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All Asia articles – Page 94
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NewsHAF announces 21 Work-in-Progress projects for 2021 edition
Line-up includes 10 docs and 11 fiction films, mostly from Asia, with several European productions and co-productions.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Big Red Envelope’ stays on top in quiet weekend
Total revenues at $32.8m were down 12.5% from the previous weekend in quiet pre-Chinese New Year period.
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Reviews‘Writing With Fire’: Sundance Review
Dalit women defy discrimination by setting up a journalistic organisation - and making it a success story
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FeaturesWhy Asian films are under-represented at the Oscars, despite the success of ‘Parasite’
Cultural firewalls, campaign costs and late submissions are some of the issues faced by Asian cinema in the awards race.
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Reviews‘One For The Road’: Sundance Review
Wong Kar-wai produces Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to ‘Bad Genius’
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Reviews‘In The Same Breath’: Sundance Review
Timely, and terrifying: Nanfu Wang’s documentary looks at government response to Covid-19 in the US and China
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FeaturesDirector Sarmad Khoosat on why Oscar entry ‘Circus Of Life’ “defies a lot of pre-existing notions”
The film is Pakistan’s submission to the best international film category.
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NewsNetflix picks up world rights to Venice winner 'The Disciple'
Marathi-language drama is nominated in the best international feature category of the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
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Features25 films from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa to tempt festival directors in 2021
Screen rounds up key contenders vying for the attention of programmers out of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
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NewsJay Jeon to exit as director of Busan International Film Festival
Jeon posted about his departure on social media, taking BIFF organisers by surprise.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Big Red Envelope’ tops weekend with $8m
A Little Red Flower came in second with $7m for a cumulative total of $196.9m.
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News‘Paka: The River Of Blood’, ‘Ambush’ win WIP awards at India’s Film Bazaar
Sreejith Karanavar’s Konkani-language Today Me Tomorrow You took the top award in the Film Bazaar Recommends section.
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NewsFilm Bazaar explores post-Covid landscape for Indian filmmakers
Streamers are keeping India’s more story-driven filmmakers busy, but are also taking their attention away from indie films.
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FeaturesHow heavily pirated Russian sci-fi 'Coma' was reworked for release in China
“The Chinese team has used Russian footage to tell a new story.”
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Reviews‘Circus Of Life’: Review
Pakistan’s Oscar submission tells a story of social ostracism after mobile phone footage goes viral
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NewsStarz launches Lionsgate Play OTT platform in Indonesia
Guntur Siboro, Gene Tamesis join senior executive ranks.
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NewsIndia’s Storiculture launches South Asian producers programme
Residency in Goa in March aims to help participants produce local projects for international markets.
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NewsChina box office: ‘A Little Red Flower’, ‘Shock Wave 2’ maintain dominance
Openers included Taiwanese sci-fi drama The Soul and animated feature Wish Dragon.
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NewsHAF unveils line-up of 29 projects for 2021 virtual edition
Line-up includes nine documentaries and nine first-time feature directors.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race: the Asia Pacific contenders
Can the continent follow up last year’s success for ‘Parasite’?