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CAR takes North American rights to Smuggler
US-based Cinema Asia Releasing (CAR) has acquired North American rights to Japanese cult hit Smuggler, which premiered in the Midnight Madness section of last year’s Toronto film festival.
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Blind Detective, Switch make Media Asia bow
Hong Kong’s Media Asia is introducing two high-profile projects at Filmart – Johnnie To’s crime drama Blind Detective and Jay Sun’s action drama Switch.
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Emperor fights fire with Derek Kwok, Nicolas Tse
Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) is launching a big-budget fire-fighting drama at Filmart, to be directed by hot up-and-coming filmmaker Derek Kwok with Nicholas Tse heading the cast.
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Turkish cinema gets first push at Filmart
Turkish cinema will have a presence for the first time at Filmart this year, through a booth organised by Turkey’s Izmir Cinema Association (ICA).
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NewsLoehr to exit CAA’s China office
Peter Loehr is leaving his position as managing director of CAA China, the agency’s seven-year-old outpost in Beijing.
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NewsIMAX to install three systems in Pakistan
IMAX pacts with Cine Star Cinema Pakistan for three new digital systems in new-build cinemas in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi, Pakistan, beginning in 2013.
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NewsNing Hao's Guns N' Roses cleared for Chinese release
Beijing-based film studio Beijing Galloping Horse announced that Chinese director Ning Hao’s action comedy Guns N’ Roses has passed China’s censorship regulations and is ready to be released on Apr 24.
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NewsFinecut calls into Love 911
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up the upcoming romance Love 911 ahead of Hong Kong Filmart.
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NewsIndia’s Trigno to remake The Infidel in Hindi
India’s Trigno Media has acquired rights to develop a Hindi version of UK comedy The Infidel, which was a hit at the UK box office in 2010.
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NewsParminder Vir to head Ascension Media office in Mumbai
Ascension heads to Mumbai to tap booming entertainment sector.
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NewsIndia’s film industry revenues up 11% in 2011
India’s film industry grew by 11.5% to $1.85bn (Rs93bn) in 2011, according to a report issued by KPMG on the eve of the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai.
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NewsChina's Youku and Tudou to merge
The video websites are to merge to form the largest video online company in China.
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NewsSinger Stan Walker makes acting debut in Mt Zion
Tearepa Kahi’s debut feature starts shooting today.
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NewsScreen Australia’s letters of interest to be more useful as a financing tool
If proposed changes to Screen Australia’s guidelines go ahead, there will be fewer hoops to jump through in order to be eligible for a letter of interest.
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NewsLondon Asian Film Festival to be open with Ribhu Dasgupta’s Michael
Trishna, Lucky and Bol among screenings at the festival’s 14th edition, which runs March 16-24.
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NewsNew Zealand film-makers Albiston, Sutherland go Shopping
Their feature deubt is being produced by Warp Films Australia.
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China’s YOU On Demand to distribute large-format films
Chinese video-on-demand (VoD) platform YOU On Demand Holdings has signed a deal with K2 Communications to distribute films made for large formats on VoD in China.
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NewsDeool, Byari share best feature at India’s National Film Awards
Two films made in regional languages – Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s Deool and Suveeran’s Byari – will share the best feature film honours at the 59th edition of India’s National Film Awards.
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NewsMatt Bate starts documentary starring Sam Klemke
Rebecca Summerton is producing Sam Klemke’s Time Machine.