All Asia articles – Page 420
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NewsIndia’s UTV pacts with Warner Bros for action pictures
India’s UTV has struck a long-term exclusive deal with Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) to screen multiple blockbusters on its UTV Action and UTV Action Telugu channels.
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FeaturesThe spirit of Tokyo
The organisers of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival are confident there is enough global goodwill towards Japan to attract international visitors to this year’s festival.
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NewsFirst Film Festival to showcase 80 films across five Chinese cities
Guests to include Claude-Eric Poiroux, Julie Gayet, Athina Rachel Tsangari.
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TIFFCOM kicks off with buyer attendance up 12%
Exhibitors also up from last year, with overseas exhibitors including BBC Worldwide, Telefilm Canada, Gaumont.
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NewsKOFIC unveils plans to grow Korean industry to $1.3bn by 2013
Plans to boost international co-productions as well as promoting Korean locations and other initiatives.
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NewsTokyo kicks off post-disaster edition with help from Jovovich, Chan
The 24th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off Friday [Oct 23] with its ecologically-themed green carpet welcoming international stars such as Jackie Chan, Fan Bing Bing and Milla Jovovich, who starred in the Opening Film The Three Musketeers 3D.
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NewsBhattacharya’s BMW starts shooting in Mumbai
Indian director Aditya Battacharya’s crime thriller BMW: Bombay’s Most Wanted starts shooting tomorrow (Oct 22), with a cast including The Sopranos’ John Ventimiglia and Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee.
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NewsJapanese advertising giant Hakuhodo sets up company to produce film & TV contents overseas
Major Japanese advertising conglomerate Hakuhodo has launched new company Stories LLC to produce Hollywood and overseas films and TV programming based on existing Japanese contents.
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FeaturesAsia moves towards regional cooperation
At last week’s Asian Film Policy Forum in Busan, policy-makers from across Asia discussed how they can create region-wide support structures for film.
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Alrick Brown's Kinyarwanda takes top award at Skip City
Vanja d’Alcantara wins best director for Beyond The Steppes.
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NewsFive APSA nominees to screen at Australia's Gold Coast Film Festival
Five nominees for The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs) will screen at this year’s Gold Coast Film Festival (Nov 21-27).
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NewsVillage, China Film, Wanda to finance Keanu Reeves' Man Of Tai Chi
Village Roadshow, China Film and Beijing-based exhibitor Wanda Group are understood to have reached a deal to finance Keanu Reeves’ martial arts project, Man Of Tai Chi, which will mark the star’s directorial debut.
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Ishaqzaade starts shooting for India’s Yash Raj Films
India’s Yash Raj Films has started production on Ishaqzaade, written and directed by Habib Faisal and produced by Aditya Chopra, which is scheduled for a May 2012 release.
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ReviewsThe Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Dir: Steven Spielberg. US-New Zealand. 2011. 106mins
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NewsBusan closes with admissions jump; new Cinema Center leaking during rain
Busan’s New Currents Award shared by Mourning and Nino.
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NewsMy Man wins Busan award at Asian Project Market
The 6th Asian Film Market’s newly renamed Asian Project Market (APM), formerly known as the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP), closed with Kumakiri Kazuyoshi’s My Man – Watashino Otoko winning the Busan Award.
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NewsToei sells Hard Romanticker to South Korea, Hong Kong
At the 6th Asian Film Market, Japanese sales company Toei has sold the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Midnight Passion title Hard Romanticker to Joy & Contents Group for South Korea and to Sundream for Hong Kong.