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News30 Euro films get Filmart FSS
European Film Promotion (EFP) deals with increased demand for marketing support at Asia’s film & TV market
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NewsEdko whips up Firestorm
Hong Kong’s Edko Films will be unleashing a new production slate at the upcoming Hong Kong Filmart (March 18-21), headed by action title Firestorm, starring Andy Lau.
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News3D Everest story starts shooting
Production started yesterday (March 3) on 3D drama/thriller Beyond The Edge, about Sir Edmund Hillary’s 1953 ascent of Mount Everest.
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NewsSteampunk Treasure Island sets sail
A new animated feature from Belfry Animation and DeZerlin Media will re-imagine Robert Louis Stevenson classic Treasure Island.
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NewsJack slays Asian box office
Jack The Giant Slayer grossed around $2.3m from seven opening days in select Asian markets to rank number one in six out of seven through Warner Bros Pictures International.
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NewsWong Kar Wai masterclass at HKIFF
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has confirmed that Wong Kar Wai will conduct the masterclass at this year’s edition of the festival (March 17-April 2).
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NewsMunro takes Eye of the Storm
Australian family drama, starring Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling, set for UK/Ireland theatrical release in May.
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NewsHong Kong Filmart expecting 8% growth
Hong Kong’s contents market Filmart has signed up nearly 700 exhibitors and 6,000 visitors for this year’s edition (March 18-21), an increase of around 8% on last year’s event.
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NewsCutting Edge hires VFX producers
Australian post-production company Cutting Edge has appointed Felix Crawshaw and Simone Clow.
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NewsHong Kong to open with Final Fight
Herman Yau’s Ip Man - The Final Fight will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 17-April 2), while Closed Curtain directed by Jafar Panahi and Kamboziya Partovi will close the event.
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NewsMilt Barlow to quit China Lion
Milt Barlow, CEO and founding shareholder of LA-based distributor China Lion Entertainment, is to exit the company as CEO.
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NewsJeonju names int'l Competition jury
South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has announced award-winning Kazakhstani film-maker Darezhan Omirbayev will head its International Competition jury this year.
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Cambodia's Sotho lines up Om-Tuk, Last Reel
Filming wraps in a few days in Cambodia on the international co-production Om-Tuk which Australian writer/directors Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody are producing alongside Phnom Penh-based Kulikar Sotho.
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NewsShochiku plans Ozu 110th anniversary project
Following its success with the Kinoshita centennial initiative, Japanese studio Shochiku is planning a major restoration and screening project to market the 110th anniversary of the birth of Yasujiro Ozu.
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NewsKorean film exports up 8.4% in 2012
Korean film exports went up 8.4% to a total of $37.8m last year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).
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NewsToei sells Admiral to France, Russia
Japanese studio Toei has sold big-budget war epic Admiral Yamamoto to France (Filmedia) and Russia and CIS (Cinema Prestige).
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NewsGuillotines flies to Turkey, Middle East
Hong Kong-based We Distribution has sold Andrew Lau’s action thriller The Guillotines to Horizon International for Turkey and WEG for the Middle East.
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NewsCJ nabs Grandmaster
EXCLUSIVE: Fortissimo Films has sold Wong Kar Wai’s Berlinale opener The Grandmaster to Korea’s CJ E&M.
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NewsIndiestory sells King of Pigs to US, Germany
Korean sales company Indiestory has sold animated feature The King Of Pigs to US distributor Fuzzy California and Film Verleih Gruppe for German-speaking territories.