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NewsDFI unveils plans for Qumra
Abderrahmane Sissako, Leila Hatami, Cristian Mungiu and Danis Tanović are the first names confirmed to participate.
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NewsDFI launches Qatari Film Fund
Fund will develop up to four feature films and will develop and produce up to eight short films every year.
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NewsFront Row locks 26 films from AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Stone and Audiard dramas, Mel Gibson action Blood Father and Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire among haul.
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NewsXYZ Films wade into River
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has picked up North American sales rights to the thriller from debut writer-director Jamie M Dagg.
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NewsCJ CGV launches into Myanmar circuit
South Korean exhibitor will start running Junction Cineplex in Myanmar from Dec 6.
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NewsEmile Sherman honoured by APSA
Ahead of the 2014 ceremony, APSA also announce Reza Dormishian as recipient of APSA Academy NETPAC Development Prize.
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NewsInterstellar keeps Women off China top spot
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Interstellar held onto the top spot for a third week at the China box office, although Pang Ho-cheung’s romantic comedy Women Who Flirt had a respectable opening.
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NewsMara takes Oscar submission Dukhtar for UK
The UK’s Mara Pictures has acquired Pakistani drama Dukhtar (Daughter), which it plans to release theatrically in the UK in April 2015.
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NewsJean-Claude Van Damme joins Kickboxer
Twenty-four years after he played a young man out to avenge his brother’s death in 1989’s Kickboxer, the Belgian martial arts icon has replaced Tony Jaa on the remake cast in the instructor role.
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NewsCrocodile takes top prize at Filmex
Crocodile, directed by the Philippines’ Francis Xavier Pasion, won the Grand Prize at this year’s Tokyo Filmex film festival (November 22-30).
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NewsSapphires director wins Screen Australia funding
Wayne Blair, Rachel Perkins, Greg McLean, Cameron and Colin Cairnes get green lights for new Australian films, including a new feature starring Kevin Bacon.
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NewsPopeye wins top TorinoFilmLab prize
Forthcoming feature debut of Kirsten Tan wins $75,000 production prize.
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NewsWanda, Busan to set up co-pro fund
China’s Wanda Group and Korea’s second biggest city, Busan, are reportedly setting up a $90m (KRW100bn) fund to finance China-Korea co-productions.
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NewsHong Kong, Korea sign creative pact
Hong Kong and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which aims to encourage collaboration between the two countries’ creative industries.
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NewsInterstellar stays on top in China
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar retained its lead at the top of the China box office last week, grossing $41.45m from 7 million admissions.
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NewsNo Man’s Land wins NFDC Award
Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s No Man’s Land was awarded the $16,000 (Rs1m) NFDC Development Award at the close of the Film Bazaar co-production market (Nov 20-24).
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NewsBig Bang Theory's Nayyar takes first Hindi role
EXCLUSIVE: Kunal Nayyar has been cast in Sikhya Entertainment’s sci-fi drama Punha, marking The Big Bang Theory star’s first acting role in Hindi.
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NewsOpen Air, Excel climb Three Storeys
EXCLUSIVE: Priya Sreedharan’s start-up production outfit Open Air Films is partnering with Excel Entertainment on romantic drama Three Storeys.
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NewsSFG buttons up Parmar’s Overcoat
Canada’s Studio Film Group (SFG) International will co-produce Abhijeet Singh Parmar’s debut feature Overcoat, which will be made under the recently signed India-Canada co-production treaty.
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NewsIME hops on board Lala
EXCLUSIVE: Pune and Mumbai-based IME Motion Pictures will co-produce Indo-Italian project Lala, to be directed by Goutam Ghose.