All Asia articles – Page 372
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Yamada’s Tokyo Story remake back on track
Japanese studio Shochiku is attending EFM with Yoji Yamada’s long-gestating homage to Tokyo Story, which is now back on track and scheduled to start shooting in March.
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NewsJapan's Gaga continues lively acquisitions with Farewell My Queen and The Chef
Sales lineup includes Himizu and I Wish.
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Deluxe acquires Hong Kong’s Centro Digital Pictures
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has acquired Hong Kong-based visual effects and post-production company Centro Digital Pictures for an undisclosed sum.
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Finecut launches sales on Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has picked up international rights to Pieta, the latest film from prolific Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk.
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CJ wages war with epic My Way sales
Korea’s CJ Entertainment has closed a raft of sales on Kang Je-kyu’s My Way, which is screening in Panorama Special.
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Celluloid Nightmares falls into Dead Mine
Celluloid Nightmares has picked up international rights outside Asia to English-language action horror Dead Mine, co-produced by HBO Asia and Singapore-based Infinite Studios.
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Bombay Berlin brings Prasaad to EFM
Mumbai-based Bombay Berlin Film Production (BBFP) is stepping into international sales with Indian drama Prasaad, which is receiving its market premiere at EFM.
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NewsDistribution Workshop picks up White Deer Plain
Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights excluding China to Wang Quan’an’s White Deer Plain, which was a late addition to Berlin competition.
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Easternlight picks up Chinese trio
Arclight’s Asian division, Easternlight Films, has picked up international rights to three upcoming Chinese productions – The Assassins, The Four and Hur Jin-ho’s Dangerous Liaisons.
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TIFFCOM market moves to Tokyo Bay
This year’s TIFFCOM contents market (October 23-25) will change venues from the Roppongi Hills complex to the Grand Pacific Le Daiba hotel in Odaiba, Tokyo.
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NewsWild Bunch delves into Lou Ye's Mystery
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch also boosts slate with Leconte’s feature animation The Suicide Shop, Tony Krawitz’s Dead Europe, and more.
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NewsDaisy’s Nam spreads Taste of Money
EXCLUSIVE: South Korea’s Daisy Entertainment has brought in a new director for its nascent International Sales division - Erica Nam, formerly of Mirovision.
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Lotte goes back to school with Happy End director Jung
Korean financing and distribution powerhouse Lotte Entertainment is launching Eungyo (working title), the latest film from Happy End director Jung Ji-woo at the EFM.
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NewsFinecut adds Grand Heist, Ghost Sweepers to Berlin slate
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has picked up two new Korean genre films – $10m period action adventure The Grand Heist, and $5m comic action horror Ghost Sweepers.
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FeaturesMonsoon Shootout
Amit Kumar, director of award-winning short The Bypass, talks about his debut feature Monsoon Shootout, produced by the UK’s Trevor Ingman.
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Indonesia’s Edwin to receive New Talent Award at AFAs
Indonesian director Edwin will receive the Edward Yang New Talent Award at the upcoming Asian Film Awards (AFAs) in Hong Kong.
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NewsDolph Lundgren to star in Battle of the Damned for Bleiberg's Compound B
Christopher Hatton will direct the sci-fi action title.
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NewsJames Cameron praises filmmakers killed in Australian helicopter crash
Andrew Wight [pictured], the producer of Sanctum and many adventure documentaries, and Mike deGruy, a specialist underwater cinematographer, died in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday.