All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 2
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      NewsFront Row lands MENA rights to Red Sea opener ‘The Tale of Daye’s Family’
The Egyptian drama was also selected for the Berlinale.
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      NewsChristine Haroutounian’s ‘Black Star Angel’ leads Busan’s APM winners
Further winners included ‘Gouchi’ from South Korea and ‘Heaven Help Us!’ from the Philippines.
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      NewsCarlos Reygadas backs Christine Haroutounian’s Asian Project Market title ‘Black Star Angel’
EXCLUSIVE: Haroutounian debut feature was ‘After Dreaming’, which premiered at this year’s Berlinale.
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      NewsKorea’s Lotte Entertainment makes Vietnam sales move led by ‘Bride Of The Covenant’
EXCLUSIVE: The firm’s first titles from the country include horror ‘Bride Of The Covenant’, which plays at Busan.
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      NewsFinecut boards Busan premieres ‘The Mutation’, ‘Time Of Cinema’
The South Korean sales agent has also picked up sales rights to upcoming feature ‘Wrangler’.
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      FeaturesBusan 2025: The buzz titles from South Korea
Includes anticipated features from Na Hong-jin and Ryoo Seung-wan.
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      News‘Hamnet’ to close Tokyo film festival as gala, animation line-ups revealed
Yoji Yamada’s ‘Tokyo Taxi’ set at the festival’s Centrepiece gala.
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      NewsPingyao reveals 2025 lineup of Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons
The festival has also unveiled its gala selection.
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      NewsJafar Panahi issues call to reform rules on international Oscar submissions
The Iranian filmmaker received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award in Busan.
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      FeaturesBusan festival director promises “excitement and solidarity” at landmark 30th edition
Jung Hanseok talks challanges, competition and why he had ‘No Other Choice’.
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      NewsHBO Max to expand with planned launch in 14 Asia Pacific markets
Territories include Bangladesh, Cambodia, Macau and Pakistan.
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      NewsHive Filmworks to sell Busan Competition drama ‘En Route To’
EXCLUSIVE: The Korean drama will premiere in BIFF’s inaugural Competition section
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      NewsSaudi’s delayed $150m historical epic ‘Desert Warrior’ to premiere at Zurich
The drama is led by ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie alongside Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley.
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      FeaturesLee Hwan on how Tarantino and Hong Kong cinema inspired TIFF crime noir ‘Project Y’
The crime noir starring Han So-hee and Jun Jong-seo is set to world premiere in Toronto’s Special Presentations strand.
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      NewsK-Movie to launch ‘The Roundup 5’ starring Don Lee at ACFM
EXCLUSIVE: The franchise has earned around $315m at the South Korea box office to date.
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      NewsAdelaide Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup, closing with Warwick Thornton’s ‘Wolfram’
The festival has revealed its competition titles and jury.
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      NewsJunji Sakamoto’s ‘Climbing For Life’ to open Tokyo film festival 2025
The drama is based on the true story of Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest.
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      NewsCarlo Chatrian to lead Tokyo film festival competition jury
The former Berlin and Locarno festival director will preside over the 2025 jury.
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      NewsNa Hong-jin to head seven-strong jury for first Busan Competition
The seven-strong jury also includes Tony Leung Ka-fai, Nandita Das, Marziyeh Meshkiny, Kogonada, Yulia Evina Bhara and Han Hyo-joo.
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      NewsFortissimo to launch Chinese war drama ‘731’ at TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: The film about experiments on people during the Second World War is directed by Zhao Linshan.
 








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