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Eros launches free online streaming service
Indian media and entertainment company Eros International has launched an online video-on-demand (VOD) service supported by advertising. Consumers have access to free online content that includes exclusive content from the Eros library of more than 1,300 titles and 5,000 music videos, behind the scenes 'making of' footage, exclusive short form ...
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Recep Ivedik leaps into top 10 with $5.1m take
Turkish film Recep Ivedik was the surprise big-hitter in the international arena this weekend, generating $5.1m from just 230 screens in its home territory and catapulting it into the top 10. The top 40 films generated $166m from 48,087 screens from the period of February 22-24. For the full international ...
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Chocolate becomes biggest film of the year in Thailand
Thai action flick Chocolate has become the highest-grossing film of the year in Thailand (excluding holdovers from last year), grossing $2m in less than three weeks. Produced and distributed by Sahamongkolfilm International, Chocolate is also the only film across Asia that has managed to beat Stephen Chow's alien comedy CJ7, ...
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Chen, McLachlan to star in Beresford's Last Dancer
Kyle McLachlan, Bruce Greenwood and Joan Chen have been cast in Bruce Beresford's adaptation of the best-selling book, Mao's Last Dancer, which starts shooting in China next month. Jack Thompson, Aden Young, Amanda Schull and Wang Shungbao (Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress) have also joined the multinational cast.Paris-based Celluloid ...
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Mumbai film festival to open with Wajda's Katyn
The 10th edition of the MAMI (Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image) film festival will open in Mumbai on March 6 with Polish master Andrzej Wajda's Oscar-nominated Katyn. Japanese director Naomi Kawase's The Mourning Forest, which won the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Cannes, will close the week-long event.Presented ...
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Hong Kong Filmart expecting 7% increase in exhibitors
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC), which organises the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart), is expecting a 7% increase in the number of exhibitors at this year's event, to 480 from 30 countries and regions. The market, which aims to position Hong Kong as a vital ...
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Singapore's InnoForm Media acquires video distributor
Singapore producer-distributor InnoForm Media has acquired leading home video distributor Alliance Entertainment as a wholly-owned subsidiary, in line with a strategy of extending its business portfolio. Established in 1999, Alliance Entertainment is a well-recognised brand not only in Singapore but also in South-East Asia with a catalogue of more than ...
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Palador, Zee Studio join forces to broadcast world cinema
Mumbai-based Palador Pictures, which aims to promote world cinema in the Indian sub-continent, has tied up with 24-hour movie channel Zee Studio to showcase 26 films from its catalogue. Starting April 2008, the channel will dedicated a Sunday slot to sub-titled films from directors such as Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, ...
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Jumper remains internationalnumber one with $21.9m tally
The sci-fi adventure Jumper maintained its number one status overseas thanks to a $21.9m estimated gross through Fox International from 4,040 screens in 40 markets that raised the tally to $61.2m.The film opened top in France on an excellent $5.1m from 586, second in Thailand on $1.3m from 170 and ...
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Portico pacts with Vividas to bring streaming to Taiwan
Taipei-based Portico Media has signed a deal with Vividas Group to become the exclusive agent of its internet video streaming technology in Taiwan. Portico also has a non-exclusive licensing deal for the Greater China region. While there are no content deals to announce at this stage, Portico believes that the ...
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Chuang takes up distribution post at restructured Star
Hong Kong-based regional broadcaster Star Group has folded its Fortune Star division back into its main TV programming production and distribution operation, and appointed Yvonne Chuang as vice president, programme syndication and distribution, effective March 10. Fortune Star's production team will report to David Searl, Star Group's senior vice president ...
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Hui's The Way We Are to have world premiere at HKIFF
Ann Hui's The Way We Are and Vincent Chui's Love Is Elsewhere are among the local films making their world premiere at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). The fest, which runs March 17-April 6, will screen nearly 300 films from 46 countries.This year's Filmmaker In Focus is ...
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Icon Film Distribution buys Australian arthouse brand Dendy
Icon has acquired the 35 cinema screens in Australia and the distribution interests that underpin one of Australia's key arthouse film brands, Dendy.Becker Group Limited announced the sale today and said it was worth a 'cash consideration' of $19.4m (A$21m). The sale is expected to be completed by Mar 31. ...
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Greenaway scouting Australia for science-fiction feature
Legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway will fly over Western Australia on Feb 23 scouting locations for a science-fiction feature film based on his most recent book The Historians Book 39: The Rise and Fall of Gestures Drama.'The book is really a history of cinema rewritten as fiction,' he told Screendaily.com. It ...
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Screen Opinion: The Red-Stained Carpet
No matter which film walks home from Sunday's Oscar ceremony with the big prize, it will mark another victory for the US-centric studio apparatus otherwise known as Hollywood. Even at the more artistic fringes of the film-making spectrum, the big-six movie conglomerates still exert a gravitational pull on the marketplace ...
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Singapore fest launchesPanorama to showcase local cinema
The Singapore International Film Festival is launching asection to highlight local cinema called Singapore Panorama.The fest'sSilver Screen Awards for Asian features will also include two competing films from the new sectionat its upcoming 21st edition (April 4-14.)'It's a platform to represent new works and an easy handle for everyone to ...
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HONG KONG-CHINA PRODUCTION LISTINGS (FEB 2008)
BUTTERFLY LOVERS(BIG Pictures [HK]) Int'l sales: Mei Ah Entertainment. Genre: Costumed martial arts romance. Synopsis: Based on the classic Chinese love story, Butterfly Lovers, the story follows a girl who dresses herself as a boy and falls for a boy at school. The boy is not aware of her real ...
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New Line's Golden Compass to be released in China
New Line Cinema's fantasy adventure The Golden Compass has passed censorship in China and will be released by the China Film Group and Hua Xia on 300-400 screens beginning on Mar 28.The film has already grossed more than $322 million worldwide since its Dec 7 release and is also scheduled ...
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Jodhaa Akbar scores biggest non-US opening in Screen chart
India's Jodhaa Akbar was the highest non-US entry into this weekend's international top 40, generating $8.1m from 15 territories. The top 40 films generated $189.3m across 48,218 screens from the period of February 15-17.For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, go to global box office.The 16th century love ...
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Orion Pictures unveils six-film production slate
India's Orion Pictures has announced a six-film slate to be produced over the next 12 months. It includes the animation project Ab Dilli Door Nahi, about five jungle animals trying to meet Indian politicians in the capital city of New Delhi. Already in production, local actors such as Ayesha Takia, ...