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20.05.2023 - 13:21 / deadline.com
Asian buyers are ultra-cautious as theatrical markets are still in recovery following the pandemic, but bright spots include animation and re-releases of classic titles, said a group of leading European sales agents at the Cannes Marche’s Spotlight Asia panel today.
Sellers including Charades, Kinology, Films Boutique and StudioCanal said Asian buyers are finally back in person at markets, following three years of pandemic travel restrictions, but there is very little pre-buying activity as buyers in most Asian markets now won’t make a decision before seeing completed films.
Stronger territories include Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, but South Korea is taking longer to come back. “Korea was traditionally a strong market for arthouse, but is now very difficult for us,” said Films Boutique’s Valeska Neu. “From time to time you something break through, but Korea’s arthouse market is now very concentrated on high profile cast and big names.”
Lucie Desquiens, acquisitions and sales manager at Charades, which has a large slate of animation, said Japanese anime is big nearly everywhere in the region: “We’ve been selling Mamoru Hosoda for a while, but Mirai really took it to another level. Distributors are really keen to acquire those titles and there’s huge competition. But 3D and adult animation we still struggle with.”
Kinology’s Nathalie Jeung said animated family adventure Argonuts had sold strongly across the region, and the producers of the film, France’s TAT Productions, are expected to announce a new title at the American Film Market later this year.
StudioCanal’s Maxime Vauthier, who oversees international library sales, said Japan was already a dynamic market for library movies before the pandemic, across
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Footwear News this week that she’s not a big fan of the hybrid work schedule, a model where employers split up the days when employees are required to come into the office versus working from home.“You can’t possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely,” Stewart told the outlet.“Look at the success of France with their stupid … you know, off for August, blah blah blah,” she continued. “That’s not a very thriving country.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, marks her 2nd birthday today (Sunday, May 4). King Charles' granddaughter was born at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California on June 4, 2021 and is the younger sister of Prince Archie, 4. Initially styled as Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor, it was confirmed in 2023 that she and her elder brother would use princely titles as their parents did not want to deny them their "birth right".
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Anthony Chen’s well-regarded Mainland China-set “The Breaking Ice” has found favor with multiple European and Asian buyers in the few days since its Sunday premiere as part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard. The film narrates a love triangle story among China’s lost youth generation and is set in the middle of winter in Yanji, a town that is heavily populated by ethnic Koreans. It is headlined by a star-studded Chinese cast of Zhou Dongyu (“Better Days”), Liu Haoran (“Detective Chinatown” franchise) and Qu Chuxiao (“The Wandering Earth”). “The Breaking Ice” has been newly licensed to Challan for release in South Korea, Trigon-Film for Switzerland, One From the Heart for Greece, Tucker Film for Italy and Edko Films for Hong Kong.Rights sales are handled by Rediance, Mainland China’s leading indie sales company, which reports that addition territory deals are currently being negotiated.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Taiwan-based Screenworks Asia is using the Cannes Market to launch international rights sales on “Lost in Perfection.” The film, previously titled “Love is a Bitch,” is a female-led psychological thriller that marks the live-action debut of Sung Hsin-ying, who is already established as an award-winning animation director. The story follows a TV anchor, played by Shao Yu-Wei, whose apparently perfect life unravels when she discovers that her father may have become the victim of a romance scam. To make matters worse, the scammer is accused of murdering men she dated. In an attempt to protect her family, the woman partners with the local prosecutor to investigate the crime. Yet, she quickly finds herself lost in the twists and turns while uncovering the truth.
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