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NewsHirokazu Kore-eda praises streaming services as Netflix hails diversity benefits
Filmmakers and streamers discussed the future of Japanese cinema at Tokyo International Film Festival.
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NewsAmazon Prime snaps up Sundance hit ‘Palm Springs’ for UK, Australia, Canada, France
The romantic.comedy will debut in the UK in early 2021.
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NewsSingapore moves ahead with 70-title hybrid edition
‘Tiong Bahru Social Club’ to open the festival, which will take place as a physical event.
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NewsVietnam stands out in Purin Pictures’ autumn 2020 funding round
Projects to receive grants include three from Vietnam, two from Thailand and one from Indonesia.
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NewsScreen International hires Pierre-Louis Manès-Murphy as director of Asia, France, Middle East and Africa
Manès-Murphy rejoins Screen from Powster.
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NewsTokyo fest opens with support from Robert De Niro, Christopher Nolan
Festival opens with physical red carpet and video messages of congratulations from global industry figures.
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NewsChina box office: War epic ‘Sacrifice’ moves past $100m in second week
Japanese animation Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna came in second over the weekend, grossing $9.6m.
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NewsHong Kong CineFest provides platform for releases disrupted by pandemic
More than half of the programme of this year’s cancelled HKIFF is screening at K11 Art House in Hong Kong.
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News‘A Balance’, ‘Three’ take New Currents awards at Busan film festival closing
BIFF managed to achieve physical admissions of 29,135 despite pandemic social distancing requirements.
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NewsJapan selects Naomi Kawase’s ‘True Mothers’ as Oscar submission
The film received a Cannes 2020 label and premiered at Toronto in September.
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NewsSC Films to launch sales at AFM on animated robot adventure ‘Stonerunner’ (exclusive)
The film will begin pre-production in Australia and New Zealand in December.
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NewsBusan market wraps with ‘Commodity’ winning top award
Director Kislay’s Indian project is about an aspiring scriptwriter who accompanies a human hair trader to get material for his script.
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News‘Parasite’ wins top prize at Asian Film Awards
Wang Xiaoshuai took the best director prize for So Long, My Son.
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NewsTokyo 2020 Special: digital edition
The Tokyo International Film Festival runs Oct 31-Nov 9, whilst industry strand TIFFCOM runs Nov 4-6.
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NewsAnthony Chen, Mouly Surya among speakers at 2020 Asia Pacific Screen Forum
The 6-day conference will run online from November 20-26.
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NewsMacao film festival unveils line-up for IFFAM Project Market
Producers on the 14 projects include Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo and acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
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NewsCJ Entertainment, Library Pictures pact on local-language films
The two companies have entered into a slate co-financing deal for projects in Indonesia, Vietnam and Turkey.
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NewsCo-productions can thrive in Asia despite Covid-19, say experts
A panel of experts discussed the state of production in the latest ScreenDaily Talks session.
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NewsChina box office: War epic ‘Sacrifice’ grosses $53m on opening weekend
Patriotic film was produced to celebrate the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War.
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NewsNikkatsu seals string of deals on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’
Venice best director winner has gone to Portugal (Midas Filmes), Norway (Fidalgo) and Korea (M&M International), among other territories.