All articles by Jean Noh – Page 71
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Taiwan's Cape No. 7 scoops Golden Orchid in Hawaii
The 28th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) has awarded its Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for best narrative feature to Taiwanese comedy Cape No. 7, directed by Wei Te-Sheng. The film has been a smash hit in its home territory, grossing more than $4m in Taipei alone, and has been submitted ...
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Korea's Fine Cut sells ET, Beastie Boys to Japan
South Korea's Fine Cut has closed a slew of deals in the aftermath of Pusan's Asian Film Market, led by recently-released comedy Our School's E.T., directed by K.C. Park (She's On Duty), which sold to Fine Films for Japan. The company also closed on the few remaining territories for serial ...
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Scarecrows, Naked Of Defenses pick up Pusan awards
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) wraps tonight (Oct 10) with the top New Currents Award going ex aequo to Roh Gyeong-tae's Land Of Scarecrows and Masahide Ichii's Naked Of Defenses. Headed by actress/filmmaker Anna Karina, the New Currents Jury for first and second feature films from Asia lauded ...
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Festival talk - Tokyo at the cutting edge
Which festivals do you particularly rate and enjoy'This year I've been to Berlin, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Toronto and will go to Pusan and AFM. I enjoy just about any festival. Berlin is very chilly but always has lots of new interesting things. Beki Probst (head of the European Film ...
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Tiffcom - Autumn window for Japanese productions
Although it falls in a crowded autumn calendar between Toronto, Pusan, Mipcom and AFM, Tiffcom is still a good place to source increasingly strong Japanese content such as manga and animations, as well as films for remakes, TV dramas and music properties.The mostly local market is also striving to be ...
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KOFIC chairman declares Korean film industry in crisis
At the Korean Film Industry: Status And Vision conference over the weekend in Pusan, Korean Film Council (KOFIC) chairman Kang Han-sup took fire as he proclaimed the local industry in a 'great depression' while refusing to speak upon any detailed plans for overcoming the crisis. Busan Metropolitan City, at the ...
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Mirovision sells remake rights to Driving With My Wife's Lover
South Korea's Mirovision has announced the sale of US remake rights for Kim Tai-sik's Driving With My Wife's Lover to Circle of Confusion at Pusan's Asian Film Market. The former Sundance and Rotterdam film is about a man who hires his wife's lover, a taxi driver, to take him on ...
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Zhang Ziyi to star in China-Korea co-production
Zhang Ziyi is set to star in a big-budget romantic comedy, Sophie's Revenge, which is being made as a China-South Korea co-production. The Chinese-language film will be shot entirely in China with a local director. Announced by CJ Entertainment in Pusan last night at the company's annual CJ Night bash, ...
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CJ scores further sales on The Good, The Bad, The Weird
CJ Entertainment has announced a raft of sales from the Asian Film Market in Pusan.Kim Jee-woon's fast-paced Oriental Western The Good, The Bad, The Weird - the international version of which is making its Asian premiere in the Pusan festival - has sold to Celestial Films for Hong Kong and ...
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Pusan opens with fanfare but mourns death of local star
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) opened tonight (Oct 2) at the Outdoor Theatre of the Haeundae Yachting Center with fireworks and fanfare, a star-studded red carpet, opening film Gift To Stalin and an announcement of a death and an absence. The death was of much-beloved local actress Choi ...
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Asian Film Finance: Asia opens up
How can international projects access the region's slowly increasingnumbers of subsidies and incentives' JEAN NOH explores the key entrypointsFilm industries in Asia are comparatively young and less developed than their Western counterparts, where government subsidies and tax incentives are available more readily.Therefore the major reasons for shooting in Asia have ...
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Asia Film Finance: Korea opportunities
Now the local bubble has burst, Korean funds are starting to invest in foreign films. JEAN NOH reportsInthe late 1990s, South Korea's government came to the realisation thatit takes a comparatively vast number of Hyundai car exports to equalthe profits of a single Hollywood hit. Economic motivation to ...
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Asian Film Finance: Korea opportunities
Now the local bubble has burst, Korean funds are starting to invest in foreign films. JEAN NOH reportsIn the late 1990s, South Korea's government came to the realisation that it takes a comparatively vast number of Hyundai car exports to equal the profits of a single Hollywood hit. Economic motivation ...
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How can international projects access the region's slowly increasingnumbers of subsidies and incentives' JEAN NOH explores the key entrypointsFilmindustries in Asia are comparatively young and less developed thantheir Western counterparts, where government subsidies and taxincentives are available more readily.Therefore the major reasons for shooting in Asia have usually had more ...
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Madman takes Oz rights to The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Leading Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has announced the sale of the international version of Kim Jee-woon's The Good, The Bad, The Weird to Madman for Australia. It was noted in the beginning of the 'working version' of Kim's Oriental Western which screened in Cannes earlier this year that post-production was ...
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Eleven Arts indulges in Daytime Drinking
Ahead of the upcoming Asian Film Market, South Korea's Fine Cut has announced deals for Toronto Discovery section film Daytime Drinking, which sold to Eleven Arts for North America, and horror film Hansel And Gretel, which went to Terracota Media for the UK and MFA+ Distribution for Germany and Austria. ...
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South Korea, New Zealand sign co-production treaty
South Korea and New Zealand have signed a co-production treaty that will allow films from both countries to enjoy the same benefits for financing, incentives and support programmes. The treaty also provides for the importation of film equipment and visas for location shoots.Recent Korean films shot in New Zealand include ...
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Korea's Gwangju Citygets promotionboost from October,Metafive
Hong Kong-based October Pictures and Korean visual effects company Metafive Art, Science And Magic have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with South Korea's Gwangju Metropolitan City to promote Gwangju as an Asian hub for international CGI projects. The two companies are also collaborating with Kinomotive Studio - founded by ...
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Pusan tips Korean producers' projects, co-production conference
Pusan's Asian Film Market has announced five projects for its Korean Producers In Focus (KPIF) and events for the Busan 2008 International Co-production Conference, in partnership with the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK). With the goal of supporting the ailing Korean film industry, the KPIF will showcase producers and their ...
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Profile: Pusan Promotion Plan
The Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) co-production market has long been one of the main draws at Pusan. This year it is showcasing 30 projects from 17 countries (the Co-production PRO, launched last year, has been absorbed into PPP).A slew of established Asian directors are producing projects featured in the PPP. ...