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Cirque Du Soleil to open Tokyo International Film Festival
Producer James Cameron’s 3D production of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away will open the 25th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 20-28) organisers announced today.
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NewsFinecut seals raft of deals on Venice title Pieta
Korean sales company Finecut has announced a raft of sales for Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta after its screening at the Venice Film Festival. The competition film was met with standing ovations yesterday.
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Mordini, Dinslage among Busan Flash Forward competitors
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced eight films for its Flash Forward competition, including three world premieres and five international premieres.
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NewsShakespeare's Globe and Arts Alliance Media announce 2012 Globe on Screen season
Season includes three of the Globe’s 2011 productions and kicks off on Sept 26.
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NewsKorean projects head to France for CNC co-prod meeting
France’s National Cinema Centre (CNC) and the Korean Film Centre (KOFIC) join forces for Franco-Korean co-production workshop in Paris.
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NewsDeaner appointed executive director of SPAA
Australia’s independent film and television producers have a new chief advocate in the form of Matthew Deaner, who is currently manager of strategy and research at government agency Screen Australia.
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NewsSam Worthington lines up for Connolly's The Riders
Stealth Media Group to handle international sales on UK-Australia co-production.
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NewsBusan film festival unveils New Currents line-up
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced its New Currents competition, which includes six world premieres and four international premieres.
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NewsRaymond Chow to be honoured at Tokyo film festival
Veteran Hong Kong film industry figure Raymond Chow will receive the “TIFF Special Appreciation Award” at the upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 20-29), organisers announced today.
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NewsFortissimo takes on Jet Tone's Touch Of The Light
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights outside of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China to award-winning Taiwanese drama Touch Of The Light, produced by Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films.
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NewsWakamatsu named as Busan's Asian Filmmaker of the Year
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced Japanese filmmaker Wakamatsu Koji as Asian Filmmaker of the Year.
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NewsFinecut sells Pieta to Italy's Good Films
Korean sales company Finecut has announced that Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta has sold to Good Films for Italy ahead of its premiere in the Venice film festival’s competition.
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NewsLilou's Adventure takes Red Chameleon at CinDi
The 6th Cinema Digital Seoul (CinDi) Film Festival wrapped with Lilou’s Adventure, directed by Japan’s Izuru Kumasaka, taking the Red Chameleon Award.
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NewsSydney-based Fuel VFX in financial strife
One of Australia’s few world-class visual effects and animation companies, Sydney-based Fuel VFX, has placed itself into voluntary administration due to financial difficulties.
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NewsBela Tarr, Arturo Ripstein to head Busan juries
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced its upcoming juries to include filmmakers Bela Tarr and Arturo Ripstein, Toronto fest director Cameron Bailey and Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.
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NewsCambodia makes first Oscars submission in 18 years
Cambodia has submitted Chhay Bora’s Lost Loves to the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards, marking the first time in 18 years that the country has sent a film to the Oscars.
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NewsWong Kar Wai to head Berlinale 2013 jury
Director Wong Kar Wai will serve as jury president of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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NewsGao takes board position at Bona Film Group
China’s Bona Film Group has appointed News Corp senior vice president and CEO of News Corps’ China investments, Jack Gao, to its board of directors.
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NewsMark Gooder joins The Weinstein Company as president of acquisitions
Dan Guando and Negeen Yazdi are promoted at TWC.