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Taiwanese hitCape No. 7has mainland China release postponed
Originally scheduled for December or January, Taiwanese hit Cape No. 7 has had its mainland China release postponed indefinitely. State-owned distributor China Film Group and Taipei-based Long Shong Entertainment, the company that handles mainland China sales, have confirmed.Also Taiwan's submission to theAcademy Awardsbest foreign-language film category,it is understood thatCape No. ...
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First Australia-Iran film My Tehran For Sale will premiere in Adelaide
With the participation of Bahman Ghobadi (A Time For Drunken Horses), the first collaboration between Australia and Iran My Tehran For Sale will make its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) in February.The film is also the first feature produced by Julie Ryan since collaborating with director Rolf ...
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Singapore's JCM buys majority share in Japan Digital Contents Trust
Singapore-based investment firm JCM Singapore Pte Ltd is set to purchase a majority share in Japan Digital Contents Trust (JDC), a backer of several local distributors and films such as Hula Girls and Mushi-shi. JDC will issue 247,729 shares valued at $4.14m (Y384.5m) to be bought by Gorgeous Grace Investment, ...
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SPHE and United Entertainment Korea Co strike distribution alliance
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and United Entertainment Korea Co Ltd (UEK) have formed a distribution alliance whereby the South Korean company will distribute SPHE titles on DVD and Bu-ray in the territory.UEK sprung from the closure of SPHE's South Korean office and is headed by SPHE's former managing director ...
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NewsShowbox Mediaplexpicks up Breathless, The Pot from Pusan line-up
Korea’s Showbox Mediaplex has picked up for international sales two independent films -Yang Ik-june’s Breathless and Kim Tae Gon’s The Pot - from the recent Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) line-up.
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Waltz With Bashir takes top prize at Tokyo Filmex
Director Ari Folman's Waltz With Bashir was awarded the grand prize at the conclusion of the 9th edition of Tokyo Filmex (Nov 22-30).The award carried a cash prize of $10,470 (Y1m). The film's animation director Yoni Goodman was on hand to receive the honour.An Israel-France-Germany co-production, Waltz With Bashir is ...
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Highlight, Rosem team for Indo-French co-production
India's Highlight Films is joining forces with France's Rosem Films to co-produce The Conqueror, written and to be directed by female Indian filmmaker Alka Raghuram. Highlight's Mahesh Mathai and Rosem's Sylvain Bursztejn are jointly producing the Hindi-language film which has secured backing from Fonds Sud Cinema and is currently looking ...
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Valley Song wins Hubert Bals award at Film Bazaar
Pushpendra Misra's Valley Song was presented with the Hubert Bals award for most promising feature film project at the Film Bazaar in Goa on Friday night. The award came with a cash prize of $6,400 (Euros5,000) towards the project's development. Produced by Misra and Alakananda Nag, the project is a ...
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Mumbai cinemas remain closed asattackscontinue
The Mumbai terrorist attacks, which had still not been completely contained as of Friday afternoon, are also having an impact on the Hindi film industry which is based in the city. Cinema halls in South Mumbai - including the Inox multiplex next to the Oberoi Trident hotel and single screens ...
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Board members at Japan's Picnic Pictures branch out
Board members at Japan's Picnic Pictures Inc have formed partnerships with two established film companies to set up separate production entities. Picnic president Tadaatsu Shundo has partnered with Tokyo Theatres Inc to establish Parade Inc. Shundo will serve as CEO and Toshikazu Nishigaya will serve as board member and head ...
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Indian producers sayslowdown could lead to healthier industry
The global economic slowdown has begun to impact the Indian film business, but producers and filmmakers attending the Film Bazaar projects market in Goa (Nov 26-29), say they expect this to have positive as well as obvious negative effects. Panellists at a session entitled 'Financing and Distribution of Specialty Films ...
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Japan's Fuji TV celebrates 50th year with film by Hiroshi Nishitani
Japanese broadcaster Fuji Television is to mark its 50th anniversary with a special feature film production Amalfi: Megami No 50-Byou (Amalfi: 50 Seconds of a Goddess), starring Yuji Oda, which will be shot entirely on location in Italy.The film is directed by Hiroshi Nishitani and stars Yuji Oda, Yuki Amami, ...
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XME teams with US-Chinese talent on five-picture slate
Xinhua Media Entertainment (XME), a subsidiary of Chinese media group XFMedia, has announced a slate of five China-US co-productions to be made over the next three years. The slate, which aims to showcase Chinese culture and top talents through collaboration with US directors, writers and producers, includes the previously announced ...
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Warner Brothers content to go on KTF mobiles in Korea
Korean mobile internet provider KTF will be offering latest Warner Brothersmovies and TV series in a specialscreening section starting tomorrow (Nov 26). KTF's Warner Brothers special section will feature 150items including hit movies such as Speed Racer and the Harry Potter and Matrix series, as well as popular TV shows ...
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Production - Attracting a partner
Back in 2002 when Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas screened at Cannes, the Indian film industry was still regarded as an exotic item - fun to have at the party but the international industry did not really know how to talk to her. Fast forward through six years of a booming ...
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Koreainvests $271m in manga, animation, character-merchandising
South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism is planning to invest $271m (KW410bn) in the manga, animation and character-merchandisingindustries to develop 'one-source, multi-use (OSMU)killer content' by 2013. Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Yu In-chon today announced a plan to invest $33m in manga, $66m in animation, $39.6m in ...
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Taiwanese hit Cape No.7 tops Hong Kong box office
Following its historical success at home, Taiwanese hit Cape No. 7 topped the Hong Kong box office last weekend, grossing $259,000 (HK$2.01m) in four days (Nov 20-23), with a mid-sized release of 23 screens. Besides Hong Kong, where the film was released by Lighten Distribution, Cape No. 7 is scheduled ...
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Hallyday, Testud to star in To's HK-French Vengeance
French actors Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Testud have been cast in Johnnie To's upcoming thriller Vengeance which is being made as a co-production between France's ARP, To's Milkway Image and Hong Kong-based Media Asia Group. Scripted by regular To collaborator Wai Ka-fai, the story follows a former assassin, now a ...
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Beyond Bollywood: Focus on Goa Film Bazaar
In the wake of a string of deals between the US studios and Indian entertainment companies, India has become the subject of global scrutiny. But for the majority of Indian film-makers, particularly those working outside the Bollywood mainstream, there is still a huge disconnect between them and the international market.While ...
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Forever The Moment wins bestfilm at Korea's Blue Dragons
South Korean Director Yim Soon-rye's Forever The Moment walked away with the best picture award at the 29th Blue Dragon Awards in Seoul.Based on the true story of the Korean women's handball team for the 2004 Athens Olympics, the film made $26m at the box office and was the first ...