All Asia articles – Page 530
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UFO partners for digital releases of RK Films library
UFO Moviez, the Indian digital cinema company, has partnered with the legendary Indian studio RK Films to release their popular classics like Bobby, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Prem Rog and Heena among others in digital wide screen format.RK, founded by the late Raj Kapoor, is a 60-year-old ...
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Ai No Yokan (The Rebirth)
. Dir. Masahiro Kobayashi. Japan , 2007. 102mins.A test of endurance that will defeat most audiences, MasahiroKobayashi's new film is an exercise in repetitious movement bound to earn plaudits with both festival juries and the more refined art cinema patron. The closest parallel to this kind of cinema is the ...
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Indian Film Company works with new Imtiaz Ali project
The Indian Film Company has acquired worldwide rights to Imtiaz Ali's new film, produced by Shree Ashatavinayak Cine Vision. The film - as yet untiltled until the results are tallied from a consumer poll - is a musical romantic comedy set in North India. Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor star ...
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Pusan Promotion Plan selects 35 projects for 10th edition
The Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) has announced the line-up for its tenth anniversary edition. 35 projects from 18 countries have made the final cut, out of more than 200 submissions. Once again the PPP mixes masters and newcomers, including Cannes Camera D'Or winner Bahman Ghobadi, Berlinale Silver Bear winner Wang ...
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Be Wild takes Japanese rights to Royston Tan's musical drama 881
Be Wild has taken on all Japanese rights to Royston Tan's new musical drama 881, making it the first pre-sale ever of a Singapore film to Japan. The deal also marks the first international acquisition for Be Wild, a producer of Japanese films such as Kaza-hana, What the Snow Brings, ...
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Harry Potter has a $6m Chinese opening despite local pressure
Despite some restrictions on the release print numbers, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix had a strong opening in mainland China, grossing $5.94m (RMB 45m), according to Beijing and Shanghai-based cinema owners. The figure is the best first-week gross of all Harry Potter movies in China. State-owned China ...
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UTV partners with Virgin for new superhero books and films
India-based UTV Motion Pictures and its SpotBoy production arm are working with Virgin Comics, a division of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, to collaborate on four new superhero franchises. The brands will be leveraged across publishing, film, animation and gaming. The stories will initially be released as graphic novels published worldwide ...
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Shyam Benegal to get India's top film honours
Indian Film Company chairman Shyam Benegal has received this year's Dada Saheb Phalke Award, India's highest honour for cinema.Indian President Pratibha Patil will present the award, along with a cash prize, to Benegal later this year. Benegal is the director of classics including Ankur, Nishant, Kalyug and Bhumika. He currently ...
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Death Note spin-off L to get same-day release across Asia
L, the spin-off of the successful Death Note series, is slated to open simultaneously in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan on Feb 9, 2008.The pan-Asian release strategy is the widest of its kind for a Japanese film, with more countries possibly signing on. Previous sequel Death Note 2: The ...
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New Abu Dhabi festival to offer film financing with top awards
The Black Pearl - the grand prix of the new Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF), unspooling for the first time in Abu Dhabi Oct 14-19 - will come with production grants for the winners' next films. 'The festival is determined to plant its flag right away,' said festival director ...
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Palador gets Olive Collection and catalogue after UTV split
The dispute between Indian companies UTV Motion Pictures and Palador, reported in May, has been amicably settled. After releasing two films (City of God and 13 Tzameti) under the UTV-Palador brand, the Indian motion picture company terminated all business relations with Palador for its world cinema business citing 'material breach ...
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Paramount International taps key managers in Japan and Spain
Paramount Pictures International has hired new executives in two key territories. Ichiro Okazaki will start his post as president of Paramount Pictures Japan as of Sept 1. Pierre Auger will take on the role of general manager, Paramount Pictures Spain, from December 2007. PPI was launched in January after the ...
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Simpsons make it into Indian multiplexes after boycott is resolved
After losing out on opening weekend collections for the The Simpsons Movie in India , local distributor Warner Bros reached an amicable settlement with the Multiplex Owners Association leading to the film being back on regular shows from today (Aug 7). The multiplex owners cited unreasonable demands for an increased ...
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Beyond Dreams works with foundation for $20m Buddha feature
Beyond Dreams Entertainment of India has partnered with Sri Lanka 's The Light of Asia Foundation, Sri Lanka for a $20m film project on the life of Gautam Buddha, the historical founder of Buddhism. Leading Indian director Shyam Benegal will direct the project. The Memorandum of Understanding for the production ...
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Shabana Azmi to head jury of new Asia Pacific awards
The Indian actress and humanitarian Shabana Azmi has been named president of the international jury at the inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), to be held on Australia's Gold Coast on Nov 13. 'The Asia Pacific Screen Awards is strongly committed to cinematic excellence and the promotion of the regions' ...
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OTX expands film tracking service in Russia and China
The OTX (Online Testing Exchange) International Film Tracking service is expanding to Russia and China, the first such tracking service in each country. Clients of the consumer research and consulting company will be able to use the service to evaluate marketing campaigns up to five weeks before release. OTX's weekly ...
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UTV taps three portals for online film releases
Indian motion picture company UTV has tied up with three portals that will premiere two of their forthcoming feature film releases online. UTV Motion Pictures' library of movies will also be available for viewing via these portals. The first two premieres are the Vikram Bhatt helmed Fear (Aug 10) across ...
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Cinta takes top best film honours at Malaysian Film Festival
Khabir Bhatia's Cinta, an omnibus of five love stories set in modern-day Kuala Lumpur, was named best film at the 20th Malaysian Film Festival awards ceremony on Saturday night. It also took best supporting actor (for Haji Rahim Razali), best screenplay and best editor. A total of 29 awards were ...
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HanWay and Celluloid Dreams brands revived as Dreamachine concentrates on library
Just three months after the splashy merger of HanWay Films and Celluloid Dreams, their joint venture company Dreamachine has now announced that the Celluloid and HanWay brands will be run as separate first-run sales and acquisition businesses in London and Paris, as they traditionally had been. The companies had sold ...
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Malaysian box-office boom continues as Transformers sets new record
Transformers has emerged as the biggest film of all-time in Malaysia, raking in a total of $4.9m (RM16.9m) as of July 29. This is the third new box-office record being set in Malaysia within a three-month period, a testament to the country's extraordinary performance in an unprecedented record-breaking year. First, ...