All Asia articles – Page 289
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ReviewsThe Look Of Silence
Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer. Denmark-Indonesia-Norway-Finland-UK. 2014. 100mins
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NewsBusan to host Korean hitmakers forum
Busan’s Asian Film Market has announced major events including a Korean Producers Forum featuring 10 filmmakers whose hits broke the 10 million admissions landmark at the local box office.
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NewsFestival chiefs protest Beijing indie fest closure
More than 20 festival heads and programmers have signed a statement in support of the Beijing Independent Film Festival, which was shut down by Chinese authorities last weekend.
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NewsEros, Viacom18 strike distribution pact
India’s Eros International has struck a deal to handle international distribution of four films produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures.
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NewsTokyo unveils major Asian push
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced a seven-year collaboration with the Japan Foundation that includes co-producing a pan-Asian omnibus series.
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NewsDragon 2 retains China BO lead
CHINA BOX OFFICE: How To Train Your Dragon 2 held on to the top spot at the China box office in the week August 18-24, grossing a further $24.09m for a cumulative total of $50.86m.
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NewsThai studios team for Transformation
Four Thai film companies – M Pictures, Bangkok Film Studio, True I-Content and Matching Studio – have joined forces to create a new studio, Transformation Films, with the aim of helping expand the Thai film industry at an international level.
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NewsBeijing Independent fest shut down
Chinese authorities shut down the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival on its opening day on Saturday (August 23).
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NewsPaper Planes wins CinefestOZ award
Robert Connolly writes and directs; the festival also awards Joel Edgerton with screen legend prize.
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NewsOmnibus to mark Singapore's 50th
Seven award-winning directors led by Royston Tan are set to create an omnibus film celebrating the 50th anniversary of Singapore and its people.
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NewsAsgar Farhadi to head Busan jury
The Oscar-winning director of A Seperation will oversee jury members including Bong Joon Ho.
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NewsFilms pirated by 73% of Taiwanese
A study from research consultancy Sycamore Research and Marketing has found that 73% of Taiwanese netizens admit they pirate movies and music, although 81% agree that piracy is wrong.
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NewsBusan's Asian Project Market line-up
Directors include Brillante Mendoza, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Yeon Sang-ho.
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NewsDragon 2 flies at China box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 topped the Chinese box office for the week August 11-17, grossing $26.32m over a four-day weekend, while Apocalypse Pompeii opened in third position with $6.68m over three days.
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NewsSeville rides Dark Horse
eOne’s boutique sales arm Seville International takes New Zealand hit drama.
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NewsRoaring Currents tops Avatar in S Korea
Kim Han-min’s war epic edges towards 15 million admissions, beating previous box office record-holder Avatar to become the biggest ever film in South Korea.
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NewsChina’s LeTV to raise $730m
Online video company is working with partners including CITIC to enter retail and financial service industries.
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NewsFilipino drama wins top Locarno prize
Locarno’s Golden Leopard has been awarded to Filipino director Lav Diaz’s five-and-a-half-hour epic From What Is Before.