All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 11
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News‘The Whaler Boy’, ‘Mama’ win top awards at Pingyao film festival
Cash prizes for best film in the Roberto Rossellini and Fei Mu awards are split between the director and the winners’ Chinese distributor.
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NewsDharamshala film festival moves online with Kapadia, Tamhane talks
Indian premieres include Massoud Bhakshi’s Yalda – A Night For Forgiveness, which took the Grand Jury prize at Sundance.
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FeaturesLumiere Pavilions CEO Jimmy Wu on restarting China’s theatrical market
Boutique cinema chain owner talks market recovery and plans to bring more non-Hollywood foreign films to China.
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NewsChina box office: National Day revenues rank as second highest ever with $580m
My People, My Homeland topped the box office over the eight-day holiday period and has so far grossed $318m.
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FeaturesWill China be buying foreign independent films in the post-Covid era?
Post-Covid politics are making it more difficult than ever to sell into China, but foreign films could play a role in the country’s market recovery.
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NewsTIFFCOM unveils projects for inaugural Tokyo Gap Financing Market
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan (working title) in collaboration with John A. Davis.
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News‘Hope’, ‘The Pencil’ win top prizes at Japan’s Skip City film festival
Anshul Chauhan’s Kontora won best picture in the feature film category of the Japanese Film Competition.
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NewsChina box office: ‘My People, My Homeland’ tops National Day weekend
China’s total box office over the three-day weekend (October 2-4) reached $215.6m.
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NewsPingyao film festival unveils full line-up, competition sections
The festival will open with Sun Hong’s This Is Life, while Zhang Yang’s So Far So Close will screen as the Special Presentation.
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NewsRediance picks up Li Xiaofeng’s ‘Back To The Wharf’ (exclusive)
Li’s third film premiered in competition at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
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NewsChina box office: Peter Ho-sun Chan’s ‘Leap’ heads up pre-holiday weekend
Sports biopic starring Gong Li grossed $24.8m on its opening weekend, one week ahead of China’s National Holidays.
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NewsSingapore’s ATF moves online due to Covid travel restrictions
The event will take place on the same dates, December 1-4, via a digital platform called ATF ONLINE+.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Mulan’ drops 72% while ‘The Eight Hundred’ prevails
Hit by piracy and poor word-of-mouth, Disney’s live-action retelling of a popular Chinese myth has grossed $36.3m since its September 11 release.
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FeaturesKiyoshi Kurosawa on why he hopes ‘Wife Of A Spy’ will create some controversy at home in Japan
The film won Kurosawa the best director prize in Venice; it is now screening in San Sebastian and Busan.
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NewsRediance picks up Busan New Currents title Summer Blur (exclusive)
Beijing-based sales agent has also added Asian Project Market title Lava to its slate.
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NewsChina box office: Disney’s ‘Mulan’ has soft opening, draws mixed reviews
Although the film topped the weekend box office, it appears to have suffered from a range of factors depressing mainland China box office.
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FeaturesTalent Focus: Hong Kong’s new generation make waves in uncertain times
The filmmaking community of Hong Kong is used to punching above its weight, and now the next generation of writer/directors is forging a reputation at home and abroad.
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NewsTokyo film festival to open with 'Underdog', close with 'Hokusai'
Boxing drama Underdog is directed by Masaharu Take, while Hokusai is a biopic directed by Hajime Hashimoto.
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FeaturesToronto 2020 preview: Screen’s guide to TIFF Docs, Discovery and World Cinema strands
Toronto International Film Festival (September 10-19) has this year selected 50 titles.
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FeaturesToronto 2020 preview: Screen’s guide to the gala and special presentations
Toronto International Film Festival (September 10-19) has this year selected 50 titles.