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‘From the Main Square,’ a ‘Collage of Urban Absurdities,’ Wins Top Prize at Paris’ NewImages - variety.com - France - Brazil - Germany - Berlin - Taiwan - city Jeddah
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08.04.2023 / 16:01

‘From the Main Square,’ a ‘Collage of Urban Absurdities,’ Wins Top Prize at Paris’ NewImages

Ben Croll An irreverent fable that imagines a civilization’s rise, fracture and fall, Pedro Harres’ “From the Main Square” took top honors at the NewImages Festival on Friday, claiming the festival’s Grand Prize, which came with €6,000 ($6,597) in prize money. Born in Brazil and based in Berlin, Harres channeled his frustrations and heartache about his native country into a tragicomic frenzy, orchestrating a 360-degree symphony of animated antics, human folly, and shocking bursts of violence that follows an allegorical country as it speed-runs toward oblivion. The filmmaker described the project as “a collage of urban absurdities, sometimes funny, sometimes brutal, that arise in societies in the process of political polarization and environmental collapse.”

Udine Festival Unveils Stunning Selection of Asian Films for 25th Anniversary Edition - variety.com - Italy - South Korea - North Korea - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong
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05.04.2023 / 10:03

Udine Festival Unveils Stunning Selection of Asian Films for 25th Anniversary Edition

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Far East Film Festival in Italy’s Udine will open with a double bill of He Shuming’s “Ajoomma” and Kai Ko’s “Bad Education.” It will close with Zhang Yimou’s blockbuster period epic “Full River Red.” In between, the festival will showcase a stunning 78-title array of commercial and art-house films from across East Asia. Operating according to a motto of diversity –implying cultural asymmetries and artistic multiplicities – the 25th edition of the festival will run April 21-29. Organizers say that their selection “shows in real time how the cinemas of East and Southeast Asia have re-emerged from the gruelling period of the pandemic, not all in the same way and not all with the same results.”

Lu Chuan’s Olympic Documentary Set to Open Beijing Film Festival - variety.com - China - Thailand - city Buenos Aires - city Shanghai - city Beijing
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05.04.2023 / 05:05

Lu Chuan’s Olympic Documentary Set to Open Beijing Film Festival

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Beijing 2022,” the official documentary about the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, has been set as the opening film of the revived Beijing International Film Festival. It is directed by noted narrative and documentary film maker Lu Chuan (“Kekexili,” “City of Life and Death” and Disney’s “Born in China”) and will have its world premiere at the festival. The festival will run April 22-29 and be based in the Huairou district which has become an out of town hub for the film industry, as well as other venues in the Chinese capital. For the past three editions the BJIFF has been held online due to disruptions caused by China’s strict anti-COVID measures.

‘New Religion’ Japanese Body Horror Film Set as Screambox Original (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - USA - Japan - Lisbon - city Warsaw
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05.04.2023 / 01:33

‘New Religion’ Japanese Body Horror Film Set as Screambox Original (EXCLUSIVE)

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to the Japanese sci-fi horror film “New Religion.” “New Religion” is a surrealist body horror film written, directed and produced by first-time feature filmmaker Kondo Keishi. It stars Seto Kaho, Nunami Daiki, Oka Satoshi and Ryuseigun Saionji. After her daughter’s death, divorced Miyabi begins working as a call girl. One day, she meets an unsettling customer who wants to take pictures of her body parts. Soon, she realizes that every time she allows her body to be photographed her daughter’s spirit gets closer. She must decide how far she is willing to go to connect with her daughter once again.

Michelle Yeoh to Be Feted at Japan Festival – Global Bulletin - variety.com - Japan
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04.04.2023 / 12:21

Michelle Yeoh to Be Feted at Japan Festival – Global Bulletin

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Michelle Yeoh, star of the globally acclaimed Oscar-winning film “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” will serve as guest of honor and advisor at the fifth Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, a platform for young visual artists and one of the largest short film festivals in the world. The festival takes place in Fukuoka, Japan. Other new guests include Maggie Q (“Mission Impossible: III,” the “Divergent” franchise and CW series “Nikita”), film editor Gabriella Cristiani and Stephen Castor (“Spider-Man”), co-CEO of It’s Just Us Productions, Rocket Science 3D and Rocket Science Motion Capture Studios, franchise.

