Dubai rolls out red carpet for top Bollywood celebs
Dubai is well on the fast track of becoming the "˜premiere city' of choice for top Bollywood filmmakers. Yet another red...
Beijing set to star in star director’s love story
Director Feng Xiaogang has had the Midas touch when it comes to his filming locations, as they have become hot tourist...
Shanghai Film Group may acquire MGM
Shanghai Film Group Corp may purchase partial or entire equities of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc or MGM, an American media company that filed...
Salon Films Professional Filmmaking Programme
The Salon Films Group, in partnership with Singapore's Media Development Authority is delighted to present - The Reel Experience. For this...
China’s first heartthrob in sex and politics
At the height of his popularity in the 1930s Jin Yan was crowned China's "˜Emperor of Film.' He was the highest-paid...
Splash Licenses ‘SNTV’ to Korea’s FashionN
Entertainment and celebrity news content provider Splash News has licensed SNTV: Splash News TV to T-cast Channels' FashionN in Korea. Splash...
Imira inks pre-ATF sales
Barcelona-based animation house Imira Entertainment has sold a number of programmes across Asia ahead of December's Asian Television Forum (ATF). Skylife...
Taiwan Demands ‘Balanced Approach” From China
Taiwan has asked China to desist from attempts to humiliate it in international fora, in the strongest warning yet from the...
Film-maker explains censorship in Burma
Despite the junta's tight media restrictions, two Australian film-makers, Hugh Piper and Helen Barrow, managed to spend a full month working...
Tokyo FILMex Goes to Eleven
International film festivals can be read as cultural barometers, with recent trends in cinema echoing broader shifts in the world system...
Thailand bans gay movie
Thailand's official censor has banned the commercial release of Insects in The Backyard, a gay-themed film directed by Tanwarin Sukkhapisit. The film...
Indian cinema proclaims its class and diversity
One of the less appreciated strengths of the Indian film industry is its diversity. That applies at industry and infrastructure level...