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NewsBarron to produce Q’s English debut
Kolkata-based filmmaker Q (aka Kaushik Mukherjee) is gearing up to make his English-language debut, Brahman Naman, to be produced by Steve Barron’s UK-based Riley Productions.
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NewsPrimexchange hunts Indo-European ties
The Primexchange co-production workshop (Nov 18-24) is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with a strong line-up of ten projects, along with guest project In Search Of A Miracle, based on William Dalrymple’s book Nine Lives.
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NewsOberoi’s Island City starts production
Principal photography has started on Island City, written and directed by Indian filmmaker Ruchika Oberoi, which participated in NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab in 2012.
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NewsRecyclewala unveils slate, tech labs
Anand Gandhi and Sohum Shah’s Recyclewala Films is branching out with a slate of new projects and the launch of several tech-oriented initiatives, including a transmedia arm.
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NewsLarrikin launches Catalina Capital
The Weinstein Company has secured first-look privileges on the $50m fund announced by former Dune Entertainment chairman Greg Coote and private equity executive David Calvert-Jones.
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NewsRigor Mortis sells for Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films closed key territories at AFM on Juno Mak’s Chinese vampire film and Hong Kong box office hit.
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NewsJust Friends? gets Korean court approval
The Supreme Court of Korea yesterday (Nov 14) overturned a teenager restricted rating given to Kim Jho Gwang-soo’s gay romance Just Friends? by the Korea Media Ratings Board (KMRB).
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NewsYouku Tudou's Zhu to keynote at ATF
Youku Tudou’s Chief Content Officer, Sunny Xiangyang Zhu [pictured], will deliver the opening keynote at the 2013 Asia TV Forum & Market on Dec 3 in Singapore.
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NewsFox Star teams with Illuminati Films
Mumbai-based Fox Star Studios is partnering with Dinesh Vijan and Saif Ali Khan’s Illuminati Films to produce comedy Finding Fanny.
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NewsLotte finds trio for Friend sequel
Kwak Kyung-taek directs sequel to his 2001 gangster story Friend.
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NewsOmar, Television among APSA nominees
Palestine’s Omar and Bangladesh’s Television among best feature nominees in the upcoming Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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NewsCite sells Faith to Madman, Contact
France’s Cite Films has sold Pan Nalin’s documentary Faith Connections to Madman Entertainment for Australia & New Zealand and Contact Films for Benelux at the AFM.
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NewsUniversal kicks for Chinese Zodiac
EXCLUSIVE: Jackie & JJ International has sold Jackie Chan’s action adventure Chinese Zodiac to Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) for territories including North America, UK and Eastern Europe.
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NewsLion Men roars in Singapore
Singapore-based mm2 Entertainment is in the final weeks of shooting on The Lion Men, a two-part action comedy that involves martial arts.
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NewsTrustNordisk goes for Ride
TrustNordisk has boarded Mystery Ride, the debut feature of writer/director Virginia Heath.
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NewsCymbeline sells wide for IFT
EXCLUSIVE: International Film Trust (IFT) announced at AFM it has closed key sales on Cymbeline including Koch Media for the UK and KSM for Germany.
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NewsFew Best Men sequel in works
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight has been talking to buyers on A Few Less Men, the sequel to its 2011 hit comedy A Few Best Men.
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NewsBanshee Chapter sells at AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Guardian’s international sales company Guardian Entertainment has announced at AFM a slew of further sales on Before The Door’s horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter.
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NewsM-Line deals led by Marriage Blue
EXCLUSIVE: Korean sales company’s AFM slate is bolstered by titles including When A Man Loves A Woman and The Fives.