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NewsCurious strikes Australian deal for Zonad with The Works
The Works International has sold Irish comedy Zonad to Curious Film for distribution in Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsPusan unveils jurors including Wada Emi
The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) will have Academy Award-winning costume designer Wada Emi heading its New Currents jury while Sundance festival director John Cooper will head the Flash Forward jury.
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Pusan to launch new online screening service
Secure site will offer festival and market films as well as Pusan Promotion Plan directors’ previous works.
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NewsVenice's John Woo tribute to include screening of The Killer
Venice has announced the films screening as part of the festival’s tribute to John Woo.
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NewsMonga to represent Taiwan for Oscar foreign language race
Doze Niu’s hit gangland drama will now represent Taiwan to vie for the best foreign language film title at 83th Academy Awards, Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) announced today.
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NewsJapanese animation master Satoshi Kon dies at 46
Revered Japanese animation director Satoshi Kon died suddenly on August 24 at the age of 46. The cause of death has been reported as pancreatic cancer.
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NewsTokyo Project Gathering's 28 selections include Ryuichi Hiroki, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
The sixth Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG) has selected an increased 28 projects this year.
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Arts Alliance Media signs big digital deal with Australian exhibitor Hoyts
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed a deal to equip 400 Hoyts cinemas with its Theatre Management System, across the entire Hoyts circuit in Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsLevelK comes on board for Say Nothing starring Joel Edgerton
Denmark’s LevelK has acquired international sales rights to Australian drama/mystery Say Nothing.
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Japan offers financial support to visiting productions to boost tourism
The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) has announced plans to offer financial and logistical support to selected foreign film and TV productions in an effort to boost overseas visitors to the territory.
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NewsIndian Film Festival of London to open with Peepli Live
The inaugural Indian Film Festival of London will open at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on Aug 25 with the UK premiere of Peepli Live, a comic satire about suicide in an Indian farming village.
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NewsTomson Group launches Hong Kong distribution outfit
Veteran producer-turned-property developer Hsu Feng is making a return to the film business by establishing a Hong Kong-based company, Tomson International Entertainment Distribution, which will initially focus on theatrical distribution.
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NewsMurali Thalluri relaunches Australia's M2 Entertainment
Murali K Thalluri, the director/producer of Australian teen drama 2:37, is re-establishing his company M2 Entertainment (M2E) as a production and financing outfit.
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Chinese officials give no-go to film rating system
Chinese officials governing film policy and film-related affairs said that China will not introduce a film ratings system in the near future.
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Disney India to release first live-action Hindi feature
The Walt Disney Company (India) Private Limited, which set up its India operations in Mumbai in 2004, will release its first live action Hindi feature Do Dooni Chaar on October 8.
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NewsMao's Last Dancer producer to take legal action against Australian distributors
On the eve of Samuel Goldwyn Films releasing Mao’s Last Dancer in the US, producer Jane Scott has said she is going to take legal action against the Australian distributors of the biggest local box office hit of 2009.
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NewsPusan Promotion Plan takes on new projects from Tsai, Ovashvili, Trapero, Pang
The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced 27 selections for the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) including projects from Tsai Ming Liang, Oxide Pang, Xie Fei, Choi Dong-hoon and Anocha Suwhichakornpong.
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Cambodia launches first film festival
The inaugural Cambodia International Film Festival (CIFF) will take place in the city of Phnom Penh in October.
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Andrew Pike joins judging panel for MPA APSA fund
Andrew Pike, MD and founder of Australian distributor Ronin Films, will sit on the judging panel of the inaugural MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, the new $100,000 script development fund.
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NewsFrench sales company picks up Golden Leopard winner; Lubitsch retrospective to tour
French sales agent/theatrical distributor Capricci Films has taken on international sales for Winter Vacation by China’s Li Hongqi, which won Locarno’s Golden Leopard at the weekend. Plus other touring news from Locarno.