All Asia articles – Page 283
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NewsChina’s Huace to buy stake in Korea’s N.E.W.
China’s Huace Film & TV is buying a 15% stake in South Korean investor-distributor Next Entertainment World (N.E.W.).
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NewsBusan's Asian Film Market delegates up 23%
Busan’s Asian Film Market wrapped yesterday with a 23% increase on registered badge holders to 1,566, marked by strong participation from Chinese companies.
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FeaturesSadyk Sher-Niyaz, Kurmanjan Datka
Kurmanjan Datka is this year’s official foreign-language Oscar entry for Kyrgyzstan and recounts the story of one of the country’s most celebrated female leaders, who lived from 1811-1907.
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NewsKorean producers criticise market monopoly
The producers of some of Korea’s biggest ever blockbusters voiced concerns about vertical integration and monopolisation of the local cinema industry at a Busan seminar today.
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NewsFull-Moon Party, Killer win top APM awards
Other winners include Joko Anwar’s A Copy Of My Mind, July Jung’s Dora and Davy Chou’s Diamond Island.
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FeaturesKorea’s digital market gives industry hope
Digital revenues have more than tripled in Korea in the past four years, although VOD revenue is driven by theatrical hits and the industry is clamouring for more data.
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NewsQingdao to offer production subsidies
The Qingdao government and Wanda Group are introducing a package of incentives to encourage productions to shoot at Wanda’s Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis.
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FeaturesLi Xiaofeng, Nezha
Li Xiaofeng’s debut feature Nezha, which is premiering in Busan’s New Currents competition, is a coming-of-age drama about the friendship between two teenage girls.
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NewsEquity crowdfunding still facing hurdles
Equity crowdfunding has the potential to become an important tool for filmmakers, but still faces regulatory hurdles around the world, said panellists at Busan’s KOFIC Industry Forum (Oct 5-7).
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NewsAFPF mulls Asian cinema portal
Policy-makers, film commissioners and producers at this year’s Asian Film Policy Forum (Oct 6-7) discussed plans to launch an Asian cinema portal, possibly as an educational initiative to widen the audience for Asian films.
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NewsWhite Light, VS launch regional film fund
Thai production service and equipment company VS Service and post-production house White Light are launching Open SEA Fund, Southeast Asia’s first regional film fund.
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ReviewsThe Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol
Dirs: Lee Sang-ho, Ahn Hae-ryong. South Korea. 2014. 77mins
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NewsBIFF-MPA workshop awards zombie comedy
Kim Chang Hoon won the top prize at this year’s BIFF-MPA Film Workshop for his take on a zombie black comedy, Home Sweet Home.
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NewsToho illuminates Strobe Edge
Japan’s Toho is launching sales on Vibrator director Ryuichi Hiroki’s Strobe Edge, a live-action adaptation of the hit manga love story.
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NewsHairun, VRPA start shooting Mountain Cry
EXCLUSIVE: Larry Yang’s Mountain Cry, co-produced by Hairun Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, started production today in the Taihang Mountains of China’s Shanxi Province.
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FeaturesMohsen Makhmalbaf talks The President
Iranian director-in-exile Mohsen Makhmalbaf has The President screening in the Gala Presentation section of this year’s BIFF, while Hassan Solhjou’s documentary Daddy’s School, about him and his filmmaking family, screens in Wide Angle.