All China articles – Page 92
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NewsFox, STAR, Huayi Brothers line up China rom-com Hot Summer Days
Fox International Productions (FIP), Star Television Asia Limited (STAR) and China’s Huayi Brothers Media are collaborating on the Chinese romantic comedy Hot Summer Days starring Hong Kong idol Jacky Cheung.
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NewsXME licenses Lionsgate’s More Than A Game
Beijing-based Xinhua Media Entertainment (XME) has licensed mainland China distribution rights to basketball documentary More Than A Game from Lionsgate.
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Huayi Bros plans to raise $91m in ChiNext listing
Huayi Brothers Media, one of China’s largest private film companies, is planning to raise $91m (RMB620m) via a listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext board for smaller companies.
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NewsWang Xiaoshuai starts work on Mosaic
Chinese film-maker Wang Xiaoshuai has started shooting his new drama Mosaic, with backing from Beijing-based entertainment group Tempo Films Investment.
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China appeals WTO ruling
As expected, China has appealed against a recent World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that would open the country’s market for US movies, music and books.
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Jianyu Jianghu
A female assassin retires after killing a monk she had fallen in love with, and marries an ordinary postman, hoping to lead a peaceful family life. But the postman is actually the son of an official she might had killed, and their past soon catch up with them…
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NewsKaohsiung fest removes controversial doc from line-up
In an attempt to minimise controversy, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City Government has decided to separate the screening of documentary 10 Conditions Of Love from the upcoming Kaohsiung Film Festival in October.
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Hong Kong’s Filmko to produce 3D period drama
Hong Kong-based Filmko Holdings is producing a 3D period drama adapted from Spanish classic Don Quixote, to be directed by Chinese filmmaker Agan.
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Energy Behind the Heart
A group of drama school graduates in Shanghai struggling to survive in show business.
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San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi
Set in a Chinese noodle shop in desert, the noodle shop owner schemes to murder his adulterous wife and her lover
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NewsJet Li to star in first non-action drama Ocean Heaven
Action star Jet Li is set to star in a contemporary Chinese-language drama Ocean Heaven, to be directed by debut filmmaker Xue Xiaolu, which marks the actor’s first non-action project.
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NewsTaiwan changes rules for mainland actors
Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) has announced a policy change that enables more mainland actors to work on Taiwanese film productions.
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NewsJean-Jacques Annaud to direct Wolf Totem
French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Lover, Seven Years In Tibet) has been brought on board to direct $30m Chinese-language drama Wolf Totem, which is being co-produced by Hong Kong’s Bill Kong and Beijing-based Forbidden City Film Co.
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NewsJet Tone, Fortissimo appeal GIO ruling
Jet Tone Films and Fortissimo Films – the production company and sales agent behind Cheng Hsiao-tse’s Miao Miao, which is at the centre of a funding row – have issued a statement saying they will pursue “all available legal recourse” to defend their rights to keep Taiwan government funding for ...
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NewsChina set to appeal WTO ruling
China’s Ministry of Commerce has said that it’s preparing an appeal to a ruling last week by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that could open the country’s market for US movies, music and books.
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NewsNGE takes North America on Chinese smash City Of Life And Death
National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) has swooped on North American rights to Lu Chuan’s Chinese hit City Of Life And Death.
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NewsEleven Flowers wins Open Doors production grant
Eleven Flowers, a project to be directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and produced by Isabelle Glachant, was awarded a production grant of $46,000 (50,000 swiss francs) at the Locarno Film Festival’s 2009 Open Doors Factory.