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An adorable little Japanese boy plays with his parents at the playground, plants a tree in their front yard and snuggles in bed reading The Little Prince. All appears sweet and natural until bedtime, when instead of slipping beneath the covers, he takes a seat on his charging station and powers down, a small button…
Encore Films has acquired worldwide distribution rights outside mainland China to Kung Fu Soccer, Stephen Chow’s first film as director in seven years and the long-awaited spin-off of his beloved martial-arts-meets-football hit Shaolin Soccer from 2001. The Singapore-based distributor will handle theatrical and related rights across international markets outside the mainland, where the film will…
There had to be so much whirling around in Tony Leung Chiu-wai’s mind as the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) was drawing to a close. Important decisions were pending in his role as the jury head for the event’s main Golden Goblet competition, and there was a masterclass full of hungry young minds, ready to…
The continued blurring of the lines between film festivals and tech showcases has been witnessed in Shanghai across the past week, as panels, screenings and assorted displays of where the film industry stands and where it may be headed played out in real time. The scene was set during an opening press conference for the…
The Shanghai International Film Festival’s main jury wore its heart on its collective sleeve Saturday night, giving the top Golden Goblet prize to first-timer Zhong Kaifeng’s Atlantic Rhapsody and revealing they had all been “captivated and impressed” by the director’s bold approach to moviemaking. At the start of this year’s June 12-21 event, jury head…
Chinese filmmaker Zhong Kaifeng formally introduced himself to the world at the Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday night, picking up the main Golden Goblet award for his debut, Atlantic Rhapsody. For the Golden Goblet jury — led by Hong Kong star Tony Leung Chiu-wai — the film is a “uniquely compelling visual experience.” For…
Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required to address an existential issue: Japan’s shortage of drivers. Go, which went public Tuesday, plans to use the ¥88.6 billion…
Amazon’s Prime Video used the APOS media conference in Bali to argue that the future of streaming in the Asia-Pacific region lies not in a single subscription but in an “entertainment hub” — a one-stop platform tying together its originals, partner channels, rentals and add-on subscriptions behind a single log-in. The vision, shared by the…
Reis Çelik’s Night of Blindness (Kas Film) has emerged as one of the early front-runners in the Shanghai International Film Festival’s main competition, offering audiences a gripping, tension-soaked experience as it follows one night in the life of a woman trying to escape her homeland during the Turkish military coup of 1980. And you’d be…
Meta has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, completing an operational separation from the Chinese-founded AI startup and halting data sharing between the two companies. This is the most concrete step yet toward complying with a divestiture order Beijing issued roughly two months ago on national security grounds. Meta has cut Manus off…