which they are planning as a sequel to their 2010 hit Peepli Live.

  • Naseeruddin Shah
    News

    Beautiful Bay takes up Arms with Shah

    2012-11-23T02:30:00Z

    UK producers Michael Ward and Colin Burrows have established a production outfit, Beautiful Bay Entertainment (BBE), which is developing an adaptation of classic play Arms And The Man with Indian actor and filmmaker Naseeruddin Shah.

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    Dresden to produce live action Grave of the Fireflies

    2012-11-23T00:01:00Z

    Dresden Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Japanese war story Grave of the Fireflies for a live action adaptation.

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    Features

    Asia Pacific heights

    2012-11-22T12:55:00Z

    The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Nov 23) shines the spotlight on a vast region that organisers say does not always receive the attention it deserves. Sandy George reports

  • Rana Daggubati
    News

    Momentary Lapse Of Reason to start shooting in January

    2012-11-22T02:30:00Z

    Aditya Bhattacharya will start shooting A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, an English-language remake of his 1988 cult classic Raakh, in Hyderabad in January.

  • Hrithik Roshan
    News

    Fox to produce Hindi remake of Knight And Day

    2012-11-22T02:30:00Z

    Fox Star Studios India CEO Vijay Singh has confirmed the studio will produce a Hindi remake of Fox’s 2010 action comedy Knight And Day, with Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif heading the cast.

  • Delhi In A Day
    News

    Bliss, Film Base Berlin board Nair's Umrika

    2012-11-22T02:30:00Z

    Jim Birmant of Paris-based Bliss and Mathias Schwerbrock of Film Base Berlin have boarded Indian-born director Prashant Nair’s new project Umrika as co-producers.

  • Vincent D’Onofrio
    News

    Chopra's Broken Horses starts shooting with D'Onofrio

    2012-11-21T04:22:00Z

    Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s first English-language film, Broken Horses, has started shooting in Los Angeles with Vincent D’Onofrio [pictured], Anton Yelchin and Chris Marquette heading the cast.

  • Irrfan Khan
    News

    Global partners tuck into Lunchbox

    2012-11-21T02:30:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra has lined up a host of international collaborators for his debut feature The Lunchbox (Dabba), a co-production between France’s ASAP Films, Germany’s rohfilm, New York-based Cine Mosaic and India’s Anurag Kashyap Films.