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All Asia articles – Page 536
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Shanghai fest to hold second edition of projects market
The organisers of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) have announced that they plan to hold the second edition of projects market China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC) atits11th edition (June 14-22). The two-day event plans to select around 30 projects from around the world and recommend eight Chinese projects ...
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Blitz Megaplex opens thirdcinema in Indonesia
Start-up Indonesian exhibitor Blitz Megaplex today (Jan 16) officially opened an eight-screen multiplex at Pacific Place in Jakarta. The 1,800-seat cinema is the third that Blitz has opened since late 2006 when it broke into the exhibition market long monopolised by the 21 Group.'Our first two cinemas with a combined ...
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Osian's Cinefan to award $250,000 in prize money
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab cinema has announced that it will offer prize money of around $250,000 (approx Rs10m) for the competition sections and lifetime achievement awards at its upcoming edition (July 10-20). The festival, held annually in New Delhi with a preview in Mumbai, celebrates its tenth ...
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Korea Fair Trade Commission clamps down on local majors
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) today announced it is clamping down on major multiplexes and distribution companies that are using their industry positions to end film releases early, and for altering profit-sharing rates. KFTC named Korea's four major multiplex chains - CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema, Megabox and Primus Cinema ...
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China Broadband takes 23% stake in Asian Union
Private equity fund China Broadband Capital Partners has taken a 23% stake in Beijing-based film and TV producer Asian Union New Media. Asian Union founder Dong Ping has stepped down from the company, while former China Netcom CEO Tian Suning has taken up the role of chairman. Wang Hong, president ...
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Kite Runner banned from release in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has banned the import and exhibition of DreamWorks-produced drama The Kite Runner on the grounds that it could incite violence. Based on the best-selling novel by US-based Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini, the film depicts a young boy's rape and scenes of conflict between members of the Pashtun and Hazara ...
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Japan's IMJ, Dub Incset up production label Smoke
IMJ Group subsidiary, IMJ Entertainment (IMJE), has established a feature film and visual contents company as a 50:50 joint venture with film and TV producer Dub Inc. The new company, Smoke, will be headed by Dub CEO Yasushi Utagawa, who will serve as producer on feature films developed under the ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to The Assembly and The Banquet
Metrodome Distribution has acquired all UK rights for two new Chinese films, The Assembly and The Banquet. Both are directed by Feng Xiaogang.The Assembly has already taken more than $30m at the Chinese box office. It is based on the true story of one man's journey during the 1948 Chinese ...
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Village, Golden Harvest settle Singapore dispute
Kenneth Tan will step down as head of Singapore exhibitor Golden Village (GV) as the company's co-owners, Australia's Village Roadshow and Hong Kong 's Golden Harvest, settle their dispute over their Singapore business partnership. The partners were at odds with each other when Golden Harvest petitioned to end their Singapore ...
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Village, Golden Harvest settle Singapore dispute
Kenneth Tan will step down as head of Singapore exhibitor Golden Village (GV) as the company's co-owners, Australia's Village Roadshow and Hong Kong 's Golden Harvest, settle their dispute over their Singapore business partnership. The partners were at odds with each other when Golden Harvest petitioned to end their Singapore ...
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China's box office up by 26% with localfilms holding steady
China's total box office gross reached $458.63m (RMB3.33bn) in 2007, a 26% increase on the previous year, marking the fifth year in a row that box office has risen by more by then 20%. The figures were announced on Friday (Jan 11) by the Film Bureau under China 's State ...
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Chinese movie web-sites join forces against piracy
Fifty Chinese movie web-sites have jointly established the 'China Alliance of Legitimate Movie Web-sites' as a disciplinary alliance which aims to provide legal movies online and stop offering pirated movies. Initiated by Copyright Protection Center of China (CPCC), Movie Copyright Protection Association of China (MCPAC) and online movie provider www.quacor.com, ...
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Berlinale's Forum selects strong Asian titles
Asian cinema is well represented in the first batch of films confirmed by the Berlinale's International Forum section including titles by Singapore's Tan Pin Pin, Japan's Takahashi Izumi and Korea's Mun Jeong-hyun.In addition, the Forum's programme will present the international premieres of Jalla! Jalla! director Josef Fares' new film Leo ...
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Suo's I Just Didn't Do It wins top Kinema Junpo honours
Masayuki Suo's I Just Didn't Do It has been ranked best film of the year and awarded three major prizes by Kinema Junpo, Japan's oldest film magazine. In addition to coming first in Kinema Junpo's annual Top 10, the film won best director and screenplay for Suo and best actor ...
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Zhang Yuan arrested for drug abuse in Beijing
Mainland Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yuan has been arrested for drug abuse following a police raid on his Beijing home that was broadcast on local television. The Beijing TV report showed police raiding Zhang's apartment where he appeared to be taking drugs with four artist friends. He was later charged for ...
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Oz box office up 3% for second biggest year on record
Australians spent $801.7m (A$895m) on going to the movies in 2007, making it the second best year on record in terms of annual gross box office.The Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA) released the figure today and said it represented a 3% rise on the previous year. Only in ...
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South Korea - The profitability factor
South Korea is no stranger to talk of a crisis in the film industry, even in the midst of years of swollen admissions, record-breaking local hits and rising exports.However, a recent study from the Korean Film Council (Kofic) estimates the average local film in 2007 to have earned back just ...
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Bae TV series set for Korean theatrical release
Korea's most expensive television series, Taewangsashin-gi, aka The Four Guardian Gods Of The King, featuring Korean Wave mega-star Bae Yong-joon, is due to hit local theatres in May. The announcement from producer Kim Jong-hak follows on the heels of the TV drama's theatrical release in Japan on 10 screens nationwide, ...
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Pye-Dog set forsimultaneous theatrical, TV release in Singapore
Singapore telco SingTel and Hong Kong-based Mei Ah Entertainment are planning to give Derek Kwok's directorial debut The Pye-Dog a same-day premiere in cinemas and on television. The film will be telecast on Mei Ah Movies Channel, via SingTel's IPTV platform mio TV, on Jan 10, the day it also ...
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International box office drops 22% week on week with few openers
An absence of heavy-hitting new releases could be attributable to the 22.2% week-on-week drop in the international top 40 this weekend, with the only four new entrants all failing to enter the top 30. The top 40 international films generated $208.8m from 49,452 screens for the period of January 4-6. ...