All Asia articles – Page 544
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Universal and Paramount partner up in Russia
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) and Paramount Home Entertainment International (PHEI) announced a union for Russian distribution. Eddie Cunningham, President, UPIE and Dennis Maguire, President, PHEI say that from 2 October 2007, Universal Pictures Russia will handle Paramount's DVD for marketing and distribution throughout the country.Product includes titles from MTV ...
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Johnnie To set to produce Ghost trilogy for Meridian
Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To will produce a trilogy based on the popular Chinese online novel series Gui Chui Deng, about grave-robbing, treasure-hunting and ghosts, for Shanghai-based Meridian Pictures. 'We have bought the rights of the four books and plan to make three films,' Meridian 's director of int'l distribution ...
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NFDC launches co-production market at Goa fest
India's National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) is launching a co-production market for Indian projects to take place during the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa from November 24-26. The three-day event will be held at Goa's Marriott Resort as part of IFFI's Film Bazaar, which was launched last ...
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Tsi resigns as director of Hong Kong film festival
Peter Tsi has resigned as executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), citing personal reasons. The festival, whichtakes placeat the same time as Hong Kong Filmart in March/April, has been forced to change direction over the past few years due to a sharp decrease in government funding. ...
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Maximum and Fortissimo strike Canadian-Asian partnership
Robert Lantos' new Toronto-based distribution and sales company Maximum Films has created an unusual partnership with Hong Kong-based Fortissimo Films whereby Maximum will distribute Fortissimo's films in Canada and Fortissimo will represent the sale of Maximum's projects in Asia. The deal, for an initial term of two years, was unveiled ...
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MegaStar Media opens more Vietnam multiplexes
MegaStar Media, the joint venture between Ted Shugrue's Envoy Media Partners and Vietnamese publisher Phuong Nam Corporation, has opened its third and fourth multiplexes in Vietnam. The MegaStar Cineplex Hung Voung Plaza 8 and MegaStar Cineplex Saigon Co-op Plaza 6 are situated in Ho Chi Minh City and raise ...
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Mad Detective screens as Venice's surprise competition entry
The Venice Film festival unveiled Hong Kong crime film Mad Detective as this year's competition surprise film entry on Wednesday night.Co-directed by Hong Kong action film specialist Johnnie To and producer/director Wai Ka Fai, the film was presented Wednesday night at a press screening with no official pre-announcement but widespread ...
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The Sun Also Rises (Taiyang zhaochang shengqi)
Dir. Jiang Wen. China , 2007. 116 min . Five years in preparation and three years in the making, Jiang Wen's explosively energetic third feature film is a feast for the eyes and a delight for the ears. But at the same time this may prove a perplexing, often infuriating ...
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Help Me Eros (2007)
Dir. Lee Kang Sheng. Taiwan , 2007. 103minsBest known as Tsai Ming Liang's regular lead actor, Lee Kang Sheng's second feature film will cater mainly for the regular followers of Tsai's special brand of cinema - slow, minimalist, obsessive and heavily reliant on such compulsive fixations as sex and food, ...
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Eros secures $100m credit facility from Citigroup
Indian producer and distributor Eros International has secured a $100m five-year credit facility from Citigroup Global Markets, to support the company's strategy of ramping up acquisitions. Eros International chairman and CEO, Kishore Lulla, said: 'This facility will increase Eros' firepower to create significant value for our shareholders and partners through ...
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Asian Film Market launches mainstream financing event
The Asian Film Market has announced participants and events for its upcoming sophomore edition - including the launch of Co-production PRO, a new international financing event. So far 76 sales companies have signed up for booths, with buyers and sellers including Celluloid Dreams, The Weinstein Company, CJ Entertainment, Showbox, Lotte, ...
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Chan makes English-language debut with Don't Look Up
Distant Horizon has announced that award-winning Hong Kong director Fruit Chan will direct the English-language remake of Japanese filmmaker Hideo Nakata's Don't Look Up. The company's president Anant Singh also announced that the film will be produced in association with Japan 's Action 5. One of Nakata's early films before ...
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Sony acquires US ancillary rights to D-War
Shim Hyung-rae, director and producer of Korean fantasy actioner D-War, has announced a deal with Sony Pictures for US video, DVD and TV rights to the film. The film has grossed over $51.5m since opening on Aug 1 in South Korea. A former slapstick comedian, now head of his own ...
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Pusan boasts premiere-packed programme
The 12th Pusan International Film Festival (Oct 4-12) has announced a 275 film line-up from 64 countries - with 193 world, international or Asian premieres. 'This shows how far the Pusan festival has come in establishing itself,' said Asian Cinema programmer Kim Ji-seok. 'We're very proud to announce that all ...
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Jia Zhangke on track with Chinese doc 24 Cities
Golden Lion winning director Jia Zhangke, whose new documentary Useless about clothing designer Ma Ke screened in Venice's Orizzonti, has revealed further details of his next dramatic feature, which he is planning to have ready in time for the Olympic Games.The project (provisionally titled 24 Cities) follows four women working ...
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Joffe finishes shooting You And I
Roland Joffe has wrapped principal photographyin Moscow on hiscoming-of-age drama You And I. Previously titled Finding t.A.T.u, the adaptation of Alexei Mitrofanov's Russian bestseller, is a stylistic departure forthe director of The Killing Fields and The Mission. Shot entirely on location in and around Moscow,the film starsMischa Barton and newcomer ...
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Silk to close curtains at Tokyo InternationalFilm Festival
The Tokyo International Film Festival (October 20-28) has announced that François Girard's Silk will be the closing film of this year's 20th edition. The $26m Canadian-Italian-Japanese co-production stars Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Miki Nakatani and newcomer Sei Ashina, who won the part through an audition of ...
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Evangelion soars to the top of Japan's box office
Japanese animated feature Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone took the top spot at the local box office over the September 1-2 weekend, grossing just over $2.42m (Y280.4m). The film, which is set to close this year's Pusan International Film Festival, opened on 84 screens for a high per-screen average ...
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UTV moves into Telugu-language film production
Mumbai-based UTV Motion Pictures (UTVM) is making a foray into Telugu-language films by signing Telugu star Mahesh Babu, one of the most bankable stars in the Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, for two movies. The company has also acquired the Andhra Pradesh distribution rights for Mahesh Babu's next film ...
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Clubland wins top prize at Australian Writers Guild Awards
Clubland written by Keith Thompson won the top prize, for 'Outstanding Australian Script', at this year's Australian Writers Guild Awards (the Awgies) which took place on Friday night. The film also shared the award in the original feature film category along with another story about family - Tony Ayres' The ...