All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 113
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NewsSingapore overhauls film and media funding structure
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has announced that it will be streamlining its funding schemes from 46 to five, effective immediately.
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NewsHarmony Lessons wins project prize at Eurasia
Psychological drama Harmony Lessons, from young Kazakh filmmaker Emir Baigazin, was awarded the top prize of inaugural projects market, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, which took place during the Eurasia film fest (Sep 19-24).
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NewsFirst Rains wins best film at Eurasia film festival
Japan-Kazakh co-production The First Rains Of Spring was awarded best film at the Eurasia International Film Festival, which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Sep 19-24).
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CommentWhy the US studios are struggling with Asian production
The news that Disney has followed Warner Bros and Paramount in closing down local-language production or acquisition units highlights the difficulties the US studios face in this area, particularly in Asia where a very different filmmaking culture exists.
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Mumbai film festival to roll with Moneyball
The Mumbai Film Festival has announced that Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, will open this year’s edition of the festival (Oct 13-20), while Dolphin Tale, a family drama starring Morgan Freeman, will close the event.
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NewsEurasia Film Festival launches Kazakh co-production event
Kazakhstan’s Eurasia International Film Festival is launching a co-production event, Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema, at this year’s edition of the festival in Almaty (Sep 19-24).
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NewsFICCI Frames to launch market at 2012 edition
India’s annual FICCI Frames conference has announced that it’s planning to launch a market at the 2012 edition of the event in Mumbai (March 14-16).
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NewsIndia’s Eros signs 50-film deal with Korea Telecom
Indian studio Eros International has signed a deal with Korea Telecom (KT) to license 50 titles across various platforms including IPTV, mobile and internet.
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Hudson to head Mumbai competition jury
The Mumbai Film Festival has announced that Hugh Hudson will head the competition jury of the festival’s 13th edition which takes place October 13-20.
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NewsBunohan gains Traction, sells to Universal
LA-based sales company Traction Media has boarded Malaysian action drama Bunohan
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NewsMedia Asia to co-produce Lau's Guillotines with We Pictures
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films has boarded Andrew Lau’s The Guillotines as co-producer alongside Peter Ho-sun Chan’s We Pictures. The film started shooting this week in China’s Shanxi province.
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David R. Ellis to direct Kite remake for Distant Horizon
Distant Horizon has announced that David R. Ellis will direct the live-action remake of hit Japanese anime Kite, which is scheduled to go into production in January, 2012.
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Indian filmmaker Jag Mundhra dies aged 62
Indian filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra, whose credits include UK-set films such as Provoked and Shoot On Sight, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. He was 62.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Vietnam’s Paradise
Fortissimo Films has acquired international rights to Vietnamese director Vu Ngoc Dang’s Lost In Paradise (Hot Boy Noi Loan), which will receive its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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Kollywood's time to shine
Is Kollywood the new Bollywood? Hollywood certainly hopes so as the studios increase their local-language collaborations with the Tamil industry to tap into a homegrown audience of 70 million.
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CommentChina’s international ambitions
What the Relativity Media and Legendary Pictures deals say about China rallying forth into the world.
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NewsFortissimo wades into Wetlands
Fortissimo Films has picked up international rights to French Canadian filmmaker Guy Edoin’s Wetlands (aka Marecages), which premieres at the Venice Film Festival next month.
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NewsImagenation pacts with Fortissimo for Emirati slate
Imagenation Abu Dhabi has signed an exclusive international sales agreement with Fortissimo Films, which will handle worldwide distribution of the company’s debut slate of local and Arabic-language features.
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NewsARP takes French rights to Venice title Seediq Bale
Fortissimo Films has sold French rights to Venice title Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale to leading independent distributor ARP.