All articles by Liz Shackleton – Page 68
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NewsHong Kong’s Bravos picks up Making Films duo
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Bravos Pictures has picked up worldwide rights to two titles produced by leading Hong Kong filmmaker Pang Ho Cheung – Luk Yee-sum’s Lazy Hazy Crazy and Jason Kwan’s A Nail Clipper Romance.
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NewsMaverick, Zinnia Flower to bookend Taipei fest
Taipei Film Festival has announced that Cheng Wen-tang’s Maverick will open this year’s edition of the festival (June 26-July 12), while Tom Shu-yu Lin’s Zinnia Flower will play as the closing film.
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'Furious 7' tops China box office for fourth week
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Universal’s Furious 7 took a further $17.38m in mainland China in the week May 4-10, which kept it at the top of the box office and pushed its cumulative gross to $389.26m.
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NewsGolden Network boards Jackie Chan's 'Railroad Tigers'
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Golden Network Asia has picked up international rights to Jackie Chan’s next project, $50m action comedy Railroad Tigers, to be directed by Ding Sheng.
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NewsShowbox sells 'Assassination' to North America
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has signed a string of pre-sales on Choi Dong-hoon’s Assassination, including North American rights, which have gone to Well Go USA.
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NewsNTV adds 'Persona Non Grata' to Cannes line-up
EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Nippon Television (NTV) has added Japanese historical drama Persona Non Grata, which was filmed entirely in Poland, to its Cannes slate.
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NewsTokyo film festival ready Terayama, Welles retrospectives
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is holding retrospectives of the work of Shuji Terayama and Orson Welles at this year’s edition of the festival (October 22-31).
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NewsJapan Day Project launching Cannes seminars
Japan’s new promotional initiative, Japan Day Project, is launching a seminar series, ‘New Gateways to the Japanese Industry’ (May 16-18), at this year’s Cannes film festival.
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NewsSMG enters Arclight's 'Stone Forest'
Shanghai Media Group Pictures will market and distribute Arclight Films’ The Stone Forest in China.
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NewsFortissimo adds 'Closet Monster' to Cannes slate
Fortissimo Films has acquired international rights to Canadian filmmaker Stephen Dunn’s directorial debut Closet Monster.
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NewsDIFF reinstates Dubai Film Connection
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced a series of industry initiatives for this year’s edition of the festival (Dec 9-16), including the return of co-production market Dubai Film Connection (DFC).
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NewsCannes: Japan makes global push with Japan Day Project
Japan is launching a new promotional initiative designed to boost the global market for Japanese films, TV, manga and other contents – Japan Day Project (JDP) – at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsCannes: Well Go takes 'The Assassin' for North America
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s period Chinese drama to world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Malaysia
New facilities and incentives are making the territory Asia’s latest go-to location.
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NewsBollywood star Salman Khan sentenced to five years in prison
Bollywood star Salman Khan has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing a homeless man in a hit-and-run incident in 2002.
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NewsCannes: Fortissimo takes Victor Vu's 'Yellow Flowers'
EXCLUSIVE: Victor Vu’s Yellow Flowers On The Green Grass is set in 1980s Vietnam.
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News'Furious 7' holds narrow lead in China
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Local releases You Are My Sunshine and Helios slowed down but did not derail the Furious 7 juggernaut at the China box office last week, with the film grossing a further $45.63m for a cume of $370.83m.
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NewsScorsese’s 'Silence' to wrap in Taiwan
Martin Scorsese’s Silence, based on Japanese author Shusaku Endo’s novel, will wrap on May 15 after filming for 14 weeks in Taiwan.
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NewsThai Pitch event to return to Cannes
Thailand’s Ministry of Culture will host the Thai Pitch event at Cannes again this year, where projects will be presented by three directors including Wisit Sasanatieng (Tears Of The Black Tiger, Citizen Dog).
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NewsJapan's Toei launches library restoration
Japanese studio Toei has launched a major digital restoration programme of its extensive library, starting with Kinji Fukasaku’s Battles Without Honor And Humanity, which is screening in Cannes Classics next month.