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NewsMelbourne film festival cancels in-person screenings following city’s lockdown extension
The Australian city’s sixth lockdown has been extended until at least August 19.
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NewsThai project ‘A Useful Ghost’ leads Locarno Open Doors winners
The section concludes its three-year focus on Southeast Asia and Mongolia.
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NewsSydney, EFP unveil the 2021 Europe! Voices of Women in Film line-up
Blerta Basholli’s ‘Hive’ and Ninja Thyberg’s ‘Pleasure’ are among the films screening.
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NewsBusan selects 26 titles for Asian Project Market 2021
A selection of 26 titles from 15 different countries.
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NewsNetflix teams with Sanjay Leela Bhansali on historical drama ‘Heeramandi’
Show will explore the stories of courtesans in a red light district in pre-Partition India.
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NewsAsian Shadows picks up Venice Days opener ‘Shen Kong’ (exclusive)
Set during the Covid-19 pandemic in China, the film follows two lonely citizens of a city in lockdown.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Raging Fire’ maintains lead amid lack of new releases
Action film directed by the late Benny Chan grossed a further $21.6m for a cumulative total of $82.8m.
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NewsSquare Eyes takes worldwide rights to Directors’ Fortnight doc ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ (exclusive)
The film is the debut feature by Payal Kapadia.
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NewsSydney Film Festival delayed to November following lockdown extension
The start date has been pushed back from August 18 to November 3, 2021.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Raging Fire’ tops chart with $37m opening
Huayi Brothers’ Upcoming Summer, directed by Leste Chen and starring Zhang Zifeng, came in second with $20m.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Green Snake’ slithers to pole position in opening weekend
Light Chaser Animation production is a sequel to its 2019 hit White Snake, which tapped into a growing trend for youth-oriented animated films.
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NewsSouth Korean box office falls 32% year-on-year
Admissions in the first half of 2021 are the lowest since KOFIC started keeping track in 2004.
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NewsCambodian sci-fi ‘Karmalink’ to open Venice Critics’ Week
Jake Wachtel’s debut feature deals with artificial consciousness and reincarnation.
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NewsBeijing film festival unveils line-up for 2021 physical edition
Gong Li heads the jury of the international competition, which also includes Nadine Labaki, Renny Harlin and Leste Chen.
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NewsGabrielle Tana, Troy Lum, Andrew Mason create Brouhaha with backing from EIS fund Calculus
Firm will operate from London and Sydney.
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NewsTokyo film festival partners with Amazon on new talent award
The award will be open to filmmakers living in Japan who have not yet made a commercial feature.
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NewsJenny Suen’s ‘Peaches’ scoops top NAFF prize at Korea’s Bifan
Further awards included a prize for We Jun Cho’s ‘Hungry Ghost Diner’.
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NewsAsian streamer Viu seals content deals with China’s Huace
Viu grew its user base in Asia with Korean dramas, but is starting to push into Chinese-language content.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival reveals 2021 line-up
Hybrid edition of festival will include a record 40 world premieres and 27 titles from Cannes.
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NewsRediance picks up Locarno title ‘Whether The Weather Is Fine’ (exclusive)
Whether The Weather Is Fine is directed by Philippines filmmaker Carlo Francisco Manatad.