All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 62
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NewsDolce Vita joins Oddjoint's 'Nuclear Hearts'
EXCLUSIVE: Marc Irmer’s Paris-based Dolce Vita Films will co-produce Bornila Chatterjee’s Nuclear Hearts with Kolkata-based Oddjoint Art.
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NewsYouTube India content chief: avoid 'Syndrome 52'
YouTube India content chief Satya Raghavan explained how Indian filmmakers can bypass theatrical windows and create content for YouTube and other digital platforms, at the opening session of Film Bazaar’s Knowledge Series yesterday.
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NewsSikhya ramps up distribution
Sikhya Entertainment is entering Indian and international distribution starting with Mozez Singh’s Busan opener Zubaan [pictured], which its plans to release in India in January 2016.
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NewsCDP joins Sengupta’s 'Memories And My Mother'
EXCLUSIVE: French producer Catherine Dussart, who co-produced Gurvinder Singh’s The Fourth Direction, has boarded Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Memories And My Mother, which is selected for the Co-Production Market at Film Bazaar this year.
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NewsIndia's new FFO to act as one-stop shop for Indian shoots
Foreign and local producers who want to shoot in India now have a central agency they can contact, the Film Facilitation Office (FFO), to help with obtaining shooting permissions and sourcing locations and crew.
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NewsFilm Bazaar's WIP explores changing India
Projects exploring the role of women in Indian society and the country’s rapid economic development feature heavily in the line-up for this year’s Work-in-Progress Lab at Film Bazaar, which includes six fiction and five documentary features.
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NewsAmbre, Oddjoint punch for 'Boxers' feature
EXCLUSIVE: French producer Sylvain Bursztejn’s Ambre Films is joining forces with Celine Loop and Q’s Kolkata-based Oddjoint to produce a feature version of Alka Raghuram’s documentary Burqa Boxers.
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FeaturesFilm Bazaar: India turns up the volume
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Film Bazaar in Goa, India’s leading independent film event, is the place to meet the country’s growing ranks of internationally focused film-makers.
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NewsM-Line snags KAFA grads
EXCLUSIVE: Seoul-based sales agent M-Line Distribution has signed an agreement to handle all graduate films from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), one of South Korea’s leading film schools.
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NewsFinecut picks up Na Hong-jin mystery 'Gokseong'
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has picked up international rights to Gokseong.
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NewsM-Line has 'Wonderful Nightmare'
Seoul-based sales agent M-Line Distribution has picked up new titles from Lee Joon-ik and Lee Sung-gang and sealed a Japanese deal on Kang Hyo-jin’s Wonderful Nightmare [pictured].
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NewsFinecut lands Neeson war movie
Korea’s Finecut has picked up John H Lee’s upcoming war movie Operation Chromite, starring Liam Neeson as General Douglas MacArthur.
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FeaturesBuzz Titles: China & Hong Kong
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: High-rolling sequels, a Wong Kar Wai-produced rom-com and Johnnie To’s latest crime thriller: Liz Shackleton previews the top titles marching out of China and Hong Kong
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FeaturesChina & HK: indie and arthouse space facing challenges
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Despite another record year at the Chinese box office, buyers, sellers and distributors in the independent and arthouse space have less to celebrate.
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FeaturesHansal Mehta talks gay victimisation drama 'Aligarh'
Hansal Mehta discusses his latest film Aligarh, about the victimisation of a gay university professor, which played as the opening film of this year’s Mumbai Film Festival.
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NewsAndroids, heritage in the frame at Tokyo fest
An android actress, giant anime robots and the legacy of Akira Kurosawa were among the offerings at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which as always presented an interesting mix of old and new.
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NewsTIFFCOM highlights growing Asian ambition
Two seminars at this year’s TIFFCOM (October 20-22) in Tokyo touched on Asia’s ambition to make pan-regional or international movies without Hollywood’s help.
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NewsTIFFCOM: Netflix Japan talks up interest in US originals
Speaking at TIFFCOM today, Netflix Japan vice president David Lee reported strong interest in the company’s US originals such as Daredevil, despite the Japanese audience’s usual indifference to Hollywood content.
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NewsAlibaba offers to buy out Youku Tudou
Alibaba previously purchased 16.5% of the streaming platform in 2014 for $1.2bn.
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NewsDIFF unveils shortlist for IWC Filmmaker Award
Qatari director Khalifa Al Muraikhi, Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen and Emirati director Layla Kaylif have been shortlisted for the IWC Filmmaker Award at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).