All articles by Screen staff – Page 78
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NewsTsui Hark's 3D Flying Swords of Dragon Gate starts shooting
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Tsui Hark’s 3D remake of his own 1992 martial arts classic Dragon Inn has commenced shooting today in Beijing.
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Midnight's Children among Greenberg Fund recipients
The Harold Greenberg Fund, run by Canadian media company Astral, has named 18 new and ongoing projects to be funded under its English-language script development program.
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NewsScreen Film Summit to offer Vaizey speech online
Ed Vaizey’s speech at the Screen International Film Summit 2010 will be streamed on ScreenDaily.com later that day (Oct 13).
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NewsWhen Love Comes, Bodyguards lead Taiwan's Golden Horse nominations
Taiwanese filmmaker Chang Tso-chi’s When Love Comes and Teddy Chen’s action drama Bodyguards and Assassins take the lead in the nominations of the 47th Golden Horse Awards.
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NewsJet Li to star in fantasy drama White Snake
Chinese action star Jet Li will be starring in fantasy period drama White Snake(tentative title) with Po-chu Chui (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle) producing and Tony Siu-tung Ching (An Empress and theWarriors) directing.
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Beijing's LeTV receives 15m loan from Bank of Hangzhou for film investment
China’s Bank of Hangzhou announced $14.73m (RMB100m) loan to Beijing-based film investment and production firm LeTV Pictures on the company’s film investment projects in the coming year.
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NewsHuman Resources Manager enters Oscar race for Israel
Eran Riklis’ The Human Resources Managerhas been chosen as the Foreign Language Oscar submission from Israel.
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Taipei Golden Horse fest unveils project market line-up
Filmmakers include Wang Tung, Arvin Chen, Yu-hang Ho and Kong Lingchen.
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NewsJames D'Arcy, Noel Clarke to star in Screwed
The film, directed by Reg Traviss, is based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson.
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NewsWang to start epic drama White Deer Plain
Chinese filmmaker Wang Quanan is to start shooting historic epic White Deer Plain, starring Kitty Zhang Yuqi, Duan Yihong and Zhang Fengyi.
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NewsToronto genre finance panel to include Bowles, King, Seghatchian
Three senior executives are lined up for the annual panel discussion at the fifth-annual International Financing Forum (IFF) on Sunday in Toronto.
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China drafting law to promote film industry
The Chinese State Council is currently drafting the Film Industry Promotion Law, the first law governing all policies related to the film industry in China.
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Beijing Screenings to showcase 60 Chinese films to international buyers
The 14th Beijing Screenings will be held from Sept 7-10 tin Beijing with up-and-coming filmmaker Kong Lingchen’s City Monkey being the opening film of the 4-day film market, the event’s organizer China Film Group and China Film Promotion International announced.
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NewsMonga to represent Taiwan for Oscar foreign language race
Doze Niu’s hit gangland drama will now represent Taiwan to vie for the best foreign language film title at 83th Academy Awards, Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) announced today.
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NewsRussian Standard Vodka starts classic film festival across UK
Screen readers can enter to win a pair of tickets to launch on Aug 31.
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Chinese officials give no-go to film rating system
Chinese officials governing film policy and film-related affairs said that China will not introduce a film ratings system in the near future.
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NewsScreen unveils nominees for UK Marketing & Distribution Awards
Films shortlisted include Four Lions, Streetdance 3D and Avatar. 190 entries were submitted by 29 companies; the winners will be decided by a panel of judges chaired by Lord Puttnam.
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NewsAftershock sets Chinese-language box-office record
Chinese filmmaker Feng Xiaogang’s disaster drama Aftershock has become the biggest Chinese-language film in Chinese film history, taking $78.47m (RMB532m) in box-office grosses.
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HP backs Chinese user-generated content feature
The first feature to emerge from Hewlett-Packard China’s user-generated content campaign is to be released on August 28 in mainland China.