All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 108
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Pegasus lines up Kok comedy, 3D horror
Raymond Wong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures is gearing up to shoot two projects in the second quarter of 2012 – Vincent Kok’s Guys Are Like Clothes (working title) and a 3D horror film from Po Chih Leong.
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NewsIran’s A Separation leads Asian Film Awards
Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation was the big winner at the Asian Film Awards last night scooping best film, best director, best screenwriter and best editor.
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Malaysia to introduce 30% production rebate
The Malaysian government is set to introduce a rebate scheme for local and international films shooting in Malaysia.
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Emperor fights fire with Derek Kwok, Nicolas Tse
Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) is launching a big-budget fire-fighting drama at Filmart, to be directed by hot up-and-coming filmmaker Derek Kwok with Nicholas Tse heading the cast.
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Fortissimo goes Full Circle
Fortissimo Films has picked up international rights outside China to Zhang Yang’s upcoming feature Full Circle.
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NewsDistribution Workshop launches Tycoon, Christmas Rose
Distribution Workshop, the Hong Kong-based sales arm of Chinese studio Bona Film Group, is attending Filmart with a slate of hot new projects including gangster thriller The Last Tycoon starring Chow Yun Fat.
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New Pangs, Chan films headline Universe slate
Hong Kong’s Universe Films Distribution is unveiling a slate of action films at Filmart, headed by new projects from the Pang Brothers and Benny Chan.
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Blind Detective, Switch make Media Asia bow
Hong Kong’s Media Asia is introducing two high-profile projects at Filmart – Johnnie To’s crime drama Blind Detective and Jay Sun’s action drama Switch.
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NewsKhoo fills Urn, engages Apprentice
Gorylah Pictures, one of two production labels run by Singapore filmmaker and Asian Film Awards jury president Eric Khoo, is joining forces with Clover Films and MM2 Entertainment to co-produce supernatural thriller Inside The Urn (working title), to be directed by Gilbert Chan.
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CAR takes North American rights to Smuggler
US-based Cinema Asia Releasing (CAR) has acquired North American rights to Japanese cult hit Smuggler, which premiered in the Midnight Madness section of last year’s Toronto film festival.
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Turkish cinema gets first push at Filmart
Turkish cinema will have a presence for the first time at Filmart this year, through a booth organised by Turkey’s Izmir Cinema Association (ICA).
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NewsLoehr to exit CAA’s China office
Peter Loehr is leaving his position as managing director of CAA China, the agency’s seven-year-old outpost in Beijing.
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NewsIndia’s Trigno to remake The Infidel in Hindi
India’s Trigno Media has acquired rights to develop a Hindi version of UK comedy The Infidel, which was a hit at the UK box office in 2010.
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NewsIndia’s film industry revenues up 11% in 2011
India’s film industry grew by 11.5% to $1.85bn (Rs93bn) in 2011, according to a report issued by KPMG on the eve of the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai.
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China’s YOU On Demand to distribute large-format films
Chinese video-on-demand (VoD) platform YOU On Demand Holdings has signed a deal with K2 Communications to distribute films made for large formats on VoD in China.
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NewsDeool, Byari share best feature at India’s National Film Awards
Two films made in regional languages – Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s Deool and Suveeran’s Byari – will share the best feature film honours at the 59th edition of India’s National Film Awards.
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NewsChow Yun-fat to star in Wong Jing’s Shanghai
Chow Yun-fat is set to star in Grand Shanghai a big-budget Chinese gangster thriller to be directed by Wong Jing.
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Wong’s Revenge: A Love Story sells to Japan
Hong Kong-based All Rights Entertainment has closed a Japanese deal on Wong Ching Po’s Revenge: A Love Story, which has gone to Tokyo-based Medallian Media Co.
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FeaturesAnysay Keola
The director of the first commercial thriller ever made in Laos talks about kickstarting a film industry in his country.
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NewsLove In The Buff to open Hong Kong film festival
Pang Ho-cheung’s Love In The Buff will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 21-April 5), while Berlin competition entry White Deer Plain will close the event.