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Busan film festival opens with Kiyoshi Kurosawa honour, Lee Sun-kyun tribute 3e53y
Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho among those to honour the Japanese filmmaker.
- Reviews
‘Uprising’: Busan Review 3m421p
Busan opens with a sweeping Netflix period actioner co-written by Park Chan-wook
- Features
‘Uprising’ director Kim Sang-man talks working with Park Chan-wook and Netflix k4na
The period action drama stars Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min.
- News
Distribution Workshop to launch Juno Mak’s ‘Sons Of The Neon Night’ at ACFM 424d13
The cop action thriller will star Taiwanese-Japanese superstar Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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Japanese director Hitoshi One signs five-year Netflix deal g601
The filmmaker behind ‘Bakuman’ and series ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ will make features and series for the streamer.
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‘Train To Busan’ director Yeon Sang-ho readies ‘The Ugly’, Plus M to launch at ACFM (exclusive) 6u254p
Marks the filmmaker’s return to theatres following hit Netflix series ‘Hellbound’ and ‘Parasyte: The Grey’.
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‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ win top prizes at Pingyao film festival 2zj66
Further winners included ‘The Story Of Souleymane’, ‘Happyend’ and ‘Good One’.
- Features
Busan film festival going bigger despite slashed budget and ongoing challenges 5v3p18
Busan International Film Festival has an expanded programme and a new audience award for documentaries, even in the face of funding cuts and ongoing challenges.
- Features
Pingyao 2024: profiles of seven debut features in Hidden Dragons competition 49576f
The section showcases Chinese-language first or second feature films.
- Features
Why it took 26 years to bring hit Japanese franchise ‘Detective Conan’ to UK-Ireland cinemas 4e5k4k
The anime feature is the biggest title at the Japan box office of 2024 to date.
- News
It marks the South Korean firm’s growing investment in Indonesian features.
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Tokyo film festival reveals 2024 line-up with strong Asian presence in competition 2v2j3b
The festival will include 19 world premieres across its two competition strands.
- Features
Jia Zhangke on plans to grow Pingyao film festival while remaining intimate 1t6x12
The festival’s 8th edition will screen 51 films including 17 world premieres.
- News
Dong Zijian’s ‘My Friend An Delie’ picked up by Rediance ahead of Tokyo competition (exclusive) 536w69
Chinese actor Dong makes his directorial feature debut with the drama, which will premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival.
- Features
‘A River Without Tears’ director Liu Juan on working with Jia Zhangke and shooting in the wild 5ji36
Jia Zhangke is executive producer of the feature, which has been set as the opening film of the 8th Pingyao International Film Festival.
- News
Acemaker boards sales of ‘Gory: A Horror Tale’, ‘Dreams Of You’ ahead of ACFM (exclusive) h5e2x
The horror thriller and romantic comedy will be introduced to buyers in Busan.
- Reviews
‘Bound In Heaven’: San Sebastian Review 2k3j5u
Veteran screenwriter Huo Xin makes her directorial debut with a genre-infused drama about domestic abuse
- News
Sho Miyake, Fu Tien-yu to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2024 413k53
Actor and director Takumi Saitoh also announced as jury head for TIFF’s Ethical Film Award.
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Hong Kong enters ‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’ to Oscar race 424c38
The film premiered at Cannes at has proved a local box office success.
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Cannes award-winning producers to present projects at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 2024 (exclusive) 2p5n6b
Projects from the producers of ‘Plan 75’ and ‘Tiger Stripes’ among the selection as well as Cannes Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul.