All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 105
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DFI unveils first funding round of 2012
The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has unveiled the 23 features, documentaries and short films that will receive funding as part of its 2012 grants programme.
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Rabarts to head development for India’s NFDC
Marten Rabarts, currently artistic director of Binger Filmlab, will step down at the end of May to take up the role of head of development with India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
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Film Base Berlin turns lens on Cambodia
German production house Film Base Berlin is developing a Cambodia-themed drama Game Park, to be directed by French-Cambodian filmmaker Vanessa Ly.
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Malaysia to launch international festival
Malaysia’s National Film Development Corp (FINAS) is launching a film festival and contents market to be held in Kuala Lumpur in November.
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Bae launches Tokyo production, distribution outfit
Former Stylejam executive Soojun Bae has launched a Tokyo-based production and distribution outfit, Synca Creations.
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DIFF partners with Lincoln Center for Arab showcase
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) is partnering with the Film Society of New York’s Lincoln Center to showcase Arab cinema in a special DIFF Focus (August 24-30).
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Pictures Dept picks up Aoyama project
Japanese production and sales outfit Pictures Dept has picked up worldwide rights to Shinji Aoyama’s upcoming adaptation of Shinya Tanaka’s award-winning novel Dog Eat Dog (Tomogui).
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Metrodome, AB slayed by Guillotines
Hong Kong-based We Distribution has sealed further deals on Andrew Lau’s action thriller The Guillotines, which has gone to the UK (Metrodome), French-speaking Europe (AB Droits Audiovisuels), Italy (Minerva Pictures) and India (WEG).
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Bona Film Group boosts credit facility to $80m
China’s Bona Film Group has increased its revolving credit facility with Bank of Beijing from $15.8m (RMB100m) to $79m (RMB500m), which it will use over the next two years for content production.
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NewsAbu Dhabi launches 30% production rebate
EXCLUSIVE: Abu Dhabi’s twofour54 and the Abu Dhabi Film Commission are launching a production rebate from September 1, marking the first major incentive scheme in the Middle East.
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ScreenSingapore appoints Asian board members
ScreenSingapore, has appointed six new Asian members to its board as the event moves to strengthen its Asian focus.
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Wu’s Seven Stars to finance Killer remake
Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios (SSFS) has agreed to finance John Woo and Terence Chang’s English-language remake of iconic Hong Kong action film The Killer.
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Yash Raj taps Saleem for Y-Films comedy
India’s Yash Raj Films, which is making its Cannes debut this year, has started production on the third film under its Y-Films banner, comedy Mere Dad Ki Maruti, starring Saqib Saleem.
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Odin’s Eye picks up controversial Comedy
Sydney-based sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has secured exclusive rights to writer-director Rick Alverson’s The Comedy in all territories outside of North America.
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China Film to roll out giant screen technology
China Film Group Corporation has announced that it will start rolling out its China Film Giant Screen (CFGS) technology this year, starting with 15 screens in cinemas in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and several other Chinese cities.
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We Distribution reveals Lam’s Beauty
Hong Kong-based We Distribution is unveiling romantic comedy, The Truth Of Beauty, produced by Peter Ho-sun Chan and directed by Aubrey Lam.
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Birch Tree, Astro Shaw team for martial arts slate
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw and US-based sales agent Birch Tree Entertainment are joining forces to produce and distribute a slate of martial arts action films.
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Hong Kong’s Pegasus to produce Ip Man 3D
Hong Kong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures is introducing the third part of its hit Ip Man franchise in Cannes – the most ambitious installment yet which the company is planning to shoot in 3D.
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Mirovision boards $25m animation Empire Of The Ants
Seoul-based production and sales outfit Mirovision has picked up international rights to $25m stereoscopic 3D CGI production Empire Of The Ants, which is an adaptation of French author Bernard Werber’s novel Les Fourmis.
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M-Line’s Doomsday arrives in US, Germany
Korea’s M-Line Distribution has sold its high-concept sci-fi drama Doomsday Book to Well Go USA for North America and Splendid for Benelux and Germany.