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China unveils tougher penalties for pirates
China has strengthened its anti-piracy laws to make iteasier to prosecute copyright violations and to allow tougher sentences to behanded out to offenders.Thenew rules cover many kinds of copyright and patent violations but are specificabout film and other software. Starting from Dec 22, anyone found copying anddistributing more than 5,000 ...
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Justice takes Taiwan doc festival top prize
Dutch director Maria Ramos was awarded the grand prize atthe Taiwan International Documentary Festival (Dec 11-17) for herfeature-length film Justice about daily life in a Brazilian courtroom.The film, which follows four characters either working in orpassing through the Rio de Janeiro court, also picked up best documentary atthis year's Visions ...
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HONG KONG 20 December
FengXiaogang's A World Without Thieves knocked Bridget Jones off thetop spot but failed to lift the overall box office out of its recent downwardslide.The action drama, co-produced by Hong Kong's MediaAsia and Beijing-based Huayi Brothers, grossed US$342,335 from 48 screens.Itperformed much better on the mainland where it took RMB30m in ...
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Hong Kong sets up task force as production levels fall
Although hopes were high atthe beginning of the year, the number of films produced in Hong Kong has fallento an all-time low of around 65 this year and many films performed belowexpectations over the summer. As a result, 20 film professionals have set up anemergency task force to find solutions ...
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Three Dots unveils horror Heirloom
Three Dots Entertainment,the Taiwanese production company behind hit gay comedy Formula 17, hasunveiled a slate of three new productions for 2005.The up-and-coming companyhas secured private equity investment of around US$1m for the three-pictureslate.First off is horror film TheHeirloom to be directed by 23-year-old Leste Chen whose last film, Uninhibited,screened in ...
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Tom Group invests in leading Chinese film outfit
Hong Kong's Tom Group has joined the rush of overseas mediagroups investing in China's film and television industry by acquiring a 35%stake in leading private film producer and distributor Huayi BrothersInternational Holdings.The deal sees Tom Group acquire a 27% stake in HuayiBrothers for US$5m in cash. Tom will also subscribe ...
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China creates international media advisory board
The Chinese government has invited a group of domestic and foreign media companies to form a board to advise on how capital markets can help modernise the mainlands burgeoning media industry, according to the South China Morning Post.The board, which will include Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone and the heads of ...
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HONG KONG 26 November
Director Danny Pangtook over from his twin brother Oxide at the top of the Hong Kong chart thisweek with action drama Leave Me Alone.The UniverseEntertainment release, in which Ekin Cheng plays twins who exchange identities,grossed US$461,541 from 39 screens. Meanwhile Oxide Pang's Abnormal Beauty, which held the top spot for ...
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HONG KONG 22 November
Oxide Pang'sthriller Ab-normal Beauty held on tothe top spot in yet another sluggish week at the Hong Kong box office in whichthe top ten films grossed only US$1.16mLocal opener Beyond Our Ken, directed by hot upcomingdirector Edmond Pang Ho-cheung, came in second with US$267,164 from 35 screens.The Mei Ah Entertainment ...
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Hong Kong group to invest in Chinese production company
Hong Kong's TomGroup is in talks to acquire a 20% stake in Beijing-based production companyHuayi Brothers - currently the largest private film producer in mainland China- according to local press reports.The move followsthe introduction of new regulations, issued by China's State Administration ofRadio, Film and Television (SARFT), which allow foreign ...
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Emperor signs output deal with News Corp's Star
Hong Kong production andsales outfit Emperor Motion Pictures(EMP) has signed a three-year multi-territory output deal with News Corp's StarChinese Movies channel covering Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, the Philippines andSingapore.Under the terms of the deal,Star will have exclusive Mandarin and Cantonese pay-TV rights to all upcomingfilms produced by EMP and JCE ...
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Johnnie To cranks up Election drama
Hong Kong director Johnnie To has started shooting triaddrama Election - the first project inwhich his production company Milkyway Image has made an investment - andannounced that the $6.4m (HK$50m) production will be made as two films.To expects the contemporary drama, which traces a democraticelection within a triad society, to ...
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Grant boosts Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Festival
The Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival has undergonea raft of changes for its upcoming edition (Nov 25 ˆ Dec 5) including newdirectors, increased sponsorship and an expanded line-up of gay andlesbian-themed films.Launched in 1989, the annual event is the biggest andlongest-running gay and lesbian film festival in Asia ...
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HONG KONG 12 November
Oxide Pang'spsychological thriller Ab-normal Beautyopened at number one in another slow week at the Hong Kong box office, grossingUS$388,649 from 37 screens.Produced byUniverse Entertainment and Magic Head Film Production, the film tells the storyof a young photographer who becomes obsessed with taking pictures at the momentof death. It marks the ...
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HONG KONG 8 November
Two local productions - Wilson Yip's kung-fu romance The White Dragon and Yonfan's eroticdrama Colour Blossoms - topped theHong Kong box office in a relatively quiet week.The White Dragon,produced by China Star and Joe Ma's Singing Horse Productions, came in firstwith US$494,598 from 35 screens. Cecilia Cheung stars as a ...
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AFM: Emperor to handle own sales slate
Hong Kong's Emperor MotionPictures (EMP) is making its debut at the AFM as a fully-fledged sales outfit,handling world sales on a busy slate of product headed by Jackie Chan actionadventure The Myth.Since rebranding last year,the production and distribution outfit has worked with Sydney-based sales agentArclight Films on select titles, typically ...
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HONG KONG 1 November
Local actionromance, Yesterday Once More, held onto the top spot at the Hong Kong box office in its second week, grossingUS$660,172 from 48 screens.Featuring thelucrative combination of director Johnnie To and stars Andy Lau and SammiCheng, the film revolves around a gentleman thief and a cat burglar who try tooutwit ...
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Golden Harvest closes Taiwan exhibition deal
Following lengthynegotiations, Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Entertainment has reached a deal toacquire Taiwan's Warner Village cinema circuit - a joint venture between WarnerBros and Australia's Village Roadshow - with a consortium of Taiwanese partnersfor US$38m.Golden Harvest istaking a 40% stake in the circuit for US$15.2m while Taiwanese companies -including disc ...
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Universal takes New Police Story for Japan, Korea
Universal Pictureshas acquired all rights to New PoliceStory, starring and produced by Jackie Chan, for Japan and Korea.Co-produced byChan's JCE Movies and the China Film Group, the US$15m action blockbuster isdirected by Benny Chan and also stars Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu, Charlie Youngand Charlene Choi.The deal wasnegotiated by Keizo Kabata ...
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HONG KONG 4 October
New Police Story, starring and produced by Jackie Chan, beatTom Hanks vehicle The Terminal to thetop spot at the Hong Kong box office, grossing US$1,263,166 from 58 screens inits first six days on release.Produced by JCEMovies, Chan's joint venture with local tycoon Albert Yeung, the film has beenlauded as a ...