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NewsMelbourne artistic director Al Cossar talks virtual 68 ½ edition
Festival exec talks MIFF’s first virtual edition and the impact of Cannes’ postponement.
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NewsHFPA tweaks foreign-language Golden Globe eligibility rules while pandemic endures
Films may debut digitally in their home countries; distributors to provide voting members with screening link or DVD copy for home viewing.
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NewsEmperor Motion Pictures, One Cool form partnership to revive Hong Kong film
The two studios plan to co-produce and co-distribute ten Hong Kong feature films over the next two years
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NewsCornerstone, Genesius launch Australian firm The Reset Collective
The company will handle distribution and production for film and TV.
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NewsMelbourne Film Festival unveils plans for online edition
Australia’s biggest film festival unveils details for MIFF 68 ½.
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News‘Better Days’ sweeps Hong Kong Film Awards in virtual ceremony
Derek Tsang’s school bullying drama won eight awards including best film and best director.
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NewsHong Kong cinemas to reopen this weekend as Covid-19 infections decline
Cinemas have been closed since March 28 as part of safety measures in the fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus.
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NewsThailand’s Purin Pictures unveils projects in spring 2020 funding round
Two fiction and three documentary projects from Southeast Asia will receive production grants from Bangkok-based fund.
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NewsTokyo’s TIFFCOM to launch gap financing market at 2020 edition
Tokyo Gap-Financing Market aims to provide a platform for up to 20 selected projects to secure finance through one-on-one meetings.
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NewsChina box office expected to decrease more than $4.2bn due to coronavirus
Speculation mounts that cinemas may reopen in June after the Chinese government’s “Two Meetings” take place in late May.
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NewsSouth Korean cinemas slowly reopening over holiday weekend
CJ CGV, Lotte and Megabox are all reopening sites as the country reports only four new Covid-19 cases on April 30.
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NewsIndian actor Irrfan Khan, star of ‘The Lunchbox’, ‘Life Of Pi’, dies aged 53
Award-winning actor announced a cancer diagnosis in 2018.
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NewsChina’s Huayi Brothers reports $565m loss for 2019, removes CEO Jerry Ye
Beleaguered Chinese studio plans to raise $325m (RMB2.3bn) in a private placement of shares to repay debt and boost capital.
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NewsKorea’s Jeonju film festival to go ahead without a public audience
Screenings for the International and Korean Competition sections will be held with only the relevant filmmakers and jury members in attendance.
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NewsBeijing International Film Festival to run online version with streamer iQiyi
Fest was scheduled to take place in mid-April; Shanghai film fest still on schedule to take place in June.
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NewsHaifa Film Festival determined to host 2020 edition
The 36th edition is set to run October 1-10.
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NewsMubi, Music Box partner on US preview of Pablo Larraín’s ‘Ema’ (exclusive)
Film will not receive UK theatrical release due to pandemic.
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News‘Train To Busan’ director Yeon Sang-ho launches new Netflix series ‘Hellbound’
The series will be produced by Korea’s Lezhin Studio.
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News“No doubt” Sarajevo Film Festival will take place despite virus crisis but Jerusalem postpones
Uncertainty remains over this year’s Locarno and Karlovy Vary film festivals.
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Facebook invests $5.7bn in Indian telco, media giant Reliance Jio
Deal gives Jio, a leading force in Indian streaming and content creation, a valuation of around $57bn.