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‘A River Without Tears’ director Liu Juan on working with Jia Zhangke and shooting in the wild
Jia Zhangke is executive producer of the feature, which has been set as the opening film of the 8th Pingyao International Film Festival.
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Acemaker boards sales of ‘Gory: A Horror Tale’, ‘Dreams Of You’ ahead of ACFM (exclusive)
The horror thriller and romantic comedy will be introduced to buyers in Busan.
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Hong Kong enters ‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’ to Oscar race
The film premiered at Cannes at has proved a local box office success.
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Neom appoints Michael Lynch acting media head in wake of allegations (exclusive)
The appointment follows the recent departure of Wayne Borg who was alleged to have made racist and misogynistic comments.
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What next for Neom after allegations of racism and misogyny against media executive?
Trust and relationships with the film and TV industry will need to be rebuilt after damning reports.
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Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner to headline London Film Festival industry forum
There will also be co-production events with producers from France and Italy.
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Senegal selects Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winner ‘Dahomey’ as Oscar submission
It marks the second time French-Senegalese director Diop has been chosen for the Oscars after her debut feature ’Atlantics’.
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Former Cannes market boss Jerome Paillard set as advisor at India’s Film Bazaar (exclusive)
The market veteran to help build bridges between South Asian cinema and the world.
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Samurai thriller ’11 Rebels’ lands North America, German distribution (exclusive)
The film has been set as the opening film of Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Tokyo film festival to open with period thriller ’11 Rebels’, close with ‘Marcello Mio’
The festival is set to close with Christophe Honoré’s ‘Marcello Mio’.
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Venice award-winner ‘Vermiglio’ lands North America deal
The film received its North America premiere at Toronto.
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Indigenous horror ‘The Moogai’ wins Australia’s CinefestOZ Film Prize
Actress Rachel Griffiths also recognised for outstanding contribution to the Australian film industry and named the CinefestOZ 2023 Screen Legend.
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Pingyao film festival unveils 2024 line-up, opening with Liu Juan’s ‘A River Without Tears’
The festival in China will also screen a restored version of Chen Kaige’s ‘Yellow Earth’ to mark its 40th anniversary.
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Lee Thongkham shooting Thai-Vietnam horror feature ‘The Bride’
The co-production stars Rima Thanh Vy and “J.J.” Krissanapoom Pibulsonggram.
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Netflix outlines plans for Chinese-language content growth
Taiwan will be central to the streaming platform’s plans in the region.
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Korean action film ‘Tristes Tropiques’ by Park Hoon-jung picked up for sales ahead of Toronto
The Korean filmmaker is known for ‘The Witch’ action franchise and ‘The Childe’.
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Metrograph acquires Venice surveillance drama ‘Happyend’ for North America
The film by Neo Sora will next play Toronto, Busan and New York Film Festival.
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Busan film festival to open with Park Chan-wook produced Netflix drama ‘Uprising’ amid ongoing challenges
The festival in South Korea will honour Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa with the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
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Tokyo film festival launching ‘Women’s Empowerment’ section to champion female filmmakers
The festival has also named Irie Yu as this year’s director in focus.
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Georgian film ‘The Antique’ suspended from Venice screening over copyright dispute
The drama by Rusudan Glurjidze had been due to play in the festival’s Giornate degli Autori sidebar.