All Asia articles – Page 417
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NewsConfessions rules Japanese box office for third week
Tetsuya Nakashima’s Confessions retained its top spot at the Japanese box office this past weekend for the third week in a row, holding off major Hollywood and local releases during its run.
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Christie opens Shenzhen factory as Asian sales boom
Digital cinema company Christie has opened a new manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China.
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NewsItalian Kiss Me Again sweeps Shanghai’s Golden Goblet Awards
Gabriele Muccino’s sequel to The Last Kiss scooped the best picture, script and actress awards.
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NewsAPSA and MPA partner in film fund for Asia-Pacific filmmakers
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) have jointly announced a film fund of $100,000 for Asia-Pacific filmmakers.
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Inaugural London Indian Film Festival planned for July
Dibakar Banerjee’s fairy tale romance Love, Sex Aur Dhokha (Love, Sex and Betrayal) will open the festival with a screening at Cineworld, Haymarket.
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NewsScreen Australia injects some flexibility into its co-production rules
Screen Australia has proposed several changes aimed at getting more films through the gate as official co-productions but by chief executive Ruth Harley’s own admission, she doesn’t expect it to “change the world”.
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FeaturesThailand picks up the pieces
Thailand’s film business suffered during the country’s civil unrest — and at least one arthouse cinema shuttered — but the situation is now getting back to normal, Liz Shackleton reports.
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Shanghai's winning projects include Lost In Touch, Last Valentine's Day
Quan Ling’s Lost In Touch and Sheng Zhimin’s Last Valentine’s Day took the top two prizes at China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC) and Co-production Pitch and Catch (Co-FPC), the project market of Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).
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NewsKillers to become closing film of Shanghai International Film Festival
Lionsgate’s Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl starring romantic action comedy Killers will have its China premiere as the closing film of the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).
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PiFan to open with The Experiment, close with Death Bell 2
Asia’s largest genre film fest, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) will open with the world premiere of the The Experiment, directed by Paul Scheuring (TV’s Prison Break) and starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker.
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Stellar Megamedia to make 3D animation with Pathe
The company has also acquired Australian visual effects outfit Photon.
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Chinese video-sharing websites ramp up film investments
Video-on-demand or movie streaming websites have become an emerging channel for film financing in China as several Chinese video websites revealed new investments on film production at a seminar today at Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), including LeTV Entertainment, Sohu.com, and Voole.com.
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CEO Sandeep Bhargava will leave Studio 18/Indian Film Company
CEO of The Indian Film Company and Studio 18 Sandeep Bhargava announced his departure from the Indian film studio.
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NewsHeartbeats takes Australia's richest film prize
This year’s $52,000 (A$60,000) Sydney Film Prize has been awarded to love triangle story Heartbeats, from Canadian writer/director Xavier Dolan.
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NewsReliance to launch Raavanan, Villian on June 18
Reliance MediaWorks’ BIG Cinemas is handling the US theatrical release and marketing for Tamil-language film Raavanan and its Telegu-dubbed version Villian.
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NewsCJ, Bona start strategic partnership for Chinese films
Korea’s CJ Entertainment and China’s Bona International Film Group (BIFG) have established a strategic partnership to co-invest and co-produce at least two films a year in China.
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NewsTaiwan pulls films from Shanghai festival
Eight Taiwanese films pulled from the showcase of 13th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 12 – June 20) as a side-bar activity Taipei Film Week was cancelled.
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NewsBeijing’s Straw Family announces slate of pan-Asian productions
Hong Kong filmmaker Jacob Cheung’s Beijing-based company Straw Family announced a slate of four pan-Asian projects on the eve of the Shanghai International Film Festival (June 12-20).
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NewsKorea's N.E.W and Gyeonggi Commission form $16m fund
South Korean distributor Next Entertainment World (N.E.W.) and Gyeonggi Performing & Film Commission have formed a partnership to create a KW20bn ($16.02m) investment fund specializing in visual contents.