Chinese box office predicted to exceed North American within decade
At the opening day of the annual CinemaCon annual conference for theater owners in Las Vegas, Warner Bros. international executives noted...
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Astro Shaw ups ante with production, pickups
Malaysian film and TV conglomerate Astro Shaw has picked up rights in several territories to upcoming action film Bunohan (formerly Bunga...
Japanese bestsellers to flood big screen
"Norwegian Wood," "Confessions," "Closed Note" and "Paradise Lost." These Japanese films, set to be released in Seoul next month, have one...
Vintage Bollywood studio faces uncertain future
Mehboob Khan has carried equipment at the Filmistan Studio for the last 40 years, rubbing shoulders with some of the greatest...
Kim appointed chairman of KOFIC
Kim Eui-suk has been appointed as chairman of the Korean Film Council. The appointment was announced by the Ministry of Culture...
ScreenSingapore garners support from global film community
The Board of ScreenSingapore (BOSS) has announced the initial tranche of high profile names from across the global film community who...
Can 3-D technology save the moviemaking business?
2-D or not 2-D? That question - whether movies are worth the multimillion-dollar investment to become three-dimensional - has split filmmakers,...
Crime beat in Singapore
T he story opens on a Monday at the Changi Prison in Singapore. A woman, the mother of two young boys,...
Chinese Period Film ‘Empire of Silver’ Melds History, Art, Business Ethics
Christina Yao's "Empire of Silver" is a foreign-language financial drama about the challenges that war and political turmoil pose to ethical...
Richard Leacock dies at 89; documentary filmmaker pioneered cinema verite technique
Richard Leacock, a documentary filmmaker and pioneer of the unobtrusive cinema verite camera technique, has died. He was 89. Leacock died...
Filmmakers: Indian market not ready for animation films
Filmmakers feel that there is no viable market for animation films in India and it is difficult to market them abroad...
China misses WTO deadline
China appears to have missed the deadline to comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) decision that it must loosen controls...