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NewsEmergency Room China to open Visual fest
Festival’s film section runs May 24 to June 2 at King’s College London.
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NewsWoo’s Flying Tigers set for takeoff
Netherlands-based Cyrte Investments and China Film Group are backing John Woo’s long-gestating Flying Tigers, which is set to shoot next year as two-part feature film and six-hour television series.
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NewsPitof, Lang board Dragon Angel
EXCLUSIVE: French-American director Pitof (Catwoman) and US actor Stephen Lang (Avatar) have signed on to Chinese-German family adventure film The Dragon Angel.
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NewsRadical, Le Vision form joint venture
Radical Studios has formed a joint venture with China’s Le Vision Pictures to produce “international commercial films with Chinese elements”.
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NewsKorea’s UP relaunches sales team
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s United Pictures (UP) is re-launching its sales team at Cannes with Eye In The Sky remake Cold Eyes.
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NewsPinewood inks China joint-venture
Joint venture with Seven Stars Media to include skills academy and Chinese co-productions.
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NewsTee quits Malaysia film festival
Malaysian born/Hong Kong-based film producer and film festival consultant, Lorna Tee, has resigned as the co-festival director of the International Film Festival Malaysia (IFFM).
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NewsAndhare to head Viacom18 film unit
Ajit Andhare has been appointed as chief operating officer of India’s Viacom18 Motion Pictures.
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NewsMedia Asia taking Yen titles to Cannes
Hong Kong’s Media Asia has added two titles starring Donnie Yen to its Cannes slate – Soi Cheang’s Enter the Master and Dragon City, to be directed by Derek Kwok.
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NewsBarlow launches US distribution outfit
Former China Lion executive Milt Barlow has launched a North American distribution outfit, Asia Releasing, which will release Chinese production One Mile Above (Kora) on June 7.
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NewsCold War sweeps Hong Kong Film Awards
Edko Films’ Cold War swept the Hong Kong Film Awards on Saturday night, winning nine prizes including best picture.
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NewsFirst Thai Destination fest wraps
The inaugural Thailand International Film Destination Festival (TIFDF) wrapped yesterday with organiser Thailand Film Office calling it a success with hopes to continue in future.
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NewsUdine to open with The Berlin File
15th edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival to feature two world premieres and 19 European premieres.
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NewsFIP to produce Giddens Ko’s Kung Fu
Fox International Productions (FIP) is backing Kung Fu, the second film from Taiwanese filmmaker Giddens Ko, who directed box office hit You Are The Apple Of My Eye.
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NewsReliance MediaWorks taps Murphy as CCO
India’s Reliance MediaWorks (RMW) has appointed VFX supervisor George Murphy as chief creative officer.
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NewsPee Mak scares up Thai box office
Thailand’s GTH has announced Pee Mak has become the second highest-grossing local film ever at the local box office.
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NewsCinedigm acquires ABC library
Cinedigm has acquired digital/VoD rights for US, Canada and Latin America to more than 1,000 episodes of television from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) library.
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NewsJane Campion to receive Carrosse d'Or
New Zealand filmmaker will be presented with the honorary award on the opening night of Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
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NewsEFP extends to Australia, New Zealand
European Film Promotion (EFP) is expanding its activities to Australia and New Zealand by welcoming producers from both film industries to participate in the fourth edition of Producers Lab Toronto.
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NewsMatthew Velkes named VRPE COO
Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment (VRPE) has promoted Matthew Velkes to the newly created position.