Shanghai Film Festival Sets Dates for Return to In-Person 25th Edition - variety.com - China - city Shanghai
variety.com
04.04.2023 / 05:49

Shanghai Film Festival Sets Dates for Return to In-Person 25th Edition

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled plans for its return to an in-person event that will mark its 25th edition and its 30th anniversary. The festival was canceled last year, due to the severe restrictions imposed on the city in reaction to a Spring flare-up in the COVID outbreak. The 2023 edition will run June 9-18, 2023, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. They said it would, “open a two-way journey between Chinese films and world films.” The Jinjue (Golden Goblet) Awards competition will this year operate across five categories: main feature film competition, Asian newcomers, documentaries, animation and short films.

Cardi B and Family Join Voice Cast of ‘Baby Shark’ Animated Movie - variety.com - China - USA - city Seoul
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31.03.2023 / 08:47

Cardi B and Family Join Voice Cast of ‘Baby Shark’ Animated Movie

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief American rap musician Cardi B has joined the voice cast of upcoming animation film “Baby Shark’s Big Movie!” The film is the first feature-length spin-off from “Baby Shark’s Big Show!,” a pre-school series which began in 2021 on Nickelodeon-branded channels and platforms and is now in its second season. The show is co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Seoul, Korea-based The Pinkfong Company and directed by Alan Foreman (“The Casagrandes,” “Welcome to the Wayne”). Its narrative follows Baby Shark and his family as they move to Chomp City, the big city of sharks.

China’s ‘Bad Kids’ Series Set for Film Remake in Japan – Global Bulletin - variety.com - China - city Seoul - Japan
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29.03.2023 / 12:35

China’s ‘Bad Kids’ Series Set for Film Remake in Japan – Global Bulletin

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “The Bad Kids,” a hit series from Chinese streamer iQiyi, is to be remade as a Japanese feature film “Gold Boy.” The 12-episode gritty crime thriller depicts the troubles that arise after three children accidentally film a murder. The series was previously licensed to Japanese pay-TV group Wowow.

Sumo Wrestling Drama ‘Sanctuary’ Set for Launch at Netflix, Trailer Unveiled - variety.com - Japan - city Sanctuary
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29.03.2023 / 08:35

Sumo Wrestling Drama ‘Sanctuary’ Set for Launch at Netflix, Trailer Unveiled

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix will give a May launch to “Sanctuary,” a sports drama series set in the specialized world of Japanese sumo wrestling. Produced by the Slowtide company for the streamer, the show follows a juvenile delinquent who becomes a sumo apprentice. He soon finds himself on a collision course with a voiceless wrestler carrying a secret. Netflix pitches it as “a gritty look into the underbelly of professional sumo, a world full of young men with ambitions for money, women, fame, and power […] where some may find sanctuary with a history of more than 1,500 years in Japan’s traditional culture and as a religious ceremony.”

Indie Animation ‘Lendarys’ Scores String of Pre-Sales – Global Bulletin - variety.com - Spain - France - Mexico - Sweden - Canada - Norway - Portugal - Denmark - North Korea - Greece - Poland - Cyprus - Israel - state Baltic
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28.03.2023 / 09:29

Indie Animation ‘Lendarys’ Scores String of Pre-Sales – Global Bulletin

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Indie sales agency All Rights Entertainment has achieved a string of pre-sales on “Lendarys,” a family adventure animation film that is currently in advanced stages of production and set for delivery later this year. The film was licensed to KMBO (France); Flins & Piniculas (Spain); Another World Entertainment (Denmark and Norway); Njuta Films (Sweden); Outsider Films (Portugal); Blitz Film (Ex-Yugoslavia), Five Stars Distribution (Israel), Selim Ramia and Co. (Middle East and North Africa), The Film Group (Greece & Cyprus), Kino Swiat (Poland), Nashe Kino (CIS excluding Baltics), ACME Film (Baltic States) and Madness Entertainment (Mexico).

