All Asia articles – Page 440

  • Moon
    News

    Sony plans innovative Twitter campaign for Moon in Japan

    2010-03-25T15:31:00Z

    Sony Pictures Entertainment plans an innovative internet campaign employing Twitter to promote the April 10 release of Duncan Jones’ film.

  • Mike Goodridge
    Comment

    China: Film, Revenue Sharing, Sex

    2010-03-25T12:45:00Z

    China Film Group reaps big profits from the country’s growing cinema audience, but there is a dark side when local authorities deem a film unpatriotic or too sexually explicit.

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    Reviews

    Amphetamine

    2010-03-25T12:43:00Z

    Dir/scr/prod: Scud. 2010. Hong Kong/China. 97 mins

  • Ip Man
    Features

    Signs of strength at FilMart 2010

    2010-03-25T12:34:00Z

    Busy Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FilMart) draws to a close with several deals completed and record attendance.

  • Anil Arjun
    News

    Reliance, UFO pact for digital film operations in India

    2010-03-25T10:46:00Z

    Strategic business alliance will be largest gateway for digital film releases in India.

  • Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
    News

    Coproduction Office strikes six deals for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man

    2010-03-24T14:42:00Z

    The Shinya Tsukamoto film will have the world premiere of its final cut at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.

  • Wouter Barendrecht
    News

    Mama Eve takes inaugural Wouter Barendrecht Award

    2010-03-24T10:05:00Z

    Kit Hung’s Mama Eve became the first recipient of the Wouter Barendrecht Award at the close of the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).

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    Reviews

    Fire of Conscience

    2010-03-24T01:57:00Z

    Dir: Dante Lam. HK. 2010. 115 mins

  • Huang Bo
    News

    Ning Hao Lands at Fortissimo

    2010-03-24T01:00:00Z

    Fortissimo Films has picked up Chinese director Ning Hao’s highly-anticipated road movie No Man’s Land, starring Yu Nan (Tuya’s Marriage) and rising mainland actor Huang Bo (pictured).

  • News

    Jeonju lines up eight-film competition of Korean independent films

    2010-03-24T01:00:00Z

    The 11th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), which this year runs from April 29 to May 7, has announced its Korean feature film competition line-up of eight independent films, including She Came From, directed by Kim Sung-ho (Into The Mirror).The surrealistic story is about a film director in Busan who ...

  • Mark Zhao
    News

    Double Edge, China Film Group team on Black & White

    2010-03-24T01:00:00Z

    Taiwan-based Double Edge Entertainment has taken international rights to $10m action comedy Black & White which is the movie version of a popular TV series of the same title.The film will be directed by Yueh-hsun Tsai, the director of the TV series and will star Taiwanese heartthrob Mark Zhao (Monga), ...

  • Johnnie To
    News

    Media Asia unveils Johnnie To, Gao Qunshu projects

    2010-03-24T01:00:00Z

    Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films announced a packed slate of productions at Filmart, including a romantic comedy from Johnnie To (pictured) and Wai Ka-fai, and a new project from The Message director Gao Qunshu.

  • Moon Over Malaya
    News

    Asian Film Archive to premiere restored Moon Over Malaya

    2010-03-24T01:00:00Z

    Singapore-based Asian Film Archive, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, has announced the premiere of its newly restored and digitized version of the only surviving print of 1957 film Moon Over Malaya.The most acclaimed of the “Nanyang Trilogy,” the film was produced by Kong Ngee Company, the third ...

  • Twins
    News

    Ann Hui’s All About Love tops Mega-Vision slate

    2010-03-24T01:00:00Z

    Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Jing’s Mega-Vision Pictures has announced a slate of new projects including All About Love the latest film from director Ann Hui which is a love triangle between a lesbian couple and a heterosexual man. Sandra Ng, Vivian Chow and William Chan star in the comedy which ...

  • Rueben Langdon
    News

    Just Cause brings 3D expertise to China

    2010-03-24T01:00:00Z

    Los Angeles-based Just Cause Productions, the 3D company set up by Avatar stuntman Rueben Langdon (pictured), is set to expand its business in Greater China. The first projects it has boarded are Yuen Tak’s action drama Mr And Mrs China and an action film produced by action star Sammo Hung.Mr ...

  • Mundane History
    Features

    Poised to strike

    2010-03-23T15:14:00Z

    Thai films are scoring at home and overseas. Jean Noh looks at some of the hottest films from Thailand coming in 2010

  • The Storm Warriors
    Features

    Cut and thrust

    2010-03-23T15:13:00Z

    With some sophisticated CGI houses and a world-class studio facility, Hong Kong’s services sector is one of the strongest in the region. Liz Shackleton reports

  • The Accident
    News

    High Point, Pritish Nandy plan Indian genre slate

    2010-03-23T12:35:00Z

    Their first ‘I-Horror’ film will be Abhijit Chaudhiri’s The Accident.

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    Reviews

    Monga

    2010-03-23T04:12:00Z

    Dir: Doze Niu. Taiwan. 2010. 140 mins

  • News

    Salon, MDA team on integrated media fund from Singapore

    2010-03-23T01:00:00Z

    Hong Kong production outfit Salon Films has established Singapore-based SIMF Management Pte Ltd which aims to raise an integrated media fund of SG$100m in partnership with the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore. Fred Wong, chairman of Salon Films, will serve as director of SIMF.SIMF will partner with two Singapore-based ...