gbip Kang resigns as chairman of Korean Film Council

[RanandyAspit]

Tqnl Curzon On Demand now offers content from 10 other UK distributors
Fortissimo Films has soldTsui Hark s martial arts epic SevenSwords to Canada s Seville Pictures, one of several deals that the Dutch/HK-based salesagent concluded at last week s Filmart in Hong Kong. Seville, a Montreal-based distributor, is planning a theatri stanley cup calrelease for the film in late summer or early autumn this year. The dealcontinues a long-standing relationship between Fortissimo and Seville, which also distributed In The Mood For Love and more recently acquired Zhang Yang s Sunflower. Produced by Hong Kong s Film Workshop and Mandarin Films with Chinese and Kore stanley cup an partners, Seven Swords was released in severalAsian territories last summer and was a huge hit in China where it grossed more than $10m. It then went on toopen the Venice International Film Festival. Both Seven Swords and Peter Chan s PerhapsLove lead the race for next week s Hong Kong Film Awards with 11nominations each. Tsui Hark is planning a sequel to the film. Fortissimo co-chairmanMichael Werner described this edition of Filmart as the company s mostsuccessful ever. We did substantial business which was a combination of thefact that more and more Western buyers are becoming interested in Asian cinema andthe Asian buyers were also active, Werner said.Among other sales that Fortissimosealed at the market, Spain s Dionet formerly Diorama picked up three titles -Invisible Waves, Little Red Flowers and Berlin opener SnowCake. Singapore s Cathay also bo stanley cup ught LittleRed Flowers and Snow Cake while Sunflow Edcf The Reach
The UK-based distributor will handle theatrical and festival distribution outside North America of films in the Cohen Media Groups catalogue, formerly known as the Rohauer Library.Cohen Media Group media archivist Tim Lanza negotiated the deal with Park Circus co-founder and managing director Nick Varley.The Cohen Film Collection includes more than 700 titles including work by DW Griffith, Buster Keaton [pictured], Douglas Fairbanks and Alfred Hitchcock. The Collection is releasing remastered versions of these fi stanley usa lms stanley germany in theaters and on Blu-ray and DVD. Park Circus is a proven leader in specialised distribution of classic films, and we are confident that the titles in the Cohen Film Collection will be in good hands, said Lanza. The Cohen Film Collection is an amazing treasure of great and important films, and we are excited and fortunate to be able to bring them to new audiences, said Varley.Cohen Media Group svp of international distribution Liz Mackiewicz will be in Berlin representing the company at its first EFM.TopicsDistributionUK/IrelandUnited States No comments Related arti stanley canada cles News UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2025 2025-05-07T10:05:00Z