All Asia articles – Page 476

  • Hong Kong video distributors, retailers tussle over fees
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    Hong Kong video distributors, retailers tussle over fees

    2009-04-28T18:06:00Z

    Hong Kong video distributors are pushing for a rental rights fee of 50% of the wholesale price of a disc, a move that local rental shops are claimingwill put them out of business.

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    Hong Kong's PAM pumps equity into Scandal

    2009-04-28T18:02:00Z

    South Korea producer-distributor Ssamzie Entertainment has sold a $500,000 equity stake in up coming heist film Insadong Scandal to Prince Asset Management (PAM).

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    India's Moser Baer strikes distribution deal with Nokia

    2009-04-28T17:39:00Z

    Indian disc manufacturer and DVD distributor Moser Baer Entertainment has sold the licensing rights of eight films to Nokia for one year.

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    Green Lantern among productions set to light up Australia

    2009-04-27T16:58:00Z

    The Green Lantern has confirmed that it will go into pre-production at Fox Studios in Sydney in July and will begin filming in November. It comes as rumours grow that two other major films are planning to film in Australia.

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    Matsuoka to step down after 52 years with Toho Studios

    2009-04-27T16:55:00Z

    Toho Studios chairman Isao Matsuoka will step down from his post after 12 years in the position and 52 years of service at the company.

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    Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong to co-direct action adventure

    2009-04-27T16:46:00Z

    Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan and director Stanley Tong will co-write and co-direct an action adventure tentatively titled Chinese Zodiac. JackieChan will star in the $37m (RMB250m) film.

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    Ocean Films takes French rights to Kore-eda's Air Doll

    2009-04-27T16:40:00Z

    France’s Ocean Films has snapped up all French rights to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll from Fortissimo Films. The film has secureda berth in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes film festival.

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    Huayi Brothers' Tracing Shadow sells across Asia

    2009-04-27T16:29:00Z

    Beijing-based Huayi Brothers has tied up a slew of Asian sales on Hong Kong actor Francis Ng’s martial arts comedy Tracing Shadow, which is proving to be a hot seller in the run-up to Cannes.The $3m action comedy has been sold to Scorpio East for Singapore and Malaysia, New Action ...

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    Pretty Pictures acquires three Chinese features

    2009-04-27T16:01:00Z

    French distributor Pretty Pictures has acquired three films produced by China’s August First Studios: My Long March, The First Of August and Night Attack.

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    Laila's Birthday takes top honour at Singapore fest

    2009-04-26T11:31:00Z

    The 22nd Singapore International Film Festival has awarded its top honour, the Silver Screen Awards’Best Asian Feature Film, to Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi’s Laila’s Birthday.

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    Shock Tactics

    2009-04-24T14:46:00Z

    Action sequel Crank: High Voltage was the highest new entry in Screen International’s chart this week at number four.

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    Evokative picks up South Korea’s Daytime Drinking for Canada

    2009-04-23T17:21:00Z

    Montreal-based Evokative Films has picked up Canadian rights to Noh Young-seok’s Daytime Drinking. The deal was negotiated with Eleven Arts, which had North American rights, and sales agent Finecut.

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    Oz distributor to target foreign-language films

    2009-04-22T17:13:00Z

    Australian sales agent Antony Ginnane and exhibitor Robert Ward have formed a theatricaldistribution joint venture, IFM/Filmways, which will focus on acquiring foreign-language pictures.

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    Imprint dials up Mirovision for US remake of Phone

    2009-04-22T16:55:00Z

    Seoul-based sales agent Mirovision has announced that it is teaming with LA-based Imprint Entertainment to co-produce a US remake of Ahn Byung-ki’s Korean horror film Phone.The film clocked up 2.2 million admissions on its local release in 2002 after a world premiere at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan).Mirovision ...

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    Osian's Cinefan appoints Kaul as director general

    2009-04-22T16:31:00Z

    Indian filmmaker Mani Kaul has been appointed director general of Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival,which is scheduled to hold its 11th edition in New Delhi from July 17-26.

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    Reliance cables Bollywood films to US cinemas

    2009-04-21T14:38:00Z

    Adlabs Films has gained access to sister company Reliance Globalcom’s massive global fibre-opticnetwork to deliver Indian films to digital screens in the US.

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    Hong Kong film festival announces shorter run for 2010

    2009-04-21T14:01:00Z

    The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has announced that the 34th edition of the festival will run over 16 days in 2010 (March 21-April 6), compared to the 23-day run it had this year.

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    Australia's Footprint Films expands local distribution

    2009-04-20T12:53:00Z

    Australian producer John Maynard of Arenafilm has long distributed his own films, first in New Zealand and then in Australia. Now, Maynard and business partner Robert Connolly are expanding their distribution outfit Footprint Films to acquire and release third-party titles.“It moves us up the food chain and gets us away ...

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    The Way We Are, Ip Man top Hong Kong Film Awards

    2009-04-20T12:37:00Z

    Ann Hui’s gritty drama The Way We Are scooped best director and three other prizes at the Hong KongFilm Awards last night, although the best film prize went to martial arts biopic Ip Man, produced byRaymond Wong and directed by Wilson Yip.

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    GFI announces winter grant recipients

    2009-04-20T11:36:00Z

    The Global Film Initiative has chosen seven film-makers from a pool of 66 candidates from 33 countries to receive production funding during the winter 2009 granting cycle.