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Chinese video-sharing websites ramp up film investments
Video-on-demand or movie streaming websites have become an emerging channel for film financing in China as several Chinese video websites revealed new investments on film production at a seminar today at Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), including LeTV Entertainment, Sohu.com, and Voole.com.
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CEO Sandeep Bhargava will leave Studio 18/Indian Film Company
CEO of The Indian Film Company and Studio 18 Sandeep Bhargava announced his departure from the Indian film studio.
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NewsHeartbeats takes Australia's richest film prize
This year’s $52,000 (A$60,000) Sydney Film Prize has been awarded to love triangle story Heartbeats, from Canadian writer/director Xavier Dolan.
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NewsReliance to launch Raavanan, Villian on June 18
Reliance MediaWorks’ BIG Cinemas is handling the US theatrical release and marketing for Tamil-language film Raavanan and its Telegu-dubbed version Villian.
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NewsCJ, Bona start strategic partnership for Chinese films
Korea’s CJ Entertainment and China’s Bona International Film Group (BIFG) have established a strategic partnership to co-invest and co-produce at least two films a year in China.
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NewsTaiwan pulls films from Shanghai festival
Eight Taiwanese films pulled from the showcase of 13th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 12 – June 20) as a side-bar activity Taipei Film Week was cancelled.
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NewsBeijing’s Straw Family announces slate of pan-Asian productions
Hong Kong filmmaker Jacob Cheung’s Beijing-based company Straw Family announced a slate of four pan-Asian projects on the eve of the Shanghai International Film Festival (June 12-20).
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NewsKorea's N.E.W and Gyeonggi Commission form $16m fund
South Korean distributor Next Entertainment World (N.E.W.) and Gyeonggi Performing & Film Commission have formed a partnership to create a KW20bn ($16.02m) investment fund specializing in visual contents.
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NewsMelbourne to open with The Wedding Party
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is to open on July 22 with the Australian film The WeddingParty.
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Film-makers behind banned Cambodia doc vow to fight on
The producer of a documentary banned by the Cambodian government is meeting with foreign sales agents and festival chiefs in a bid to give the film the widest possible exposure.
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China’s Jia Zhang-ke youngest director ever to receive Locarno’s Leopard of Honour
China’s Jia Zhang-ke is to become the youngest director ever to receive Locarno’s Leopard of Honour at the forthcoming edition in August.
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Korea's CJ CGV to open new Los Angeles multiplex
Leading Korean exhibitor CJ CGV is set to open a mulitplex in LA on June 11. CGV LA will have three screens, 600 seats and 3D projection.
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NewsPVR's Cannes acquisitions include Another Year, Bel Ami
PVR Pictures, the Indian film production and distribution arm of the PVR Group, made a number of acquisitions for release in India at the recent Cannes festival and market.
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Cambodia bans US documentary Who Killed Chea Vichea?
The Cambodian goverment has declared the film an illegal import
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IMAX plans systems in Shanghai, Beijing with Stellar Cinemas
The IMAX Corp. is working with China’s Stellar Investment Co. to install two digital IMAX systems into Stellar Cinemas multiplexes in Shanghai and Beijing.
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NewsNew South Wales pledges $16m per year for film production
State government sets aside A$20m per year to help entice international films and local productions from other parts of Australia to NSW.
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PiFan's project market selects 15 genre projects
The projects from eight countries include AM11:00 by director Shin Terra (Black House) and John Cairns’ Japanese project School Girl Apocalypse, with producer Yukie Kito (Tokyo Sonata) attached.
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Eros, Illuminati re-team for Agent Vinod
The film will shoot in Mumbai, Morocco, Amsterdam, London, Prague and Delhi.
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NewsOptimum strikes UK deal with Finecut for I Saw The Devil
The film also pre-sold to Bir Film for Turkey and Catchplay for Taiwan.
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NewsKino takes US rights to Lee Chang-dong's Poetry
Cannes screenplay winner scheduled to come to US cinemas this autumn.