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NewsJeffrey Katzenberg on DreamWorks China plans
Dreamworks Animation CEO also reflected on an infamous 1991 memo, getting fired from Disney and 3D at his BFI London Film Festival keynote.
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NewsGlobal sells 7th Dwarf to US, UK
Global Screen sells 3D animation feature The 7th Dwarf to the US, UK, Australia and Italy, among others.
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NewsBollywood turns out for Mumbai fest opening
Bollywood stars including Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turned out for the opening of the Mumbai Film Festival (October 14-21), which is celebrating its 16th edition despite almost being shut down a few months ago due to lack of funding.
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NewsBreakup Buddies stays on top in China
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Ning Hao’s edgy comedy Breakup Buddies was the top-grossing film in China over the week October 6-12, taking $48.56 from 8.7 million admissions, according to figures from EntGroup.
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NewsNFDC unveils Film Bazaar projects
Mira Nair-produced Three And A Half and Amitav Kaul’s Interpreter Of Maladies are among the 32 projects selected for the Co-production Market of this year’s Film Bazaar (Nov 20-24) in Goa, India.
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NewsHanWay to sell NZFC library
EXCLUSIVE: Titles include Angel at my Table and Once Were Warriors.
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NewsBusan wraps record year
The New Currents Award went to Korean film End Of Winter [pictured], directed by Kim Daehwan, and Iranian film 13, directed by Hooman Seyedi.
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NewsChina’s Huace to buy stake in Korea’s N.E.W.
China’s Huace Film & TV is buying a 15% stake in South Korean investor-distributor Next Entertainment World (N.E.W.).
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NewsBusan's Asian Film Market delegates up 23%
Busan’s Asian Film Market wrapped yesterday with a 23% increase on registered badge holders to 1,566, marked by strong participation from Chinese companies.
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NewsKorean producers criticise market monopoly
The producers of some of Korea’s biggest ever blockbusters voiced concerns about vertical integration and monopolisation of the local cinema industry at a Busan seminar today.
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NewsFull-Moon Party, Killer win top APM awards
Other winners include Joko Anwar’s A Copy Of My Mind, July Jung’s Dora and Davy Chou’s Diamond Island.
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NewsQingdao to offer production subsidies
The Qingdao government and Wanda Group are introducing a package of incentives to encourage productions to shoot at Wanda’s Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis.
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NewsEquity crowdfunding still facing hurdles
Equity crowdfunding has the potential to become an important tool for filmmakers, but still faces regulatory hurdles around the world, said panellists at Busan’s KOFIC Industry Forum (Oct 5-7).
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NewsAFPF mulls Asian cinema portal
Policy-makers, film commissioners and producers at this year’s Asian Film Policy Forum (Oct 6-7) discussed plans to launch an Asian cinema portal, possibly as an educational initiative to widen the audience for Asian films.
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NewsWhite Light, VS launch regional film fund
Thai production service and equipment company VS Service and post-production house White Light are launching Open SEA Fund, Southeast Asia’s first regional film fund.
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NewsBIFF-MPA workshop awards zombie comedy
Kim Chang Hoon won the top prize at this year’s BIFF-MPA Film Workshop for his take on a zombie black comedy, Home Sweet Home.
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NewsToho illuminates Strobe Edge
Japan’s Toho is launching sales on Vibrator director Ryuichi Hiroki’s Strobe Edge, a live-action adaptation of the hit manga love story.
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NewsHairun, VRPA start shooting Mountain Cry
EXCLUSIVE: Larry Yang’s Mountain Cry, co-produced by Hairun Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, started production today in the Taihang Mountains of China’s Shanxi Province.
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NewsBusan’s Asia Star Awards honours Chan
Peter Ho-sun Chan received the Asia Star Awards’ ‘Special Achievement Award’ in recognition of his contribution to the Asian film industry at the Busan International Film Festival on October 4.
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NewsShowbox unwraps Detective K sequel
Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex is launching sales on sequel Detective K: Secret Of The Lost Island, starring Kim Myung-min, at Busan’s Asian Film Market.