All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 5
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NewsChinese animation ‘The Girl Who Stole Time’ clocks up global deals
EXCLUSIVE: The animated feature has taken $26m at the Chinese box office to date.
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News‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ scores year’s second highest opening at Korean box office
The opening figures are second only to Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’.
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NewsMubi acquires Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ for several territories
The deal include the UK, Ireland, Latin America, ANZ and India among others.
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NewsAhmed Yassin Al-Daradji, Cyril Aris projects among Doha Film Institute spring selection
A total of 45 projects will benefit from the latest round of grants.
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NewsDino Mustafic’s ‘The Pavilion’ to open Sarajevo Film Festival 2025
The dark comedy will receive its world premiere at the 31st edition of the festival.
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NewsSouth Korea set for worst box-office figures in two decades
Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ and the latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ have not matched last year’s blockbusters in the country.
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NewsBusan’s Asian Cinema Fund unveils 14 projects after record-breaking entries
Titles hail from Korea, China and India among others.
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NewsNew York Asian Film Festival reveals “disruptive” competition titles for 2025 edition
The 24th edition of the festival is set to open with the world premiere of Korean action-comedy ‘Informant’.
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NewsBebbra Mailin’s ‘Ninavau’ to open Malaysia film festival, Ti Lung to receive honour
‘Transamazonia’ set as the closing film and Asif Kapadia’s named jury president.
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NewsBucheon film festival expands into “AI step 2” as it reveals 2025 lineup
The genre festival in South Korea is set to open with Werner Herzog inspired, AI-driven ‘About A Hero’.
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NewsEkin Cheng, Natalie Hsu to receive top honours at New York Asian Film Festival
EXCLUSIVE: The Hong Kong stars most recently appeared together in ‘Last Song For You’.
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News“A cornerstone of UK film”: LipSync executive Norman Merry dies aged 63
Merry had more than 170 credits including ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’.
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NewsPOM Anime acquires ‘Lupin The IIIrd The Movie’ as it readies ‘Dan Da Dan’ release
The European distributor is also set to re-release Japanese anime classics ‘Akira’ and ‘Grave Of The Fireflies’.
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News‘Hi-Five’ takes on ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ at South Korea box office
Local drama ‘Big Deal’ also opened ahead of ‘Lilo & Stitch’.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival to close with Irvine Welsh doc ‘Reality Is Not Enough’
Director Paul Sng is known for BIFA award-winner ’Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’ and ‘Tish’.
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NewsAndy Serkis’s Imaginarium developing spy thriller with Korea’s Artist Studio
‘Squid Game’ star Lee Jung-jae leads Artist Studio.
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NewsNine talking points from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
From tariffs to trees, there was plenty to talk about at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsJohn Badalu, Indonesian producer and pioneering LGBTQ+ campaigner, dies aged 53
A leading figure of Southeast Asian cinema, Badalu’s films were selected for Cannes, Sundance, Busan and Rotterdam among others.
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NewsArrow Films acquires Hong Kong classics for UK re-release
EXCLUSIVE: The Golden Princess library includes John Woo titles ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘A Better Tomorrow’.
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News‘Brand New Landscape’ producers call for investigation after Cannes palm tree incident
The first statement about the accident offers details of the incident that occurred during the Cannes Film Festival.














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