All Asia articles – Page 104
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Reviews‘The Marriage Project’: Thessaloniki Review
A bold social experiment inside a mental institution has mixed results in this slim documentary from Iran
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Reviews‘The Prophet And The Space Aliens’: Thessaloniki Review
Yoav Shamir delivers a thoughtful documentary about a guru who believes in UFOs
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NewsScreen Talks: Jérôme Paillard reveals first look at Cannes virtual market
Paillard confirmed market has “over 200” sales companies already taking part.
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NewsMatthieu Darras' First Cut Lab expands activities into Qatar and Canada
Covid-19 pandemic widens programme’s footprint beyond Europe.
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NewsShanghai International Film Festival to be postponed due to coronavirus
New dates have yet to be announced for the festival, which was scheduled to take place June 13-22.
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NewsSundance Institute Documentary Fund grants to Ecuador, Kenya, Vietnam
Source: Sundance Institute Sundance Institute Documentarians from Ecuador, Argentina, Kenya, Vietnam and France are among projects from 19 countries to receive support totalling $520,000 from Sundance Institute. Documentary Fund recipients encompass projects in development, production, and post-production stages and their work spans subject matter from a deeply ...
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NewsIndian, international industry mourns loss of NFDC’s Raja Chhinal
NFDC deputy general manager and former Film Bazaar director died on May 17, aged 47.
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NewsSonata Films takes French rights to Gao Ming’s ‘Damp Season’ (exclusive)
The film, which premiered in Rotterdam, is being lined up for a theatrical release in late 2020 or early 2021.
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NewsKorea’s Jeonju film festival unveils competition line-up for closed door edition
Festival will hold physical screenings of competition titles from May 28 to June 6 exclusively for competition filmmakers and jury members.
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NewsIndian cinema chains PVR, Inox push back against digital premieres
Major exhibitors protest at films moving straight-to-digital in the midst of India’s Covid-19 lockdown and cinemas closures.
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NewsSix more Indian movies to premiere digitally on Amazon Prime Video
All seven films are acquisitions during a time when Indian cinemas have been closed since mid-March.
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NewsIstanbul Film Festival to screen 15 titles online including ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’, ‘Martin Eden’
The films will run one a day from May 15-29.
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NewsNetflix picks up Luxembourg-Egypt comedy ‘Sawah’
Source: Deal Productions ‘Sawah’ Netflix has acquired Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal comedy Sawah, starring popular Egyptian actor Karim Kassem as a Cairo-based DJ whose trip to Europe takes an unexpected turn when his identity papers are stolen. Under the acquisition, the film began screening in 46 ...
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NewsAmazon to premiere ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ exclusively on Prime Video
Shoojit Sircar directed A Rising Sun Films production.
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NewsAsian LGBTQ+ streaming platform GagaOOLala set to launch globally
Taiwan-based SVOD platform was Asia’s first LGBTQ+ streamer when it launched in 2016.
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NewsUdine’s Far East Film Festival moves online after postponing to June
Asia-focused festival is moving all its competition titles to on-demand viewing on the Mymovies platform.
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NewsCJ Entertainment teams with ‘Midsommar’ creator Ari Aster on ‘Save The Green Planet!’ remake
Original director Jang Joon-hwan attached to reprise role; Succession’s Will Tracy adapt screenplay.
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NewsMelbourne artistic director Al Cossar talks virtual 68 ½ edition
Festival exec talks MIFF’s first virtual edition and the impact of Cannes’ postponement.
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NewsHFPA tweaks foreign-language Golden Globe eligibility rules while pandemic endures
Films may debut digitally in their home countries; distributors to provide voting members with screening link or DVD copy for home viewing.
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NewsEmperor Motion Pictures, One Cool form partnership to revive Hong Kong film
The two studios plan to co-produce and co-distribute ten Hong Kong feature films over the next two years