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NewsTIFFCOM unveils projects for inaugural Tokyo Gap Financing Market
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan (working title) in collaboration with John A. Davis.
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News‘Hope’, ‘The Pencil’ win top prizes at Japan’s Skip City film festival
Anshul Chauhan’s Kontora won best picture in the feature film category of the Japanese Film Competition.
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NewsChina box office: ‘My People, My Homeland’ tops National Day weekend
China’s total box office over the three-day weekend (October 2-4) reached $215.6m.
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NewsTop Palestinian filmmakers protest UAE-Israeli cinema cooperation
Abu Dhabi Film Commission, Israel Film Fund, Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School recently announced pact.
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NewsBritish Council report explores how UK and Saudi film industries can work together
Overseas cultural and educational body sees strong opportunities for UK companies.
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NewsPingyao film festival unveils full line-up, competition sections
The festival will open with Sun Hong’s This Is Life, while Zhang Yang’s So Far So Close will screen as the Special Presentation.
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NewsDubai’s META Cinema Forum to cover Africa for first hybrid event
The region’s biggest cinema conference to mix physical and digital elements for third edition.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg to support Beirut’s filmmaking community
Grants of between $500 to $3,000 are being donated towards filmmakers personally affected by the blast.
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NewsTokyo film festival unveils full line-up, including Tokyo Premiere section
New section introduced in response to Covid-19 travel restrictions will screen 32 films of which 25 are world premieres.
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NewsFirst two ‘Avatar’ sequels close to New Zealand wrap
Director James Cameron reports that Avatar 2 is done and Avatar 3 near completion.
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NewsRediance picks up Li Xiaofeng’s ‘Back To The Wharf’ (exclusive)
Li’s third film premiered in competition at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
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NewsChina box office: Peter Ho-sun Chan’s ‘Leap’ heads up pre-holiday weekend
Sports biopic starring Gong Li grossed $24.8m on its opening weekend, one week ahead of China’s National Holidays.
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NewsNetflix swoops on Maïwenn’s Cannes label drama ‘DNA’ (exclusive)
Wild Bunch International handles sales on film which plays in San Sebastian’s Perlak selection.
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News‘The Wailing’ director Na Hong-jin to produce Thai film from ‘Pee Mak’ director
France’s The Jokers Films has acquired French rights to the project, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun.
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NewsAGC Studios to fully finance, Ron Howard to direct Lang Lang biopic
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder producing with AGC head Stuart Ford.
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NewsIsrael, Abu Dhabi funds and Sam Spiegel film school sign cooperation agreement
Agreement follows historic deal in August normalising relations between Israel and the UAE.
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NewsSingapore’s ATF moves online due to Covid travel restrictions
The event will take place on the same dates, December 1-4, via a digital platform called ATF ONLINE+.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Mulan’ drops 72% while ‘The Eight Hundred’ prevails
Hit by piracy and poor word-of-mouth, Disney’s live-action retelling of a popular Chinese myth has grossed $36.3m since its September 11 release.
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NewsPicture Tree acquires San Sebastian competition title ‘Wuhai’ (exclusive)
The marital drama is the second feature from Ziyang Zhou.
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NewsHaifa Film Festival moves online as Israel enters three-week lockdown
International competition will go ahead with Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf acting as jury president.