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China’s Pingyao International Film Festival (September 24-30) has selected 16 projects for this year’s Pingyao Project Promotion (PPP), including two projects from filmmakers in Shanxi province. This year’s PPP will also include a selection of 15 literary works, from short stories to full-length ficion, that are being
Korea & Japan
The festival was held for the second time this year to coincide with the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.
Festivals
In a controversial set of awards, major winners also included The Smashing Machine, which took the Silver Lion for best director.
UPDATED SEPT 5: Below is a list of films selected for the main sections of Toronto and San Sebastian film festivals, originating from or mostly filmed in Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but based elsewhere) with sales agents and nationalities of co-production
Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Sales agents are in brackets after each title, where known. CAMBODIA: Tenement, dir: Inrasothythep Neth & Sokyou Chea (Reel Suspects) IRAQ: The President’s Cake, dir: Hasan Hadi (Films Boutique)
Dates for film & TV festivals and markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, along with the major film & TV events in Europe and North America.
Adam Elliot's Memoir Of A Snail, Paolo Genovese's Madly and Bambi: The Reckoning have been added to China's release schedule.
Southeast Asia buzz projects, from development to post-production and soon to be premiering at festivals.
Insider info on the content industries of Asia, Africa and the Middle East
UPDATED SEPT 5: Below is a list of films selected for the main sections of Toronto and San Sebastian film festivals, originating from or mostly filmed in Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but based elsewhere) with sales agents and nationalities of co-production
Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Sales agents are in brackets after each title, where known. CAMBODIA: Tenement, dir: Inrasothythep Neth & Sokyou Chea (Reel Suspects) IRAQ: The President’s Cake, dir: Hasan Hadi (Films Boutique)
QCinema Project Market has selected 12 Philippine and eight Southeast Asian projects for its third edition.
Dates for film & TV festivals and markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, along with the major film & TV events in Europe and North America.
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has selected 12 works-in-progress and 38 in development projects for this year's features section.
It’s been difficult to avoid KPop Demon Hunters this week, so I’m starting with an item on this pop culture phenomenon, not least because I was surprised to read that it’s become Netflix’s most watched English-language film of all time. As I watched the animated film
Adam Elliot's Memoir Of A Snail, Paolo Genovese's Madly and Bambi: The Reckoning have been added to China's release schedule.
Before we dig into this week’s stories, just a quick note to say that Streamlined’s upgrade is now complete. I’ve moved off Substack and both the newsletters and the website that was previously known as Streamlined Global (with an archive of ten years of industry news) are
Southeast Asia buzz projects, from development to post-production and soon to be premiering at festivals.
UPDATED: Below is a list of films selected for the main sections of Locarno and Venice film festivals, originating from or mostly filmed in Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but based elsewhere) with sales agents and nationalities of co-production partners where known.
'Hair, Paper, Water...' directed by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quy won the top prize in the Filmmakers of the Present competition.
Zimbabwe's Black Snake and Nigeria's Kachifo (Till The Morning Comes) were among the major winners.
