All articles by Jean Noh – Page 60
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FeaturesIwai Shunji
Japanese film-maker Iwai Shunji talks about his first English language film Vampire, starring Kevin Zegers and Keisha Castle-Hughes, currently in post production.
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NewsKorean Film Council chairman resigns
Cho Hee-moon forced to resign from KOFIC; Pretty Pictures raises transparency issues over The Housemaid.
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FeaturesKorea prospects
From English-language action comedies to local tentpoles and a remake of Ghost, Jean Noh profiles some of the hottest upcoming Korean productions
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FeaturesA Cut above
In just two years, FineCut has established itself as a leading sales agent for hot South Korean and international titles. Jean Noh talks to company CEO Youngjoo Suh
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Beyond borders
As it expands into China, Japan and the US, CJ Entertainment’s Mike Suh tells Jean Noh about the company’s mission to become a global studio
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FeaturesKorea at the cutting edge
The production sector in Korea may be adjusting to the new economic reality with smaller budgets — but the territory’s films have impressed at major festivals in 2010. Jean Noh reports
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FeaturesRiding the digital wave
Broadband penetration in Korea may be the highest in the world, but growth of IPTV and VoD has been slow and there is more pressure than ever on theatrical revenues. Jean Noh reports
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FeaturesCool summer
Admissions are down in Korea so far this year, and exhibitors missed the local hits which made summer 2009 so successful. Jean Noh explores the territory’s appetite
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News"Busy" TIFFCOM sees visitors and exhibitors increase
The Tokyo International Film Festival’s market reports rise in visitors and exhibitors.
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NewsYuya Ishii picks up award as Tokyo Project Gathering wraps
The director picked up this year’s TPG Award for Hara Ga Kore Nande
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TIFFCOM panelists give advice to European filmmakers in Japan
European filmmakers need to be savvy about new media, film festivals and diversified sales models in Japan, according to panelists at a UniJapan Entertainment Forum on European films in the Japanese market today at TIFFCOM.
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NewsJoint Entertainment gets Memory Loss in Toyko
The Taipei-based sales agent picks up title touted as Taiwan’s first 3D animation.
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NewsHiatus acquires two hot titles at Pusan
The company has picked up Taiwan rights to Incendies and The Solitude Of Prime Numbers.
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NewsPusan New Current Award goes to The Journals of Musan, Bleak Night
The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) closed with the New Currents Award going ex-aequo to two Korean films - Park Jung-Bum’s The Journals of Musan and Yoon Sung-Hyun’s Bleak Night.
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Pusan seminar sees transmedia future
Transmedia is the future of storytelling, according to panelists at the Pusan International Film Festival’s seminar Transmedia: Maximizing Creativity through Blending Contents, Media and Technologies.
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Asian Film Market participation jumps 44%
The fifth Asian Film Market in Pusan, Korea wrapped this week after a four-day run with 108 companies from 26 countries representing a 44% increase in participation.
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CJ has strong Pusan market with Ghost remake
South Korean distributor/sales company CJ Entertainment has done a slew of deals at Pusan’s Asian Film Market, including pre-sales on the Paramount Pictures Japan remake of Ghost to Catchplay for Taiwan.
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FineCut's latest deals include Poetry to Edko
South Korean sales agent FineCut has sealed a raft of deals at Pusan International Film Festival’s Asian Film Market including Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry which sold to Edko for Hong Kong.
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NewsMirovision's Pusan sales include deals with Gaga
South Korean sales agent Mirovision has announced sales from Pusan’s Asian Film Market, led by sales to Gaga Communications for Japan. The company has picked up Im Sang-soo’s Cannes competition film The Housemaid and sports drama Lifting King Kong.
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Toei introduces Strangers to Korea's Mountain Pictures
At Pusan’s Asian Film Market, Japanese distributor Toei has signed a deal with Korean buyer Mountain Pictures for Junji Sakamoto’s mystery thriller Strangers In The City.