All Asia articles – Page 551

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    Ghost Rider stays top in international markets with $16.3m take

    2007-03-04T22:21:00Z

    Ghost Rider continued to blaze a trail across the international arena as it dominated the market for the third consecutive weekend.The comic book adventure grossed an estimated $16.3m through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from approximately 4,000 prints in 56 territories and now stands at $60.7m with $100m well within ...

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    Still Life takes first Adelaide best film award

    2007-03-04T12:41:00Z

    Still Life, by Chinese director Jia Zhang Ke, has won $25,000 for best film at the Adelaide Film Festival's inaugural competition. The film is a meditation on the transformation of China, using the dams being built on the Yangtze River as its setting. Last year it won the Golden Lion ...

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    Turning tide in Hong Kong Affairs

    2007-03-03T09:22:00Z

    When William Monahan accepted his Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar this week for The Departed, he thanked Felix Chong and Alan Mak, the writers of its source material, Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs. But he could have also paid homage to Media Asia's chairman Peter Lam who greenlit the high-concept thriller.Affairs ...

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    Tokyo to host world premiere of Spider-Man 3

    2007-03-03T08:16:00Z

    Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group has announced that the world premiere of Spider-Man 3 will be held in Tokyo. The multi-million dollar event will be held on April 16 at Tokyo 's upscale shopping and entertainment complex Roppongi Hills, with the film's six main cast members scheduled to attend. Additionally, ...

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    Screen Index up 8% with continued boom in Italy

    2007-03-02T17:53:00Z

    Local films helped push collective global box office takings of nine territories up 8% last weekend compared to the same weekend last year, according to Screen International's Screen Index. Italy continues to surge and was up 51.8% year-on-year thanks to the success of Fausto Brizzi's sequel Notte Prima Degli Esami ...

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    Korea 's b.o.m. Film Production promotes Cho to CEO

    2007-03-02T07:07:00Z

    Leading Korean producer b.o.m. Film Production has promoted entertainment lawyer Cho Kwang-hee, who is currently chief financial officer in charge of productions, to the position of chief executive officer. Founding head and former CEO Oh Jung-wan is now taking a less visible position as executive head of production to concentrate ...

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    Hong Kong Filmart adds TV, locations showcases

    2007-03-02T07:00:00Z

    This year's Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart) will host two new thematic pavilions - TV World and Locations World - as part of its drive to become the leading cross-media trading platform in the region. Almost 40 companies, from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and other regions, ...

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    SPRI's Ghost Rider blazes into UK, Japan, Brazil

    2007-03-02T00:58:00Z

    Ghost Rider is expected to dominate the international arena for a third consecutive weekend as it prepares to launch in three major markets.Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) comic book adaptation has amassed $41.3m so far and this weekend rides into the UK and Brazil on Mar 2 on 350 and ...

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    China Film Group takes over Warner Bros multiplexes

    2007-03-01T08:18:00Z

    China Film Group has confirmed that it's buying out three multiplexes that are jointly owned by Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) and China 's SZITIC Commercial Property Co (SZITIC). Following the completion of the equity transfer agreement, China Film will become the sole owner of the three cinemas which are ...

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    HK government earmarks $38m for local film industry

    2007-02-28T16:33:00Z

    The Hong Kong government has earmarked $38.4m (HK$300m) for the creation of a fund to support local film production and foster new talent. The measures were announced on Wednesday (Feb 28) by Hong Kong financial secretary Henry Tang in his budget address to the Legislative Council. Tang said he was ...

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    Departed players reteam for Confession remake

    2007-02-28T06:42:00Z

    It looks like Warner Bros is keen to replicate the success of Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning The Departed. The remake of Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs picked up four Oscars, including best picture, director and adapted screenplay, on Sunday night and has grossed more than $250m. ...

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    Toho-Towa to handle Universal films in Japan

    2007-02-28T01:29:00Z

    Universal Pictures will dissolve its distribution venture UIP Japan and will launch a partnership with Toho-Towa this summer.The first films to open through the new partnership will bePaul Greengrass' The Bourne Ultimatum starring Matt Damon.'We are extremely pleased to be in business with Toho-Towa, who will be invested in the ...

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    Singapore festto open with Sri Lankan drama Sankara

    2007-02-27T10:29:00Z

    The Singapore International Film Festival (April 18-30), which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, will showcase more than 300 films from 40 countries. For the first time, a Sri Lankan film will open the festival - Prasanna Jayakody's feature debut Sankara - a Buddhist fable about desire and non-attachment. Indonesian ...

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    Shindo to have world premiere at Hong Kong Filmart

    2007-02-27T04:18:00Z

    The Tokyo International Film Festival has arranged to hold the world premiere of Koji Hagiuda's Shindo (translation: Prodigy) at this year's Hong Kong Filmart on March 21. The Tokyo fest and its attendant TIFFCOM market, which are held in October, have been using Filmart as a launch pad in recent ...

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    Golden Flower to open Mumbai festival

    2007-02-24T15:15:00Z

    The 9th edition of the International Film Festival of Mumbai (IFFM) organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) will open with Zhang Yimou's The Curse of the Golden Flower on March 8.The week-long festival, presented by Adlabs, will close on March 15 with Mira Nair's The Namesake.About 100 ...

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    Malaysia bans Muhammad's Village People

    2007-02-24T04:37:00Z

    Malaysia has banned Amir Muhammad's Village People Radio Show, a documentary about former Malay-Muslim Communists now living in exile in southern Thailand, after the censorship board rejected the film for being sympathetic towards communism. Without relying on a narrator or voiceover, the documentary recorded the life of 15 surviving members ...

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    Golden Bear winner finds new buyers

    2007-02-23T14:12:00Z

    Korean sales agent Cineclick Asia has closed EFM wrap-up deals for Golden Bear winner Tuya's Marriage to Maywin Media for the ex-CIS territories and Arsenal for Germany.Wang Quan'an's third feature, the film portrays a Mongolian woman in search of a new groom who will take care of her family - ...

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    Reshuffle at Pusan brings in Lee as co-festival director

    2007-02-23T13:59:00Z

    The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced a major reshuffle of its organisation. Twelve-year festival head Kim Dong Ho is taking on a co-festival director - former co-deputy director Lee Yong Kwan. Kim (70), whose globe-trotting, hard-working personality has come to personify PIFF, will continue steering the festival's international ...

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    Dunn takes MD job at Fox Australian home entertainment division

    2007-02-23T11:07:00Z

    Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) has appointed Chris Dunn as MD in Australia.He takes over from Steven Leighton who recently became Managing Director of TCFHE UK. 'We are very pleased to have Chris join Fox and we're confident he willbuild upon the strong leadership and retail success that StevenLeighton ...

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    Dorm sweeps the board at Thai Critic Awards

    2007-02-23T08:07:00Z

    Songyos Sugmakanan's solo directorial debut Dorm dominated the 15th Thailand National Critic Awards with five wins, including best film and best director, out of ten nominations. The coming-of-age horror tale also took best supporting actress for Jintara Sukphat, best script and best cinematography. It recently won the crystal bear for ...