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India's Moser Baer strikes distribution deal with Nokia
Indian disc manufacturer and DVD distributor Moser Baer Entertainment has sold the licensing rights of eight films to Nokia for one year.
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NewsGreen Lantern among productions set to light up Australia
The Green Lantern has confirmed that it will go into pre-production at Fox Studios in Sydney in July and will begin filming in November. It comes as rumours grow that two other major films are planning to film in Australia.
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Matsuoka to step down after 52 years with Toho Studios
Toho Studios chairman Isao Matsuoka will step down from his post after 12 years in the position and 52 years of service at the company.
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Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong to co-direct action adventure
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan and director Stanley Tong will co-write and co-direct an action adventure tentatively titled Chinese Zodiac. JackieChan will star in the $37m (RMB250m) film.
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Ocean Films takes French rights to Kore-eda's Air Doll
France’s Ocean Films has snapped up all French rights to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll from Fortissimo Films. The film has secureda berth in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes film festival.
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Huayi Brothers' Tracing Shadow sells across Asia
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers has tied up a slew of Asian sales on Hong Kong actor Francis Ng’s martial arts comedy Tracing Shadow, which is proving to be a hot seller in the run-up to Cannes.The $3m action comedy has been sold to Scorpio East for Singapore and Malaysia, New Action ...
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Pretty Pictures acquires three Chinese features
French distributor Pretty Pictures has acquired three films produced by China’s August First Studios: My Long March, The First Of August and Night Attack.
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Laila's Birthday takes top honour at Singapore fest
The 22nd Singapore International Film Festival has awarded its top honour, the Silver Screen Awards’Best Asian Feature Film, to Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi’s Laila’s Birthday.
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Evokative picks up South Korea’s Daytime Drinking for Canada
Montreal-based Evokative Films has picked up Canadian rights to Noh Young-seok’s Daytime Drinking. The deal was negotiated with Eleven Arts, which had North American rights, and sales agent Finecut.
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Oz distributor to target foreign-language films
Australian sales agent Antony Ginnane and exhibitor Robert Ward have formed a theatricaldistribution joint venture, IFM/Filmways, which will focus on acquiring foreign-language pictures.
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Imprint dials up Mirovision for US remake of Phone
Seoul-based sales agent Mirovision has announced that it is teaming with LA-based Imprint Entertainment to co-produce a US remake of Ahn Byung-ki’s Korean horror film Phone.The film clocked up 2.2 million admissions on its local release in 2002 after a world premiere at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan).Mirovision ...
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Osian's Cinefan appoints Kaul as director general
Indian filmmaker Mani Kaul has been appointed director general of Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival,which is scheduled to hold its 11th edition in New Delhi from July 17-26.
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Reliance cables Bollywood films to US cinemas
Adlabs Films has gained access to sister company Reliance Globalcom’s massive global fibre-opticnetwork to deliver Indian films to digital screens in the US.
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NewsHong Kong film festival announces shorter run for 2010
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has announced that the 34th edition of the festival will run over 16 days in 2010 (March 21-April 6), compared to the 23-day run it had this year.
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The Way We Are, Ip Man top Hong Kong Film Awards
Ann Hui’s gritty drama The Way We Are scooped best director and three other prizes at the Hong KongFilm Awards last night, although the best film prize went to martial arts biopic Ip Man, produced byRaymond Wong and directed by Wilson Yip.
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GFI announces winter grant recipients
The Global Film Initiative has chosen seven film-makers from a pool of 66 candidates from 33 countries to receive production funding during the winter 2009 granting cycle.
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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ again and cruises towards $150m
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furious maintained pole position at the international box office as an estimated $36m weekend haul confirmed it as the biggest international and worldwide film in the action series on $145m and $281m, respectively.
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NewsFast & Furious eyes key debuts in third weekend and sets sights on $150m
Both Universal/UPI’s Fast & Furious and DreamWorks Animation/PPI’s Monsters Vs Aliens have cleared the first hurdle and crossed $100m as they head into their third and fifth weekends respectively and will be at the vanguard of Hollywood’s latest international incursion.
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NewsOn the fast track
UPI’s Fast & Furious stepped up a gear over the Easter weekend to climb to the top of the international chart, grossing $45.2m, up 47% week-on-week. It has now grossed $90.1m after two weeks on release, playing on more than 5,000 screens in 50 territories.
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Smuggler, Ascension acquire 2008 Mann Booker winner White Tiger
Newly minted New York, Los Angeles and London-based Smuggler Films in association with Ascension Entertainment has acquired film rights to Aravind Adiga’s bestselling 2008 Mann Booker Prize winner White Tiger.