All Asia articles – Page 8
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NewsKorean animation ‘Gill’ sets sales at Barunson E&A ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The feature from director Ahn Jae-huun premiered in competition at Annecy.
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NewsLevelK acquires Norwegian box office hit ‘Nr. 24’ for Asia, Australia-NZ (exclusive)
Second World War drama recorded 250,000 admissions in Norway.
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NewsJapan box office down 6.5% to $1.3bn in 2024 due to Hollywood shortfall
Local films performed strongly but could not offset a decline in taking for US imports.
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NewsPoland’s Lava Films boards Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘A Pale View Of Hills’, Gaga to launch at EFM (exclusive)
The production company’s credits include Oscar-nominated ‘The Girl With The Needle’.
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NewsParallax launches sales on trio of Berlin-bound titles (exclusive)
Features include ‘A Story About Fire’, ‘Eel’ and ‘Underground’.
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NewsSony Pictures acquires Tsui Hark’s ‘Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants’ (exclusive)
The feature has release dates set for the US and across Asia.
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NewsJackie Chan action film ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ set for EFM sales launch
The action heist feature began filming in Macau in October.
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Reviews‘Cactus Pears’: Sundance Review
A gay Indian man returns to his rural hometown in this sensitive drama
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News‘Devil’s Diner’ set as first Vietnam drama series to stream globally on Netflix (exclusive)
Ham Tran’s supernatural horror series will be available in more than 190 countries.
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NewsKorea pledges support to mid-budget films to rejuvenate local industry
Local productions have been hit by dwindling private investment.
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NewsFilms Boutique boards Vivian Qu’s Berlin competition title ‘Girls On Wire’ (exclusive)
The film follows two Chinese women on the run from the local mafia.
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NewsBerlin competition title ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ lands Japan deal; first English-language trailer unveiled (exclusive)
Dreams is the final part of Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, Love, Dreams trilogy.
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NewsJapan’s Cinema at Sea festival reveals line-up for second edition
The Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will open with ‘Ocean Elergy: The Tragedies Of Mudan And Ryukyu’.
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NewsBong Joon Ho talks ‘Mickey 17’ release delays and outsmarting AI
The ‘Parasite’ director was joined by actor Robert Pattinson in Seoul.
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NewsPrime Video appoints Keisuke Oishi country manager for Japan
Upcoming titles for the streamer include Takeshi Kitano’s ‘Broken Rage’.
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NewsReel Suspects boards Chinese queer drama ‘1 Girl Infinite’ ahead of IFFR Bright Future premiere (exclusive)
Lilly Hu’s debut film is exec-produced by ’Forrest Gump’ and ’Killers Of The Flower Moon’ screenwriter Eric Roth.
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NewsKore-eda project among HAF 2025 development selection; adds animation section
Further producers attached to the in-development projects include Aditya Vikram Sengupta, Sylvie Pialat, Lee Sinje, Stanley Kwan and Yeh Ju-Feng.
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NewsKorea’s Redice Entertainment to launch debut sales slate at EFM
Titles include ‘Sister’, starring Jung Zi-so of ‘Parasite’.
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NewsHong Kong boosts film funding scheme for local productions
The Film Production Financing Scheme 2.0 is aimed at bolstering the local film industry and sustain its long-term development.