WorldPingSingapore has never really had a wuxia feature film – though the genre was a fixture of local television in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when a wave of wuxia serials cast actors like Li Nanxing and Zhu Ming.
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WorldPingHaving boarded as the sales agent of Locarno Film Festival’s “The Green Eyes,” Kinology has pre-sold “The Green Eyes” to Benelux (Cinart), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Turkey (Chantier) and the former Yugoslavia region (MCF).
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WorldPingNew Nordic Films, the Norwegian International Film Festival’s industry confab in Haugesund, has announced the program for its first ever French Focus, set up to foster partnerships and co-productions between France and the Nordic countries.
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WorldPingNikias Chryssos’ English-language horror film “Bloody Tennis” has secured several international deals, including to Shudder in the U.S., ahead of its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival.
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"There are some earthquakes that are shaking up the infrastructure of the global industry," which plays into this year's program, says Markus Duffner, director of industry strand Locarno Pro.
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WorldPingAcclaimed Bengali cinema actor Parno Mittra is stepping behind the camera as a producer for the first time with “The Music Teacher,” a British-Indian short film starring Raima Sen that begins principal photography this month in Kolkata.
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Adja Mariam Mahre Soro from the Ivory Coast, Tapiwa Chipfupa from Zimbabwe and Natasha Craveiro from Cabo Verde discuss projects, challenges and hopes.
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