All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 2
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News‘Vera Dreams Of The Sea’ wins top prize at Tokyo International Film Festival
Iranian filmmaker Hossein Tehrani’s World, Northern Hemisphere took best film in the Asian Future competition.
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NewsChina box office: ‘No Time To Die’ stays on top, nears $50m in second weekend
The latest film in the Bond franchise grossed $11.4m in its second weekend, down nearly 60% from its opening weekend take.
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NewsFantawild’s ‘Realm Of Terracotta’ sells to France, Japan, Russia (exclusive)
The animated feature is Fantawild’s first production outside the Boonie Bears franchise
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NewsTBA Studios acquires worldwide rights to Malaysia’s ‘Lights Out’
Horror thriller, directed by newcomer Aliff Ihsan Rahman, is being lined up for theatrical release in both Malaysia and Indonesia.
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NewsSee Saw Films’ Emile Sherman on producing in the pandemic and expanding into television
See Saw Films co-founder delivered a masterclass during the MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM pitching competition.
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NewsHuayi Brothers’ historical action film ‘Railway Heroes’ sells to Germany, France, North America (exclusive)
Beijing-based Blossoms Entertainment is handling international sales on the big-budget drama.
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FeaturesAFM 2021: Hong Kong and China hot projects
Includes projects from Soi Cheang, Herman Yau, Oxide Pang and Danny Pang.
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NewsKamila Andini, Siew Hua Yeo among Purin Pictures’ autumn grant recipients
Five projects have received production grants, while Andini’s Before, Now And Then has received a post-production grant.
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NewsChina box office: ‘No Time To Die’ opens with $28m as Covid shutters cinemas
More than 1,400 cinemas in 14 provinces have been ordered to close due to new Covid outbreaks.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Shinzo Katayama’s Busan title ‘Missing’ (exclusive)
Japan-Korea co-production, which premiered in Busan’s New Currents, is scheduled for Japanese release in early 2022.
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NewsIndia’s Film Bazaar unveils line-up of 20 Co-Production Market projects
Line-up includes new projects from Nithin Lukose, Nikhil Mahajan and Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat.
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FeaturesTokyo Film Festival returns with new programming structure and management team
TIFF runs October 30-November 8.
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NewsTIFFCOM, MPA unveil pitch competition projects, Emile Sherman masterclass
Five projects from up-and-coming Japanese filmmakers have been selected for a pitching contest.
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NewsHong Kong selects ’Zero To Hero’ as Oscars submission
Sports drama is currently on release in Hong Kong where it is the highest-grossing local production of the year so far.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Dune’ opens in second place with $22m weekend gross
Patriotic blockbuster The Battle At Lake Changjin held on to pole position with a further $32.3m.
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News‘Feathers’, ‘Journey To The West’ take top awards at Pingyao film festival
Natesh Hegde’s Pedro and Wei Shujun’s Ripples Of Life were awarded best director in the Roberto Rossellini Awards and Fei Mu Awards, respectively.
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NewsChina box office: Lou Ye’s ‘Saturday Fiction’ slips in between blockbusters
Venice 2019 title grosses $2.3m in opening weekend, while The Battle At Lake Changjin reaches cume of $769m.
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NewsJeannie Chan replaces Jennifer Yu in AMM Global’s 'Forensic Psychologist'
Yu is exiting the show, produced by AMM Global and Phoenix Waters Productions, to extend her maternity leave.
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FeaturesLongman Leung on how ‘The Crown’ helped him research Busan closing film ‘Anita’
Leung’s biopic of Canto-pop icon Anita Mui is receiving its world premiere as the closing film of Busan International Film Festival.
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NewsDisney+ unveils local-language content slate for Asia Pacific region
Slate includes content from Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Greater China, Malaysia and one show from Australia.