All Asia articles – Page 361
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Hopscotch Features: John Collee, Frank Cox, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason
Fledgling production company Hopscotch Features is quickly fulfilling its mission to make films in Australia with international reach. Sandy George talks to the four partners.
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Hong Kong’s Sundream eats up Dead Sushi
Japan’s Office Walker has sold Noboru Iguchi’s Dead Sushi to Hong Kong’s Sundream Motion Pictures.
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Klockworx drives off with Media Asia’s Motorway
Hong Kong’s Media Asia has sold Soi Cheang’s upcoming action title Motorway to Klockworx for Japan.
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Isn’t Anyone Alive? sells to the UK’s Third Window
The UK’s Third Window Films has snapped up Isn’t Anyone Alive?, directed by Gakuryu Ishii, which is being handled internationally by Japan’s Phantom Film Co.
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Protagonist books The Sweeney into eOne for US
EXCLUSIVE: eOne continues to ramp its US distribution slate with the acquisition of Protagonist’s The Sweeney, which the distributor had previously picked up for UK and Canada; deals flow for Nick Love’s crime-drama and Vertigo’s Viking epic Hammer of the Gods.
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DAR gets ugly with Kashyap, Phantom
India’s DAR Motion Pictures is partnering with Phantom Films to produce Ugly, the next project from Anurag Kashyap, whose Gangs Of Wasseypur is screening in Directors Fortnight.
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Jiang Wen to shoot Gone With The Bullets
Leading Chinese filmmaker Jiang Wen is likely to reunite with Gong Li in his latest directorial project, Gone With The Bullets, according to Marco Ma, who co-owns Beijing-based Buyilehu Films with the director.
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Endorphine, Augustus wake up for Sunrise
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Endorphine Production and Dutch production company Augustus Film have boarded Indian filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupta’s Sunrise (Arunoday), alongside India’s Independent Movies and the National Film Development Corp (NFDC).
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Showbox sells Thieves, Nameless Gangster
Korea’s Showbox has scored further sales on heist action thriller The Thieves and recent hit Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time.
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Bitter Ends picks up Karakara for Japan
Japanese distributor Bitters End has picked up all rights to Canada-Japan co-production Karakara, directed by Claude Gagnon.
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Stealth's Marble City goes to Japan
Parco and Klockworx pick up Ryuhei Kitamura’s noir action thriller.
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MVP's Naked Soldier storms into France
Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Project (MVP) has sold Marco Mak’s action title Naked Soldier to a slew of territories including France, where it was jointly acquired by AB Groupe and AAA.
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Sahamongkol’s erotic Jan Dara sparks buying frenzy
Thailand’s Sahamongkolfilm International has sparked bidding wars across Asia with its erotic drama Jan Dara, which has already sold to five territories during Cannes.
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Fortissimo picks up Van Warmerdam’s Camiel Borgman
EXCLUSIVE: Fortissimo Films has picked up international rights outside Benelux to Dutch filmmaker Alex van Warmerdam’s Camiel Borgman.
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Ad Vitam charmed by Fortissimo’s Miss Lovely
Ad Vitam has snapped up French rights to Un Certain Regard title Miss Lovely, directed by India’s Ashim Ahluwalia, from Fortissimo Films.