All Asia articles – Page 385
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NewsFifteen countries in inaugural Cockatoo Island film competition
Ten of the 15 feature films in competition at Sydney’s Cockatoo Island Film Festival are debut films, which fits the competition aim of giving attention to emerging directors.
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Singapore's MDA appoints Koh Lin-net as CEO
Koh Lin-net has been appointed CEO of Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA), replacing Aubeck Kam who leaves the post on October 31.
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NewsHou’s The Assassin to start shooting in October
Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao Hsien downplayed speculation that the $14.5m martial arts drama, which stars Japan’s Satoshi Tsumabuki along with Chang Chen, would be effected by Japan-China political tension.
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NewsTaiwan enters Touch of the Light for Oscar consideration
Wong Kar Wai presents Chang Yung Chi’s debut feature; Fortissimo handles sales.
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NewsArmenia selects If Only Everyone as foreign language Oscar entry
Natalya Belyauskene’s drama [pictured] will fly the flag for the Eurasian country and its North American premiere screening will close the Arpa International Film Festival in Los Angeles on Dec 1.
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NewsBill Gates, Ari Emanuel, Bob Bakish among speakers at Abu Dhabi Media Summit
Bill Gates to give opening keynote at conference exploring digital frontiers, which runs Oct 9 - 11; Jim Wuthrich, president, international home entertainment & digital, Warner Bros, and Robert Kyncl, global head of content, YouTube, also among speakers.
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NewsScreen to publish dailies at Dubai International Film Festival
Screen International will publish dailies at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), which this year takes place December 9-16.
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NewsTokyo fest screening of Yim Ho's Floating City cancelled
Hong Kong-China production appears to have been withdrawn due to escalating political tensions between China and Japan.
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NewsMumbai film festival unveils competition sections
The Mumbai Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its competition sections for this year’s edition (Oct 18-25), including its new competition for Indian features, India Gold 2012.
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NewsOz crowd-funding platform starts to see results
Pozible, Australia’s first and largest crowd-funding platform, has helped filmmakers raise $1.37m (A$1.3m) since its May 2010 launch, while total pledges have quadrupled in the past year.
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NewsGalloping Horse, Reliance join forces to buy Digital Domain
Beijing-based Galloping Horse and India’s Reliance MediaWorks (RMW) have formed a joint venture to buy bankrupt US visual effects studio Digital Domain for $30.2m.
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NewsHong Kong, Thailand, India announce Oscar submissions
Hong Kong, Thailand and India have all unveiled their entries for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards.
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NewsDhoom 3 to be first Indian film presented in IMAX
India’s Yash Raj Films has announced that upcoming action thriller Dhoom 3 will be the first Bollywood film to be released in the IMAX format.
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FeaturesIndian knight rises
Mumbai-based DAR Motion Pictures is shaking up the Indian film business with its focus on four strands of production and acquisition of major Hollywood films.
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NewsThe Sapphires stays strong at Oz box office
After six weeks in cinemas, home-grown musical The Sapphires is about $1m away from becoming one of Australia’s top 15 local films of all time.
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NewsTokyo International Film Festival unveils line-up
Five world premieres in the competition section, including Riri Riza’s Atambua 39° Celsius; Hiroshi Okuhara’s The Black Square and Wang Jing’s Feng Shui.
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FeaturesHollywood films gain traction in India
This year, US studios have scored big in the idiosyncratic and fragmented territory with films such as The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man.