All Asia articles – Page 89
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News‘A Balance’, ‘Three’ take New Currents awards at Busan film festival closing
BIFF managed to achieve physical admissions of 29,135 despite pandemic social distancing requirements.
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FeaturesHeavyweight Tokyo International Film Festival passes its physical
A new festival format offers local audiences a feast of premieres from Japan and around the world.
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NewsJapan selects Naomi Kawase’s ‘True Mothers’ as Oscar submission
The film received a Cannes 2020 label and premiered at Toronto in September.
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NewsSC Films to launch sales at AFM on animated robot adventure ‘Stonerunner’ (exclusive)
The film will begin pre-production in Australia and New Zealand in December.
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Reviews‘Avalon’: DOK Leipzig Review
An exploration of the director’s sexual boundaries forms the heart of this obsessively personal film from Thailand
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NewsBusan market wraps with ‘Commodity’ winning top award
Director Kislay’s Indian project is about an aspiring scriptwriter who accompanies a human hair trader to get material for his script.
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News‘Parasite’ wins top prize at Asian Film Awards
Wang Xiaoshuai took the best director prize for So Long, My Son.
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FeaturesFive hot new Korean filmmakers making their debuts at Busan
Screen profiles five Korean directors whose first features are receiving their world premieres in the BIFF line-up.
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FeaturesHow Busan is successfully hosting a physical, socially distanced film festival
A combination of on-site and virtual activities is creating buzz for the festival’s line-up of 192 films.
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NewsTokyo 2020 Special: digital edition
The Tokyo International Film Festival runs Oct 31-Nov 9, whilst industry strand TIFFCOM runs Nov 4-6.
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NewsAnthony Chen, Mouly Surya among speakers at 2020 Asia Pacific Screen Forum
The 6-day conference will run online from November 20-26.
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Reviews‘Harami’: Busan Review
A young pickpocket develops a conscience after meeting the beautiful daughter of one of his victims
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NewsMacao film festival unveils line-up for IFFAM Project Market
Producers on the 14 projects include Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo and acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
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NewsCJ Entertainment, Library Pictures pact on local-language films
The two companies have entered into a slate co-financing deal for projects in Indonesia, Vietnam and Turkey.
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Reviews’Josee, The Tiger And The Fish’: Busan Review (closing film)
A charming, unashamedly melodramatic anime about the bond between a marine biology student and a paraplegic
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Reviews‘Empty Body’: Busan Review
A philosophical sci-fi drama about a grieving mother whose dead son returns in an android body
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NewsCo-productions can thrive in Asia despite Covid-19, say experts
A panel of experts discussed the state of production in the latest ScreenDaily Talks session.
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NewsChina box office: War epic ‘Sacrifice’ grosses $53m on opening weekend
Patriotic film was produced to celebrate the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War.
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NewsNikkatsu seals string of deals on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’
Venice best director winner has gone to Portugal (Midas Filmes), Norway (Fidalgo) and Korea (M&M International), among other territories.
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Reviews‘Summer Blur’: Busan Review
This sensitive, assured debut focuses on the anguished adolescence of a teenager who’s a bystander in her own life