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All Asia articles – Page 398
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NewsDaisy’s Nam spreads Taste of Money
EXCLUSIVE: South Korea’s Daisy Entertainment has brought in a new director for its nascent International Sales division - Erica Nam, formerly of Mirovision.
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Lotte goes back to school with Happy End director Jung
Korean financing and distribution powerhouse Lotte Entertainment is launching Eungyo (working title), the latest film from Happy End director Jung Ji-woo at the EFM.
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NewsFinecut adds Grand Heist, Ghost Sweepers to Berlin slate
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has picked up two new Korean genre films – $10m period action adventure The Grand Heist, and $5m comic action horror Ghost Sweepers.
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FeaturesMonsoon Shootout
Amit Kumar, director of award-winning short The Bypass, talks about his debut feature Monsoon Shootout, produced by the UK’s Trevor Ingman.
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Indonesia’s Edwin to receive New Talent Award at AFAs
Indonesian director Edwin will receive the Edward Yang New Talent Award at the upcoming Asian Film Awards (AFAs) in Hong Kong.
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NewsDolph Lundgren to star in Battle of the Damned for Bleiberg's Compound B
Christopher Hatton will direct the sci-fi action title.
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NewsJames Cameron praises filmmakers killed in Australian helicopter crash
Andrew Wight [pictured], the producer of Sanctum and many adventure documentaries, and Mike deGruy, a specialist underwater cinematographer, died in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday.
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NewsHarvest, Sun Redrock launch $800m fund to invest in Asian and Western companies and films
Harvest Alternative Investment Group (a subsidiary of Harvest Fund Management) and Bruno Wu’s Sun Redrock Investment Group have formed the new Harvest Seven Stars Media Fund, which will raise an initial $800m in capital.
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NewsFinecut acquires Hong Sang-soo's Another Country
The South Korean sales company will be screening a promo reel at the upcoming European Film Market.
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NewsAsia Pacific Film Festival to be held in Shanghai
The organisers of the Asia Pacific Film Festival have announced that the 55th edition will be held in Shanghai, marking the first time the event has been held in mainland China.
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NewsFortissimo takes aim at Monsoon Shootout
Fortissimo Films has picked up international rights outside India/South Asia to Amit Kumar’s UK-India production Monsoon Shootout, which recently wrapped in Mumbai.
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NewsThe Raid producers to make sequel later this year
Gareth Huw Evans returns to direct his The Raid star Iko Uwais on the project, which will shoot in Indonesia towards the end of the year. Celluloid Nightmares has already closed a slew of territories and SPWA holds US and select territory rights.
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NewsFilmEngine to set up an Asia joint venture in Taiwan
Los Angeles-based FilmEngine is to set up an Asia joint venture in Taiwan, with Taiwan’s Hsu Po-yun, founding partner of New Aspect Cultural Foundation and executive board for Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion (FACP).
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NewsHong Kong cinema squeezed out by high rents
One of Hong Kong exhibitor UA Cinemas’ flagship multiplexes closed its doors yesterday (Jan 31) after losing its rental lease on the ground floor of the busy Times Square shopping mall.
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NewsRedDog, Snowtown honoured at Australian Academy awards
AACTA gives best film honours to box-office hit Red Dog.
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NewsBerlinale Competition rounds out with Wang Quan’an epic White Deer Plain
Berlin favourite Wang returns to Competition with sweeping epic starring Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Yuqi and Wu Gang.
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NewsSouth Korea's record 2011 box office up 7.4% year-on-year
KOFIC reports that gross was $1.1bn for the year.
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NewsJapanese box office falls 18% after lack of mega-hits and March 11 disaster
Overall box office revenue for 2011 totalled $2.36bn (Y181.2bn), a steep drop of 18% from 2010; local films declined by 16%.