All Asia articles – Page 390
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NewsFCCE’s user-generated movie format Entertainment Experience heads to China
Amsterdam-based crossmedia company FCCE debuted user-generated movie format with Paul Verhoeven last year to make thriller Tricked. Format also optioned for Sweden and the Middle East.
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Asian Film Market opens with sales announcements
Busan’s Asian Film Market kicked off yesterday (Oct 8) with a patter of business including Thai sales company Gmm Tai Hub (GTH) selling thriller Countdown to Indonesia and Taiwan.
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NewsDistribution Workshop drives round Bends
Distribution Workshop is co-financing and has picked up international rights to Flora Lau’s Bends, starring Carina Lau and Chen Kun.
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Lotte, Happinet to co-produce Kim Sung-soo's Nameless
Korea’s Lotte Entertainment has announced a Korea-Japan co-production titled Nameless, based on award-winning Japanese sci-fi mystery novel Genome Hazard, written by Tsukasaki Shiro and published by Shogakukan Inc.
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NewsBusan film festival opened by Lust, Caution star
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened today with a star-studded red carpet, fireworks and Hong Kong crime action thriller Cold War.
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NewsMillion Dollar Crocodile to take a bite of North America
Sales company Odin’s Eye has sold North American rights to the Chinese film Million Dollar Crocodile to Screen Media Films, which will now begin planning for a release in the first quarter of next year.
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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.