Versatile to distribute “Dearest” Venice Fest child abduction dramaSeptember 3, 2014 - 11:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French sales agency Versatile is to handle international distribution of “Dearest” Peter Chan’s Chinese child abduction story that appears in Venice and Toronto festivals, Variety said. Versatile, which is headed by Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon, will handle sales of the picture outside Asia, where Chan’s own We Distribution retains all rights. The film is based on real events which Chan uses to examine multiple layers of contemporary Chinese society. Chan assembled a cast of top young rising actors including Zhao Wei, Tong Dawei, Huang Bo and Hao Lei. The film is the first We Pictures production to be financed under a slate deal between Chan’s production label and the new Alibaba Pictures Group, an offshoot of the e-commerce giant. Other production credits go to Stellar Mega Films, J.Q. Pictures, Enlight Pictures, Shanghai Real Thing Media, HB Studio and Pulin Production. The picture will be released in China on Sept. 26. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |