All Asia articles – Page 397
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NewsTerracotta Far East fest to run in London in May
European premieres include Japanese film Karate Girl .
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NewsRed Dog, Jucy bookend London Australian Film Festival
Festival to also present 16 finalists from Tropfest short film festival.
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NewsHankyu Train wins double prize at Okinawa fest
Yoshishige Miyake’s Hankyu Train (Hankyu Densha Katamichi 15-fun No Kisekitook) has taken top honors at the Okinawa International Movie Festival (OIMF) which wrapped yesterday evening in Ginowan City.
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NewsIMAX inks biggest international deal, creates IMAX China
IMAX reaches 75-theatre agreement with China’s largest cinema operator and establishes local office in Hong Kong
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FeaturesFilmart 2011: Growing confidence in pan-Chinese market
Hong Kong Filmart had a busy year in terms of networking and big launches, with some deals closed; but some Asian sellers bemoaned the lack of Western buyers attending.
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NewsGalloping Horse secures second-round private equity financing
Financiers include culture fund of CCB International, Kaixin Investment, ChinaEquity, Zero2IPO and New Access Capital.
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FeaturesAsian Film Awards 2011
The fifth Asian Film Awards were held in Hong Kong on March 21, with Palme d’Or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul taking the best film prize. See full story on winners here.
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NewsDream State, Port Of Call take top prizes at HAF
Philip Yung’s Port Of Call took the HAF Award for best film project from Hong Kong at the close of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), while Dream State, from Vietnam’s Bui Thac Chuyen, took the HAF Award for best project originating from outside Hong Kong.
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NewsOkinawa fest opens with strong focus on disaster relief
Festival opens with red carpet procession as well as minute of silence for Japanese disaster.
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NewsChina Lion signs up for A Beautiful Life
China Lion Film Distribution has acquired rights for North America, Australia and New Zealand to Andrew Lau’s latest film A Beautiful Life from Hong Kong’s Media Asia.
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NewsEat Drink sequel to start for Hsu, Taihe
Taiwanese producer Hsu Li-kong, whose credits include Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Eat Drink Man Woman, and his Tangmeng Films are teaming with mainland film outfit Taihe Film And TV Co to co-finance Joyful Reunion, the long-mooted sequel to Eat Drink Man Woman.
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NewsJia Zhangke urges China to revise technical requirements
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has called for the Chinese government to abolish the country’s technical qualification requirements which mean that only films of a certain technical quality can be submitted for the censorship process.
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NewsSidus sells Camellia to Movie On in Japan
South Korea’s Sidus FNH has announced a raft of deals on its titles, led by the omnibus film Camellia, produced by the Busan film festival and showcasing stories set in the port city of Busan.
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NewsApichatpong to produce Concrete Clouds
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of best film at Monday’s Asian Film Awards, has boarded Lee Chatametikool’s Concrete Clouds as a producer.
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NewsGold Harbour to produce Give Me Five in 3D
Hong Kong’s Gold Harbour International Films is to produce $1.92m (HK$15m) Give Me Five to be shot in stereoscopic 3D, with a cast led by Josie Ho (The Courier), Taiwan’s Jiro Wang and mainland actors Siqin Gaowa and Sun Li.
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NewsNew era of Busan to give strong launch to Cinema Center, Lee says
Busan International Film Festival director Lee Yong-kwan and honorary festival director Kim Dong-ho met with Screen at Hong Kong Filmart for an exclusive talk about Lee’s new solo directorship.
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NewsMutual market intelligence is key, says ACE seminar
Producers in China and Europe need to reach a deeper understanding of each other’s markets before they can work together successfully, said panellists at a Sino-European co-production seminar at Filmart on Tuesday.