All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 101
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FeaturesAnnemarie Jacir
The Palestinian filmmaker talks about the refugee stories in When I Saw You.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival: Arab filmmakers recount troubled beginnings
Five leading Arab filmmakers outlined the difficulties they experienced in launching their careers in a troubled region at an Abu Dhabi Film Festival panel on Tuesday.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival: DeSouza brings 3D motion capture to the masses
3D supervisor Clyde DeSouza explained how 3D and motion capture technology - normally the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters - is becoming accessible to low-budget and indie filmmakers, during his 3D Master Class at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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FeaturesHala Alabdalla
Paris-based filmmaker Hala Alabdalla was in the middle of making her documentary, As If We Were Catching A Cobra, about cartoonists and caricature artists in Syria and Egypt, when revolution swept the region.
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FeaturesManjeet Singh
The director talks about his debut feature Mumbai’s King, about slum kids in India.
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NewsGlobal Film Initiative picks up Busan trio
The Global Film Initiative has picked up three films that screened at the recent Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) for North American distribution - 111 Girls, Beijing Flickers and Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights.
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FeaturesEffendee Mazlan
Malaysian husband-and-wife filmmaking team, Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina Isahak, have gone against the grain of the unabashedly commercial Malay-language film industry with Songlap, a drama about the illegal trafficking of babies.
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NewsMalaysia changes dates of new market to March 2013
The Malaysian government has pushed back the dates of its planned film, TV and related contents market from November to March next year.
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NewsDistribution Workshop drives round Bends
Distribution Workshop is co-financing and has picked up international rights to Flora Lau’s Bends, starring Carina Lau and Chen Kun.
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Singapore's MDA appoints Koh Lin-net as CEO
Koh Lin-net has been appointed CEO of Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA), replacing Aubeck Kam who leaves the post on October 31.
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NewsMumbai film festival unveils competition sections
The Mumbai Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its competition sections for this year’s edition (Oct 18-25), including its new competition for Indian features, India Gold 2012.
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NewsGalloping Horse, Reliance join forces to buy Digital Domain
Beijing-based Galloping Horse and India’s Reliance MediaWorks (RMW) have formed a joint venture to buy bankrupt US visual effects studio Digital Domain for $30.2m.
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NewsHong Kong, Thailand, India announce Oscar submissions
Hong Kong, Thailand and India have all unveiled their entries for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards.
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NewsDhoom 3 to be first Indian film presented in IMAX
India’s Yash Raj Films has announced that upcoming action thriller Dhoom 3 will be the first Bollywood film to be released in the IMAX format.
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FeaturesIndian knight rises
Mumbai-based DAR Motion Pictures is shaking up the Indian film business with its focus on four strands of production and acquisition of major Hollywood films.
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FeaturesHollywood films gain traction in India
This year, US studios have scored big in the idiosyncratic and fragmented territory with films such as The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man.
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NewsPhilippines selects BWAKAW as Oscar submission
The Film Academy of the Philippines has selected BWAKAW as the country’s entry to the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards.
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NewsCTE expands distribution deal with Lionsgate
Hong Kong-based Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has expanded its distribution deal with Lionsgate to include Japan and Korea, in addition to China and South-East Asia.