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Tsi resigns as director of Hong Kong film festival
Peter Tsi has resigned as executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), citing personal reasons. The festival, whichtakes placeat the same time as Hong Kong Filmart in March/April, has been forced to change direction over the past few years due to a sharp decrease in government funding. ...
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Maximum and Fortissimo strike Canadian-Asian partnership
Robert Lantos' new Toronto-based distribution and sales company Maximum Films has created an unusual partnership with Hong Kong-based Fortissimo Films whereby Maximum will distribute Fortissimo's films in Canada and Fortissimo will represent the sale of Maximum's projects in Asia. The deal, for an initial term of two years, was unveiled ...
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MegaStar Media opens more Vietnam multiplexes
MegaStar Media, the joint venture between Ted Shugrue's Envoy Media Partners and Vietnamese publisher Phuong Nam Corporation, has opened its third and fourth multiplexes in Vietnam. The MegaStar Cineplex Hung Voung Plaza 8 and MegaStar Cineplex Saigon Co-op Plaza 6 are situated in Ho Chi Minh City and raise ...
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Mad Detective screens as Venice's surprise competition entry
The Venice Film festival unveiled Hong Kong crime film Mad Detective as this year's competition surprise film entry on Wednesday night.Co-directed by Hong Kong action film specialist Johnnie To and producer/director Wai Ka Fai, the film was presented Wednesday night at a press screening with no official pre-announcement but widespread ...
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Eros secures $100m credit facility from Citigroup
Indian producer and distributor Eros International has secured a $100m five-year credit facility from Citigroup Global Markets, to support the company's strategy of ramping up acquisitions. Eros International chairman and CEO, Kishore Lulla, said: 'This facility will increase Eros' firepower to create significant value for our shareholders and partners through ...
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Asian Film Market launches mainstream financing event
The Asian Film Market has announced participants and events for its upcoming sophomore edition - including the launch of Co-production PRO, a new international financing event. So far 76 sales companies have signed up for booths, with buyers and sellers including Celluloid Dreams, The Weinstein Company, CJ Entertainment, Showbox, Lotte, ...
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Chan makes English-language debut with Don't Look Up
Distant Horizon has announced that award-winning Hong Kong director Fruit Chan will direct the English-language remake of Japanese filmmaker Hideo Nakata's Don't Look Up. The company's president Anant Singh also announced that the film will be produced in association with Japan 's Action 5. One of Nakata's early films before ...
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Sony acquires US ancillary rights to D-War
Shim Hyung-rae, director and producer of Korean fantasy actioner D-War, has announced a deal with Sony Pictures for US video, DVD and TV rights to the film. The film has grossed over $51.5m since opening on Aug 1 in South Korea. A former slapstick comedian, now head of his own ...
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Pusan boasts premiere-packed programme
The 12th Pusan International Film Festival (Oct 4-12) has announced a 275 film line-up from 64 countries - with 193 world, international or Asian premieres. 'This shows how far the Pusan festival has come in establishing itself,' said Asian Cinema programmer Kim Ji-seok. 'We're very proud to announce that all ...
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Jia Zhangke on track with Chinese doc 24 Cities
Golden Lion winning director Jia Zhangke, whose new documentary Useless about clothing designer Ma Ke screened in Venice's Orizzonti, has revealed further details of his next dramatic feature, which he is planning to have ready in time for the Olympic Games.The project (provisionally titled 24 Cities) follows four women working ...
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Joffe finishes shooting You And I
Roland Joffe has wrapped principal photographyin Moscow on hiscoming-of-age drama You And I. Previously titled Finding t.A.T.u, the adaptation of Alexei Mitrofanov's Russian bestseller, is a stylistic departure forthe director of The Killing Fields and The Mission. Shot entirely on location in and around Moscow,the film starsMischa Barton and newcomer ...
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Silk to close curtains at Tokyo InternationalFilm Festival
The Tokyo International Film Festival (October 20-28) has announced that François Girard's Silk will be the closing film of this year's 20th edition. The $26m Canadian-Italian-Japanese co-production stars Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Miki Nakatani and newcomer Sei Ashina, who won the part through an audition of ...
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Evangelion soars to the top of Japan's box office
Japanese animated feature Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone took the top spot at the local box office over the September 1-2 weekend, grossing just over $2.42m (Y280.4m). The film, which is set to close this year's Pusan International Film Festival, opened on 84 screens for a high per-screen average ...
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UTV moves into Telugu-language film production
Mumbai-based UTV Motion Pictures (UTVM) is making a foray into Telugu-language films by signing Telugu star Mahesh Babu, one of the most bankable stars in the Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, for two movies. The company has also acquired the Andhra Pradesh distribution rights for Mahesh Babu's next film ...
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Clubland wins top prize at Australian Writers Guild Awards
Clubland written by Keith Thompson won the top prize, for 'Outstanding Australian Script', at this year's Australian Writers Guild Awards (the Awgies) which took place on Friday night. The film also shared the award in the original feature film category along with another story about family - Tony Ayres' The ...
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Ang Lee plans safer edit of Lust, Caution for Chinese audiences
Since its Venice world premiere, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution has created whatFocus boss James Schamus is calling 'a tidal wave of interest' across Asia.The Asian response has been largely positive. Lee's steamy espionagethriller will be given a major Asian release later in the autumn. However,controversy is already dogging the film ...
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Former Sina exec launches China's first fund for docs
Former Sina.com executive Ben Chiang has launched CNEX, the first private fund for documentaries in China. The Beijing-based outfit aims to become a fully-fledged film production, sales and distribution outfit, focusing on documentaries produced in the Greater China region. The first three films on the CNEX slate are: Du Haibin's ...
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Australia, China sign co-production agreement
After almost three years of formal negotiations, Australia and China signed off a film co-production agreement in the Australian Embassy in Beijing earlier this week. The treaty with the Chinese government will cover production of films and telemovies. The first film to be produced with China as part of Australia's ...
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Eros teams up with Dutt's White Feather Films
India's Eros International has signed a co-production, marketing and distribution deal with local production company White Feather Films (WFF). The Mumbai production house is owned by director-producer Sanjay Gupta and actor Sanjay Dutt, who was recently released from prison pending his appeal of a conviction for arms possession. Under the ...
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Sholay rights owners strike $100m deal with Pritish Nandy
After Sholay Media and Entertainment won its court case against Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, restricting him from using the title or names of characters in his alleged remake of the cult classic, the owner of the rights to Sholay has now entered into a deal with Pritish Nandy Communications ...