Korea & Japan
This edition of Streamlined is looking at Busan International Film Festival, and its industry platform Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), which both wrapped last week. Two talking points stood out this year: the growing levels of cooperation between Asian filmmaker countries, as conditions across the region become more difficult
Project Markets
Marrakech International Film Festival has selected 30 projects from 14 countries for this year's edition of Atlas Workshops.
Southeast Asia
Indonesia’s JAFF Market, which is now on its third edition, has selected 11 feature film projects for its JAFF Future Project section and 10 pieces of intellectual property for JAFF IP Connection. The JAFF Future Project line-up includes one Australian film project, Rosie Lourde’s Wreck And Ruin,
New Zealand submits Mārama; UK picks Rehearsals For A Revolution; Iran's Midday Meal qualifies through Busan.
Egyptian film Happy Birthday and Zach Cregger's Resident Evil have been scheduled to open in China in October.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 28: The list below highlights noteworthy Southeast Asian film projects in various stages of production, along with films that have premiered at international film festivals from Berlin 2026 onwards. Nationality of the director is in brackets after their names, but nationality of the projects is harder to determine
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 21: Dates for film and TV festivals and markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, along with the major film and TV events in Europe and North America. Some major events in the region have yet to confirm their 2026 dates. Streamlined will keep updating this list
Inside the film & streaming industries of Asia Pacific and Africa
Korea & Japan
PART THREE: What a Korean producer keeps when a show is a hit, why the eight-episode season made the missing clause expensive, and what three deals taught the industry about the price of a Korean right. Editor's Note: This is the third installment in a series that
Festivals
Eddie Cahyono's 'Ibuku' wins Busan Special Jury Prize; Shashank Walia's 'Birds In The Dark' picks up New Currents Award.
Funding News
Supported projects include new works by Onur Saylak, Tayfun Pirselimoğlu and French-Turkish directing duo Çağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti.
Australia & New Zealand
Supported projects include Toni Collette's directorial debut and a feature from viral comedy group Sooshi Mango.
News
New Zealand submits Mārama; UK picks Rehearsals For A Revolution; Iran's Midday Meal qualifies through Busan.
Funding News
The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has adjusted its International Co‑Production Fund (ICOF) to provide two tracks for minority and majority co-productions. The Minority Track supports international projects where the Filipino producer holds a minority equity share and offers the following levels of support [US$ amounts
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Korea & Japan
PART TWO: Who is paid when a Korean drama succeeds, where that leaves the industry now, and what the next three installments will cover Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a series that looks at the Korean content industry – how it evolved, where it stands now
Korea & Japan
PART ONE: Where Korean drama's strengths came from; why the hits don't pay the people who make them, and what the next 18 months decide Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a series that looks at the Korean content industry – how it
South Asia
This edition of Streamlined is taking a close look at the Nepali film industry, which received a huge boost this year with the Cannes award and international sales success of Abinash Bikram Shah’s Elephants In The Fog. But like many smaller film industries in the Global South, the Nepali
Australia & New Zealand
Grantees include Australia-Germany co-production 'Saving Tuvalu' and a feature doc about the Bondi Beach terror attacks.
Africa
Postponed edition of DFM has selected 36 African projects across fiction features & series, animation and documentary.
Africa
While African cinema shone in the Roberto Rossellini Awards, Niu Niu's Final Payment took two prizes in the Fei Mu Awards.
Africa
Grantees include Cannes Camera d'Or winner Ben'imana, Theja Rio's Angh and Kamila Andini's Four Seasons In Java.
News
Egyptian film Happy Birthday and Zach Cregger's Resident Evil have been scheduled to open in China in October.
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