All Asia articles – Page 421
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NewsKeisha Castle-Hughes, Kristin Kreuk join Iwai Shunji's Vampire
A hot cast of young Western stars has joined Vampire, the English-language debut of Japanese director Iwai Shunji, including Keisha Castle-Hughes (pictured) and Rachael Leigh Cook.
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NewsIndian fund Cause aims to raise $45 for socially conscious films
Mumbai-based financial services company DM Capital Advisors is launching a venture capital fund, Cause Entertainment (CE), to invest in socially conscious movies.
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NewsLotte comes on board for 3D animation Outback
Major Korean distributor Lotte Entertainment has announced that it will become the main investor in Outback, an English-language 3D animated feature. The deal is a first for a Korean company.
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Singapore to launch new international film showcase in June 2011
Singapore is gearing up to launch an international cinema event, ScreenSingapore, to showcase Hollywood and Asian cinema, starting in June 2011.
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Fox Searchlight strikes US deal for Wang's Snow Flower
Gianna Jun and Li Bing Bing star in the adaptation of Lisa See’s bestseller about female friendship in 19th century China.
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Kong's Edko sells Life Is A Miracle
Bill Kong’s Edko Films is launching international sales on award-winning Chinese director Gu Changwei’s Life Is A Miracle, starring Zhang Ziyi and Aaron Kwok, here at Cannes. Set in a small Chinese village, where an illicit trade in human blood has resulted in the spread of HIV, the film ...
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India's Avinaash Jumani starts PictureWorks
WEG India sales chief Avinaash Jumani has launched a new company, PictureWorks, to acquire world cinema content for India and produce and sell Bollywood films.
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Finecut sells I Saw The Devil to France's ARP
The film is currently in production and scheduled for Korean release in summer this year. Finecut is showing 12 minutes footage of the film here at Cannes.
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Australia relaxes rules for producer offset tax rebates
More offshore films will be eligible to claim the 15% location rebate available for using Australia as a production destination from July 1.
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Screen Australia, Emerging Pictures plan quarterly Australian film showcase in US
The first set of films is Accidents Happen, The Waiting City and Charlie and Boots.
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NewsFinecut sets buyers blazing on 71: Into The Fire
South Korean sales agent Finecut has pre-sold John H. Lee’s big-budget war drama 71: Into The Fireto Ascot Elite for German-speaking Europe and Benelux.
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Bladesman cuts to Easternlight
Hong Kong based Easternlight Films has picked up international rights to Alan Mak and Felix Chong’s The Lost Bladesman.
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NewsHeather Graham joins 3D animated adventure The Flying Machine
Beijing-based Bona International Film Group has also boarded the project as co-producer alongside Polish animation studio Breakthru.
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Hopscotch takes on Australian rights to new Paul Andrew Williams Film
E1 Entertainment has sold the Australian rights to Paul Andrew Williams’ Song for Marion to Hopscotch.
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NewsIvan Sen starts production on Aboriginal story Toomelah
The low-budget film is financed by Screen Australia and Screen NSW. Visit Films in New York is the sales agent.
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Georgian film Susa wins top prize at Jeonju
Korea’s JIFF ran April 29 - May 7, screening 208 films from 48 countries.
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New features by Ismailova and Vakkasova among Open Doors Central Asia selection
Locarno Film Festival’s co-production event Open Doors Factory selects 12 projects from 114 applications.
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NewsAustralia's Michael and Peter Spierig to direct Dark Crystal sequel
Power Of The Dark Crystal — sequel to Jim Henson/Frank Oz 1982 project — will be made in stereoscopic 3D.
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NewsSydney Film Festival to open with the world premiere of South Solitary
Selections include Solondz’s Life During Wartime, Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me, and Lucas’ Wasted on the Young.