All Asia articles – Page 412
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FeaturesAsian Film Awards 2012
The Asian Film Awards were held March 19 in Hong Kong, with winners including A Separation and A Simple Life.
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NewsFilmart rocked by 4D Sexecution
Hong Kong producer Stephen Shiu Jr has one of the most popular booths at Filmart thanks to his slate of hot 3D movies and teaser demonstration of 4D Sex And Zen.
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NewsScreenSingapore pushed back to December
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has announced that the second edition of ScreenSingapore will move to December to take place at the same time as the Asia Television Forum (ATF).
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NewsTai Chi 0 sells to North America, UK, France for Huayi
China’s Huayi Brothers Media has scored major pre-sales on its steam-punk action drama Tai Chi 0 to Well Go USA in North America, Showbox in UK and Wild Side in France.
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Pegasus lines up Kok comedy, 3D horror
Raymond Wong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures is gearing up to shoot two projects in the second quarter of 2012 – Vincent Kok’s Guys Are Like Clothes (working title) and a 3D horror film from Po Chih Leong.
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Wong Ching Po to direct Shanghai actioner for MVP
Wong Ching Po has been lined up to direct $10m martial arts action film Once Upon A Time In Shanghai for Wong Jing’s Mega Vision Pictures (MVP).
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NewsSonamu grabs Malaysia’s Bunohan for Korea
Korea’s Sonamu Pictures has acquired action drama Bunohan, directed by Malaysian filmmaker Dain Iskandar Said, from Easternlight Films.
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NewsBuyers take Five Star’s Dark Flight
Thailand’s Five Star Production has closed a slew of deals on horror picture Dark Flight 3D including a sale to KSM for the UK and German-speaking territories and to Color Entertainment For Japan.
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NewsIran’s A Separation leads Asian Film Awards
Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation was the big winner at the Asian Film Awards last night scooping best film, best director, best screenwriter and best editor.
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Malaysia to introduce 30% production rebate
The Malaysian government is set to introduce a rebate scheme for local and international films shooting in Malaysia.
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NewsFirst Time for Edko, Irresistible
Hong Kong’s Edko Films and Irresistible Films are launching sales on romantic love story First Time, starring Angelababy (Hot Summer Days) and Mark Chao (Monga) here in Filmart.
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ReviewsBeautiful 2012
Dirs: Kim Tae-yong, Tsai Ming-Liang, Gu Changwei, Ann Hui. China. 2102. 90mins
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Lotte picks up sales on Ghastly, Architecture 101
South Korean sales company Lotte Entertainment is launching sales at Filmart on horror film Ghastly starring Hyo-min of popular girl group T-ara in her acting debut.
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CAR takes North American rights to Smuggler
US-based Cinema Asia Releasing (CAR) has acquired North American rights to Japanese cult hit Smuggler, which premiered in the Midnight Madness section of last year’s Toronto film festival.
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NewsKhoo fills Urn, engages Apprentice
Gorylah Pictures, one of two production labels run by Singapore filmmaker and Asian Film Awards jury president Eric Khoo, is joining forces with Clover Films and MM2 Entertainment to co-produce supernatural thriller Inside The Urn (working title), to be directed by Gilbert Chan.
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Showbox sends Thieves around Asia
Showbox seals key Asian territory deals on Macau diamond heist film The Thieves from Korean director Choi Dong-hoon.
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Blind Detective, Switch make Media Asia bow
Hong Kong’s Media Asia is introducing two high-profile projects at Filmart – Johnnie To’s crime drama Blind Detective and Jay Sun’s action drama Switch.
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New Pangs, Chan films headline Universe slate
Hong Kong’s Universe Films Distribution is unveiling a slate of action films at Filmart, headed by new projects from the Pang Brothers and Benny Chan.
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NewsDistribution Workshop launches Tycoon, Christmas Rose
Distribution Workshop, the Hong Kong-based sales arm of Chinese studio Bona Film Group, is attending Filmart with a slate of hot new projects including gangster thriller The Last Tycoon starring Chow Yun Fat.