All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 6
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NewsSellers report busy Filmart but caution global market still some way from recovery
Asian sellers were presenting packed slates of new titles, but due to cinema closures, buyers are still cautious in many parts of the world.
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NewsNetflix leases two sound stages from Japan’s Toho Studio
Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
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News‘Her Lullaby’, ‘The Catch’ head winners at close of virtual HAF
HAF and WIP award winners also include The Way We AD, I Come From Ikotun, Stonewalling and No Winter Holidays.
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NewsiQiyi joins forces with Singapore’s GHY Culture to launch talent agency
Strategic joint venture aims to identify and promote talent across the Southeast Asia region.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video enters Indian film production with ‘Ram Setu’
Akshay Kumar is starring the action adventure, which Amazon said would receive a theatrical release.
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NewsMedia Asia sells ‘God Of War 2’ to North America, ‘Septet’ to Japan
Hong Kong studio also seals string of deals on Tales From The Occult, Fagara and a package of 4K restored classics.
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NewsFilmart: Asia OTT platforms reveal content strategies in a crowded market
WarnerMedia, Hulu Japan and iQiyi International discussed how Korean, Chinese and other Asian-language content is helping them to stand out.
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NewsTokyo film festival changes venue, Shozo Ichiyama joins as programming head
TIFF will also become the first Asian film festival to sign Collectif 50/50’s Gender Parity Pledge.
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NewsEntertaining Power launches sales on crime thriller ‘A Murder Erased’ (exclusive)
Frequent Johnnie To collaborator Dennis Law is directing the film, which stars Eddie Cheung and Dada Chan.
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NewsOne Cool delivers on promise to revive Hong Kong film with busy Filmart slate
New projects include Au Cheuk Man’s Stand Up Story, co-produced with EMP, and Chui Tze Yiu’s Remember What I Forgot.
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NewsChina’s Blossoms brings Huayi Brothers trio to Filmart Online
Beijing-based sales agency is also handling war epic Sacrifice and Vincent Zhao’s Counter Attack.
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FeaturesFilmart 2021: The hot projects from Hong Kong and China
As China comes off a record-breaking New Year, distribution is still feeling the effects of coronavirus.
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FeaturesIs China finally opening to Korean content as political relations improve?
Hopes are rising that Korean films and dramas might finally get an airing in China for the first time since they were banned in 2016.
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FeaturesFilmart 2021: The hot projects from Japan
Films from Soushi Matsumoto, Yuya Ishii and Yujiro Haromoto are all sparking interest.
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FeaturesGolden Scene’s Winnie Tsang on opening an independent cinema in Hong Kong
Veteran distributor shares her vision for Golden Scene Cinema, which opened last month in the newly gentrified Kennedy Town district.
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NewsFortissimo sells ‘Sexual Drive’ to Film Movement for North America
Directed by Yoshida Kota, the film is described as a triptych about sex, aphrodisiac foods and secret desires.
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NewsHong Kong International Film Festival unveils programme for 2021 hybrid edition
Philip Yung’s Where The Wind Blows and Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong will open the festival.
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NewsChina box office: ‘Raya’ opens in third; ‘Nomadland’ encounters backlash
Disney’s Raya And The Last Dragon took $8.5m over the three-day weekend, behind Lunar New Year holdovers Hi, Mom and Endgame.
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NewsHong Kong’s UA Cinemas ceases operations citing pressures of Covid-19
Six cinemas are being shuttered today (March 8), while K11 Art House was sold to MCL last month and remains open.
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NewsBlue Fox Entertainment picks up Pedring Lopez action title Gi (exclusive)
Cecep Arif Rahman and Yayan Ruhian star in the film, which starts shooting in Indonesia this spring.