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NewsDouble Edge, China Film Group team on Black & White
Taiwan-based Double Edge Entertainment has taken international rights to $10m action comedy Black & White which is the movie version of a popular TV series of the same title.The film will be directed by Yueh-hsun Tsai, the director of the TV series and will star Taiwanese heartthrob Mark Zhao (Monga), ...
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NewsAnn Hui’s All About Love tops Mega-Vision slate
Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Jing’s Mega-Vision Pictures has announced a slate of new projects including All About Love the latest film from director Ann Hui which is a love triangle between a lesbian couple and a heterosexual man. Sandra Ng, Vivian Chow and William Chan star in the comedy which ...
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Jeonju lines up eight-film competition of Korean independent films
The 11th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), which this year runs from April 29 to May 7, has announced its Korean feature film competition line-up of eight independent films, including She Came From, directed by Kim Sung-ho (Into The Mirror).The surrealistic story is about a film director in Busan who ...
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NewsAsian Film Archive to premiere restored Moon Over Malaya
Singapore-based Asian Film Archive, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, has announced the premiere of its newly restored and digitized version of the only surviving print of 1957 film Moon Over Malaya.The most acclaimed of the “Nanyang Trilogy,” the film was produced by Kong Ngee Company, the third ...
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NewsIwai speaks English with Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films has acquired the first English-language feature from acclaimed Japanese director Shunji Iwai, whose credits include Love Letter and April Story.
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Salon, MDA team on integrated media fund from Singapore
Hong Kong production outfit Salon Films has established Singapore-based SIMF Management Pte Ltd which aims to raise an integrated media fund of SG$100m in partnership with the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore. Fred Wong, chairman of Salon Films, will serve as director of SIMF.SIMF will partner with two Singapore-based ...
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NewsCTV buys France on CJ's thriller No Mercy
Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has sold thriller No Mercy to CTV for French-speaking territories.“It’s an edgy film with the pacing of The Chaser and a heartbreaking twist like Oldboy. No Mercy generated buzz in Berlin after its market debut and there was a bidding war,” says Kini Kim, senior vice ...
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China launches official English language film website
The Chinese government has announced that it will launch an official English-language website www.chinesefilms.cn to provide information on Chinese-language films and the Chinese film industry.The website is co-established by the Film Bureau under State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and Chinese Radio International (CRI), a state-owned radio broadcast ...
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NewsShowgate sells Yukisada's Parade to Taiwan
Japanese sales agent Showgate has sold ensemble drama Parade, directed by Isao Yukisada (pictured) (Crying Out Love At The Center Of The World) to Bees Factory for Taiwan.The film world premiered in Pusan last year, won the FIPRESCI award in the Berlin Panorama section, and was nominated for best film ...
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Good Films Workshop seals Asian deals on Zoom, Road
Taipei-based sales company Good Films Workshop has sold Taiwanese filmmaker Cho Li’s thriller Zoom Hunting to Hong Kong’s Lighten Distribution. The film, produced by Taiwanese Ocean Deep, stars Ning Chang and Wen Shenghao and will be released in Taiwan on April 16.Lighten has previously bought and distributed Taiwanese hits such ...
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M-Line seals German, Benelux, Latin presales on Blades Of Blood
Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has pre-sold Blades Of Blood to Splendid for Germany and Benelux and to VIP888 for South America.Directed by Lee Joon-ik (King And The Clown), the film is based on the well-known Korean graphic novel Like The Moon Escaping From The Clouds. It depicts two legendary ...
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Shineshow to produce China’s first film contest TV reality show
Shineshow Co. Ltd, a joint venture between Shanda Pictures Limited and Hunan Broadcasting and Television Group, is to produce a reality TV show I Want to Make Movies, which plans to scout new filmmaking talents in the Chinese-speaking region.The winner of this film project pitching and financing contest will be ...
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NewsShowbox in UK goes Into The Fire with Finecut
Korean sales company Finecut has announced a slew of deals including the big-budget war drama 71 – Into The Fire, directed by John H. Lee and starring Kwon Sang-woo, which pre-sold to Showbox for UK.
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NewsUnited Pictures gets Superhuman
Seoul-based United Pictures (UP) has picked up sales on fantasy action film The Superhuman, starring Gang Dong-won from the recent hits Secret Reunion and Woochi (pictured) and Goh Soo from The White Night.Produced by Eugene Lee and her company Zip Cinema (Bittersweet Life, Woochi), the film is in pre-production with ...
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NewsKorean stars line up for Grand Prix from Sidus
Sidus FNH has announced that top Korean stars Kim Tae-heen (pictured) (Iris, The Restless) and Lee Joon-ki (King And The Clown) have been cast in Grand Prix, directed by Yang Yun-ho (Iris, Fighter In The Wind).The film is a sports drama with comedic undertones that highlights the indomitable sportsmanship of ...
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NewsHong Kong Asia financing forum selects 25 projects for 8th edition
Projects by veteran Japanese film-maker Suzuki Seijin and Leon Dai (pictured), the Taiwanese director, among those selected for the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) 2010.