All Asia articles – Page 442
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NewsUncle Boonmee takes best film at Asian Film Awards
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul echoed his Cannes Palme d’Or victory at the Asian Film Awards last night, winning best film for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
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NewsConvergence has Nuptials with Astro Shaw
LA-based production company Convergence Entertainment is set to co-produce supernatural horror feature Nuptials Of The Dead with Malaysian film conglomerate Astro Shaw.
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NewsChina's Henan teams with Branko Lustig on Holocaust drama
Chinese Henan Film & Television Production Group Corporation (Henan Film Group) is ramping up two big budget film productions - $30m US-China co-production Melanie’s Violin and $22.5m (RMB150m) historic epic Generals Of The Yang Family.
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NewsTianjin firms up Rabbit distribution, dubbing cast
Tianjin Film Studio has recruited comedic star Fan Wei (If You Are The One) and Yan Ni (A Simple Noodle Story) to head the dubbing cast of its 3D kung fu animated film Legend Of A Rabbit.
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NewsYim Ho floats City for Mandarin Films
Production starts this week on Mandarin Films’ historical epic, Hundred Years Of A Floating City, to be directed by Yim Ho.
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NewsJapanese film industry rallies in face of disaster
Ten days after Japan’s worst ever natural disaster, the industry has begun rallying to continue doing business and provide aid to stricken regions through a multitude of initiatives.
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India's media industry up by 11% in 2010
India’s media and entertainment industry grew by 11% to $14.5bn (Rs652bn) in 2010 according to a report issued by KPMG at the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai this week.
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Mori, Kwok drive CAR into North American distribution
LA-based distribution veteran Ko Mori of Eleven Arts and producer Tim Kwok of Convergence Entertainment are launching a North American distribution outfit, Cinema Asia Releasing (CAR), which will focus solely on Asian product.
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Disney ramps up Chinese production with Becoming A Hero
The Walt Disney Company is gearing up to produce Mandarin-language films for the Greater China market with plans to produce three titles a year starting 2011.
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NewsDrucker bestseller tops TBS sales slate
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) is debuting a slate at Hong Kong Filmart led by Drucker In The Dug-Out, the story of how a girl mistakenly uses business consultant Peter Drucker’s Management principles to shape up her high school baseball team.
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NewsCelestial seals trio of pre-sales on My Kingdom
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has sealed three pre-sales on its upcoming martial arts drama My Kingdom, which is currently in post-production.
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ReviewsQuattro Hong Kong 2
Dirs: Stanley Kwan, Brillante Mendoza, Ho Yu-hang, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. China. 2011. 60mins
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NewsShowbox to release Entertainment One's Asian catalogue
Titles will be released under the new banner Cine Asia presents HKL.
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NewsTransmission, Paramount strike Aussie DVD deal for The Tunnel
Distracted Media has signed a DVD distribution deal with Transmission Films and Paramount Home Entertainment Australia for Carlo Ledesma’s horror film TheTunnel.
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NewsHuayi Brothers invests in Wu and Feng's Diversion Pictures
Projects in pipeline include Stephen Fung’s Tai Chi to star Jet Li.
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NewsHopscotch on board for controversial story The Tall Man
Hopscotch has signed on to distribute The Tall Man, from writer/director Tony Krawitz, two weeks after the feature-length documentary earned a standing ovation at its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival.
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NewsZhang joins online media LeTV’s feature film division
Beijing-based online media LeTV.com has hired former CEO of Enlight Pictures Zhang Zhao as the head of the company’s subsidiary working on feature film production and distribution.
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