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News2012 becomes China’s second biggest foreign film
Sony Pictures’ 2012 has broken the $58.6m (RMB400m) barrier to become the second biggest foreign film ever in mainland China. The film’s China gross accounts for around 10% of its worldwide box office.
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NewsSong boards Korean remake of A Better Tomorrow
The Korean remake of John Woo’s classic Hong Kong noir film A Better Tomorrow (pictured) is set to be directed by Song Hae-sung, with a cast of young stars including Song Seung-hun and Ju Jin-mo.
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WBPI strikes direct digital deployment deals with Asian circuits
Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) has entered into a slew of direct digital cinema deployment agreements with key Asian circuits.
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NewsReliance, In-Three team for 3D conversions
India’s Reliance MediaWorks, owned by the Reliance ADA group, has partnered with California-based In-Three to establish a facility in Mumbai to convert 2D films and videos into 3D.
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NewsNo Puedo triumphs at Golden Horse Awards
Taiwanese director Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (pictured) took four of the top prizes at the 46th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan (November 28), including best picture, best director, best original screenplay and Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year.
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NewsYang's Breathless takes top prize at Tokyo Filmex
Director Yang Ik-june’s Breathless (Ddongpari) was awarded the grand prize and $11,560 (Y1m) and the audience award at the tenth Tokyo Filmex, which ran from November 21-29.
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NewsSong Of Siren wins top prize at Golden Horse FTPP
Taiwanese filmmaker Shen Ko-shang’s Borneo-set drama The Song Of Siren took the top prize at the Film and TV Project Promotion (FTPP) of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. The award came with development funds of $30,900 (NT$1m).
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Twosome takes Hubert Bals award at busy Film Bazaar
Siddharth Sinha’s Hindi-language drama Twosome picked up the Hubert Bals award for most promising feature film project at the close of a busy three days of networking and project meetings at India’s Film Bazaar (Nov 24-26).
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NewsIndia’s PVR Pictures plans wide release for New Moon
Following the recent success of Twilight at the Indian box office, local distributor-exhibitor PVR Pictures is ramping up the December 11 release of New Moon (pictured) to around 400 screens.
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NewsSamson & Delilah wins best film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Samson & Delilah, produced by Kath Shelper and from the host country of Australia, has won the best feature category at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), held Nov 26 on the Gold Coast.
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Film Bazaar focuses on packaging, digital distribution
The third edition of Film Bazaar kicked off in Goa on Tuesday (Nov 24), with delegates discussing how to package projects for both India and European markets, and how Indian filmmakers can increase revenues by exploiting digital rights.
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NewsMo Tzu Yi joins cast of Singaporean comedy Forever
Rising Taiwanese star Mo Tzu Yi is heading the cast of Singaporean director Wee Li Lin’s (pictured) romantic comedy Forever, which started shooting in Singapore this week.
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NewsKorea’s Finecut wraps up pre-sales on action thriller Iris
South Korean sales outfit Finecut has announced a slew of AFM pre-sales deals on the espionage action thriller Iris: The Movie, starring pan-Asian heart-throb Lee Byung-hun.
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NewsOz tax rebate delivers $83m but picture remains murky
Screen Australia chief executive Ruth Harley released new figures at the close of the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) conference which showed that the 40% producer offset has injected $83m (A$91m) into the budgets of 19 films in the past two years.
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NewsSamson & Delilah sweeps Australia’s IF Awards
Samson & Delilah, which dramatically illustrates what it can be like to be black, Australian, and living in the desert, took home six of the ten Inside Film Awards given out tonight to features.
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NewsLe Pacte finds international homes for Ozon’s Le Refuge
Jean Labadie’s Paris-based sales and distribution outfit Le Pacte has racked up a raft of international sales on Francois Ozon’s Le Refuge.
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NewsWarner Bros India teams with Wide Frame on Guest
Warner Bros Pictures India has unveiled a new Hindi film production, Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (Guest, When Will You Leave?), in collaboration with Mumbai-based production outfit Wide Frame Films.
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NewsPVR acquires DT Cinemas, sells stake to Major
India’s PVR Cinemas has reached an agreement to acquire DLF Group’s DT Cinemas, and also offered 10% of its equity to Thailand’s Major Cineplex Group, which will invest about $9m in the company.
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NewsSPAA to ask Oz government for $84m cash injection
The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) is to formally ask the federal government for a one-off $84m (A$90m) injection of cash for the production of feature films.
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NewsShanda, Hunan TV to invest $88m in production
Chinese entertainment giants Shanda Interactive and Hunan Broadcasting and Television Group have formed a joint venture that will invest $87.8m (RMB600m) in film and TV production.