All Asia articles – Page 426
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Global Film Initiative unveils line-up for 2011 Global Lens
US-based Global Film Initiative (GFI) has announced the line-up of nine films that it has selected to headline the Global Lens 2011 film series.
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Costa gears up for Cabral's feature debut to shoot in Canada, Asia
Costa Films is now setting up Juan Cabral’s feature directorial debut Two/One as an English-language project to shoot in Canada and an Asian location such as Hong Kong or Thailand.
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Venice films to travel to Beijing and Shanghai
Italian films from the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival will be sent to Beijing and Shanghai thanks to the second edition of the cultural project ‘Great Italian films from Venice to Bejing’, which promotes Italian films in China.
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Weir at BAFTA lecture: Cinema is becoming 'more childish'
The Australian director of Master and Commander and The Way Back says he is unlikely to make another studio film.
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UK/China Animation Forum kicks off in Beijing
The forum, which begins today, brings together animation specialists from China and the UK.
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Celestial starts shoot for first production My Kingdom
Celestial Pictures is co-producing with Beijing-based Skyland Films and production company DW Films Limited.
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Screen Australia backs four new films, including new Rolf de Heer film
Rolf de Heer will be putting his directing boots back on and three directors, Tony Krawitz, Wayne Blair and Miro Bilbrough, will be making their debut features in 2011 thanks to investment decisions made this week by Screen Australia.
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A bigger stage
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Dec 2), now in their fourth year, aim to boost the profile and earning potential of films from the region — on awards night and beyond. Sandy George reports
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Parallel lives
Arguably India’s biggest film star, Aamir Khan has had a prolific year as a producer, with Peepli Live named this year’s Indian Oscar submission. But he also chose to star in his latest production Dhobi Ghat and, Khan tells Mike Goodridge, he wants his fanbase to know what to expect ...
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Singapore’s Forever to receive double world premiere
Wee Li Lin’s Forever will become the first Singaporean film to receive a double world premiere today (Dec 1) – screening at both the Jakarta and Cairo international film festivals.
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Toei continues strong sales on Battle Royale 3D
Japanese studio Toei continues to close deals for the 3D reworking of Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale following its market debut at the AFM.
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Transmission takes on Mad Bastards
Transmission has signed up to distribute Brendan Fletcher’s visceral feature debut Mad Bastards in Australia and New Zealand.
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Universal strikes partnership with Australia's Hopscotch
Universal Pictures International (UPI) has formed a partnership with Australian independent production company Hopscotch Features to develop, produce and distribute films for the global marketplace.
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Taiwanese films lead Golden Horse Awards winners
Taiwanese films dominated the 47th Golden Horse Awards with three Taiwanese films: When Love Comes, Monga and The Fourth Portrait taking home major awards at the awarding ceremony on Saturday Nov 20 in Taiwan’s Taoyuan City.
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Australian features in good shape, according to conference
More films of scale are emerging, thanks to the 40% producer offset, and they are making an impact locally and abroad, delegates were told at the SPAA conference, although the jury is still out on their profitability.
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Bona files to list shares on Nasdaq stock market
Chinese film distributor Bona Film Group has filed to list its shares on the NASDAQ stock market in New York, aiming to raise $80m in an initial public offering. It will be the first Chinese film company to be listed in the US.
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