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NewsIsabelle Huppert now shooting new Hong Sang-soo film
French actress Isabelle Huppert is starring in Korean auteur director Hong Sang-soo’s next film. In accordance with the director’s fluid working style, the film is as yet untitled and the story is under wraps.
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NewsCJ CGV buys Vietnam's top exhibitor
Leading Korean exhibitor CJ CGV has announced it has acquired Vietnam’s top cinema chain Megastar Media Company today (July 8) for $73.6m.
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NewsTaiwan’s Joint Entertainment targets Chinese mainland with wedding comedy Marry Go Round
Taiwanese Joint Entertainment and China’s Enterprising Dragon Entertainment unveiled romantic comedy co-production, due to shoot in Taipei, Paris and provincial Chinese city of Chongqing, to European producers at Paris Project.
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NewsCasting underway for New Zealand feature Kiwi Flyer
The New Zealand Film Commission backed project is being directed by Nelson-born filmmaker Tony Simpson.
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NewsChina's box office up 13.6% in the first half of 2011
The box office revenue in China reached $850m (RMB5.5bn) in the first six months of 2011, a 13.6% increase from the figure of the same period in 2010.
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NewsIndian new wave filmmaker Mani Kaul dies
Mani Kaul, one of the leading figures of India’s new wave movement of the 1970s, died on July 7 of cancer. He was 66.
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NewsImagi strikes deals with Disney on Pleasant Goat
Hong Kong’s animation studio Imagi International and its strategic partner Guangdong Creative Power Entertaining (CPE) have reached a distribution deal with The Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture to distribute the fourth movie of popular Chinese animation series Pleasant Goat and Big Bad Wolf.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival to open with The Fairy
World premieres include dramas from Schepisi, Hewitt, Do and Lahiff; closing film will be Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive.
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NewsUTV Motion Pictures to make first Tamil superhero movie
Mysskin will write and direct UTV’s first Tamil film with actors Jiiva and Narain starring in the lead roles.
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NewseOne inks output deal with Lakeshore for Australia, NZ
Multiyear deal which extends existing relationship kicks off with Amanda Seyfried thriller Gone
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NewsPolson, Hamilton to produce Sydney, I Love You
The latest omnibus feature will be a love letter to Sydney.
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NewsChina's Youku signs distribution deal with Warner Bros covering 450 titles
Youku Premium titles will cost $0.77 per view per film online.
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NewsDabangg leads winners at IIFAs; Shah Rukh Khan wins best actor
First IIFAs in North America welcome 22,000 fans to Toronto’s Rogers Centre.
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NewsFestival Scope partners with Seattle, Hong Kong, Moscow, Kaunas
Online industry platform Festival Scope has added several new festivals to its roster: Seattle International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, and Kaunas International Film Festival.
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NewsChina Film Group teams with Sohu and Nokia on film production
Top Chinese actors involved include Huang Bo [pictured].
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NewsIran's A Separation wins Sydney Film Prize, Cairo 678 gets special mention
Other awards go to 33 Postcards, Life In Movement, The Palace, Tethered, and Nullabor.
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Young Chinese directors dominate Shanghai's Golden Goblets
Turkey’s Orhan Oguz wins best feature for Hayde Bre.
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NewsJapan launches co-production subsidy scheme
Japan’s first subsidy aimed at boosting foreign co-productions is worth up to $625,000 to overseas projects with Japanese financial and creative involvement
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NewsTokyo's TIFFCOM market outlines changes for 2011
Sales event plans closer integration of seminars, screenings and market booths
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UTV acquires rights to best-selling novel Chanakya’s Chant
Mumbai-based UTV Motion Pictures has acquired rights to Ashwin Sanghi’s best-selling novel Chanakya’s Chant, which will be adapted into a feature film by the studio.