All Asia articles – Page 44
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NewsWishart Media scores sales of Jackie Chan’s ‘Panda Plan’, ‘Invincible Swordsman’ (exclusive)
Deals closed across Asia, Europe, Middle East.
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NewsTony Leung to head Tokyo film festival jury
The Hong Kong star will serve as president of the international competition jury.
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NewsIndonesia set for new market at Jogja-NETPAC Asian film festival
JAFF Market aims to be a dedicated showcase of the Indonesian film industry to encourage collaboration on both local and international levels.
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Reviews‘An Unfinished Film’: Cannes Review
A Chinese film crew is caught up in the Covid-19 outbreak in Lou Ye’s absorbing lockdown drama
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Reviews‘Locust’: Cannes Review
A low-level Taiwanese gangster finds himself at a difficult crossroads in this 2019-set drama
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NewsThailand’s GDH 559 to follow box office hit ‘Grandma’ with trio of first-time features (exclusive)
The production and sales company is launching the films at the Cannes market.
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NewsGaga eyes “aggressive” growth following Genda acquisition, says Tom Yoda
The company’s Cannes slate includes an upcoming martial arts drama from Takashi Miike and anime features.
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NewsThai time travel film ‘Taklee Genesis’ sold to US, UK, Asia (exclusive)
Neramitnung Film has closed several deals on the upcoming feature by Chookiat Sakveerakul.
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NewsBarunson E&A sells Indonesian horror ‘Respati’ to US, Asia (exclusive)
It is directed by Sidharta Tata, whose feature debut ‘Waktu Maghrib’ ranked as the fifth biggest title at the Indonesian box office in 2023.
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NewsChina’s Rediance boards Ben Rivers’ documentary ‘Bogancloch’ (exclusive)
The film is a sequel to 2011’s award-winning ’Two Years At Sea’.
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NewsChina’s Parallax boards LGBTQ+ film ‘Some Nights I Feel Like Walking’ (exclusive)
Further titles include ‘All Quiet At Sunrise’ and Zhang Guoli’s ‘Strangers When We Meet’.
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Newsmm2 boards Fruit Chan-produced ‘Blossoms Under Somewhere’ (exclusive)
Marks the directorial feature debut of Riley Yip.
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NewsKorean remake of ‘You Are The Apple Of My Eye’ heads to Cannes market (exclusive)
K-pop stars Jung Jin-young and Dahyun to lead romantic comedy drama.
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NewsFinecut lands pre-sales of ‘The Desperate Chase’, sells ‘A Normal Family to US (exclusive)
‘The Desperate Chase’ marks the second feature of ‘Devils’ director Kim Jae-hoon.
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NewsJapan’s Gaga to launch Takashi Miike martial arts drama at Cannes market (exclusive)
The film is written by Shin Kibayashi, known as the co-creator of popular manga ‘Drops Of God’, which was adapted as an Apple TV+ series.
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NewsCannes Un Certain Regard drama ‘Viet And Nam’ banned in Vietnam (exclusive)
The film has been banned in its home country due to its “negative view” about the country and its people.
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NewsKorean horror thriller ‘Tarot’ lands sales across Asia (exclusive)
‘Parasite’ star Cho Yeo-jeong is among the cast of the anthology film.
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NewsFirst look at Donnie Yen in ‘The Prosecutor’, key sales closed in Europe, Asia (exclusive)
Based on a true case in Hong Kong, the action crime thriller is also directed by Yen.
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NewsFormer WME Independent’s Nelson Mok launches investment and sales outfit Mokster Films
The Singapore-based firm will focus on international sales of Asian titles as well as on project development and financing in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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NewsJapanese film fund from K2 Pictures to launch at Cannes; backing Hirokazu Kore-eda, Takashi Miike projects
The company is led by former Toei producer Muneyuki Kii.