Netflix Announces Series ‘Ooku: The Inner Chambers’ at Anime Japan Event - variety.com - Japan - Tokyo - city Baku
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25.03.2023 / 07:07

Netflix Announces Series ‘Ooku: The Inner Chambers’ at Anime Japan Event

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has announced new series “Ooku: The Inner Chambers,” the first anime adaptation of a hit Japanese manga by Yoshinaga Fumi. At the ongoing Anime Japan convention in Tokyo, the streamer also unveiled “Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune,” another anime series, adapted from a military sci-fi novel by Carlo Zen and set to upload in May. Directed by Abe Noriyuki and produced by Studio Deen, “Ooku” is inspired by tales emerging from the Ooku women’s quarters within Edo Castle and imagines that gender roles are reversed. After a plague threatens the male population women take up positions of authority. The new (female) Shogun Yoshimune enquires into why the women adopt male names when taking power and starts to unravel other mysteries within the inner sanctum. The original manga was published by Hakusensha / Melody.

UK Asian Film Festival Sets Programme For 25th Anniversary Edition - deadline.com - Britain - India - city Mumbai - city Sanaa
deadline.com
22.03.2023 / 19:03

UK Asian Film Festival Sets Programme For 25th Anniversary Edition

EXCLUSIVE: The UK Asian Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and today, Deadline can share the official lineup for the jubilee edition, running at venues across the UK from May 4 — 14.

‘We 12’ Mirror Boy Band Movie Among Projects as Viu and Makerville Expand Production, Live Events Activities - variety.com - New York - South Africa - Berlin - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong
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15.03.2023 / 17:35

‘We 12’ Mirror Boy Band Movie Among Projects as Viu and Makerville Expand Production, Live Events Activities

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “We 12,” a movie featuring the entire group of 12 Mirror Canto-pop stars is part of the expanding production slate of Makerville, the talent and production arm of Hong Kong telecoms and TV group PCCW. The development is paralleled by an expansion of the production operations of Viu, PCCW’s multi-territory video streamer which recently confirmed its profitability. Makerville is the talent agency behind Mirror, which was created in 2018 through the “Good Night Show – Kingmaker” talent show on ViuTV, a PCCW terrestrial channel. And it was able to put all the band members on stage Wednesday at a promotional event within the FilMart rights market in Hong Kong.

‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Wins Unprecedented Five Awards at the HAF Project Market - variety.com - China - Japan - Hong Kong - Taiwan - county Lawrence
variety.com
15.03.2023 / 14:41

‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Wins Unprecedented Five Awards at the HAF Project Market

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Fly Me to the Moon,” a work-in-progress from Hong Kong, dominated the prizes presented at the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum project market. It collected five awards and was invited to continue its journey at Cannes in May. Directed by first-time feature maker Sasha Chuk and produced by the veteran Stanley Kwan, the film tells the tale of a pair of sisters moving from Hunan to Hong Kong in the 1990s. They are faced with an identity crisis, poverty and their father’s drug addiction. It entered the market with $640,000 of its intended $705,000 production budget in place, and more than filled the gap with the prizes announced on Wednesday.

Phoenix Waters Ties Knot With Agog Films to Expand Asia Film Financing, ‘Chungking Mansions’ to Resume Shooting - variety.com - Japan - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong
variety.com
14.03.2023 / 12:39

Phoenix Waters Ties Knot With Agog Films to Expand Asia Film Financing, ‘Chungking Mansions’ to Resume Shooting

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief U.K.- and Hong Kong-based company Phoenix Waters Prods. has formally partnered with Hong Kong’s Agog Films to create Phoenix Waters Asia, a new venture aimed at increasing content production in Asia. The venture was announced on the sidelines of a film investment conference held Tuesday in Hong Kong at the FilMart rights market, where Phoenix Waters Prods. CEO Bizhan Tong was a speaker. The two companies previously collaborated on “Chungking Mansions,” an ambitious pan-Asian action film on which Tong is director, and where production was previously scheduled for last year. Tong told Variety that lensing will start later this year, “after address any issues that could hinder filming in Hong Kong.”

