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NewsGolden Era sweeps Hong Kong Film Awards
Ann Hui’s The Golden Era continued its awards sweep at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, winning five prizes including best film and best director.
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NewsBeijing: Darren Aronofsky, Tsui Hark discuss co-pros
Filmmakers including Darren Aronofsky, Tsui Hark and Jean-Jacques Annaud discussed the key factors that help a film travel at the Beijing International Film Festival’s Co-production Forum today.
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NewsBeijing Film Market popular with Australian producers
Australia’s biggest ever delegation to the Beijing Film Festival includes producer Alan Lindsay, who is seeking Chinese partners for the animated family film Piccolo The Dolphin Prince, written and directed by Greg Mclean, whose gory breakout film was Wolf Creek.
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NewsBFI spotlights UK activity at Beijing film festival
Carol Morley’s The Falling to screen In Competition.
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NewsFantasy 'The Shamer's Daughter' sold to Europe, China
TrustNordisk has closed numerous territories on the new fantasy-adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter.
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NewsArclight’s 'Admiral' sets sail for UK, Germany
Arclight Films has sold Roel Reine’s Admiral - set for a gala screening at the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) - to Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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NewsSKE, Ivanhoe launch SKE Global
The joint venture between Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) and Ivanhoe Pictures will build a local-language slate in China, South Korea and India, among others, and will be led by John Penotti who replaces Jim Tauber as SKE president.
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News'To Life!' sold to North America
Global Screen sells German-language drama to North America, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and South-East Asia
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NewsJapan's Toho creates international remake team
Japanese studio behind Godzilla also focusing on co-finance deals.
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News'Furious 7' smashes China box office records with $63m
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Universal’s Fast & Furious 7 scored the biggest opening day ever in China on Sunday (April 12), according to EntGroup figures, grossing $63.24m in a single day.
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NewsChina-US alliance plots 'Need For Speed 2'
The Chinese JV triumvirate of China Movie Channel Program Center, Jiaflix Enterprises and 1905 Pictures are teaming up with Electronic Arts on the English-language sequel.
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News'Wolf Warrior' tops China box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Wu Jing’s Wolf Warrior topped the China box office in the week March 30-April 6, grossing $32.58m in its opening four days.
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NewsRooney Mara, David Wenham join 'Lion'
Stars of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and 300 join Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel in Saroo Brierley biopic, which The Weinstein Company acquired at Cannes 2014.
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NewsBeijing film festival unveils 15 competition titles
The Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) has unveiled the 15 competition titles and four gala premiees that will screen at this year’s edition (April 16-23), including opening film Maraviglioso Boccaccio, directed by Italian auteurs Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
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News'Sworn Virgin' takes top prize at Hong Kong
Laura Bispuri’s Sworn Virgin won the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), which wrapped on Monday night.
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NewsLos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival unveils roster
The festival is set to run from April 23-30 and will present 134 films from more than 20 countries.
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NewsKorea's Jeonju to open with Vincent Cassel's 'Partisan'
Some 200 titles set to screen at South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival.
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NewsJapanese 'Godzilla' to rise in 2016
Directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi to make monster movie for release in 2016
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News'Kingsman' opens top of China box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Boosted by a visit to China by star Colin Firth, Kingsman: The Secret Service topped the China box office on its opening weekend, grossing $24.25m in three days.
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NewsRaven Banner snaps up 'Dearest Sister'
The Toronto genre specialist has picked up international rights to Mattie Do’s Lao-European horror feature.