All articles by Silvia Wong – Page 3
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News‘Ne Zha 2’, ‘Detective Chinatown 1900’ takes China box office to $1.1bn over Lunar New Year
The animated sequel and a ’Detective Chinatown’ prequel helped break the single-day record at the box office.
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NewsParallax launches sales on trio of Berlin-bound titles (exclusive)
Features include ‘A Story About Fire’, ‘Eel’ and ‘Underground’.
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NewsSony Pictures acquires Tsui Hark’s ‘Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants’ (exclusive)
The feature has release dates set for the US and across Asia.
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NewsJackie Chan action film ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ set for EFM sales launch
The action heist feature began filming in Macau in October.
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News‘Devil’s Diner’ set as first Vietnam drama series to stream globally on Netflix (exclusive)
Ham Tran’s supernatural horror series will be available in more than 190 countries.
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NewsKore-eda project among HAF 2025 development selection; adds animation section
Further producers attached to the in-development projects include Aditya Vikram Sengupta, Sylvie Pialat, Lee Sinje, Stanley Kwan and Yeh Ju-Feng.
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NewsHong Kong boosts film funding scheme for local productions
The Film Production Financing Scheme 2.0 is aimed at bolstering the local film industry and sustain its long-term development.
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News‘The Corpse’ set for biggest ever Vietnamese day-and-date release (exclusive)
The horror feature will open in six territories worldwide on March 7, including the US, Australia, South Korea and Vietnam.
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Features75 films to tempt festival directors in 2025
Expect films from Chloe Zhao, Carla Simon, Julia Ducournau, Annemarie Jacir, Kathryn Bigelow, Lynne Ramsay and (possibly) Lucrecia Martel.
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NewsHong Kong films surpass overseas titles at 2024 box office
Titles includes ‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’ and ‘The Last Dance’
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NewsLockdown drama ‘An Unfinished Film’ readies fast-track Taiwan release
The release follows its best film win at the Golden Horse Awards, which allows the feature to skip the official lottery draws quota system designated for mainland Chinese films.
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News‘Mongrel’, ‘Viet And Nam’ lead winners at Singapore festival
Chiang Wei Liang and Yin You Qiao’s feature debut explores the struggle faced by migrant workers in Taiwan.
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NewsIndonesia’s Visinema sets animated feature ‘Jumbo’ for Hari Raya release (exclusive)
Hari Raya Puasa, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, is a lucrative release window.
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NewsIndonesian feature sets up rare shoot in holy city of Mecca (exclusive)
Visual Media Studio is set to shoot ‘Assalamualaikum Baitullah’.
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NewsCanadian distributor Chime moves into sales with ‘Fresh Off Markham’ (exclusive)
The black comedy comprises interlocking stories that satirise the diasporic experience in a foreign land.
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FeaturesSingapore producer Jeremy Chua on how Southeast Asian cinema is extending its global reach
Chua is now the new general manager of Singapore International Film Festival which runs until December 8.
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NewsIndonesia’s Magma Entertainment unveils ‘Qodrat’ horror universe
The leading studio also revealed titles on its action slate.
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NewsMartin Koolhoven’s ‘Emerald Butterfly’ sets Indonesia shoot (exclusive)
The Dutch director of 2016 Venice title ‘Brimstone’ will shoot his film noir in 2025.
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FeaturesJAFF 2024 Future Projects: five first-features in the spotlight
Titles include Reza Rahadian’s ‘Love Unwanted’ and Ardiansah Sulistiana’s ‘The Tiger’.