All Asia articles – Page 79
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NewsKOFIC launches 2021 fund to support Korea’s film industry through Covid crisis
Emergency stimulus package to support exhibition, distribution and production.
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NewsM-Appeal strikes US, Europe deals for Berlin award-winner ‘Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy’ (exclusive)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s romantic drama has also been secured in Asian territories.
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NewsKorea’s Jeonju film festival adds more physical screenings for 2021 hybrid edition
Festival to open with Srdan Golubovic’s ‘Father’ and close with Aurel’s ‘Josep’.
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NewsAng Lee to be awarded Bafta Fellowship
Bafta’s highest accolade will be presented to the director of ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’.
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NewsCJ ENM appoints new director of content sales and acquisitions
Sebastian Kim will oversee CJ ENM’s finished content sales, including to global platforms such as Netflix, VIU and iQIYI.
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NewsTAICCA, Taiwanese exhibitors join forces to launch Bole Film
Joint venture plans to use box office intelligence to inform the development of Taiwanese films.
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NewsHong Kong film festival cancels opening film, citing technical reasons
Philip Yung’s Where The Wind Blows was one of two films expected to open the festival on April 1.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ stomps into China with $70m opening
The Warner Bros/Legendary title had the biggest opening weekend for a foreign film in China since the start of the pandemic.
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NewsNetflix unveils slate of 40 anime titles headed by ‘Record Of Ragnarok’
New titles also include Yasuke, directed and executive produced by US anime artist LeSean Thomas.
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NewsBusan appoints new heads of festival and market
Appointments follow the recent departure of Jay Jeon.
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Reviews‘Islands’: SXSW Review
Tagalog-language SXSW Jury prize-winner is set inside Canada’s Filipino community
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Features“The world was ready": How 'The White Tiger' was finally adapted for the screen
Author Aravind Adiga, filmmaker Ramin Bahrani and exec producer/actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas discuss the dark drama.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Avatar’ stays on top with $14m in second weekend
James Cameron’s epic has taken a further $43.8m since its re-release, for an all-time China total of $250.2m.
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Reviews‘The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson’: SXSW Review
Leah Purcell directs and stars and writes this Outback revenge thriller based on her own stageplay of an 19th century story
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NewsSellers report busy Filmart but caution global market still some way from recovery
Asian sellers were presenting packed slates of new titles, but due to cinema closures, buyers are still cautious in many parts of the world.
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FeaturesPhilip Yung on recreating a famous tale of corrupt cops in ‘Where The Wind Blows’
Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Aaron Kwok head the cast of the film, about two policemen-turned-fugitives who terrorised Hong Kong in the 1960s.
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NewsNetflix leases two sound stages from Japan’s Toho Studio
Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
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News‘Her Lullaby’, ‘The Catch’ head winners at close of virtual HAF
HAF and WIP award winners also include The Way We AD, I Come From Ikotun, Stonewalling and No Winter Holidays.
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NewsiQiyi joins forces with Singapore’s GHY Culture to launch talent agency
Strategic joint venture aims to identify and promote talent across the Southeast Asia region.