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Australia's documentary film-makers could get $18m boost
Australian documentary makers are hoping to eventually get $18m (A$20m) per year for production and marketing from philanthropists and corporate donors thanks to the creation of the Australian Documentary Foundation. Documentary Australia was launched tonight in Sydney and aims to educate the two sectors about each other through a comprehensive ...
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Shochiku closes raft of Asian sales on Midnight Eagle
On the last day of the TIFFCOM market, Japanese studio Shochiku announced that it has closed a raft of Asian sales on action thriller Midnight Eagle, which opened the Tokyo International Film Festival last week. Among deals concluded at the market, Dong-A Export Co bought the film for South Korea, ...
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Golden Network carries Case, Peach Blossom to AFM
Hong Kong-based sales agent Golden Network Asia has picked up worldwide rights excluding mainland China to two titles from Chinese producer Lola Zhang's Yunnan New Film Project - Wang Fen's The Case and Peach Blossom Land, to be directed by Huang Ruxiang. Golden Network's Carrie Wong will be selling both ...
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TIFFCOM: Nonzee's Chao Phraya River wins TPG award
Thai director Nonzee Nimibutr's Just As Chao Phraya River Flows picked up the first ever Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG) Award at the conclusion of the TIFFCOM market on Wednesday night (Oct 24). Presented by Sony PCL vice president Yuji Takizawa, who is also director of the Skip City International Digital ...
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Roxburgh's Romulus leads Australian Film Institute nominees
Actor Richard Roxburgh's debut film as a director, Romulus, My Father, leads the nominees for the Dec 6 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards.Romulus, The Home Song Stories, Lucky Miles and Noise have been nominated for best film. Roxburgh has been nominated best director, alongside Tony Ayres for the Home Song ...
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Indian distributor-exhibitor PVR ramps up production
Indian distribution and exhibition company PVR Ltd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary PVR Pictures, plans to invest $25.2m (Rs1bn) in film production and expand its slate to three to four films in the current financial year. The company has also announced that it is teaming up with award-winning veteran filmmaker Rajkumar ...
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TIFFCOM: US talent agents advise Japan on creating demand
Find top US directors to support your talent and capitalise on US films shooting in Japan were among the nuggets of advice that Hollywood agents and casting directors offered to Japan's talent powerhouses at a TIFFCOM seminar today. Panellists including Endeavor's Adam Levine, US casting director Richard Pagano and Paris-based ...
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Schamus calls Oscar snub of Lust, Caution 'unjust and capricious'
James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features, has expressed his dismay at the decision last week of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in Los Angeles to reject Ang Lee's Lust, Caution as Taiwan's official submission for the Foreign Language Oscar.'I am sure there is some ancient and ...
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Fung appointed as Hong Kong FDC secretary general
Wellington Fung has been appointed as secretary-general of Hong Kong's recently-established film industry support body, the Film Development Council (FDC). One of the co-founders of Hong Kong's Media Asia Group and currently executive director and chief executive officer of Big Media Group, Fung will assume the post on November 16. ...
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THINKFilm International goes Under The Mountain with Jonathan King
THINKFilm International has come on board for world sales (excluding Australia and New Zealand for Under The Mountain, to be directed by Jonathan King. King's most recent film is the international hit Black Sheep. Fantasy adventure thriller Under The Mountain is based on the novel by popular New Zealand author ...
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TIFFCOM gets underway with 15% increase in visitors
The fourth edition of the TIFFCOM market (Oct 22-24) got underway in Tokyo this morning with 3,366 registered participants, an increase of 15% from last year, according to organisers. Held on the 40th floor of the Roppongi Hills complex, overlooking the skyscrapers of downtown Tokyo, TIFFCOM is widely regarded as ...
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Hawaii film fest opens with Flight Of The Red Balloon
The 27th Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) kicked off its 11-day programme with Hou Hsiao Hsien's The Flight Of The Red Balloon on Oct 18. The festival will present more than 150 films from around the world, including Julian Schnabel's Diving Bell And The Butterfly from this year's ...
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Ratatouille becomes 10th Disney film to cross $300m overseas
Ratatouille stayed atop the international box office chart for the third consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $27.7m haul from 3,793 theatres in 33 territories that raised the running total to $308m.The film ranked number one in 13 countries and the key driver was Italy, where the rat scored Pixar's ...
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Turkey's Antalya fest has double-header opening
An official two-day double opening kicked off the 44th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and its accompanying 3rd International Eurasia Film Festival last Friday. As the biggest film event in the Turkish calendar, the first opening night was a glamorous affair for local cinema. Following a lavish opening cocktail reception ...
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Pusan cements regional role
As it turned 12 this year, the Pusan International Film Festival (Piff) started to exhibit growing pains. But the burgeoning South Korean festival, with its mandate to discover and support Asian cinema, is still widely recognised as the premiere event in Asia - putting it in the rankings that follow ...
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Japan International Contents Festival - Tokyo events gather momentum
The Japan International Contents Festival (CoFesta) debuts this year (September 20-October 28) as a sprawling amalgamation of 18 events running alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival (see sidebar, below). Key international events include the Tiffcom market and its attendant Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG).Tiffcom (October 22-24) is entering its fourth year, ...
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Eros takes on Krazzy 4 from Roshan's Film Kraft
Eros International has taken international rights to Krazzy 4 from Rakesh Roshan's Film Kraft Productions. The project is currently shooting.Jaideep Sen will direct the comedy with a social message. Juhi Chawla, Dia Mirza, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Rajpal Yadav and Suresh Menon star. The film is based around four principal ...
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Lust, Caution rejected as Taiwan's Oscar entry
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles has rejected Taiwan's submission of Lust, Caution as its official nomination for the foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. With no official financing or major cast from the island, Ang Lee's spy thriller, which was filmed in mainland ...
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Suharjono named svp of Asian distribution at Warner International
Erlina Suharjono has been named senior vice president of Asia Distribution at Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Suharjono recently assumed the role of chief representative of Warner New Asia to supervise distribution of the studio's US-made films in China.Based in the Hong Kong office and reporting directly to WBPI distribution chief ...
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Gondry casts Kase, Ito in Tokyo! segment
The cast for Michel Gondry's segment of omnibus film Tokyo ! (working title) has been announced. Letters From Iwo Jima star Ryo Kase will be joined by Ayumi Ito (Tokyo Tower: Mom And Me And Sometimes Dad), Satoshi Tsumabuki (Dororo), Ayako Fujitani (Gamera 3) and Nao Omori (Midnight Eagle). Gondry's ...