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Japan International Contents Festival - Tokyo events gather momentum
The Japan International Contents Festival (CoFesta) debuts this year (September 20-October 28) as a sprawling amalgamation of 18 events running alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival (see sidebar, below). Key international events include the Tiffcom market and its attendant Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG).Tiffcom (October 22-24) is entering its fourth year, ...
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Pusan cements regional role
As it turned 12 this year, the Pusan International Film Festival (Piff) started to exhibit growing pains. But the burgeoning South Korean festival, with its mandate to discover and support Asian cinema, is still widely recognised as the premiere event in Asia - putting it in the rankings that follow ...
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Eros takes on Krazzy 4 from Roshan's Film Kraft
Eros International has taken international rights to Krazzy 4 from Rakesh Roshan's Film Kraft Productions. The project is currently shooting.Jaideep Sen will direct the comedy with a social message. Juhi Chawla, Dia Mirza, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Rajpal Yadav and Suresh Menon star. The film is based around four principal ...
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Lust, Caution rejected as Taiwan's Oscar entry
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles has rejected Taiwan's submission of Lust, Caution as its official nomination for the foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. With no official financing or major cast from the island, Ang Lee's spy thriller, which was filmed in mainland ...
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Suharjono named svp of Asian distribution at Warner International
Erlina Suharjono has been named senior vice president of Asia Distribution at Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Suharjono recently assumed the role of chief representative of Warner New Asia to supervise distribution of the studio's US-made films in China.Based in the Hong Kong office and reporting directly to WBPI distribution chief ...
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Gondry casts Kase, Ito in Tokyo! segment
The cast for Michel Gondry's segment of omnibus film Tokyo ! (working title) has been announced. Letters From Iwo Jima star Ryo Kase will be joined by Ayumi Ito (Tokyo Tower: Mom And Me And Sometimes Dad), Satoshi Tsumabuki (Dororo), Ayako Fujitani (Gamera 3) and Nao Omori (Midnight Eagle). Gondry's ...
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Zhang to star in Golden Rooster Awards short film
The organisers of China's Golden Rooster Awards have announced that Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, Ge You and Huang Bo will star in a short film to be screened at the awards ceremony in Suzhou on Oct 27. Dayyan Eng (Waiting Alone) will direct the three-minute action satire about a group ...
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Eros and Darby set upIndia-based effects companyEyeQube
In yet another strategic expansion, India 's leading integrated media company Eros International is working with international visual effects expert Charles Darby to start a new venture called EyeQube Studios Private Ltd. Eros will make an initial investment of $5m-$7m into EyeQube and each film will bring in its own ...
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UTV's Spotboy unveils three-picture slate
After establishing movie production brand Spotboy in May this year, UTV Motion Pictures has unveiled a slate of three Hindi films under the new division, to be directed by Shyam Benegal, Anurag Kashyap and debut director Raj Kumar Gupta. Benegal, whose credits include Nishant which screened in competition at Cannes ...
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China's SARFT, Singapore's MDA sign slate of agreements
China 's State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have inked a slate of media-related MOUs to spearhead media co-operation between the two countries. Three government-to-government MOUs were signed last Friday to facilitate co-productions and encourage reciprocal participation in key media ...
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UFO signs exclusive deal with DG2L for 1,500 digital systems
Indian digital cinema pioneer UFO Moviez has signed an exclusive deal with DG2L Technologies for digital cinema equipment and support. The deal will cover a record 1,500 digital cinema systems to be supplied by DG2L, which is headquartered in New York and has offices in Taiwan, Singapore, Brussels, Mumbai, Pune, ...
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Saville's Noise takes top prize at Australian Directors Guild Awards
Matt Saville's drama Noise, about a highly unmotivated police officer, and Kriv Stenders' ultra low-budget project Boxing Day, about a man struggling to stay clear of drugs and crime, won the two major feature film prizes at the Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Awards on Saturday in Sydney.Noise won the most ...
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Lust, Caution's China release delayed for one week
China Film Group has confirmed that the mainland China release of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution has been postponed once again, this time from October 26 to November 1. The reason for the delay is to avoid competition with foreign blockbusters, according to Beijing-based cinemas. The film was originally scheduled to ...
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PUSAN: Asian Film Market better for schmoozing then selling
As the second Asian Film Market wound down on Thursday (Oct 11), the consensus seemed to be that Pusan is still a key meeting point for the pan-Asian film industry - as it was before the launch of the market - but has some way to go before it becomes ...
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Kojo's Smith breaks ground with new Sony HD camera on Beautiful
A group of Australian filmmakers, some of whom were involved on the very successful digital feature Wolf Creek , are making their new project Beautiful as one of the first features to be shot with the new Sony F23 CineAlta HD camera. Dean O'Flaherty is directing and Adelaide-based Kojo Pictures' ...
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PUSAN: New Currents Awards presented to three films
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF)gave awards tothree films in its New Currents section of up-and-coming Asian directors, which is the only competitive section of the festival. The three films, which were awarded with $30,000 each, were Life Track by Guang Hao Jin (China/Korea), Flower In The Pocket by Seng ...
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PUSAN: AFCNet to discuss production incentives
AFCNet, the Asian Film Commissions Network, has announced the launch of the first Asia Pacific Film Industry Policy Forum at its annual General Assembly yesterday. The three-day forum which will be held from October 11-13 during BIFCOM 2008 (in conjunction with Pusan 's Asian Film Market) will provide a much-needed ...
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Ladd to head Tokyo's international competition jury
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the members of its international competition jury. Famed Hollywood executive and producer Alan Ladd Jr. will head the jury. Ladd previously ran 20th Century Fox, during which time Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back were produced. Hits Moonstruck and Thelma & ...
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PUSAN: Wang's 11 Flowers wins Pusan Award
Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai's 11 Flowers was presented with the $20,000 Pusan Award at the closing of the Asian Film Market and Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) on Thursday night. The award, from the Metropolitan City of Busan, is designed to support a talented director and producer. Wang, whose credits include ...
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UTV, Palador announce separate world cinema channels
After severing ties,India's UTV and Palador Pictures haveseparately announced initiatives to promote world cinema. Integrated media company UTV will soon launch a TV channel focusing on international movies from across the globe. Called World Movies, the 24-hour channel will be targeted at Indian viewers agedbetween 18-35 years and will feature ...