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NewsChina box office: Market slows as Delta variant, extreme weather closes cinemas
The top three films remained unchanged over the weekend as box office takings were hit by the Delta variant, extreme weather and a lack of major new releases.
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News‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’ wins top prize at Locarno Film Festival
Golden Leopard goes to filmmaker from Indonesia for first time.
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NewsMelbourne film festival cancels in-person screenings following city’s lockdown extension
The Australian city’s sixth lockdown has been extended until at least August 19.
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NewsThai project ‘A Useful Ghost’ leads Locarno Open Doors winners
The section concludes its three-year focus on Southeast Asia and Mongolia.
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NewsSydney, EFP unveil the 2021 Europe! Voices of Women in Film line-up
Blerta Basholli’s ‘Hive’ and Ninja Thyberg’s ‘Pleasure’ are among the films screening.
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NewsBusan selects 26 titles for Asian Project Market 2021
A selection of 26 titles from 15 different countries.
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NewsNetflix teams with Sanjay Leela Bhansali on historical drama ‘Heeramandi’
Show will explore the stories of courtesans in a red light district in pre-Partition India.
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NewsAsian Shadows picks up Venice Days opener ‘Shen Kong’ (exclusive)
Set during the Covid-19 pandemic in China, the film follows two lonely citizens of a city in lockdown.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Raging Fire’ maintains lead amid lack of new releases
Action film directed by the late Benny Chan grossed a further $21.6m for a cumulative total of $82.8m.
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NewsSquare Eyes takes worldwide rights to Directors’ Fortnight doc ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ (exclusive)
The film is the debut feature by Payal Kapadia.
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NewsSydney Film Festival delayed to November following lockdown extension
The start date has been pushed back from August 18 to November 3, 2021.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Raging Fire’ tops chart with $37m opening
Huayi Brothers’ Upcoming Summer, directed by Leste Chen and starring Zhang Zifeng, came in second with $20m.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Green Snake’ slithers to pole position in opening weekend
Light Chaser Animation production is a sequel to its 2019 hit White Snake, which tapped into a growing trend for youth-oriented animated films.
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NewsSouth Korean box office falls 32% year-on-year
Admissions in the first half of 2021 are the lowest since KOFIC started keeping track in 2004.
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NewsCambodian sci-fi ‘Karmalink’ to open Venice Critics’ Week
Jake Wachtel’s debut feature deals with artificial consciousness and reincarnation.
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NewsBeijing film festival unveils line-up for 2021 physical edition
Gong Li heads the jury of the international competition, which also includes Nadine Labaki, Renny Harlin and Leste Chen.
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NewsGabrielle Tana, Troy Lum, Andrew Mason create Brouhaha with backing from EIS fund Calculus
Firm will operate from London and Sydney.
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NewsTokyo film festival partners with Amazon on new talent award
The award will be open to filmmakers living in Japan who have not yet made a commercial feature.
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NewsJenny Suen’s ‘Peaches’ scoops top NAFF prize at Korea’s Bifan
Further awards included a prize for We Jun Cho’s ‘Hungry Ghost Diner’.
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NewsAsian streamer Viu seals content deals with China’s Huace
Viu grew its user base in Asia with Korean dramas, but is starting to push into Chinese-language content.