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Britdoc, film-maker Franny Armstrong launch new distribution website
New film distribution website will allow the public to hold their own screenings of social action documentaries and keep the profits.
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Lionsgate board rejects Carl Icahn's takeover bid
Lionsgate’s board of directors has voted to reject Carl Icahn’s unsolicited bid to purchase the Santa Monica-based studio.
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Mama Eve takes inaugural Wouter Barendrecht Award
Kit Hung’s Mama Eve became the first recipient of the Wouter Barendrecht Award at the close of the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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Mandarin scores North American deal on Ip Man duo
Hong Kong’s Mandarin Films has sold North American rights to Ip Man and its sequel Ip Man 2 to Well Go USA Inc.
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Stacey Parks, Thomas Mai to host pre-Cannes masterclass
“Promote, Fund & Distribute 2.0” to take place in London from May 7 to 9.
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Star signs carriage deal with TMNet
Star Greater China has signed a multi-year non-exclusive distribution deal with Malaysian IPTV platform TM Net.Under the agreement, TM Net will distribute three of Star’s Mandarin-language channels – Star Chinese Channel, Star Chinese Movies 2 and Channel V Taiwan – on its IPTV platform effective from today (March 24).“Star is ...
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Hong Kong ramps up 3D production
Hong Kong filmmakers and post-production professionals discussed the challenges that the territory faces in embracing 3D production at a Filmart conference on Tuesday (March 23).
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Ning Hao Lands at Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films has picked up Chinese director Ning Hao’s highly-anticipated road movie No Man’s Land, starring Yu Nan (Tuya’s Marriage) and rising mainland actor Huang Bo (pictured).
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Media Asia unveils Johnnie To, Gao Qunshu projects
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films announced a packed slate of productions at Filmart, including a romantic comedy from Johnnie To (pictured) and Wai Ka-fai, and a new project from The Message director Gao Qunshu.
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Just Cause brings 3D expertise to China
Los Angeles-based Just Cause Productions, the 3D company set up by Avatar stuntman Rueben Langdon (pictured), is set to expand its business in Greater China. The first projects it has boarded are Yuen Tak’s action drama Mr And Mrs China and an action film produced by action star Sammo Hung.Mr ...
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Double Edge, China Film Group team on Black & White
Taiwan-based Double Edge Entertainment has taken international rights to $10m action comedy Black & White which is the movie version of a popular TV series of the same title.The film will be directed by Yueh-hsun Tsai, the director of the TV series and will star Taiwanese heartthrob Mark Zhao (Monga), ...
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Ann Hui’s All About Love tops Mega-Vision slate
Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Jing’s Mega-Vision Pictures has announced a slate of new projects including All About Love the latest film from director Ann Hui which is a love triangle between a lesbian couple and a heterosexual man. Sandra Ng, Vivian Chow and William Chan star in the comedy which ...
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Jeonju lines up eight-film competition of Korean independent films
The 11th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), which this year runs from April 29 to May 7, has announced its Korean feature film competition line-up of eight independent films, including She Came From, directed by Kim Sung-ho (Into The Mirror).The surrealistic story is about a film director in Busan who ...
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Asian Film Archive to premiere restored Moon Over Malaya
Singapore-based Asian Film Archive, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, has announced the premiere of its newly restored and digitized version of the only surviving print of 1957 film Moon Over Malaya.The most acclaimed of the “Nanyang Trilogy,” the film was produced by Kong Ngee Company, the third ...
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Music Box acquires US rights to Millennium trilogy sequels
Music Box has picked up US rights to the two hit sequels to the Scandinavian smash The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (pictured) that just opened in the US and will release them in the summer.
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PGA to launch co-production showcase in June
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) will launch the inaugural International Film Co-Production Showcase (CoProShow) competition this summer.
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Hot Docs world premieres include Tenhaven's Autumn Gold
North American premieres include David Wants To Fly, Feathered Cocaine and The Oath.
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Fox signs European satellite distribution deal with SmartJog
Twentieth Century Fox and digital delivery company SmartJog have signed a non-exclusive agreement for satellite distribution of Fox’s digital films to European theatres.
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Joe Cornish starts shoot for Attack The Block starring Jodie Whittaker
Big Talk, Film4, Optimum, StudioCanal and UK Film Council are behind Cornish’s debut feature.
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UK's Film London and Screen South to merge location departments
Following cuts to regional funding, the two bodies will merge their location and inward investment departments.