All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 179
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Celestial Movies secures Hong Kong pay-TV slot
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has secured carriage for its 24-hour Chinese movie channel, Celestial Movies, on Hong Kong's newest pay-TV service, exTV, which launches on Feb 18 next year.The channel, which features content from the Shaw Brothers library, Golden Harvest and several other Asian film studios, has already been launched ...
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Golden Harvest readies China multiplex
Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Entertainment has signed a deal with developer China Resources Holdings to open a 12-screen cinema in the MIXc shopping mall in Shenzhen, southern China.The first phase of the development, including seven screens and around 1,200 seats, is expected to open by Christmas next year. The second ...
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Asian film industry mourns Duangkamol Limcharoen
Thai producer Duangkamol Limcharoen, a leading figure in the pan-Asian filmmaking movement, has died following a brief fight against cancer. She was 39 years old.A former TV producer, Limcharoen founded Thai film company Cinemasia in 2000 with the aim of producing pan-Asian co-productions and expanding the market for Asian films. ...
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Derek Yee's Lost In Time held onto the top spot at the box office in its second week, grossing US$608,816 from 42 screens. The romantic drama is already being tipped as a contender for next year's Hong Kong Film Awards, although it's more mainstream and commercial than Yee's previous films. ...
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China decentralises film censorship process
In a further sign that China is speeding up reform of its film industry, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has announced that its film censorship process has been decentralised. Under new rules, which came into effect December 1, filmmakers no longer need apply to the Beijing-based ...
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Ong-Bak scores on Singapore debut
Thai action title Ong-Bak - Muay Thai Warrior has become the highest-grossing Thai movie ever in Singapore, the first territory in which it's been released outside its home market. As of November 30, the film had grossed S$518,000 (US$300,500) at the Singapore box office placing it ahead of other Thai ...
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China Star's Lost In Time, starring Cecilia Cheung and Louis Koo, opened at the top of the Hong Kong box office chart grossing $941,553 and a strong screen average of $22,965. The romantic drama, about a woman coming to terms with her husband's death, is directed by Derek Yee whose ...
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Lee's Red Eagle to soar for Film Hanza
Hong Kong director Daniel Lee is attached to direct action movie Red Eagle for Thailand's Film Hanza - a new production company set up by Cinemasia co-founders Duangkamol Limcharoen and Nonzee Nimibutr. Limcharoen was awarded "Producer of the Year" on Thursday night at the CineAsia conference in Bangkok. The award ...
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CineAsia wraps on positive note for local language pics
The resurgence of local-language product across the Asia Pacific region was a recurring theme at this year's CineAsia convention for distributors and exhibitors which wrapped on Thursday (Nov 20) in Bangkok.At a seminar on the last day of the market, the increasing volume and quality of local-language films was credited ...
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Fox takes Thai rights to local drama Beautiful Boxer
Twentieth Century Fox has picked up Thai distribution rights to local action drama Beautiful Boxer produced by GMM Pictures - the film arm of Thai entertainment giant GMM Grammy.Directed by Singapore's Ekachai Uekrongtham, the film tells the real-life story of Parinya Charoenphol, affectionately nicknamed Nong Toom in Thailand, a kickboxer ...
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Singapore strides ahead with digital cinema roll-out
Singapore exhibitor Eng Wah Organization is collaborating with Barco and two government agencies to install 20 2K digital projectors - a move that pushes the tiny city-state of Singapore to the forefront of digital cinema technology.The roll-out is backed by Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) - a government body which ...
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Pirates still beating the system
Piracy is increasing in Asia despite the efforts of the Motion Picture Association and strategies such as day-and-date releasing according to delegates at this year's CineAsia conference in Bangkok. "Piracy has actually got worse in the past year," said MPA senior vice president, Asia Pacific, Mike Connors at a seminar ...
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Matrix Revolutions didn't beat the opening week figures of Matrix Reloaded in Hong Kong, but still topped the box office with a solid $1.32m from 67 screens during its first eight days (Nov 5-12). In comparison, Matrix Reloaded grossed $1.92m from 62 screens during its first seven days in May. ...
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Two Category III films (for persons aged 18 or above only) top the Hong Kong box office this week. Chan Hing-kai and Dante Lam's comedy Naked Ambition took the top slot with $553,710 from 29 screens. Produced by Panorama Entertainment and China Star, the film is about two university graduates ...
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Hong Kong production cycles getting longer
Production cycles are starting to get longer in Hong Kong which was once renowned for its "one-month" movies. As a result, three films scheduled for release during Chinese New Year next January are already in the can and undergoing an unusually lengthy post-production process.Media Asia's Magic Kitchen and Mandarin Films' ...
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Golden Harvest, China Film launch joint venture
Hong Kong's Golden Harvest is setting up a joint venture with mainland entertainment conglomerate, China Film Group Corporation, to co-finance and distribute Chinese-language films.The new venture, which is expected to be operational early next year, intends to finance films produced by mainland production companies and distribute them both in China ...
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Hero rules the Rooster at China's top film awards
Zhang Yimou's Hero scooped four prizes at this year's Golden Rooster Awards - mainland China's top film honours - including best director, best co-production, best sound recording and best production design. The martial arts blockbuster was excluded from competing for best picture as it's a co-production - between Beijing New ...
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The second lacklustre week in a row at the Hong Kong box office suggests that audiences spent their hard-earned cash on local event films Running On Karma and Infernal Affairs II earlier in the month and need strong persuasion to visit the cinema again. Of this week's five new openers, ...
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New York's Emerging Pictures teams up for China shoot
New York-based Emerging Pictures is teaming with China Film and two Hong Kong companies - Media Asia and the Chinachem property group - to co-produce Fei, the second feature from mainland-born director-producer Ann Hu. The film, which started shooting in China last week, features Chinese stars Zhou Xun (Hollywood Hong ...