Sundance film festival defies economic slowdown
The 27th Sundance Film Festival opens this week aiming to defy the economic slowdown by screening a bigger than ever selection...
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Celestial Pictures plans Shaw Brothers remakes through ‘New Directors Workshop’
Celestial Pictures has launched 'New Directors Workshop', a program to nurture the next generation of Chinese filmmakers through mentorships and production...
Documentary-making boom shows divergence between Taiwan, China
The 2010 Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary went to Hip-Hop Storm, directed by Su Che-hsien "“ a young, first-time Taiwanese...
Korea’s ‘Late Autumn’ Set for Berlin’s Forum Section
Late Autumn (Manchu), a Korean film based on a 1960s classic by director Lee Man-hui, was invited to Forum, a section...
Lee Byung-hun to Return in ‘G.I. Joe’ Sequel
Actor Lee Byung-hun will begin filming the Hollywood movie "G.I. Joe 2" in June, his management agency BH Entertainment announced on...
Japanese film festival in Bahrain
Japanese cinema will come to the fore when the Japan Film Festival opens next weekend in Bahrain. It is being organised...
Broken Blade’s 1st 4 Films to Be Streamed in Japanese
The Japanese anime distributor Bandai Visual announced on Monday that it will stream the first four parts of the six-part Broken...
Wealth of Asian titles in Berlin Forum
Berlin's Forum section unveiled a treasure trove of Asian films for its 41st edition. These include world premieres of Prashant Bhargava's...
Amitabh challenges Hollywood
Hollywood has always been way ahead of its time in terms of its content and technology. No wonder then, Hollywood fascination...
Changing audience taste reflected in new Bollywood plots
Buoyed by the success of their much appreciated films, a new breed of directors who are experimenting with a variety of...
Directors attached to remake Japanese movie
Directors have been set for two US remakes of Japanese films. Shane Black will direct the English-language version of Death Note,...
Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse set to act in a movie together
Asian pop star Jay Chou and Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse are set to act together in a new movie, tentatively...