All Asia articles – Page 439
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NewsXME licenses Lionsgate’s More Than A Game
Beijing-based Xinhua Media Entertainment (XME) has licensed mainland China distribution rights to basketball documentary More Than A Game from Lionsgate.
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NewsConvergence signs up Singapore’s Chai Yee-wei
Los Angeles-based Convergence Entertainment has signed a deal with Singaporean filmmaker Chai Yee-wei to represent him as a director outside Singapore under the company’s management division.
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NewsChina, Philippines make Oscar selections
China has selected Chen Kaige’s Forever Enthralled as its entry for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards, while the Philippines has picked Soxie Topacio’s Grandfather Is Dead.
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NewsDisney/Pixar's Up stays aloft overseas with $12.3m haul
Disney/Pixar’s Up led Hollywood’s international pack at the weekend with a $12.3m estimated gross that raised the tally to $215.4m with the UK to come on October 9.
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NewsScreen Australia announces funding for 12 companies
Hopscotch Features and Jan Chapman’s Waking Dream Productions are among the 12 production companies that will receive a combined $7.8m (A$9m) under Screen Australia’s much touted Enterprise Program.
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NewsMumbai police make arrests in piracy crackdown
Mumbai police have arrested employees of UFO Moviez, Reliance Big Cinemas, Adlabs and Shemaroo Entertainment in connection with a plot to pirate UTV Motion Pictures’ What’s Your Rashee?, which is being released today.
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Huayi Bros plans to raise $91m in ChiNext listing
Huayi Brothers Media, one of China’s largest private film companies, is planning to raise $91m (RMB620m) via a listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext board for smaller companies.
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NewsWang Xiaoshuai starts work on Mosaic
Chinese film-maker Wang Xiaoshuai has started shooting his new drama Mosaic, with backing from Beijing-based entertainment group Tempo Films Investment.
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China appeals WTO ruling
As expected, China has appealed against a recent World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that would open the country’s market for US movies, music and books.
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Singapore-Oz financing facility launched to cashflow offset
Encouraging more co-production between Australia, China and Singapore is one of the underlying aims behind the launch of SAPO Media Finance, which will cashflow films using Australia’s 40% producer offset along with distribution guarantees and gap financing.
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NewsRising Singapore star signs two-year deal with Scorpio East
Singaporean actor Christopher Lee is signing an exclusive two-year film contract with local producer-distributor Scorpio East Pictures, which will represent the rising star in exploring movie options both locally and across the region.
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NewsYun set to strike Home Run for Singapore
Former Raintree Pictures chief Daniel Yun is joining forces with Festive Films’ Low Yuen Ping and former Salon Films executive John Sim to launch a Singapore-based outfit, Home Run Pictures, with a focus on executive producing and international sales.
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NewsKaohsiung fest removes controversial doc from line-up
In an attempt to minimise controversy, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City Government has decided to separate the screening of documentary 10 Conditions Of Love from the upcoming Kaohsiung Film Festival in October.
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NewsCalifornia wine country to host premiere of Japanese Sideways
The world premiere of Fox International’s Japanese re-imagining of Alexander Payne’s Sideways will close the Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival on September 27.
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NewsTaipei Golden Horse reveals 25 projects for third FTPP
Taiwan’s Leon Dai, French filmmaker Lorenzo Recio and Israel’s Micha Kinsbruner are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for the third edition of the Taipei Golden Horse’s co-production market.
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NewsFounding Of A Republic has record-breaking opening day
China Film Group’s The Founding Of A Republic, a patriotic film made to celebrate the 60th anniversary of People’s Republic of China, was given the widest release ever in China on Sep 16, and unsurprisingly scored a record-breaking opening half day.
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NewsTokyo Filmex to open with Tsai Ming-liang's Face
Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang’s Face will open the 10th anniversary edition of Tokyo Filmex, which runs from November 21-29 in the city’s Yurakucho and Tsukiji districts.
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NewsMelbourne fest announces support for two films
The Melbourne International Film Festival’s production fund has announced support for two projects – Michael Henry’s revenge-gone-wrong thriller Blame and Mark Hartley’s feature documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed.