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Thai Rose buys Kadokawa's animated Keroro 2
Japanese sales agent Kadokawa has sold the animated sequel Sergeant Keroro The Movie 2 to Thai distributor Rose Media & Entertainment.The theatrical frog animation movie is the latest in the franchise based on the hugely popular Sergeant Keroro manga series by Mine Yoshizaki with a television series directed by Junichi ...
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Local Filipino films see 40% box-office surge
After making its market debut at Hong Kong Filmart last year, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has announced that the box office for local films jumped by 40% to $29.7m (PHP1.44bn) in 2006. It was the first increase in box office revenues for seven years.The biggest hit ...
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Korea's Inmoa announces high-profile EFM deals
New Korean importer/distributor Inmoa Entertainment has announced a slate of deals following their debut at the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin last month. Isaac Kwon, chief executive officer, and Thomas Kim, president of international business, hit the ground running and sealed four deals on the Academy Award-nominated mystery thriller ...
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Katherine Lee joins ARM as vp distribution
ARM Distribution has appointed Katherine Lee as vice president of distribution effective April 2. ARM is handling sales on films jointly produced by Ruddy Morgan Organization and Applause Pictures' Peter Ho-sun Chan such as crime thriller Protege, directed by Derek Yee and starring Daniel Wu, and Chan's The Warlords, co-produced ...
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Free VOD set to grow in Asia, Sony predicts
The hot distribution platform to watch in Asia will be ad-sponsored video-on-demand, says Ross Pollack, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) senior VP distribution, Asia.'Free VOD has considerable traction,' Pollack tells Screen International. 'It's not replacing VOD but complementing it.' The concept offers consumers select free feature films on demand if ...
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First Asia, then the world, says talent management panel
Asian production and talent management companies should worktogether to create stars that have impact at a regional level beforeattempting to break into Hollywood, said panelists at aScreen-organised seminar here yesterday.'In Korea, we have good producers but lack good networking opportunities outside the country,' said Teddy Hoon-tack Jung, CEO of Korean ...
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Cannes' Asian selections set to be strongest in years
With the Cannes Film Festival pulling out all the stops for a glittering 60th edition, the Asian selection promises to be the strongest in years.New titles from Jiang Wen, Lee Chang-dong, Kim Ki-duk, Im Kwon-taek, Takeshi Kitano and Wang Xiaoshuai could line up next to Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first French-language film ...
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iHQ scores Singapore, Malaysia deals on Sword with India's Viswas
Korean sales agent iHQ has sold martial arts fantasy Shadowless Sword to Indian distributor Viswas Film, Ltd. for the territories of Singapore and Malaysia.The period costume film is directed by Kim Young-jun and shot in China as was his first feature Bichunmoo, starring Shin Hyun-jun and Kim Hee-sun.Shin Hyun-jun, who ...
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Korea Telecom starts DVD room distribution initiative
Korea Telecom (KT) has started distributing films in DVD Rooms across South Korea. A peculiarly Korean phenomenon, DVD Rooms are establishments easily compared to those with karaoke booths, where customers can choose a film to watch on a large screen in a private room with comfortable chairs or sofas.KT's new ...
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Two Thai films to get Korean remake treatment
Korea's production and distribution company K&Entertainment has bought the Korean remake rights to two Thai films: romantic drama Me Myself from Mono Film and RS Film's horror hit The Victim. This marks the first time that a Korean remake deal has been struck on Thai films.Pongpat Wachirabunjong's Me Myself features ...
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Intercontinental's MCL plans second Shenzhen multiplex
On the heels of its success with five-screen Cinema City in Shekou, Shenzhen, the Hong Kong-based Intercontinental Group, backed by Japan's Kadokawa Holdings, plans to build its second multiplex in Mainland China.Rigo Jesu, managing director of the Hong Kong-based Intercontinental Group, said here at Filmart that Intercontinental's exhibition subsidiary Multiplex ...
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Spanish government promises 18% film tax write off
Spain's vice president Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega announced on Monday that an 18% tax write off will be included in a new film law for producers, broadcasters and investors. Butthe industry remains cautiously optimistic awaiting clarification on how it will work.De la Vega told industry figures and the ...
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Talent Campus Abroad could be extended to Sarajevo and Marrakech
The Berlinale Talent Campus's Talent Campus Abroad initiative could possibly be extended to film festivals in Sarajevo and Marrakech.Speaking to representatives of the Berlin-Brandenburg media scene at the monthly Medien-Dialog this week, Berlinale Talent Campus (BTC) director Dorothee Wenner revealed that talks were currently being held with the festival organisers ...
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Cinematographer Freddie Francis dies
One of Britain's leading cinematographers and Hammer horror directors Freddie Francis died in London on March 17, aged 90.Born in London on December 22, 1917, Francis' early career included working as a clapperboy for BIP and British & Dominions, and as a director-cameraman of training films for the Army's Kinematograph ...
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EFP unveils Picture Europe! Programme
London's Curzon Cinemas has been selected as one of the venues along with Berlin's CineStar Original complex and Madrid's Princesa Cinemas for European Film Promotion's new promotional venture Picture Europe!, which will present national box-office hits from all over Europe in three week-long film programmes. The initiative will kick off ...
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More tax concern for UK film
The beleagured UK film industry has received yet another blow with limits announced to the Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) that had been seen as one of the brighter prospects for revival.Chancellor Gordon Brown announced in his Budget that there would be a limit of $3.9m (£2m) on qualifying investment eligible ...
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Nordisk buys stake in Solar Films, first up Lordi horror
Danish major Nordisk Film has purchased 'a significant stake' of leading Finnish production company Solar Films in a deal that Solar CoB and CEO Markus Selin described as 'an important step for Finnish film and television into the international market.' For the last four years, Selin has delivered the number-one ...
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Tim Burton to receive Golden Lion at Venice
US director Tim Burton will receive the Golden Lion for Career Achievement at the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival, the Biennale announced Wednesday. Burton will receive the award on September 5 during a special 'Tim Burton Day' in the Lido's Palazzo del Cinema. Burton - who has presented ...
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Barrandov in talks about Bond 22
Barrandov Studios says it has met with representatives of MGM, Columbia Pictures and Eon Productions to discuss hosting the 22nd James Bond film in Prague.Barrandov Studio Tomas Zelazko told the Czech daily Hospodarske noviny that no decision on the shooting location had been made yet, but that the producers had ...
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Elijah Wood to lead voice cast for Focus Features' 9
Elijah Wood will lead an all-star ensemble on Focus Features' upcominganimated epic 9 from Shane Acker, which is currently in production.Joining Wood on the voice cast are Jennifer Connelly, John C Reilly,Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, and Crispin Glover.Tim Burton is producing with Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian creator ofthe Night Watch ...