All Asia articles – Page 479
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Pusan's Asian Film Market to host Asian Film Funds Forum
The Pusan International Film Festival's 3rd Asian Film Market will be holding a three-day film financing event, the Asian Film Funds Forum (Oct 3-5), which is being co-hosted by Screen International. 'Participants will be able to obtain the key information on film financing in Asia, in addition to a general ...
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Son quits Show East to launch M-Line Distribution
South Korean film company Show East's head of international business Michelle Son has left to launch a new sales outfit, M-Line Distribution. The new company will make its debut at the upcoming Asian Film Market during the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF).'We have to look harder for good Korean titles ...
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Warner Brothers' case against Mirchi Movies dismissed
The Delhi High Court has rejected Warner Bros' plea that Indian film Hari Puttar - A Comedy Of Terrors, produced by Mirchi Movies, sounds too similar to their franchise series Harry Potter. The Hollywood studio had moved the court for an interim restraining order on the release of the Punjabi ...
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Metrodome and Rialto strike double deal for Seraphine
Metrodome has joined forces with Rialto on a deal for Martin Provost'sSeraphine.Metrodome takes on all UK and Ireland rights while Rialto takes on New Zealand and Australia rights.The deal was brokered by Metrodome's CEO Peter Urie, general manager distribution Sara Frain and head of acquisitions James Brown with Yohann Comte ...
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Lotus and Harbour Light announce two Akira Kurosawa projects
Tokyo 's Lotus and Los Angeles-based Harbor Light Entertainment have announced two projects based on Akira Kurosawa properties, slated for release in 2010.One project will be a modern-day Hollywood remake of Akira Kurosawa's famed 1950 film Rashomon. Under the working title of Rashomon 2010 , the action will be relocated ...
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Taare Zameen Par is India's Oscar entry
Hindi language film Taare Zameen Par is to represent India in this year's Oscars.The filmisproduced and directed by and stars Aamir Khan whoseLagaan earned a best foreign film nomination in 2001.Suneel Darshan, chairman of the 10-member jury set up by the Film Federation of India to select the entry said ...
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Takeshi Kitano to be honoured atThessaloniki
Takeshi Kitano will receive a life time achievement award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.The acclaimed Japanese director and actorwill make his first trip to Greece to receive the festival's Honorary Golden Alexander and to present his last film Achilles And The Tortoise (Achilles To Kame). Click here to see ...
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Taiwan starts subsidy for film-makers with box-office hits
Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) has announced a new production subsidy for film-makers who score box-office success.The announcement follows the phenomenal success of Wei Te-sheng's Cape No. 7 which has made over $1.6m in Taipei and an estimated $3m nationwide after three weeks on release. Interest shows no signs of ...
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Japanese director Jun Ichikawa dies at 59
Japanese film director Jun Ichikawa has died at aged 59, local media has reported. According to Ichikawa's office, he passed away suddenly in the early hours of Sept 19. He collapsed during a late night meal after working on the editing of his latest film, Buy A Suit.The news comes ...
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Pyramid and Longzhe launch cinema joint venture in China
China-Indian joint venture Pyramid Longzhe Culture and Theater Limited (PLCTL) has launched its first cinema, in China's Huainan City of Anhui Province. The joint venture was set up by Chennai-based Pyramid Saimira Group and Jiangsu-based Longzhe Group in March, with the help of Chinese state-owned China Society Music Research Board ...
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Tokyo film festival announces complete 2008 line-up
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the full lineup for its 21st edition (October 18-26). The 15-films in competition include four world premieres: China-HK co-production Claustrophobia directed by Ivy Ho, big budget Chinese disaster film Super Typhoon; Japanese entries School Days With A Pig; and Echo Of Silence ...
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Screen Australia considers industry support package
Screen Australia is considering giving bonuses to producers of small to medium budget features that perform well at the box office. No details are available on the budget levels of eligible films, the criteria for success or the extent of the reward. However, the proposal clearly indicates that the new ...
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Wall-E to close Tokyo film festival
Pixar's Wall-E will be the closing film of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 18-26). Wall-E opens theatrically in Japan on December 20th as the last major territory for the $290m international hit. As previously reported, John Woo's Red Cliff will be TIFF's opening film.TIFF has also announced the ...
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Departures selected as Japan's Oscar entry
Yojiro Takita's Departures (Okuribito) has been selected as Japan's official entry for the Academy Awards' foreign-language film category, the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren) announced on Friday. The final selection for films nominated in the category will be announced by AMPAS in January.Departures is a dramedy starring Masahiro ...
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Serbia's The Trap takes top prize at Chungmuro fest
The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul (CHIFFS) awarded its Grand Prize to Srdan Golubovic's Serbian thriller The Trap on Thursday night. The five-member jury headed by Michael Cimino also presented a Special Jury Prize to Aida Begic's Bosnian drama Snow and its Discovery Award to local director Hur ...
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Fine Cut's Hansel And Gretel heads to Canada
Canadian genre film distributor Evokative Films has picked up local rights for Korean horror film Hansel And Gretel from Fine Cut. The film, directed by Yim Phil-sung, recently won a special mention from the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals Jury at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) and ...
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Honda drives up to Chinese romantic comedy
Beijing-based Pegasus & Taihe Entertainment and China Film Group have announced that they will co-produce romantic comedy, Fit Lover, which is the third film in a successful series that also includes Call For Love and Crossed Lines. The two companies are also working with automobile company Guangzhou Honda, which has ...
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Universal, Focus team with CJ on Park's Thirst
Universal Pictures International (UPI) and Focus Features are teaming up with Korea's CJ Entertainment to co-produce award-winning director Park Chan-wook's upcoming vampire thriller Thirst. As part of the deal, Focus will release the film in North America. CJ is handling Korean distribution and international sales.The deal was announced by UPI ...
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Australia online competition launched as part of Stockholm festival
The Stockholm International Film Festival has launched an online short film competition in the run up to the festival, in conjunction with Baz Luhrmann's new film Australia.Entrants are challenged to re-create a scene from their favourite film, within the genres of romance, horror, action and comedy, lasting between 1-3 minutes. ...
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Newton heats up next projects after Three Blind Mice
Australian actor/writer/director Matthew Newton, here with Three Blind Mice, has two new scripts in development.People People is about a 40-year-old married couple trying to stay together. 'It's about comfort versus freedom,' Newton says. 'It's like an anti-rom-com, about how we relate to each other.'He also has LA-set genre piece about ...