All Asia articles – Page 354
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Lilou's Adventure takes Red Chameleon at CinDi
The 6th Cinema Digital Seoul (CinDi) Film Festival wrapped with Lilou’s Adventure, directed by Japan’s Izuru Kumasaka, taking the Red Chameleon Award.
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Sydney-based Fuel VFX in financial strife
One of Australia’s few world-class visual effects and animation companies, Sydney-based Fuel VFX, has placed itself into voluntary administration due to financial difficulties.
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Bela Tarr, Arturo Ripstein to head Busan juries
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced its upcoming juries to include filmmakers Bela Tarr and Arturo Ripstein, Toronto fest director Cameron Bailey and Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.
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Cambodia makes first Oscars submission in 18 years
Cambodia has submitted Chhay Bora’s Lost Loves to the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards, marking the first time in 18 years that the country has sent a film to the Oscars.
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Wong Kar Wai to head Berlinale 2013 jury
Director Wong Kar Wai will serve as jury president of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Gao takes board position at Bona Film Group
China’s Bona Film Group has appointed News Corp senior vice president and CEO of News Corps’ China investments, Jack Gao, to its board of directors.
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Mark Gooder joins The Weinstein Company as president of acquisitions
Dan Guando and Negeen Yazdi are promoted at TWC.
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Lord Puttnam to deliver ten-part seminar series
Australian series to focus on the changing nature of screen production and distribution in the digital era.
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DKR, Amazing Spider-Man to open on same date in China
IMAX Corporation has announced that both The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man will be released in its threates in China on August 27.
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Banned Thai film to screen at Korea’s CinDi digital fest
Banned Thai political drama Shakespeare Must Die, directed by Ing K, will be among the films screening in the Asian Competition section of the 6th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (CinDi).
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Indonesia spreads its wings
Currently one of Asia’s creative hotspots, Indonesia is sending more films overseas and its local film industry could soon be in line for government support.
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Expendables 2 to receive 800-screen release in India
India’s Multivision Multimedia will release The Expendables 2 on 800 screens this weekend (Aug 24), a move that highlights the trend towards wider releases and almost day-and-date releases for US films in India.
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Ek Tha Tiger scores record-breaking opening weekend
Yash Raj Films’ Ek Tha Tiger, starring Salman Khan, has grossed $18m (Rs1bn) on its opening five-day weekend, becoming the fastest Hindi film to reach this milestone.
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Ko Suk-man to head Jeonju International Film Festival
South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has named Ko Suk-man its new festival director.
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Nu Image closes deals on festival-bound The Iceman
The sales agent has sold the thriller to a host of major territories including a deal with Lionsgate for the UK.
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eOne, United Entertainment strike Korean distribution deal
The pact marks eOne’s first distribution partnership in Asia.
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Warner Brothers Japan to remake Unforgiven with Watanabe
Warner Brothers Japan has announced it will remake Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven, with Ken Watanabe attached to star.