Udine Far East Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years of Asian Films - variety.com - Italy - South Korea - Thailand - Japan - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong - Mongolia
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14.03.2023 / 02:15

Udine Far East Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years of Asian Films

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, is back in full force in 2023, celebrating its 25th anniversary edition from April 21–29. A key component of the celebrations will be a focus on the Asian films of the 1980s. “We have never programmed these films, nor put together this kind of program before,” says Thomas Bertacche, the FEFF’s co-head. “But these were the films and directors that inspired us to shape Udine into the festival that it is today.” Pitching the historical lineup as “hidden treasures,” the selection is expected to include early works by Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Thailand’s Nonzee Nimibutr and South Korea’s Jan Sung-woo.

China Film Industry Suffering From Long COVID, Says Bona Film COO – FilMart - variety.com - China - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong - Macau
variety.com
13.03.2023 / 14:09

China Film Industry Suffering From Long COVID, Says Bona Film COO – FilMart

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Despite a barnstorming address celebrating the re-opening of Hong Kong and China by Bona Film Group COO Jiang De Fu, it is clear that the film industry in China is still suffering its own version of long-COVID, with box office tracking at around half of 2018 levels. “The Chinese box office was RMB60.7 billion ($8.89 billion at current rates of exchange) in 2018. And 83 films made over RMB100 million. 16 films that made over RMB1 billion. Post-pandemic, in 2022, China’s box office was RMB29.9 billion. [Just] 41 films made over RMB100 million. [And] 8 films made over RMB1 billion. We are now only at 50% of the level in 2018,” said Jiang aty a presentation on the first day of Hong Kong’s FilMart.

China Box Office: ‘Post-Truth’ Wins Weekend With $17 Million Launch - variety.com - China - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong
variety.com
13.03.2023 / 13:27

China Box Office: ‘Post-Truth’ Wins Weekend With $17 Million Launch

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Post-Truth,” a Chinese comedy film about a cemetery plot salesman trying to salvage his reputation in the face of online assaults, topped the cinema box office in mainland China over the weekend, ahead of another new release title “Revival.” Data from consultancy Artisan Gateway showed that “Post-Truth” earned $17.0 million between Friday and Sunday. Including preview, it has a cumulative of $20.3 million. Crime drama, “Revival” earned $10.3 million over the weekend and has a running total of $11.4 million including previews. The two newcomers dominated the box office and relegated Hong Kong-produced courtroom drama “A Guilty Conscience” to a distant third place. “Guilty” took $2.3 million (RMB15.8 million) for a cumulative of $23 million since releasing on Feb. 24.

Emissary Pictures and Mocha Chai Laboratories Unveil Asian Content Partnership – FilMart (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Australia - New Zealand - Indonesia - Hong Kong - Singapore - city Singapore
variety.com
13.03.2023 / 11:51

Emissary Pictures and Mocha Chai Laboratories Unveil Asian Content Partnership – FilMart (EXCLUSIVE)

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Singapore’s Mocha Chai Laboratories and Emissary Pictures, a company that straddles New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia, have announced a strategic partnership for the development and production of cross-cultural films, series and content in Asia. The venture will have offices in all four countries and will identify, develop and produce content across genres and formats, including films, television series, documentaries and digital content. The agreement was announced in Hong Kong on the first day of the FilMart rights market. The pair say that they have scripted and unscripted projects in development and production. Slate details, however, remain under wraps as do distribution plans.

‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Feature At Asian Film Awards; Tony Leung Takes Best Actor, Asian Contribution Award - deadline.com - China - South Korea - Japan - Tokyo - North Korea - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong - Macau
deadline.com
13.03.2023 / 04:13

‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Feature At Asian Film Awards; Tony Leung Takes Best Actor, Asian Contribution Award

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car was awarded with best feature at the Asian Film Awards (March 12), along with prizes for best editing and best original music. The multiple award winning Japanese drama premiered at Cannes film festival in 2021 and also won the Oscar for Best International Feature last year.  

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