All Asia articles – Page 464
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NewsReliance, UFO pact for digital film operations in India
Strategic business alliance will be largest gateway for digital film releases in India.
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NewsCoproduction Office strikes six deals for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
The Shinya Tsukamoto film will have the world premiere of its final cut at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.
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NewsMama Eve takes inaugural Wouter Barendrecht Award
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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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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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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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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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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NewsDouble Edge, China Film Group team on Black & White
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), ...
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Jeonju lines up eight-film competition of Korean independent films
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 ...
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NewsNing Hao Lands at Fortissimo
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).
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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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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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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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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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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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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.