Cinema box office in Hong Kong failed to live up to expectations over the Lunar New Year holidays, even as local films led the chart. Movie theatre takings between Feb. 9-13 in Hong Kong weighed in at just HK$48.6 million ($6.23 million), according to data
The late Pema Tseden’s “Snow Leopard” (China) won the top prize, the Golden Cyclo, at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema on Tuesday. The film, which previously won awards at the Tokyo and Hainan festivals, also won Vesoul’s National Institute of Oriental Languages and
The New Zealand International Film Festival has appointed veteran programmer Paolo Bertolin as its new artistic director. The festival, which travels around the country, will return in July and August, but stop in just four places. The announcement follows the release of the festival’s ten-year
A-list Bollywood actor Rani Mukerji and Turkish star Hande Ercel will be among the luminaries speaking at the Frames conference in Mumbai. Organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the annual confab is one of the largest media and entertainment
TrustNordisk has just inked pre-sales to ADS Service Ltd for Hungary and Romania on the Swedish-Danish animated pic “Super Charlie,” to be sneak-peeked as part of the sales banner’s promo reel screening Feb.15 at Berlin’s European Film Market. The 3D family pic helmed by Jon Holmberg with
Hong Kong will offer more than $1 million per project to film coproductions with Europe under a new grant scheme to be launched this week at the European Film Market in Berlin. The territory’s government is also sponsoring a visit to Berlin by a select
Operating income at the ‘Pictures Division’ of Sony Group Corporation climbed by 56% to hit $281 million in the October to December 2023 quarter, the Japanese company reported on Wednesday. Sales increased from $2.35 billion to $2.47 billion in the latest period. The division spans
Billie Eilish, Finneas, Ludwig Göransson and Nicholas Britell were among the winners Wednesday evening at the 5th annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. Eilish and Finneas took home the award for outstanding original song for a Comedy or Musical for “What Was I Made