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NewsShowbox scores multiple sales on disaster drama ‘Sinkhole’ (exclusive)
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, the film has sold to Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) among other territories.
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News‘Mad Max’ director George Miller’s ‘Three Thousand Years Of Longing’ lands China deal
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton are set to star.
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NewsFestival chiefs, ‘Parasite’ team, Adèle Haenel among 400 new international Academy members
Berlin’s Carlo Chatrian and Venice’s Alberto Barbera have also been invited.
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NewsPalestinian Nasser brothers and late documentarian Dalila Ennadre secure Doha funding
Doha Film Institute (DFI) supports 39 projects in spring 2020 funding round.
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NewsIndia’s Applause teams with Gurinder Chadha, Sunder Aaron on ‘Seeker’
International drama series follows a guru in rural India who builds an international empire.
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NewsYeon Sang-ho’s ‘Peninsula’ clocks up sales to 185 countries
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia will release the film around the same time as South Korea in July.
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NewsEgypt’s El Gouna Film Festival announces new later festival dates
The event has pushed back the dates of its fourth edition by a month.
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NewsRialto goes on acquisitions spree for Australia, New Zealand (exclusive)
Titles include US box office hit ‘Becky’ and Sundance title ‘Spree’, starring Joe Keery of ‘Stranger Things’.
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NewsUS, Asia buyers go on ‘Russian Raid’ (exclusive)
Action film is inspired by Gareth Evans’ martial arts hit ‘The Raid’.
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NewsElia Suleiman’s ‘It Must Be Heaven’ triumphs at Critics Awards for Arab Films
Votes were cast by 141 Arab and international critics from 57 territories.
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NewsTaika Waititi’s Piki Films signs indigenous writers for three projects about colonisation (exclusive)
Company will develop two features and a detective series.
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NewsRepublic acquires Iranian refugee doc ‘Love Child’ for UK & Ireland (exclusive)
Has played festival circuit at Toronto, IDFA, CPH:DOX.
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NewsSundance selection ‘High Tide’ sparks US, Taiwan deals for FilmSharks (exclusive)
France, Spain, Germany, Australia, Latin America are under discussion.
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NewsTencent confirms acquisition of ailing pan-Asian streamer iflix
Chinese tech giant will use the platform to expand its WeTV service, which it launched in Thailand last year, across the region.
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NewsAmazon to stream Isao Yukisada’s ‘Theatre’ day-and-date with cinema release in Japan
Film will open in Japanese cinemas and stream globally on Amazon Prime Video from July 17.
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NewsClear Horizon strikes Cannes deals on ‘Collector 3’, ‘Thunderbird’ (exclusive)
Buyers snap up horror titles for Germany, Indonesia, Taiwan.
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NewsNew Zealand Film Festival unveils 2020 programme including physical screenings
The festival is Marten Rabarts first edition since taking over in October 2019.
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NewsHany Abu-Assad eyeing mid-July restart for ‘Huda’s Salon’; first image unveiled (exclusive)
Palestinian director discusses dealing with lockdown and resuming shooting post-Covid-19.
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NewsChina audience consumption habits set to change post-virus, Cannes panel hears
With no reopening in sight for mainland China cinemas, local executives are predicting audiences will become much more selective about what they watch in theatres when they finally reopen.