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All Asia articles – Page 490
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Edko lines up stellar cast for Yuen Wo-ping's True Legend
Renowned action choreographer Yuen Wo-ping (The Forbidden Kingdom, Kill Bill) is directing a martial arts biopic, True Legend, starring Chiu Man-cheuk, Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh and Chinese actors Zhou Xun and Guo Xiaodong. Edko (Beijing) Management and Consulting Ltd, the Beijing-based subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Edko Films, ...
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NDTV Lumiere strikes online deal with BIGFlix
NDTV Lumière has partnered with Indian entertainment portal www.bigflix.com to provide 30 world movies titles from its extensive acquisitions list to India and the SAARC territories. These titles will be available on the site on a yearly basis at a price of $1.99 per download-to-rent and $4.49 per download-to-own.Viewers can ...
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Warlords heads the pack forTaiwan's Golden Horse Awards
Peter Chan's The Warlords leads the race for the 45th Golden Horse Awards with nominations in 12 categories, including best feature film, best director and best actor for Jet Li. Also competing for the best film award are Feng Xiaogang's Assembly, Wei Te-sheng's Cape No. 7, Liu Fendou's Ocean Flame ...
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Oz genre filmmakers check into The Clinic
Distributor Richard Sheffield and producer Jonathan Shteinman are the executive producers on thriller The Clinic, which goes into production on November 10 in the isolated regional town of Deniliquin in Australia. Producer Samuel Pinczewski and director James Rabbitts are the drivers behind the film, set in the middle of nowhere ...
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Wenders helps toturn First Page in Taipei
Wim Wenders formally announced his new project, First Page Taipei, in Taiwan's capital today. The German filmmaker, introduced as 'the master of road movies', will executive produce the debut feature of Taipei-born and San Francisco-raised director Arvin Chen. Wenders stated that he and his director have two things in common: ...
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Whatson to head acquisitions at Australia's Palace Films
Nicolas Whatson has been promoted to the role of general manager at Palace Films, one of Australia's leading arthouse distributors, giving him ultimate responsibility for what is released in both Australia and New Zealand. Whatson has been part of the acquisition team at Cannes, Toronto and Sundance since 2004, and ...
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Black Balloon, Unfinished Sky lead Aussie awards pack
The Black Balloon, Unfinished Sky, The Square and The Jammed all have a chance of winning best film and also the best direction category at this year's 50th Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards. It was announced today that family drama The Black Balloon, from debut director Elissa Down, was nominated ...
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Easternlight picks up international rights to Champions
Arclight Films' Easternlight division will handle international sales, excluding certain Asian territories, to recently completed martial arts action epic Champions, produced by Hong Kong-based Sundream Motion Pictures. The film, which is directed by veteran filmmaker and Sundream president Tsui Siuming, centres on the Chinese martial arts team that participated in ...
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Queens of Langkasuka tops Thai box office
Nonzee Nimibutr's fantasy action epic Queens of Langkasuka topped the box office charts in Thailand this weekend. The action-packed film has grossed 34.2m baht ($980,000) over five days in Bangkok, boosted by a public holiday on Thursday. The film has a chance to become the first local feature to break ...
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Tiger Gate gears up to launch two channels across Asia
Lionsgate's new Asian venture, Tiger Gate, is gearing up to launch two 24-hour genre channels across Asia - action channel KIX, and Thrill which is themed around suspense films and thrillers. The two channels were being promoted at the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) conference which kicked ...
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Screen Australia issues its inaugural guidelines
The four-month-old government film agency Screen Australia today issued guidelines on how it is going to spend its $60.5m (A$100m) per year. As expected, very experienced producers will most benefit under the new regime and large amounts of money will be directed into a small number of projects and businesses, ...
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KOFIC unveils Korean film industry rescue package
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced a plan to revitalise the ailing local film industry, starting with the creation of film funds worth a combined $55.5m - including a $3.4m fund for international co-productions and another of the same amount for 'diversity films' (ie arthouse films). After coming under ...
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Tulpan takes best film and director at Tokyo fest
Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan was awarded the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix at today's conclusion of the 21st Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). The crystal trophy was accompanied by a cash prize of $100,000. Click here for review. Dvortsevoy also won the best director prize for the film, his feature directing debut. ...
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Asia Pacific Screen Awards unveil jury members
Filmmakers from India, China and Korea have joined jury president Bruce Beresford for the judging of next month's Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs). Included is one of India's most highly regarded filmmaking veterans, actor and director Aparna Sen (Mr And Mrs Iyer). The chief creative officer responsible for commissioning Bengali ...
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TIFFCOM wraps successful edition despite competition
Tokyo's TIFFCOM (Oct 22-24) wrapped Friday night with delegates agreeing the market was good for meetings involving Japanese counterparts, and was getting bigger and better. Despite being sandwiched between MIPCOM and the AFM, and taking place at the same time as the Rome Film Festival, the market was busier than ...
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Huayi Bros unveils fourfilms including Chen's Twilight
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Pictures has unveiled a new slate of four productionsfrom directors Tsui Hark, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kuo-fu from Taiwan and Singapore's Jack Neo. Huayi Bros' president Wang Zhonglei announced the slate during his visit to the Tokyo International Film Festival.Chen Kuo-fu's Twilight, a drama about communist secret agents' ...
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TIFFCOM: Asmik Ace dresses Asia in Handsome Suit
Japanese producer-distributor Asmik Ace closed several Asian deals for new comedy The Handsome Suit on the second day of the TIFFCOM market. The film was sold to Golden Harvest for Hong Kong and Macau; Serenity picked up Taiwanese rights, and Encore acquired rights for Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Bids for ...
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Canada's Evokative picks up Korean drama Crying Fist
Evokative Films has picked up Canadian rights to Ryoo Seung-wan's boxer drama Crying Fist, following negotiations at the recent Asian Film Market in Pusan. Starring Choi Min-sik, Crying Fist premiered in Cannes' Directors Fortnight in 2005 where it won the FIPRESCI award, and also screened at numerous other festivals including ...
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TIFFCOM: Asia strives for regional, multi-platform content
Asian territories need to work together to create content that can work across national borders and different distribution platforms, said delegates at a TIFFCOM seminar organised by UniJapan and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC). 'Economy-wise, we have Europe, the Americas, and Asia, and we need to try to ...
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Asia PacificFilm Festivalpostponed due to lack of delegates
The 52nd Asia Pacific Film Festival, which was scheduled to run November 18-21 in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been postponed due to a lack of overseas visitors, organisers have announced. The Federation of Motion Pictures Producers of Asia, which organises the event, cited the global economic downturn as the reason for ...