All Asia articles – Page 110
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from Japan
Includes two Japanese titles playing in the main festival.
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from Hong Kong and China
The coronavirus outbreak has not prevented a raft of eye-catching projects from reaching Berlin, including Zhang Ming’s new drama and the latest in a hit animation franchise.
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from Taiwan
Taiwanese films are benefiting from a new government agency that is making its market bow at EFM.
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NewsChina’s film industry counts the cost of coronavirus outbreak
From cinema chains to producers, the Chinese industry is facing serious disruption.
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NewsEuropean Film Academy calls for release of Chinese director Deng Chuanbin
Deng, also known as Huang Huang, was arrested in May 2019.
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Reviews‘Eeb Allay Ooo!’: Berlin Review
A disaffected monkey wrangler is the subject of Prateek Vats’ satirical feature debut
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News‘Train To Busan’ follow-up ‘Peninsula’ scores raft of sales (exclusive)
The project, budgeted at roughly twice Train To Busan’s $8m, is heading to North America and France.
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NewsVillage Inc launches ‘Siren In The Shadows’ (exclusive)
Village Inc has also announced that it is making its entire slate available for VOD and online distribution.
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NewsFantawild teams with ON Kids, ZAG to bring ‘Miraculous’ to China
Shenzhen-based studio has acquired all Chinese rights to the property and will invest in the development of a theatrical feature.
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NewsKorea’s box office broke records in 2019, but was also more skewed towards big movies
KOFIC’s annual report reveals that South Korea’s top ten releases in 2019 accounted for 46.2% of total box office.
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NewsSony India, Ellipsis Entertainment team for Hindi remake of Run Lola Run
Taapsee Pannu (Pink, Bull’s Eye) and Tahir Raj Bhasin (Mardaani) will head the cast.
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NewsFortissimo adds ‘The Yin-Yang Master’, ‘Hot Soup’ to Berlin slate
Amsterdam and Beijing-based sales company is also stepping into Asian TV series sales with Horizon Tower.
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NewsAsian Shadows picks up Berlinale Forum title ‘Zero’ (exclusive)
Hong Kong-based sales company has also acquired Kazuhiro Soda’s 2008 film on the same subject, Mental.
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NewsSEAFIC unveils five Southeast Asian projects for 2020 edition
Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Singapore’s Fran Borgia among the producers working with up-and-coming talent.
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NewsFilms Boutique boards Mohammad Rasoulof’s Berlin competition title ‘There Is No Evil’ (exclusive)
It’s unclear if the Iranian auteur will be allowed to attend the film’s premiere.
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NewsHong Kong International Film Festival and HAF to be postponed to summer
HAF on track to be held during Filmart, which in response to the coronavirus, has been postponed to August 27-29.
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NewsHong Kong Filmart to be postponed to August due to coronavirus outbreak
THe Hong Kong Trade Development Council has confirmed new dates of August 27-29 at the HKCEC.
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NewsVersatile unveils fresh details of Arab and Tarzan Nasser’s Gaza-set love story ‘Apollo’ (exclusive)
The film is inspired by the true story of an Ancient Greek statue that was fished out of the sea off Gaza and then disappeared.
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NewsHong Kong Film Awards unveils nominations, but mulls new format due to coronavirus fears
Derek Tsang’s ’Better Days’ heads the awards race with 12 nods, followed by ‘Fagara’ (11) and ’I’m Livin’ It’ (10).
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NewsAurit Zamir appointed new director of Israel’s Sam Spiegel International Film Lab
Zamir, who is a producer and graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School, replaces Renen Schorr.