All articles by Screen staff – Page 75
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NewsEat Drink sequel to start for Hsu, Taihe
Taiwanese producer Hsu Li-kong, whose credits include Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Eat Drink Man Woman, and his Tangmeng Films are teaming with mainland film outfit Taihe Film And TV Co to co-finance Joyful Reunion, the long-mooted sequel to Eat Drink Man Woman.
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NewsJia Zhangke urges China to revise technical requirements
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has called for the Chinese government to abolish the country’s technical qualification requirements which mean that only films of a certain technical quality can be submitted for the censorship process.
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NewsGold Harbour to produce Give Me Five in 3D
Hong Kong’s Gold Harbour International Films is to produce $1.92m (HK$15m) Give Me Five to be shot in stereoscopic 3D, with a cast led by Josie Ho (The Courier), Taiwan’s Jiro Wang and mainland actors Siqin Gaowa and Sun Li.
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NewsChina's Henan teams with Branko Lustig on Holocaust drama
Chinese Henan Film & Television Production Group Corporation (Henan Film Group) is ramping up two big budget film productions - $30m US-China co-production Melanie’s Violin and $22.5m (RMB150m) historic epic Generals Of The Yang Family.
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NewsTaiwan's Seediq Bale to be released in two parts in Asia
Taiwanese filmmaker’s Wei Te-sheng’s war epic Seediq Bale will be screened as two films in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Wei’s production company ARS Film Productions said today.
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NewsMedia Asia backs next Johnnie To/Wai Ka-fai romantic comedy
Hong Kong studio Media Asia has unveiled Hong Kong-China co-production Romancing in Thin Air, to be directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and star Sammi Cheng, Louis Koo and Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan.
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Disney ramps up Chinese production with Becoming A Hero
The Walt Disney Company is gearing up to produce Mandarin-language films for the Greater China market with plans to produce three titles a year starting 2011.
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Perfect World starts 33 Days Out Of Love
Perfect World Culture, the entertainment branch of Chinese online game operator Perfect World, has begun production on romantic comedy 33 Days Out of Love (working title) with Teng Huatao (The Matrimony) directing and Wen Zhang (Ocean Heaven) in the lead role.
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Asia Bridge takes on Little Big Panda
Asia Bridge, a Taipei, Beijing and LA based sales and production team has taken on sales to China-Germany co-produced animated film Little Big Panda.
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NewsCannes lineup to be unveiled April 14
The 64th Festival de Cannes will announce its official selection on April 14.
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NewsHuayi Brothers invests in Wu and Feng's Diversion Pictures
Projects in pipeline include Stephen Fung’s Tai Chi to star Jet Li.
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NewsZhang joins online media LeTV’s feature film division
Beijing-based online media LeTV.com has hired former CEO of Enlight Pictures Zhang Zhao as the head of the company’s subsidiary working on feature film production and distribution.
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NewsChan, Zhang become ambassadors for first Beijing Film Festival
Organisers of the inaugural Beijing International Film Festival have confirmed Jackie Chan and Zhang Ziyi as the Image Ambassadors for the first event (April 23 to April 28).
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FeaturesAnd the best screenplay is...
Following a vintage year for original and adapted screenplays, Screen canvassed leading industry figures and our own critics to find out which screenplay has impressed them most over the past decade
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NewsNatural Selection wins SXSW Grand Jury prize
The Austin festival unveiled jury and audience award winners in the narrative and documentary feature, Spotlight Premieres and Emerging Visions sections on Tuesday night [15].
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NewsChina's Wanda Cinema Line ready for IPO
Wanda Cinema Line, China’s top-grossing cinema circuit, is poised to float in China’s stock market.
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NewsLarrain's Post Mortem wins best film at Cartagena
Other prizes go to Octubre, Puzzle, The Cinema Hold-Up and Little Voices.
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NewsBona's revenue rises 37.6% in 2010
Bona Film Group, the largest privately owned film distributor in China, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2010.
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NewsScreen launches Independent Distribution report
Screen International today launches Independent Distribution In Western Europe 2011, a new report offering insight, analysis and data on the health and size of the indie sectors in a range of key markets: the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux and the Nordic region.
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NewsHuayi Brothers unveils 9-film slate including Jet Li project Tai Chi
Jackie Chan to direct action adventure Chinese Zodiac and Tsui Hark plans Detective Dee sequel.