All articles by Silvia Wong – Page 13
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NewsChina box office records second biggest month of 2023 as year-to-date nears $5bn
‘Lost In The Stars’ and ‘Never Say Never’ among local hits that have propelled takings.
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NewsChina’s Rediance boards Venice-bound ‘Snow Leopard’ by late Pema Tseden (exclusive)
The Tibetan-language film will premiere out of competition.
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NewsBlossoms Entertainment locks pan-Asia, CIS releases for breakout hit ‘Lost In The Stars’ (exclusive)
Mystery drama has proved a massive hit at the China box office.
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FeaturesLouis Koo talks One Cool plans, ‘Warriors Of Future’ prequel and animation ambitions
The Hong Kong star will receive the Screen International Extraordinary Star Asia Award for Exceptional Contribution to Asian Cinema at NYAFF.
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NewsImax planning to take full control of China subsidiary in $124m deal
The move coincides with a healthy recovery at the box office in China.
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NewsLights On boards ‘Dreaming and Dying’, ‘Family Portrait’ ahead of Locarno premieres
Marks the feature directorial debut of Singapore’s Nelson Yeo.
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NewsChina box office surges 52.9% in first half of 2023, boosted by ‘Lost In The Stars’
‘Lost In The Stars’ proved the top grossing film in June.
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FeaturesHow Hong Kong’s ‘Warriors Of Future’ and Thailand’s ‘Love Destiny The Movie’ scored local box office success
The biggest local hits in the 13 Asian markets are also reported.
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Features‘Tiger Stripes’ director Amanda Nell Eu tracks the wild journey of the award-winning Malaysian film
The Cannes’ Critics’ Week award-winner is playing in competition at Bifan in South Korea.
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NewsJapan’s ‘Yoko’ wins three prizes at Shanghai’s Golden Goblet Awards
Further winners included Spanish documentary ‘Muyeres’.
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NewsHong Kong’s Fresh Wave film festival hit by censorship
The film festival founded by Johnnie To has faced restrictions in recent years.
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NewsThailand’s GDH acquires A24’s ‘Past Lives’ as first non-Thai feature (exclusive)
GDH plans to acquire three to four international films per year.
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NewsCEO of Malaysian film body FINAS steps down prematurely
Nasir Ibrahim exits role just seven months into a two-year tenure.
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NewsShanghai film festival to open with ‘Love Never Ends’, competition lineup revealed
The 25th edition marks a return in-person after being cancelled last year.
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News‘Polis Evo 3’ breaks post-pandemic box office records in Malaysia
Syafig Yusof’s cop action thriller topped records set by ‘Mat Kilau’ in 2022.
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NewsFortissimo, Rediance join forces on Chinese human trafficking drama ‘Family At Large’ (exclusive)
Kang Bo’s neo-noir film centres on the world of human trafficking in China.
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NewsChina’s Parallax scores sales of ‘The Cord of Life’ and Berlinale drama (exclusive)
Further sales titles include Kong Dashan’s ’Journey To The West’ and Zhang Chi’s ’In Search Of Echo’.
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News‘Ip Man 5’ among three Donnie Yen films revealed at Cannes (exclusive)
Further titles include ’Flash Point Resurgence’ and ‘Misjudgement’.
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NewsIndonesia launches $10m co-production film fund (exclusive)
The international co-production support scheme aims to build on the growing success of features from the country.
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NewsAnanda Everingham, Bront Palarae join Thai horror ‘The Cursed Land’ (exclusive)
WME Independent is handling international sales on the film at Cannes.