All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 132
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FeaturesTony Chan & Wing Shya
The co-directors of Fox’s first Chinese-language production Hot Summer Days talk about making a studio film and the challenges posed by the weather.
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NewsMao’s Last Dancer to open Singapore film festival
This year’s Singapore International Film Festival (April 15-24) will open with Mao’s Last Dancer, directed by Bruce Beresford.
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AFAs to present Bachchan with Lifetime Achievement Award
Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4th Asian Film Awards.
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NewsDisney enters production for Southern Indian audiences
The Walt Disney Company Indiais shooting a Telugu-language epic fantasy adventure, which marks the studio’s first production aimed at Southern Indian audiences.
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Singapore Film Commission awards funding to four projects
The Singapore Film Commission (SFC) has awarded funding to four projects under its New Feature Film Fund for local directors, including Endless Day from Ho Tzu Nyen, whose feature debut Here screened in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
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NewsHong Kong film festival reveals 2010 line-up
The Hong Kong International Film Festival has revealed a strong line-up of local titles for this year edition, which opens on March 21.
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NewsHAF pays tribute to Wouter Barendrecht with new award
The Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum dedicates new award to the memory Wouter Barendrecht, who passed away last year.
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Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
Hong Kong Filmart is launching a three-day documentary event at this year’s edition.
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FeaturesHitting a Homerun
Daniel Yun is galvanising the Singapore film community with his latest venture — Homerun Pictures. He tell Liz Shackleton how he is setting up film funds with China and Australia and launching an international sales outfit
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NewsSingapore’s Zhao Wei Films builds Sandcastle
Singaporean production outfit Zhao Wei Films, founded by filmmaker Eric Khoo and James Toh, is set to start shooting Sandcastle, the debut feature from award-winning shorts director Boo Junfeng (pictured), on Jan 2, 2010.
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NewsWTO rejects China’s appeal against opening its film market
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has rejected China’s appeal against a ruling that it must stop forcing US content owners to use state-owned companies to distribute movies and books.
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CommentWorlds apart but moving closer
While a gulf still exists between India’s overtly commercial and star-driven film industry and its European counterpart, there are signs that producers from both regions are looking for ways to secure crossover success.
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NewsIIFAs to be held in Toronto in 2011
The organisers of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFAs) have announced that the 2011 edition of the event will be held in Toronto, marking the first time that the Bollywood awards show has been held in North America.
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NewsGDC announces slew of 3D deals at close of CineAsia
Digital cinema provider GDC Technology announced a slew of deals to equip Asian exhibitors with 3D technology, provided by RealD, as the three-day CineAsia conference drew to a close.
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NewsHong Kong's Golden Scene joins the Break-up Club
Hong Kong sales and distribution outfit Golden Scene has picked up international rights to Barbara Wong Chun-chun’s upcoming docu-drama Break-up Club.
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CineAsia opens with focus on mainland China’s growth
The CineAsia distribution and exhibition conference got underway in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with a focus on multiplex development and the rollout of d-cinema systems in the mainland China market, which is currently enjoying 40% box office growth.
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NewsReliance, In-Three team for 3D conversions
India’s Reliance MediaWorks, owned by the Reliance ADA group, has partnered with California-based In-Three to establish a facility in Mumbai to convert 2D films and videos into 3D.
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Twosome takes Hubert Bals award at busy Film Bazaar
Siddharth Sinha’s Hindi-language drama Twosome picked up the Hubert Bals award for most promising feature film project at the close of a busy three days of networking and project meetings at India’s Film Bazaar (Nov 24-26).
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FeaturesThe Asian dimension
On the eve of this year’s CineAsia in Hong Kong (Dec 8-10), Liz Shackleton asks if the imminent release of 20th Century Fox’s epic Avatar can jumpstart the rollout of 3D in Asia and help stem the tide of piracy
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Film Bazaar focuses on packaging, digital distribution
The third edition of Film Bazaar kicked off in Goa on Tuesday (Nov 24), with delegates discussing how to package projects for both India and European markets, and how Indian filmmakers can increase revenues by exploiting digital rights.