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NewsGrandmaster sweeps Hong Kong awards
Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster nabbed 12 prizes at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, including best picture, best director and best actress for Zhang Ziyi.
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NewsImax to sell 20% China stake
The $80m sale of the stake in Imax Corporation’s Greater China business to investment fund CMC Capital Partners (CMC) and private equity firm FountainVest Partners (FountainVest) values the company at $400m in the eyes of the investors.
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NewsTimothy Spall joins Sucker
LevelK to handle international distribution on feature adapted from con artist stage show.
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NewsCaptain America opens big in China
Disney and Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier topped the China box office during the week March 31-April 6, grossing $36.23m after just three days.
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NewsWOWOW boards Scorsese 'Review' doc
Japanese pay-TV broadcaster WOWOW is to partnering on Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s documentary The New York Review of Books: A 50 Year Argument.
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NewsMacondo, Tale Of Iya take HKIFF prizes
Sudabeh Mortezai’s Macondo won the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition of this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), while Tetsuichiro Tsuta’s The Tale Of Iya took the Jury Prize.
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NewsFortissimo sells Midnight, Black Coal
Fortissimo Films has reported its “most successful” Filmart ever and concluded sales on a raft of titles.
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NewsWinter Soldier rampant in China
Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier grossed a confirmed $109.8m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) powered by a mighty China debut to boost the early tally to $209.4m.
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NewsJeonju to open with 3D zombie film
The 15th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has announced its line-up with Opening Film to be the world premiere of Mad Sad Bad, a 3D zombie omnibus directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, Han Ji-seung and Kim Tae-yong.
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NewsUmbrella hires C & C as Euro consultant
EXCLUSIVE: Aus/NZ distributor hires Coffee & Cigarettes as European consultant.
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NewsBuyers in tune with Protagonist's Frank
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers flock to Sundance comedy starring Michael Fassbender.
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NewsScreen Australia backs Armfield, Davis
Candy director Neil Armfield will adapt gay memoir Holding The Man, one of five projects backed in Screen Australia’s latest funding round.
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NewsWong Kar Wai remembers missing stuntman
Wong Kar Wai made a heartfelt plea to the Malaysian government to shed more light on the fate of missing Malaysian plane MH370 at the close of the Asian Film Awards on Thursday night, revealing that the The Grandmaster’s stuntman Ju Kun was travelling on the flight.
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NewsWorldview Ent backs Strangerland
Outback Australian film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
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NewsNoah scores mighty Russia launch
Paramount Pictures International top brass said Darren Aronofsky’s film opened on $2.75m in Russia for the fourth biggest non-holiday debut in history.
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NewsFILMART: HAF names award winners
Carrie Ng and Shirley Yung’s Angel Whispers won this year’s HAF award for a Hong Kong project at the close of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (March 26), while Taiwan’s Private Eyes won the HAF award for a non-Hong Kong project.
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NewsEMP to produce Lam’s To The Fore
Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) unveiled Dante Lam’s next directorial project, action romance To The Fore, at Filmart today.
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NewsAR takes Aberdeen for North America
Milt Barlow’s Asia Releasing (AR) will handle the theatrical release of Pang Ho Cheung’s Aberdeen in North America.
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NewsChinese remake for Men Vs Women
Mandarin-language remake targets Chinese love affair with romantic comedies.