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Director of Bali Film Center, Deborah Gabinetti, introduced the
diversity of Indonesian locations and the low production costs
associated with filming in the country during FILMART’s Locations
World held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 20-22
March.
Meetings with Bill Bowling, Worldwide Locations Executive of Warner
Bros Pictures (USA) and Li Qian Kuan, President of China Film
Foundation produced some positive results with ideas for future
projects discussed.
Also attending the event were Director Angus Strachan and Executive
Producer Jan Eymann presenting their upcoming Bali-based romantic
epic, Between Two Worlds. The story evolves around a beautiful young
Balinese dancer who travels through the mythical valley of death
before finding balance between light and dark; love and loss.
Numerous studio executives, producers, directors, location managers
and industry professionals were on hand, including; Australian actor
Bryan Brown promoting co-productions with the Australian Film
Commission.
Running concurrently with FILMART was the first pan-Asian film
awards show
- Asian Film Awards - which saw Rahayu Supanggah awarded Best
Composer for his work on Garin Nugroho’s Opera Jawa
(Indonesia/Austria).
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