All China articles – Page 95
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NewsEleven Flowers wins Open Doors production grant
Eleven Flowers, a project to be directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and produced by Isabelle Glachant, was awarded a production grant of $46,000 (50,000 swiss francs) at the Locarno Film Festival’s 2009 Open Doors Factory.
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NewsWTO strikes blow for Hollywood in China monopoly hearing
The WTO has ruled in favour of Hollywood in its fight to open up the Chinese market in a development that Motion Picture Association Of America chief Dan Glickman said would “even the playing field.”
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Chengtian completes takeover of Golden Harvest
Beijing-based Chengtian, also know by its English name of Orange Sky, has completed its takeover of Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest, with some name changes and the ramping up of the combined group’s production activities.
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NewsThree Chinese films pulled from Melbourne film festival
Chinese politics has played a big hand in the withdrawal of two features and a short from the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) just days before it opens.
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NewsStellar Megamedia boards Dennis Chan’s 37
Beijing-based Stellar Megamedia has boarded Hong Kong film-maker Dennis Chan’s 37, making it the first project from the Hong Kong Film: New Action campaign to secure a mainland co-producer.
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NewsTransformers 2 becomes China’s biggest ever film
Paramount Pictures International’s Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen has grossed more than $58.6m (RMB400m) in mainland China, breaking the record of $52.7m (RMB360m) set by Titanic in 1998 to become the territory’s biggest ever film.
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NewsTaiwanese film industry looks to China for growth
Taiwan’s major film organisations look set to make an aggressive push into the mainland China market, in a bid to develop a mainstream film industry to complement the country’s current output of low-budget indie fare.
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NewsChina box office up 43% in first half of 2009
China’s box office grew by 42.7% to $330.16m (RMB2.26bn) in the first half of 2009, thanks to a combination of local and US hits, including Transformers 2 which is on its way to becoming the biggest film ever in the territory.
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NewsBangkok film festival to take place September 24-30
The organisers of the Bangkok International Film Festival (BKIFF) have confirmed that this year’s edition of the event will be held September 24-30.
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NewsWoo set to direct Flying Tigers project in China
John Woo is planning to direct a film about the Flying Tigers – a US volunteer group that trained the Chinese Air Force to fly fighter planes during World War II.
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NewsWong launches Hong Kong production outfit Pegasus
Veteran Hong Kong producer Raymond Wong is launching a new production outfit, Pegasus Films, as a vehicle for his son Edmond Wong who has scripted hits such as Dragon Tiger Gate and Ip Man.
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NewsParamount International launches Shanghai-based office
Paramount Pictures International has launched its new China office, based in Shanghai, which officially opens today (July 1).
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NewsWoo, Yeoh set to collaborate on martial arts project
Michelle Yeoh is set to star in a martial arts film, Jianyu Jianghu, which will be co-directed by John Woo and Taiwanese director Su Chao-pin.
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NewsOriginal wins top prize at Shanghai film festival
Danish-Swedish co-production Original won best feature in the Jin Jue Awards of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), which wrapped on Sunday night (June 21).
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NewsPiano, Goodbye Ani take top prizes at Shanghai’s CFPC
Zhang Meng’s The Piano In The Factory and Kwok Jae-yong’s Goodbye Ani took the top two prizes at China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC), the projects market of the Shanghai International Film Festival, last night.
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NewsCiwen, Asian Union unveil German, Italian co-productions
Beijing-based producers Ciwen Pictures and Asian Union have announced co-production deals with Italy’s Seven Dreams, for a romantic comedy, and with Germany’s Action Concept for a slate of action films.
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NewsImax, Huayi Brothers strike three-picture pact
Beijing-based film studio Huayi Brothers Media has formed a partnership with IMAX Corp to co-produce and distribute three large-format films, starting with Feng Xiaogang’s $18m disaster drama Aftershock.
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NewsBIFG completes second round financing
Fast-expanding Chinese studio, Bona International Film Group (BIFG), has completed second round financing of $14.64 from private equity backer Matrix Partners China and a loan of $8m from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).
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NewsGlickman calls on China to increase market access
Dan Glickman, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has called on China to open market access for foreign films while the country’s film business is experiencing an unprecedented boom.
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NewsSFG, Media Asia, Guoli form production partnership
Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFG), Hong Kong’s Media Asia and Beijing-based Guoli Changsheng have established a joint venture production and investment company, Shanghai Film Media Asia.