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Hong Kong artists tipped to sweep Chinese 'Oscars'

Hong Kong artists were tipped to sweep the Golden Horse Film Awards, the Chinese-language "Oscars," at a glittering ceremony attended by top stars. Hong Kong director Peter Chan leads the nominations with 12 nods for his movie "Perhaps Love" including for best film, best director and best actress for China's Zhou Xun. The run-up to the glamorous ceremony has been overshadowed by the sudden withdrawal of nominations from internationally acclaimed director Tsai Ming-liang and noted Chinese contemporary Tian Zhuangzhuang. An angry Tsai, who has won awards at the prestigious Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals, vowed to "forever boycott" the...

AP: Burns debuts new documentary, "The War"

Two troubling statistics fueled the creation of "The War," the 14-hour documentary about World War II from acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns. Burns thought he was done with war movies after his series, "The Civil War." But he changed his mind after realizing that America was losing its grip on the facts...

Reuters: Indonesian censors ban Aceh film from festival

Indonesia has banned a documentary on the once volatile Aceh province from being screened at an international film festival on the grounds that it could disturb security, the festival's organizers said. "The Black Road," a documentary by American freelance journalist William Nessen who was banned fr...

Rotterdam Fest Unveils First Competition Titles for '07 Event

Three films have been announced for the competition at the 2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), running January 24 - February 4 2007 Competing for the VPRO Tiger Award so far are "How Is Your Fish Today?" the first feature by London-based Xiaolu Guo from China, Tan Chui Mui's "Love Conquers All" from Malaysia, winner of the New Currents Award at this year's Pusan Film Festival (which was funded in part by the event's Hubert Bals Fund), and Koen Mortier's "Ex-drummer" from Belgium, a first feature that will have its world premiere at the festival. Participating as jurors so far are Lou Ye ("Summer Palace") and Piers Handling, di...

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