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Hong Kong thriller opens Asia's top film festival
A glittering line-up of Asia's biggest stars converged in Busan on Thursday for the opening of the region's premier film festival.
05 October 2012
Bekmambetov declared best producer of CIS and Baltics
Timur Bekmambetov, a famous film director, producer, screenwriter and founder of Bazalevs film company, has been declared the best producer.
01 October 2012
Ang Lee breaks every rule in new 'Life of Pi' film
Director Ang Lee brought the best-selling novel into stunning 3D life with a production featuring an unknown Indian actor, four tigers and the world's biggest wave machine.
29 September 2012
Busan film fest embraces Asian diversity
A Hong Kong action-thriller and a rural drama from Bangladesh will open and close Asia's top film festival next month, as its South Korean hosts look to share more of the spotlight with regional offerings.
11 September 2012
Makeup masks all-star cast in 'Cloud Atlas'
Heaps of makeup transformed the all-star cast of "Cloud Atlas," which premiered on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, "startling" the cast members themselves.
10 September 2012
French, Korean, US films tipped to win Venice festival
Movies from France, South Korea and the United States are tipped by critics as the favourites to win this year's Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival due to be announced on Saturday.
08 September 2012
Arab Spring hits silver screen at Venice festival
Arab cinema is witnessing a new wave of creativity in the wake of the Arab Spring revolts, said directors at the Venice film festival where some of the emerging talent from the region was on show.
08 September 2012
Kazakhstan's Realtor movie awarded in South Korea
Kazakhstan's Realtor movie directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov was awarded at the 6th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival in South Korea.
07 September 2012
Kitano, Kim Ki-duk see Asian art house in crisis
Internationally-acclaimed directors Takeshi Kitano from Japan and Kim Ki-duk from South Korea told AFP at the Venice film festival that making art house films in Asia is a daunting task.
06 September 2012
Love and revolution in French director's 1970s tribute
French director Olivier Assayas says he wanted to to pay tribute to the freedom of the politically engaged 1970s of his youth in his new film "Apres mai," in competition at the Venice film festival.
05 September 2012
Winds of crisis blow through Venice film festival
For all the glamorous seaside partying at the Venice film festival, there is a distinct air of austerity at this year's edition for an industry that is questioning its economic future.
03 September 2012
Celebrity culture gone mad in 'Superstar' at Venice fest
French film "Superstar" shone a harsh spotlight on celebrity culture at the Venice festival this week.
01 September 2012
Stars land in Venice for art house film festival
The Venice film festival kicks off on Wednesday with the arrival of stars on water taxis for an art house dominated line-up dealing with issues from religious extremism to economic crisis.
30 August 2012
Women directors take front row at Venice film festival
Hollywood veterans will brush shoulders with up and coming starlets and auteurs in Venice starting on Wednesday for the film festival in which women directors are set to take centre stage.
24 August 2012
Movies selected for 8th Eurasia Film Festival in Almaty
The Selection Board of the 8th Eurasia Film Festival has announced the movies selected for the festival.
20 August 2012
Troy filmmaker will chair jury at 8th Eurasia Film Festival
12 European, Asian and Central Asian movies will be screened as part of the official selection of the Eurasia Film Festival.
20 August 2012
Olympics: Curtain falls on 'glorious' London Games
The London Olympics closed in a blaze of music and colour Sunday after a two-week sporting festival that electrified the host nation and was watched by billions around the world.
13 August 2012
KazakhFilm Studios will nominate Zhauzhurek Myn Bala for Oscar
KazakhFilm Studios is planning to nominate Zhauzhurek Myn Bala drama for Oscar Academy Awards.
09 August 2012
13 Kazakhstan films to be shown at Los Angeles Film Festival
The second Kazakhstan: Kaleidoscope of Movies Film Festival will be held in Los Angeles on August 3-9.
07 August 2012
Springsteen, McCartney silenced at marathon London gig
Ageing rockers Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney were silenced on Saturday night after over-running at a gig in London's Hyde Park.
16 July 2012