All Asia articles – Page 349
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NewsTaken 2 delivers $45.1m int'l; Looper posts $109m; Impossible wows in Spain
UPDATE: EuropaCorp’s Liam Neeson thriller had too much in the tank for its competitors as distributor Fox International reported an estimated $134.8m running total after two weekends and $220.9m worldwide. Sci-fi Looper added $9m excluding China to cross the century mark after 17 days. And JA Bayona’s The Impossible [pictured] ...
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FeaturesManjeet Singh
The director talks about his debut feature Mumbai’s King, about slum kids in India.
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NewsGlobal Film Initiative picks up Busan trio
The Global Film Initiative has picked up three films that screened at the recent Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) for North American distribution - 111 Girls, Beijing Flickers and Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights.
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NewsKayan, 36 take New Currents awards at close of Busan fest
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped yesterday (Oct 13) with a record of more than 221,000 admissions.
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FeaturesEffendee Mazlan
Malaysian husband-and-wife filmmaking team, Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina Isahak, have gone against the grain of the unabashedly commercial Malay-language film industry with Songlap, a drama about the illegal trafficking of babies.
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NewsFortissimo's Touch of the Light sells to Cinema de Manon for Korea
Taiwan’s official submission to the Academy Awards to be released this coming spring in Korea.
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NewsEFP umbrella companies have busy Asian Film Market
The European Film Promotion (EFP) has announced a slew of sales deals that were struck by companies under its umbrella at Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
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NewsRoyston Tan's 69 wins Busan award at close of Asian Film Market
Busan’s 7th Asian Film Market closed its four-day run yesterday at the Busan Exhibition Convention Center (BEXCO) with Royston Tan’s [pictured] 69 winning the Asian Project Market’s Busan Award.
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NewsBeyond the Hill leads the pack at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Five pictures have a chance of winning best film at the sixth Asia Pacific Film Awards (APSAs): Beyond The Hill (Turkey/Greece), with three nominations, and Bear (Iran) The Horde (Russia), Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time (Republic of Korea) and Wu Xia (China),with two each.
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NewsMalaysia changes dates of new market to March 2013
The Malaysian government has pushed back the dates of its planned film, TV and related contents market from November to March next year.
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NewsASEAN, BFC to launch incubator for Asian filmmakers
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in partnership with Korea’s Busan Film Commission (BFC) will launch a talent incubator for young Asian filmmakers from across the region.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Li Ruigang talks about Dreamworks' China deal
The film market is one of the biggest sectors of growth in the Chinese media landscape, China Media Capital chairman Li Ruigang told the Abu Dhabi Media Summit today.
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NewsTom Waller plans Thai executioner biopic
Thailand-based filmmaker Tom Waller will direct the story of Thailand’s last prison executioner, Chavoret Jaruboon in feature film Chavoret: The Last Executioner.
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NewsShowbox sells A Company Man to a slew of territories
Korean sales company Showbox has announced a slew of deals on action drama A Company Man at Busan’s Asian Film Market
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NewsKorea's 9ers closes two Japanese deals in Busan
Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has clinched two sales to Japan during the on-going Asian Film Market in Busan.
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NewsFCCE’s user-generated movie format Entertainment Experience heads to China
Amsterdam-based crossmedia company FCCE debuted user-generated movie format with Paul Verhoeven last year to make thriller Tricked. Format also optioned for Sweden and the Middle East.
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Asian Film Market opens with sales announcements
Busan’s Asian Film Market kicked off yesterday (Oct 8) with a patter of business including Thai sales company Gmm Tai Hub (GTH) selling thriller Countdown to Indonesia and Taiwan.