![[Clockwise from top left]: 'The Voice Of Hind Rajab', 'A House Of Dynamite', 'Jay Kelly', 'After The Hunt', 'The Smashing Machine'](https://d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/1/7/0/1459170_veniceawards_837515.jpg)
All Asia articles – Page 461
-
FeaturesJapan, caution
The collapse in Japan’s independent distribution sector has made the territory one of the most difficult for foreign films to crack ‹ and nor are Hollywood studio films working. Jason Gray reports
-
News
Raintree Pictures appoints Man as managing director
Man Shu Sum has left his position as CEO of Mark Burnett Productions’ Singapore-based Asian arm to join MediaCorp Raintree Pictures as managing director.
-
NewsSecrets takes TPG award at close of busy TIFFCOM
Izuru Kumasaka’s Secrets On The Table took the Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG) award at the close of the four-day projects market, and a successful edition of accompanying contents market TIFFCOM.
-
CommentJapanese lessons
The days of big MGs from Japanese distributors may be over, but there is still a market in Japan for a certain kind of movie that is sold at the right price.
-
News
Empire Of Silver, Petition take top awards at Hawaii fest
The 29th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) has awarded its Halekulani Golden Orchid for Narrative Feature to Yao Shuhua’s Empire Of Silver and its Golden Orchid for Documentary Feature to Zhao Liang’s Petition.
-
NewsChan teams with monks on $30m action epic Shaolin
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse will head the cast of $29.28m (RMB200m) action epic Shaolin, which marks the first time in 27 years that a film has been authorised to shoot in China’s legendary Shaolin temple.
-
News
Matrix stuntman to head cast of China Film’s Kung Fu Man
The Matrix series stuntman Tiger Hu Chen is set to star in a Chinese-language action drama Kung Fu Man, financed by China Film Group and Chinese private investor He Gang.
-
NewsChow Yun-fat to star in Jiang Wen’s Let The Bullets Fly
Chow Yun-fat has joined mainland Chinese actor Ge You in the cast of Jiang Wen’s action comedy Let The Bullets Fly.
-
NewsJapan’s Sedic enters international sales
Japanese production company Sedic International has launched a sales division at TIFFCOM, with films including Junji Sakamoto’s Zatoichi The Last and 3D erotic film The Perfect Education, Love In Akihabara.
-
NewsSales and co-production under the spotlight at TIFFCOM
The Japanese film industry grappled with how to sell films to the international market and collaborate with its neighbours in East Asia on the opening day of the TIFFCOM market in Tokyo (Oct 20-22).
-
News
NETPAC members launch Asian cinema web-site
Members of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) have set up an English-language streaming website of award-winning films at AsiaPacificFilms.com.
-
NewsMumbai Film Festival to open with The Informant!
The 11th annual Mumbai Film Festival (Oct 29-Nov 5) will open with a screening of Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! and close with The Dust Of Time, from Greek master Theo Angelopoulos.
-
NewsFukuda to head home video and digital for WB Japan
Taichi Fukuda has been appointed as general manager for Warner Home Video (WHV) and Warner Bros Digital Distribution (WBDD) in Japan.
-
-
-
NewsFortissimo picks up Michelle Yeoh martial arts thriller
Fortissimo Films has picked up international rights to martial arts thriller Jianyu Jianghu (working title), starring Michelle Yeoh and produced by John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock Productions.
-
NewsKorean sleeper hit Old Partner secures Japanese release
Korean sales company Indiestory has announced that sleeper hit documentary Old Partner is due to open in Japan this December.
-
NewsThe Assembly sweeps China’s Golden Rooster Awards
Feng Xiaogang’s war drama The Assemblywas the big winner at the 27th Golden Rooster Awards, mainland China’s top film honours (Oct 17), winning four prizes including best film and best director.
-
NewsGreen Lantern no longer shining on Sydney
Warner Bros has confirmed that it will not be filming Green Lantern in Sydney as originally planned, because of the increasing cost of locating footloose productions in Australia due to the rising Australian dollar.
-
NewsUPIE to distribute Paramount DVDs in New Zealand
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) will distribute Paramount’s entire home entertainment slate in New Zealand, it was announced today.