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All Asia articles – Page 444
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NewsMedia Asia unveils Johnnie To, Gao Qunshu projects
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.
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NewsAsian Film Archive to premiere restored Moon Over Malaya
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 ...
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NewsAnn Hui’s All About Love tops Mega-Vision slate
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 ...
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NewsJust Cause brings 3D expertise to China
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 ...
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FeaturesPoised to strike
Thai films are scoring at home and overseas. Jean Noh looks at some of the hottest films from Thailand coming in 2010
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FeaturesCut and thrust
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
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NewsHigh Point, Pritish Nandy plan Indian genre slate
Their first ‘I-Horror’ film will be Abhijit Chaudhiri’s The Accident.
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Salon, MDA team on integrated media fund from Singapore
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 ...
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NewsIwai speaks English with Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films has acquired the first English-language feature from acclaimed Japanese director Shunji Iwai, whose credits include Love Letter and April Story.
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China launches official English language film website
The Chinese government has announced that it will launch an official English-language website www.chinesefilms.cn to provide information on Chinese-language films and the Chinese film industry.The website is co-established by the Film Bureau under State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and Chinese Radio International (CRI), a state-owned radio broadcast ...
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NewsCTV buys France on CJ's thriller No Mercy
Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has sold thriller No Mercy to CTV for French-speaking territories.“It’s an edgy film with the pacing of The Chaser and a heartbreaking twist like Oldboy. No Mercy generated buzz in Berlin after its market debut and there was a bidding war,” says Kini Kim, senior vice ...
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NewsKorea’s Mother tops Asian Film Awards
Korean thriller Mother, directed by Bong Joon-ho, scooped three awards including best film, best screenwriter and best actress for Kim Hye-ja’s performance at the 4th Asian Film Awards (AFAs) on Monday night.
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NewsGreenwood to score Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood
Jonny Greenwood, the BAFTA and Grammy-nominated musician and member of rock band Radiohead, will compose the soundtrack to Tran Anh Hung’s upcoming Norwegian Wood.
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NewsWarp Films Australia utilises barrel murders for first feature
Warp Films and Madman plan to make Australia’s notorious “Bodies In The Barrels” case into a feature; Australian arts minister launches review of production industry.
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NewsFortissimo Films gets Wasted
Fortissimo Films has picked up Australian high school drama Wasted On The Young, the debut feature from hot up-and-coming director Ben C. Lucas.
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M-Line seals German, Benelux, Latin presales on Blades Of Blood
Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has pre-sold Blades Of Blood to Splendid for Germany and Benelux and to VIP888 for South America.Directed by Lee Joon-ik (King And The Clown), the film is based on the well-known Korean graphic novel Like The Moon Escaping From The Clouds. It depicts two legendary ...
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Hyde Park Imagenation hires two for Asia, Middle East
Hyde Park Imagenation, the joint venture between Imagenation Abu Dhabi and LA-based Hyde Park Entertainment, has hired two Asia-based creative executives, Jason Mirch and Yee Yeo Chang.