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Perfect World starts 33 Days Out Of Love
Perfect World Culture, the entertainment branch of Chinese online game operator Perfect World, has begun production on romantic comedy 33 Days Out of Love (working title) with Teng Huatao (The Matrimony) directing and Wen Zhang (Ocean Heaven) in the lead role.
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Asia Bridge takes on Little Big Panda
Asia Bridge, a Taipei, Beijing and LA based sales and production team has taken on sales to China-Germany co-produced animated film Little Big Panda.
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FeaturesThessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
The 13th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival-Images of the 21st Century (March 11-20) screened more than 220 films.
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FeaturesFremaux faces A-list deluge in countdown to Cannes
With April 14 set as the day when Cannes festival director Thierry Fremaux unveils his 2011 lineup, Fremaux and his programming team are screening a deluge of titles from A-list European directors which promises a vintage year on the Croisette.
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NewsLatido secures more sales on key titles
Spanish outfit Latido Films has sold theatrical rights for The Diary Of Carlota to Brave Film for Italy and 80 Days to ABC for Netherlands and Belgium, and TV rights for No Return to SBS in Australia.
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NewsEC President commits to 'close cooperation' with industry for MEDIA's future
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has committed to a “close and permanent exchange and cooperation” with European filmmakers for planning the framework of the future MEDIA Programme, according to France’s ARP.
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NewsBattle: LA dominates international arena on $29m
In its second weekend Sony’s action sci-fi overtook its chief rival Rango in fine style, adding $28.7m from 8,344 screens in 55 markets to boost the early tally to $51.6m.
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NewsLimitless rules US box office on $19m in cautious weekend
Relativity’s thriller starring Bradley Cooper as a man who acquires a pill that allows him to use his entire brain opened top on an estimated $19m in a slow weekend.
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NewsLarry Angrisani joins GK Films in top marketing/publicity role
Larry Angrisani has joined Graham King’s GK Films as svp worldwide marketing and publicity.
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NewsAttack The Block among SXSW audience winners
Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block was voted best Midnight Feature as SXSW announced the final audience awards on Friday [18].
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NewsTaiwan's Seediq Bale to be released in two parts in Asia
Taiwanese filmmaker’s Wei Te-sheng’s war epic Seediq Bale will be screened as two films in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Wei’s production company ARS Film Productions said today.
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NewsTianjin firms up Rabbit distribution, dubbing cast
Tianjin Film Studio has recruited comedic star Fan Wei (If You Are The One) and Yan Ni (A Simple Noodle Story) to head the dubbing cast of its 3D kung fu animated film Legend Of A Rabbit.
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NewsNew era of Busan to give strong launch to Cinema Center, Lee says
Busan International Film Festival director Lee Yong-kwan and honorary festival director Kim Dong-ho met with Screen at Hong Kong Filmart for an exclusive talk about Lee’s new solo directorship.
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NewsMedia Asia backs next Johnnie To/Wai Ka-fai romantic comedy
Hong Kong studio Media Asia has unveiled Hong Kong-China co-production Romancing in Thin Air, to be directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and star Sammi Cheng, Louis Koo and Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan.
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FeaturesBAFTA Youth Mentoring Programme, BAFTA, London
Screen rubbed shoulders with particpants from the BAFTA and Media Trust Youth Mentoring Programme at an event held at BAFTA’s Piccadilly headquarters in London on Thursday (March 17).The prgramme, now in its second year, pairs up young film-makers from minority backgrounds with industry professionals including producers Damian Jones and Pippa ...
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NewsChina's Henan teams with Branko Lustig on Holocaust drama
Chinese Henan Film & Television Production Group Corporation (Henan Film Group) is ramping up two big budget film productions - $30m US-China co-production Melanie’s Violin and $22.5m (RMB150m) historic epic Generals Of The Yang Family.
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FeaturesScreen's Filmart dailies 2011
If you’ve missed an issue of our print editions at the 2011 Hong Kong Filmart/Hong Kong International Film Festival, catch up here with all the online editions.
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India's media industry up by 11% in 2010
India’s media and entertainment industry grew by 11% to $14.5bn (Rs652bn) in 2010 according to a report issued by KPMG at the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai this week.
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NewsConvergence has Nuptials with Astro Shaw
LA-based production company Convergence Entertainment is set to co-produce supernatural horror feature Nuptials Of The Dead with Malaysian film conglomerate Astro Shaw.