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NewsShowbox clinches French deal on Hwayi
Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has clinched a pre-sale on action thriller Hwayi, which has gone to Wild Side Films for French-speaking Europe.
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NewsFinecut unwraps Moebius, Fake
Seoul-based sales company Finecut is unveiling four new projects in Cannes, including the next feature from Kim Ki-duk, entitled Moebius.
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NewsTrio sets Taiwan Ablaze
Former Edko Films’ sales chief June Wu has launched a Taiwan-based sales company, Ablaze Image, which has picked up Jay Chou’s kung-fu musical The Rooftop.
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NewsIt’s Me flies to Taiwan’s Sky Digi
Japan’s Pictures Dept has closed an early deal at Cannes, selling Satoshi Miki’s It’s Me, It’s Me to Taiwan’s Sky Digi Entertainment.
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NewsGiant to start shooting in July
Singapore’s Clover Films and G&J Productions are joining forces with China’s Stellar Megamedia International (SMI) to co-produce $1.2m sports drama Meeting The Giant.
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NewsMatsumoto wraps sex comedy R100
Japanese director Hitoshi Matsumoto, whose Dai Nipponjin screened in Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2007, has wrapped his latest feature R100, produced by Yoshimoto Creative Agency.
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NewsHigh Point boards Aim High
EXCLUSIVE: UK firm acquires international rights to Anna Broinowski’s North Korean cinema documentary [pictured].
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NewsFortissimo secures Dubbo for Cannes
Mirando Otto and Richard Roxburgh attached to Sue Brooks’ Australian drama.
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NewsGFM boards Toei's Space Pirate
London-based GFM is partnering with Japanese powerhouse Toei Animation on $30 million animated feature Harlock: Space Pirate, a 3D sci-fi motion capture animated film praised by James Cameron.
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NewsOdin’s Eye picks up Fish N Chips
Australian sales company Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has picked up worldwide rights to Canadian animated feature Fish N Chips: The Movie.
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NewsOppenheimer developing Act of Killing follow-up
EXCLUSIVE: The team behind the multiple-award-winning documentary The Act of Killing is developing a follow-up, The Look Of Silence.
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NewsThai Pitch Event returns to Cannes
Thailand’s Ministry of Culture has selected four projects to take part in a pitching initiative at Cannes with international producers and investors.
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NewsSydney unveils competition line-up
Cannes titles Grigris and Borgman are among the 12 titles selected for the 60th Sydney Film Festival’s competition line-up.
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NewsJapan’s Marza fires up Robodog
Japanese CG animation house Marza Animation Planet, owned by Sega Sammy Holdings, has started pre-production on its first original animated feature Robodog.
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NewsLost Paradise takes top prize at Jeonju
The 14th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF)’s international competition Grand Prize went to Eve Deboise’s French coming-of-age film Lost Paradise at the closing ceremony Friday (May 3). The award comes with a $18,000 (KW20m) cash prize.
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NewsRezo picks up Aoyama’s Backwater
Japan’s Pictures Dept has announced that Shinji Aoyama’s The Backwater has been picked up by Rezo International for worldwide sales.
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NewsIM3 sets new China record
DMG said on Thursday [May 2] the official SARFT/CFG opening day number came to $18.7m or 117.5m RMB, which Disney said would rise to $21.5m including cinemas that have not reported. The film has crossed $300m internationally.
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NewsFRED Film Radio launches Asian channels
Multi-lingual digital film festival radio now broadcasts in 14 different languages.
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NewsHooper to head Shanghai jury
UK director Tom Hooper has been appointed jury president for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 15-23).
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NewsGarth Davis joins Saroo Brierley biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Top of the Lake co-director boards See-Saw’s true story about an orphan reunited with his mother after 25 years.