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'Decadent Sisters' takes PPP prize
Top prize among yet-to-be-made film projects presented at the Pusan Promotion Plan was Shinji Aoyama's "Decadent Sisters," which Wednesday walked away with a $20,000 check from the Busan Metropolitan City authorities.Incentive tool box expands for films
Cultural policymakers from across Asia assembled at the Asian Film Policy Forum on Tuesday to present their strategies to promote and develop film industries in their countries.Jackie Chan eyes role in 'Flying Duck'
Jackie Chan is in talks to play a role in "Flying Duck," a $5 million comic road movie produced by award-winning director and festival favorite Jia Zhangke.Toei sells 'Husband' to Taiwan's Bees Factory
Japans Toei Company has sold A Good Husband to Taiwans Bees Factory Entertainment.Kimatrai to be Distributor of the Year
Twentieth Century Foxs Sunder Kimatrai will receive the Distributor of the Year Award at the upcoming CineAsia convention (Dec 8-10, 2009.)
Reviews
Kick Off -- Film Review
The plight of minorities and refugees in war-scarred Iraq is encapsulated by an illegal multi-ethnic settlement that tries to stage a friendly soccer match under obstacle-strewn conditions in "Kick Off."Paju -- Film Review
In "Paju," director Park Chan Ok keeps the camera on a man while looking at the influence and impact three women have on his life. Rarely is such detail and veracity bestowed on female characters in Korean mainstream cinema.Mongsil -- Film Review
Based on a story by Kwon Jeong-saeng, "Mongsil" is a harrowing period drama about a young girl bounced back and forth between her mother, step-mother, father, and a kindly stranger as she struggles to care for her younger sister in the mid 1940s to the early '50s.Squalor -- Film Review
"Squalor" is composed of four 20-30 minute segments, all set in the same urban grassroots neighborhood. Characters are linked by six degrees of separation, but each one stands at a crossroads, ultimately getting defeated by social circumstances.
More film news
MTV has ordered two extreme-stunt reality series
Johnny Knoxville is on the executive producing team of "Dudesons in America."
Oscar's short-film races could surprise
There are several Oscar races brewing that could result in genuine surprises -- even if those surprises will be fully appreciated only by those aficionados who track the three short-film categories.
Peter Bogdanovich boards 'Century' film
Peter Bogdanovich will write and direct an adaptation of Kurt Andersen's 1999 novel "Turn of the Century" for Das Films.
Special reports
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Shark week The waters of the Pusan fest are remarkably smooth. |
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Rising in the East Asia's film sector shows resilience; all eyes are on China. |
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