All Hong Kong articles – Page 28
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NewsFortissimo to receive special award at 5th Asian Film Awards
The Asian Film Awards has announced that it will give a special award to Hong Kong and Amsterdam-based Fortissimo Films for its long-time promotion of Asian cinema.
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NewsDetective Dee, Assassins lead race for Hong Kong Film Awards
Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame and Su Chao-Pin’s Reign Of Assassins scooped the most nominations for this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards with 13 and 11 nods apiece.
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NewsBullets, Confessions lead nominations for Asian Film Awards
Japanese drama Confessions, directed by Nakashima Tetsuya, and Jiang Wen’s satirical action adventure Let The Bullets Fly topped the nominations for this year’s Asian Film Awards (AFAs), with six nods apiece.
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NewsHong Kong film fest draws award-winning directors for Quattro
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is planning a second omnibus project, Quattro Hong Kong 2, with short films directed by Thailand’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Philippines’ Brillante Mendoza, Malaysia’s Ho Yuhang and Hong Kong’s Stanley Kwan.
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Celestial movie channels to be carried by Indonesia’s Skynindo
Hong Kong’s Celestial Pictures has signed carriage deals with Indonesia’s Skynindo PT for its pay-TV channels Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies.
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NewsHAF unveils line-up of 28 projects
Hong Kong’s Stanley Kwan and Death Note director Shusuke Kaneko from Japan are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for this year’s edition of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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Hong Kong 2010 box office increases by 13%
Hong Kong’s total box office grew by 13% to $172m (HK$1.34bn) in 2010, thanks to a strong line-up of 3D and other releases, according to local industry body the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA).
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Hong Kong’s Celestial Pictures expands into Taiwan
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has appointed Jeffrey Soong as managing director of its newly opened Taiwan office.
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Star Chinese Movies signs pay-TV deal with Huayi Brothers
Star Chinese Movies and Beijing-based Huayi Brothers have signed a deal under which Huayi will offer the channel exclusive cable TV, pay-per-view and VoD rights to its 2011 upcoming productions for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
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Yuet-fung Ho appointed as director of Asian Film Awards
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has announced that Yuet-fung Ho has been appointed as director of the Asian Film Awards.
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NewsHiatus goes On Tour in Hong Kong
Taiwanese distributor Hiatus Media has acquired all Hong Kong rights for Mathieu Amalric’s On Tour (Tournée).
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Celestial signs output deal with Distribution Workshop
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures, which operates the Celestial Movies channel, has signed an output deal with sales agent Distribution Workshop for first-run pay-TV rights of its upcoming slate of Chinese movies.
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ACE to launch co-production lab at next year's HAF
Ateliers du Cinema European (ACE) and consultancy Sinapses Asia will launch the first ACE Co-production Lab Hong Kong at this year’s Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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NewsAFM, HKTDC to stage Hong Kong Day during market
The American Film Market and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council will stage Hong Kong Day during the market on November 4.
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NewsGaga snatches Bodyguards And Assassins
Gaga Corporation has acquired Japanese rights to Teddy Chen’s Bodyguards And Assassins, which will open China Film Week at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) this week.
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Celestial signs output deal with Emperor Motion Pictures
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has signed a multi-year output deal with Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP), giving it exclusive first run pay-TV rights to screen EMP’s upcoming slate on its Celestial Movies channel.
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NewsRourke, Ho join cast of Hany Abu-Assad’s The Courier
Mickey Rourke and Josie Ho have joined Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Til Schweiger in the cast of Arclight Films’ action thriller The Courier which started shooting in Louisiana this week.
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Media Asia picks up world rights to Kidnapper
Hong Kong producer-distributor will also introduce $6m action thriller Wind Blast at the upcoming AFM.
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NewsHong Kong’s OSGH invests in Legendary Pictures
Hong Kong’s Orange Sky Golden Harvest (OSGH) is forging a partnership with LA-based Legendary Pictures to work on film and media ventures in mainland China.
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Hong Kong, China announce foreign-language Oscar submissions
Hong Kong has selected Alex Law’s Echoes Of The Rainbow, while China has picked Feng Xiaogang’s box office hit Aftershock.