All Asia articles – Page 494

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    Asia Pacific Screen Awards establishes an academy

    2008-05-08T09:55:00Z

    Encouraging dialogue, collaboration and business relationships between filmmakers is the underlying aim of the establishment of The Academy of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs). The next step in the development of the awards was announced in Brisbane today by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.'The APSAs bring the best filmmakers from ...

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    Chungmuro fest partners with Cannes Directors' Fortnight

    2008-05-08T05:42:00Z

    Korea's 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival In Seoul (CHIFFS) has announced an inaugural competition section angled at 'classics of the future', as well as a special retrospective partnered with Cannes ' Directors Fortnight celebrating 40 years of the sidebar's films. With a five-person jury to include The Deer Hunter director ...

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    Toho, Toeiboost Japanese films at international box office

    2008-05-07T15:11:00Z

    While Iron Man kick-started the summer season with a tremendous bang after taking nearly $100m across 56 territories in its opening weekend, a slew of Japanese films still managed to account for 7.7% of the total revenue of international films.The top 39 films generated $183.5m from 37,648 screens for the ...

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    Adlabs acquires majority share in Malaysian cinema chain

    2008-05-07T02:46:00Z

    Continuing with its global expansion plans, Adlabs Films, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is set to acquire a majority and controlling interest in Malaysia's Lotus Five Star Cinemas. As per the agreement, Adlabs will operate the 51 screen cinema chain in Malaysia. The cinemas will be programmed ...

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    Sony signs three-picture deal with Pritish Nandy

    2008-05-07T02:39:00Z

    Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Films India and Indian company Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) have entered into a three-film first-look deal. 'All three films will be commercial blockbusters in thetrue Bollywood tradition with songs and dance etc,' PNC creative director told Screendaily.In a separate deal, SPE Films India has picked up ...

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    Bangkok film festival pushed backto September

    2008-05-07T02:24:00Z

    The organisers of the 6th Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) have revealed that the event will be rescheduled to September from the previously announced dates in late July. Previous organisers, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will take a backseat this year, and let the Federation of National Film Associations ...

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    Filmax International acquires international rights to Invitation Only

    2008-05-06T18:20:00Z

    Spanish outfit Filmax International has acquired the international sales rights excluding Asia, Germany and Poland and the distribution rights for Spain for the Asian horror production Invitation Only directed by Kevin Ko.Filmax International will present a promo of the film, which is currently in post production, at Cannes and will ...

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    Yim joins animation house Imagi in Hong Kong

    2008-05-06T04:38:00Z

    Former Media Asia executive Cora Yim has joined Los Angeles and Hong Kong-based animation house Imagi as director of marketing and strategic planning with immediate effect. She was formerly senior manager of acquisitions and marketing at Hong Kong-based Media Asia. In her new role she will report to Imagi co-CEO ...

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    Marvel suits up for new raft of superhero movies

    2008-05-06T02:39:00Z

    Bouyed by the triumphant worldwide release of its self-financed production Iron Man this weekend, Marvel Studios yesterday unveiled its release slate through 2011.A new raft of popular comic book characters - sometimes appearing in unison - will be brought to the big screen by Marvel using the same business template ...

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    Sony becomes first major to release DVD titles in Vietnam

    2008-05-06T02:20:00Z

    Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has signed a DVD distribution deal for Vietnam with that country's Galaxy Studio.The deal marks the first time a US major will release its titles on DVD in the South-East Asian market and will kick off on May 9 with 15 films including Casino Royale, ...

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    Skin to roll out though Shanghai Film Group in September

    2008-05-05T11:24:00Z

    Hong Kong-based Eastern Mordor has announced that Shanghai Film Group will handle distribution of Gordon Chan's fantasy epic Painted Skin, which is scheduled for release on September 28. One of the main investors in the film, SFG will release it through China 's top ten cinema circuits - including Shanghai ...

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    Warner Bros planning Hindi remake of Wedding Crashers

    2008-05-05T11:10:00Z

    Warner Bros has enlisted Mukesh Talreja and Nikhil Advani's Orion Pictures to produce a Hindi-language remake of its 2005 hit Wedding Crashers. The production house is currently in discussions with two leading Indian actors to reprise the roles played by Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. The director is also yet ...

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    Odin's Eye sets up sales office in New York

    2008-05-05T08:16:00Z

    Dave Pederson, a producer on the Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me, is to represent Australian sales agent Odin's Eye Entertainment (OEE) in New York. His title will be vice president of international sales, but as head of the new office he will also be sourcing product for the fledgling Sydney-based ...

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    Cerenzie-Peters acquires remake rights to Thai Devil

    2008-05-04T20:30:00Z

    Paramount Pictures-based production and finance company Cerenzie-Peters Productions has acquired English-language remake rights to Thai horror hit Art Of The Devil 2 from Thailand's Five Star Production. The picture is part of a successful franchise that has spawned three films. The other two films are also included in the deal ...

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    iDream bolsters Cannes slate with Ocean Of Pearls

    2008-05-02T10:08:00Z

    London-based sales agent iDream Independent Pictures has added Ocean Of Pearls, directed by Dr Sarab Singh Neelam, to its Cannes line-up. Shot in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of a young US-born Sikh surgeon who finds that his religious beliefs of wearing a turban and beard make him ...

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    Focus: the changing face of Japanese distribution

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    As the world's third largest box-office territory behind the US and UK, Japan is a hugely influential player in the international sales business. And until a few years ago, Japanese distributors would regularly stump up 10%-12% of the budget of heavyweight independent films.So it is not surprising Usen Corp's recent ...

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    Phathanavirangoon appointed TIFF South-East Asian programmer

    2008-05-01T18:11:00Z

    Former Fortissimo Films executive Raymond Phathanavirangoon has been appointed South-East Asian programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival. His selection remit includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. His co-programmer, TIFF veteran Giovanna Fulvi, will continue to programme titles from mainland China, Japan and ...

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    HAF's Esther Yeung joins Fortissimo Hong Kongoffice

    2008-05-01T11:51:00Z

    Fortissimo Films has announced a restructuring of its Hong Kong executive team.Esther Yeung has been hired as director of marketing & special projects, replacing Raymond Phathanavirangoon, who is leaving the company.Yeung was previously one of the managers ofthe Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) at the Hong Kong International ...

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    Sydney Film Festival to open with Happy-Go-Lucky

    2008-05-01T08:29:00Z

    Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky is one of 12 films chosen by the Sydney Film Festival (SFF) to be in its inaugural official competition and will also be the opening night film on June 4. The competition also features three world premieres including Vincent Ward's New Zealand documentary Rain Of The Children, ...

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    Oh quits CJ Entertainment to join Fox Korea

    2008-05-01T08:12:00Z

    Fox Korea has appointed Tom Oh as managing director, replacing Jay Shim, effective from May 9. He will report to Fox vice president, Asia Pacific, Sunder Kimatrai. Oh was formerly senior vice president at CJ Entertainment, where he managed the international sales & distribution and festival activities for CJ and ...