All Asia articles – Page 392
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Finecut sells festival pair to Japan
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Finecut has sold both its Un Certain Regard titles to Japan – Kim Ki-duk’s Arirang has been sold to Crest International, while Hong Sangsoo’s The Day He Arrives has gone to Bitters End.
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Naomi Kawase boards two short film initiatives
Cannes competition director Naomi Kawase has announced the launch of a short film omnibus project dedicated to the victims and survivors of the disaster-afflicted Tohoku region of Japan.
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Viacom 18 to distribute Paramount releases in India
Viacom 18, the 50:50 joint venture between Viacom and India’s Network 18, has announced a strategic alliance with Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures International (PPI) to distribute PPI releases across India.
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Festival Scope strikes special partnership with Melbourne
EXCLUSIVE: The Melbourne International Film Festival has partnered with online platform Festival Scope and will create a special section for its 60th edition (July 21 - August 7) called TeleScope.
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Yellow Sea flows to Europe, Japan
Korea’s Showbox has sold Na Hong-jin’s The Yellow Sea (aka The Murderer) to Nonstop Entertainment for Scandinavian and Baltic territories and Klockworx for Japan.
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Easternlight scores pre-sales on White Vengeance
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight Films’ Easternlight banner has closed a string of sales on new pick-up White Vengeance, which Daniel Lee is currently shooting in China.
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Rahman to compose music for Chopra’s next film as director
Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman will compose the music for Yash Chopra’s long-awaited return to directing, which is set to star Shah Rukh Khan.
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ScreenSingapore unveils world premieres including Ready
ScreenSingapore has announced the line-up of films that will screen at this year’s inaugural event (June 5-12), including the world premieres of Hong Kong martial arts comedy Treasure Inn and Bollywood blockbuster Ready.
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Emperor’s Bullets hit trio of territories
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) has closed a trio of deals on Jiang Wen’s blockbuster Let The Bullets Fly including a sale to Amuse Soft in Japan.
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Fox International Productions to present award at HAF
Fox International Productions (FIP) and the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) are collaborating on a new award to be given out annually at HAF beginning next year.
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Gaga announces acquisitions including Devil’s Double
Hot off its success with The King’s Speech, Japan’s Gaga Corporation has announced a string of further acquisitions, including Pina from Hanway and The Devil’s Double from Corsan.
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ASPAs to start some member voting with fifth annual awards
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced that it will introduce member voting rights for the first time for select categories of the fifth annual APSAs.
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Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
Dirs: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Jeff Zimbalist. India. 2011, 100mins
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Tianjin’s Rabbit hops over to Italy
EXCLUSIVE: China’s Tianjin Film Studio has sold 3D animated feature film Legend Of A Rabbit to Italian distributor CDF Pictures.
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Finecut sells Un Certain Regard pair to Taiwan’s Catchplay
Korea’s Finecut has sold Arirang, Kim Ki-duk’s controversial self-portrait, and Hong Sang-soo’s The Day He Arrives to Taiwan’s Catchplay.
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Buyers eat up Golden Network's Seefood
Hong Kong-based Golden Network Asia has pre-sold Malaysian animation Seefood to a string of territories including Wild Side for France and Splendid for Germany.
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Lall Brothers launch arthouse label with Chittagong drama
EXCLUSIVE: Bhuvan and Akshay Lall have launched an arthouse label, Lall Brothers Filmworks, to produce and distribute a slate of high-quality Indian films.