All Asia articles – Page 80
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NewsAmazon Prime Video enters Indian film production with ‘Ram Setu’
Akshay Kumar is starring the action adventure, which Amazon said would receive a theatrical release.
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NewsMedia Asia sells ‘God Of War 2’ to North America, ‘Septet’ to Japan
Hong Kong studio also seals string of deals on Tales From The Occult, Fagara and a package of 4K restored classics.
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NewsItaly’s Minerva Pictures closes Europe, Asia deals on genre features out of EFM
Titles include ambulance-set thriller ‘The Shift’ and home invasion drama ‘A Bunch Of Bastards’.
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NewsGiddens Ko readies ‘Till We Meet Again’, starring Kai Ko, for summer release (exclusive)
Fantasy adventure, which also stars Vivian Sung and Gingle Wang, is adapted from the director’s novel God Of Love.
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NewsEndeavor Content sells ‘The Ancestral’ across Asia, Middle East (exclusive)
Horror film is directed by Le Van Kiet, whose credits include Furie, which is Vietnam’s highest-grossing local film.
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NewsTokyo film festival changes venue, Shozo Ichiyama joins as programming head
TIFF will also become the first Asian film festival to sign Collectif 50/50’s Gender Parity Pledge.
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NewsEntertaining Power launches sales on crime thriller ‘A Murder Erased’ (exclusive)
Frequent Johnnie To collaborator Dennis Law is directing the film, which stars Eddie Cheung and Dada Chan.
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NewsClover Films, iQiyi team on four films from Singapore directors (exclusive)
The two companies will co-produce Chinese-language films directed by Kelvin Tong, Melvin Mak, Ong Kuo Sin and Tay Ping Hui.
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NewsOne Cool delivers on promise to revive Hong Kong film with busy Filmart slate
New projects include Au Cheuk Man’s Stand Up Story, co-produced with EMP, and Chui Tze Yiu’s Remember What I Forgot.
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NewsChina’s Blossoms brings Huayi Brothers trio to Filmart Online
Beijing-based sales agency is also handling war epic Sacrifice and Vincent Zhao’s Counter Attack.
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NewsDistribution Workshop picks up Arvin Chen’s 'Mama Boy'
Kai Ko and Vivian Hsu star in romantic drama, which starts shooting later this month in Taipei.
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FeaturesAsian buyers talk pandemic survival strategies and the year ahead
Three Asian distributors who have remained active during the Covid-19 pandemic share their experiences.
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FeaturesFilmart 2021: The hot projects from Hong Kong and China
As China comes off a record-breaking New Year, distribution is still feeling the effects of coronavirus.
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FeaturesIs China finally opening to Korean content as political relations improve?
Hopes are rising that Korean films and dramas might finally get an airing in China for the first time since they were banned in 2016.
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FeaturesHive Media Corp’s Kim Won-kuk talks building a slate of hits in challenging times
The Man Standing Next producer discusses how streamers, Covid-19 are changing Korean film.
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FeaturesGolden Scene’s Winnie Tsang on opening an independent cinema in Hong Kong
Veteran distributor shares her vision for Golden Scene Cinema, which opened last month in the newly gentrified Kennedy Town district.
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NewsSundance Institute sets Asian festival spin-off for Jakarta
Event will include films from this year’s US festival, initiatives for Asian talent.
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NewsFortissimo sells ‘Sexual Drive’ to Film Movement for North America
Directed by Yoshida Kota, the film is described as a triptych about sex, aphrodisiac foods and secret desires.
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NewsHong Kong International Film Festival unveils programme for 2021 hybrid edition
Philip Yung’s Where The Wind Blows and Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong will open the festival.
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Reviews‘Taste’: Berlin Review
Lê Bảo’s debut took the Special Jury Prize in the festival’s avant garde Encounters section