All Asia articles – Page 312
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NewsAcademy selects foreign shortlist
Nine features advance to the next round of voting in the foreign language film category for the 86th Academy Awards from the original pool of 76 submissions - but Iran’s The Past, Saudi Arabia’s Wadjda and Israel’s Bethlehem are among the shock omissions.
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NewsAustralia's Dendy launches VOD service
Australian exhibitor Dendy Cinemas is launching a new video on demand service, Dendy Direct.
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NewsHeilongjiang, FCCE sign cooperation deal
FCCE Hong Kong and China’s Heilongjiang Loong Media Group have signed a cooperation agreement that will kick off by introducing the Entertainment Experience cross-media project in China.
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NewsHobbit 2 triumphs despite Korean distribution discord
In South Korea, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug topped the box office its opening weekend in spite of discord between local distributor Warner Brothers Korea and exhibitors CJ CGV and Lotte Cinema about profit sharing.
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NewsKorean box office breaks 200m record
South Korea’s box office has topped a record 200 million admissions, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) integrated ticketing website.
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NewsWanda, IMAX strike deal
The companies announced on December 18 that they will build additional theatres throughout China.
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NewsLike Father, Like Son wins APFF awards
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son won best film and best director at the 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival (APFF), which wrapped in Macau on Sunday night (Dec 15).
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NewsKhan to star in Fan for Yash Raj
India’s Yash Raj Films has announced that Shahrukh Khan will star in its upcoming tentpole picture Fan.
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NewsAvatar trio confirmed for New Zealand
New Zealand increasing financial incentives for international films.
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ReviewsWalking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie
Dirs: Barry Cook, Neil Nightingale. US-UK-Australia. 2013. 87mins
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NewsHubert Bals Fund reveals 14 projects
Harmony Lessons director Emir Baigazin and Uncle Boomee… director Apichatpong Weerasethakul among those selected by the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) to receive grants for post production and for script and project development.
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NewsAustralian firms strike China film deal
Agreements set to produce seven family features worth $78m.
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NewsScreen Australia backs 15 features
Two music-themed films and a love story from The Rocket director Kim Mordaunt are among the 15 features to secure new development money from Screen Australia.
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NewsCoote, Tan launch Dragonslate
Former Village Roadshow Pictures CEO Greg Coote and Malaysian producer Leon Tan have launched DragonSlate Media.
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NewsMother, I Love You sells to India
Latvia’s candidate for the Oscars picked up for all rights distribution.
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NewsNumbers up at Singapore market
The second combined ScreenSingapore/Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) event wrapped with organisners at Reed Exhibitions saying attendance numbers were up by the second day of the three-day event.
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NewsAustralia India fund to offer $4.5m+
Sydney-based Anupam Sharma has been appointed head of film for the Australia India Film Fund (AIFF) and expects to be able to name the first film to be financed by the new fund by the end of February.
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NewsSE Asian producers launch association
At ScreenSingapore, a group of producers from the ASEAN region announced the launch of the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA) yesterday (Dec 5).
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NewsExperts: Go for experience, not money, in China
Having plenty of moneybags isn’t always a good thing, say producers at ScreenSingapore’s conferences this week.
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NewsPanel: SE Asia should think locally
At ScreenSingapore/ATF, producers from Japan, South Korea, China and Singapore talked about the rise of regional finance and markets while identifying primary audiences and developing local stories.