All Asia articles – Page 348
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Box office hits The Thieves and Masquerade to bookend London Korean Film Festival
Seventh edition of the festival runs Nov 1-11.
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Mumbai film fest wraps market; talks restoration
The second edition of the Mumbai Film Mart (MFM) wrapped on Sunday with no deals announced, but participants reporting they were happy with the results. The market was held during the Mumbai Film Festival, which also raised the issue of film restoration over the weekend.
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Australia’s SPAAMart unveils line-up of seven projects
The Diary Of Jimmy Porterfrom veteran director Nadia Tass, Hard Option from Paul Goldman and supernatural thriller The Fear Of Darkness, which sees Chris Fitchett back in the directors’ chair after several decades, are among the seven features to be presented at SPAAMart.
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LevelK dives into fishing documentary The Last Ocean
LevelK has boarded sales for New Zealand filmmaker Peter Young’s The Last Ocean.
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Masquerade hits 10m admissions at Korean box office
CJ Entertainment’s historical drama Masquerade [pictured] has clocked up over 10 million admissions, becoming the seventh Korean film to pass that benchmark at the local box office.
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Bollywood icon Yash Chopra dies aged 80
Indian director, producer and studio head Yash Chopra died today in Mumbai where he was being treated for dengue fever. He was 80 years old.
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Tokyo International Film Festival gets underway
The 25th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) opened on Saturday night (Oct 20) with the world premiere of 3D extravaganza Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, executive produced by James Cameron.
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Zhang Yimou honoured at opening of Mumbai film festival
The 14th Mumbai film festival opened last night (Oct 18) with a screening of Silver Linings Playbook and the presentation of the lifetime achievement award to Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou.
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The Tokyo connection
Celebrating its 25th edition in 2012, the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 20-28) has become a major launchpad into Japan and a source of films for local distributors.
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Fortissimo appoints Will Lin as new head of marketing
Lin most recently worked in marketing and distribution for Huayi Brothers International in Beijing.
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Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu dead at 76
Legendary Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu has died in hospital of injuries after being hit by a taxi on the night of October 12.
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Mostofa S. Farooki
Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa S. Farooki’s Television received a warm response when it screened as the closing film of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) last week.
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Ai Weiwei, Henkel world premieres to screen at BIFFDOCS
Ai Weiwei’s Ping’an Yueqing and Show Me The Magic [pictured], Cathy Henkel’s homegrown film about cinematographer Don McAlpine, are the two world premiere’s among the 15 films in the running to win BIFFDOCS, Australia’s richest documentary prize.
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China box office monthly round-up: The Expendables 2 tops September box office
The Expendables 2 was the highest-grossing release at the Chinese box office in September; a month dominated by US films.