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NewsAng Lee to be awarded Bafta Fellowship
Bafta’s highest accolade will be presented to the director of ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’.
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NewsCJ ENM appoints new director of content sales and acquisitions
Sebastian Kim will oversee CJ ENM’s finished content sales, including to global platforms such as Netflix, VIU and iQIYI.
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NewsAquarius, Anonymous Content partner on sci-fi thriller series ‘The Subjugate’
The series is based on Amanda Bridgeman’s novel of the same name.
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NewsTAICCA, Taiwanese exhibitors join forces to launch Bole Film
Joint venture plans to use box office intelligence to inform the development of Taiwanese films.
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NewsHong Kong film festival cancels opening film, citing technical reasons
Philip Yung’s Where The Wind Blows was one of two films expected to open the festival on April 1.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ stomps into China with $70m opening
The Warner Bros/Legendary title had the biggest opening weekend for a foreign film in China since the start of the pandemic.
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NewsNetflix unveils slate of 40 anime titles headed by ‘Record Of Ragnarok’
New titles also include Yasuke, directed and executive produced by US anime artist LeSean Thomas.
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NewsBusan appoints new heads of festival and market
Appointments follow the recent departure of Jay Jeon.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Avatar’ stays on top with $14m in second weekend
James Cameron’s epic has taken a further $43.8m since its re-release, for an all-time China total of $250.2m.
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NewsSellers report busy Filmart but caution global market still some way from recovery
Asian sellers were presenting packed slates of new titles, but due to cinema closures, buyers are still cautious in many parts of the world.
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NewsCurzon reveals first recipients of £1.2m development fund (exclusive)
Producers of ‘Supernova’, ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Spencer’ among those with projects to receive investment.
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NewsNetflix leases two sound stages from Japan’s Toho Studio
Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
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News‘Her Lullaby’, ‘The Catch’ head winners at close of virtual HAF
HAF and WIP award winners also include The Way We AD, I Come From Ikotun, Stonewalling and No Winter Holidays.
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NewsiQiyi joins forces with Singapore’s GHY Culture to launch talent agency
Strategic joint venture aims to identify and promote talent across the Southeast Asia region.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video enters Indian film production with ‘Ram Setu’
Akshay Kumar is starring the action adventure, which Amazon said would receive a theatrical release.
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NewsMedia Asia sells ‘God Of War 2’ to North America, ‘Septet’ to Japan
Hong Kong studio also seals string of deals on Tales From The Occult, Fagara and a package of 4K restored classics.
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NewsItaly’s Minerva Pictures closes Europe, Asia deals on genre features out of EFM
Titles include ambulance-set thriller ‘The Shift’ and home invasion drama ‘A Bunch Of Bastards’.
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NewsEndeavor Content sells ‘The Ancestral’ across Asia, Middle East (exclusive)
Horror film is directed by Le Van Kiet, whose credits include Furie, which is Vietnam’s highest-grossing local film.
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NewsGiddens Ko readies ‘Till We Meet Again’, starring Kai Ko, for summer release (exclusive)
Fantasy adventure, which also stars Vivian Sung and Gingle Wang, is adapted from the director’s novel God Of Love.
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NewsTokyo film festival changes venue, Shozo Ichiyama joins as programming head
TIFF will also become the first Asian film festival to sign Collectif 50/50’s Gender Parity Pledge.