All Asia articles – Page 344
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NewsAustralian games industry promised $20m at SPAA closing
Australia’s Arts Minister Simon Crean has promised $20.7m (A$20m) over three years for an Australian interactive games fund, urging the industry to help set up the fund so that it will be of most assistance.
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NewsChina Lion to release Back To 1942 in North America
China Lion Film Distribution has announced that it will release Feng Xiaogang’s Back To 1942 in the US and Canada on Nov 30, day-and-date with its mainland China release.
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NewsChina box office monthly round-up: Bait 3D makes surprise attack
Bait 3D, Huayi Brothers’ Tai Chi films and The Bourne Legacy all took a bite out of the China box office in October.
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NewsEssential Media to finance Joffe’s Violet Town
Mark Joffe’s Violet Town is one of several films being financed at Essential Media and Entertainment, the production company last night awarded the Independent Producer of the Year Award by the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA).
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NewsDubai fest to mark Indian Cinema centenary
The Dubai International Film Festival’s ‘Celebration of India’ will mark 100 years of cinema from the region.
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NewsRotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund awards €333,000 in latest round
Recipients include Chile’s Dominga Sotomayor [pictured].
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Australian producers slam government at SPAA opening
Producer Brian Rosen slammed the Australian government in his opening address to the annual conference of the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) in Melbourne today.
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NewsMaking Film taps Phathanavirangoon as development head
Hong Kong filmmaker Pang Ho-cheung’s Making Film Production has signed on producer and film festival programmer Raymond Phathanavirangoon in the new role of development director.
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Screen Australia invests in Avery, Lance debuts
Screen Australia has invested in two debut features - Julius Avery’s Son Of A Gun and Stephen Lance’s My Mistress - and provided two years of working capital to four producers: Jessica Brentnall, Angie Fielder, Nicole O’Donohue and Nelson Woss.
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NewsJohnnie To's Drug War revealed as second surprise film in Rome
Drug War (Duzhan) by Johnnie To has been revealed as the second surprise film completing the roster for the Rome Film Festival’s 2012 Competition.
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TWC picks up Bong Joon Ho's Snowpiercer
Leading South Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has confirmed The Weinstein Company has picked up English-speaking rights to Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Snowpiercer after a screening of a 10-minute promo reel at the AFM.
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NewsWorld Cinema Fund backs four new projects
WCF jury made their selection from 95 submissions from a total of 37 countries, awarding production funds totalling €140,000.
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NewsYau starts shooting 3D horror as pan-Asian co-production
Hong Kong director Herman Yau has started shooting his first 3D production, suspense horror The Second Coming, as a Hong Kong-Singapore-Taiwan co-production.
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NewsBlack Nights Film Festival unveils EurAsia competition line-up
Everyday, Hannah Arendt and Wadjda [pictured] among films in contention.
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NewsMamoru Oshii readies international co-production
Japanese director Mamoru Oshii will direct live action military sci-fi thriller The Last Druid: Garm Wars as an international co-production.