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All Asia articles – Page 485
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Lau lines up internet backer for Kungfu Cyborg
Beijing-based online distribution and video-sharing website Letv.com is joining hands with Hong Kong 's Mei Ah Entertainment to co-produce Jeffrey Lau's sci-fi comedy Kungfu Cyborg Attraction. Shooting of the film started in Ningbo city in China's Zhejiang province on Monday, December 15.Letv.com is the first internet company among China's burgeoning ...
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Firaaq scoops top honours at Singapore's AFFF
Firaaq, directed by award-winning Indian actress Nandita Das, scooped best film and best screenplay at the Asian Festival of 1stFilms (AFFF) in Singapore on Wednesday night (Dec 10).The film, which looks at the impact of the 2002 riots in Gujarat on ordinary people, also took the Foreign Correspondents Association Purple ...
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Fuji TV to produce two-part feature of Nodame Cantabile
Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV has announced details of a two-part feature film adaptation of hit television series Nodame Cantabile. Reprising their roles from the TV version, Nodame Cantabile will star Juri Ueno and Hiroshi Tamaki. Hideki Takeuchi, who directed the television series, will also direct both feature films.The story follows ...
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GDC signs VPF deals for Asia with three US studios
GDC Technology has signed separate virtual print fee (VPF) financing deals with three US studios - Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures International and Universal Pictures International - for the deployment of digital cinema across Asia. Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreements, the three studios will supply Asian exhibitors with ...
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Quickie Express wins best Indonesian film at JIFFest
Indonesian sex comedy Quickie Express and psychological thriller Fiksi. took top honours at the tenth edition of the Jakarta International Film Festival (JIFFest). A three-member international jury awarded Dimas Djayadiningrat's Quickie Express $2000 as the best Indonesian feature of the past year for 'its mixture of lively irreverent humour expertly ...
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Chen's Forever Enthralled has strong China opening
Chen Kaige's Forever Enthralled, a biopic about Peking opera master Mei Lanfang, grossed $6.13m (RMB42.18m) on its opening weekend, which sets a new record for non-action dramas in the mainland China market. According to China Film Group spokesperson Weng Li, the film took in around $1.45m (RMB10m) on the opening ...
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UTV to handle distribution of Disney releases in India
Following news that the Walt Disney Co is taking a majority stake in India's UTV Software Communications, the two companies have announced that subsidiary UTV Motion Pictures will now exclusively handle sales and distribution of all Disney releases in India. The agreement begins January 1, 2009. Among the forthcoming titles ...
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CineAsia kicks off with focus on India's growing exhibition sector
The CineAsia exhibition conference in Macau (Dec 9-11)got off to a surprisingly robust start, given the current global financial crisis, with a focus on India's growing exhibition market and the announcement of a funding deal for a new Chinese cinema chain. Speakers including Tushar Dhingra, COO of Reliance-owned Big Cinemas,outlinedprospects ...
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Fox Star to release Slumdog Millionairein India, Pakistan
Fox Star Studios is set to release the Danny Boyle-directed, Mumbai-set Slumdog Millionaire in India and Pakistan in January, 2009. The English and Hindi-language film, starring Anil Kapoor, Dev Patel, Irfan Khan and Freida Pinto, will also be released in a Hindi-dubbed version entitled Slumdog Millionaire - Kaun Banega Crorepati' ...
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Korea's Gyeonggi province retools incentive programme
South Korea's Gyeonggi province has announced a 10% rebate incentive for film and TV drama productions shooting on location in the region, to replace its previous incentive programme. The new incentive programme goes into effect Jan 1, 2009 - replacing the outgoing programme that offered up to $100,000 for two ...
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APEX secures funding for Chinese cinema chain
New York-listed Entertainment Properties Trust (EPR) has established a strategic alliance with start-up multiplex operator, APEX International Cinemas Investment (HK) Ltd, and its Chinese joint venture partner to open a chain of cinemas in mainland China. EPRisproviding capital of $25m to APEX to build an initial ten multiplex cinemas. APEX ...
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Huayi Bros to produce Francis Ng martial arts comedy
Beijing-based Huayi Bros Pictures is producing a martial arts comedy Zhui Ying to be directed by Hong Kong actor Francis Ng. Jaycee Chan (The Sun Also Rises), actor and son of Jackie Chan, will be the leading cast in the film playing a martial arts fighter Xu Sanguan. Huayi is ...
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Wall-E ends Red Cliff's long run at the top of Japanese box office
Pixar's Wall-E opened at the top of the Japanese box office this past weekend, dethroning John Woo's Red Cliff after five weeks at number one. Although films typically open on Saturdays, distributor Walt Disney released Wall-E on Friday (Dec 5) in Japan. Opening on 461 screens, Wall-E earned $4.84m (Y450m) ...
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Warner Bros signs three-picture deal with India's People Tree
Warner Bros Pictures India has entered into a deal for the production and distribution of three films from Nikhil Advani and Mukesh Talreja's People Tree Films. Advani directed Warner's first Hindi production, Chandni Chowk To China, which is scheduled for release on Jan 16, 2009.The three-picture slate includes rom-com Jaane ...
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KOFIC awards Filmmakers Development Lab grant to Danny Lee
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced Danny Lee as the winner of the 2008 KOFIC Filmmakers Development Lab (FDL) grant of $15,000 for his feature film script Winter War. Winter War is a gritty thriller about Paul, an ambitious young commodities trader who gets sucked into the underworld of ...
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Ong Bak 2 opens at top of Thai box office
Tony Jaa's Ong Bak 2 topped the box office in Thailand over its opening three-day weekend (Dec 5-7), grossing an impressive $2m (70m baht) despite the political unrest that has rocked the country in the past few weeks. According to local distributor Sahamongkolfilm International, the opening is the biggest in ...
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China Film Group to release Disney filmBolt in 3D outside quota
China Film Group Digital Cinema Line Co, a subsidiary of state-owned China Film Group Corporation, has said that it will release Disney animation Bolt in digital 3D in the latter half of December. The film will be imported as a revenue-sharing film but is not counted as one the 20 ...
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Disney takes majority stake in India's UTV
Walt Disney Co and the founders of UTV Software Communications have jointly acquired an additional 23% stake in the Indian company. The move gives Disney a majority stake of 59.94% in UTV and haslifted the partners' combined holdings to 83%. However, Disney is not taking management control of the company ...
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Warlords wins best film anddirector at Golden Horse awards
Peter Chan's Warlords secured best film and best director at this year's Golden Horse Awards held in Taiwan on Saturday night (Dec 6). Chan's epic was a frontrunner with twelve nominations this year, securing three including best visual effects. Taiwan blockbuster Cape No. 7, the second most nominated film with ...
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The Black Balloon rises above the rest at Australian AFI awards
The Black Balloon won best film at the 50th annual Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards in Melbourne. Producer Tristram Miall accepted the award, surrounded by many of his collaborators, several of whom had already been up on stage. They included Elissa Down, who won best director and best original screenplay ...