News
Indian State Of Kerala To Host Film Market Alongside Festival
Event to run alongside IFFK will feature a projects market, rough cut lab and video library, among other initiatives.
Liz Shackleton
Korea & Japan
BUSAN 2025: Asia Gets Organised; Southeast Asia Stays Busy; Oscars Controversy
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped last Friday, and we’re already nearly at the end of the next festival, China’s Pingyao International Film Festival, but I’ve finally had time to draw breath and share some thoughts from last week. I’ll follow up with Pingyao coverage in
Chinese Speaking
‘Deep Quiet Room’, ‘The President’s Cake’ Take Top Awards In Pingyao
Shen Ko-shang’s Deep Quiet Room was awarded Best Film and Best Actor for Joseph Chang’s performance in the Fei Mu Awards of this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF, September 24-30). The President’s Cake, directed by Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi, took best film in the festival’
Korea & Japan
Zhang Lu’s ‘Gloaming In Luomu’ Wins Busan Best Film; Shu Qi’s ‘Girl’ Takes Best Director
Busan’s Special Jury Award went to 'Funky Freaky Freaks', directed by Korea’s Han Chang-lok.
Southeast Asia
Reza Rahadian’s ‘On Your Lap’ Scoops Four Prizes At Busan Vision Awards
Other multiple winners included Kyrgyzstan drama 'Kurak' and Tribeny Rai's 'Shape Of Momo'.
Southeast Asia
Thailand’s New Projects Market; Asia's Gen Z Rises Up; Korea Gets More Cash
I just got back from Bangkok where I attended the second edition of the Content Project Market (CPM), organised by Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency (CEA). The three-day event (September 10-12) followed CEA’s Content Lab 2025 during which 34 projects across film, series and animation received training on project
Korea & Japan
'The Last Summer' Wins Grand Prix At Osaka Asian Expo Edition
The festival was held for the second time this year to coincide with the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.
Festivals
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’, ‘Voice Of Hind Rajab’ Take Top Prizes In Venice
In a controversial set of awards, major winners also included The Smashing Machine, which took the Silver Lion for best director.
Korea & Japan
KPop Demon Hunters; India Embraces AI; Busan's ACFM Tackles Market Problems
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
Middle East
Autumn Fest Politics & Press Coverage; Visions Sud Est & Singapore’s The Projector
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
Festivals
Sho Miyake’s ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Wins Golden Leopard In Locarno
'Hair, Paper, Water...' directed by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quy won the top prize in the Filmmakers of the Present competition.
Africa
Locarno Open Doors: Projects From Zimbabwe & Nigeria Take Top Prizes
Zimbabwe's Black Snake and Nigeria's Kachifo (Till The Morning Comes) were among the major winners.