Southeast Asia
Philippines’ Cinemalaya Survives Storms; SWANA Festival Circuit Holds Steady
The Philippines' Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival wrapped its 10-day run last week with top honours going to The Mothering & Silkscreen.
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News
OSCARS 2027: Best Int'l Feature Submissions
Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia Pacific and Africa (or from filmmakers and/or producers originating from these regions but selected by other countries). Sales agents are in brackets after each title, where known. CAMBODIA: Becoming Human Dir: Polen Ly Int&
Korea & Japan
Busan Awards Co-Pro Support To Koji Fukada, Jakrawal Nilthamrong & Boo Junfeng
Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), operated by Busan film festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), has selected projects from Koji Fukada, Jakrawal Nilthamrong and Boo Junfeng for this year’s Co-Production Support Fund. All three projects – Fukada’s Grateful, Jakrawal’s Rhizome and Boo’s Trinity – are co-
Korea & Japan
Downside Of AI Overviews; Is Korea Recovering?; Indonesia 2026 H1 Box Office
In the week that Spider-Man: Brand New Day is tearing up the box office in multiple international territories, Streamlined is taking a look at whether the Korean market is recovering and what’s going on in Indonesia, where Spider-Man is already the highest-grossing film of the year.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
'Taxi Driver', 'Project: I Do' Adaptations Among Golden Horse FPP Series Selections
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has selected 11 projects for the seventh edition of its Series section, scheduled to run November 17-19 in Taipei.
South Asia
India's Writers Ink Unveils Mentors & Line-Up Of 13 Projects For Fourth Annual Lab
RS Prasanna, Satyanshu Singh and Amit Masurkar are mentoring this year's lab, which culminates in a pitching event on August 22.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Why China’s AI Strategy Has The US Spooked; India 2026 H1 Box Office
We’re having another summer in which AI, war and wildfires are dominating the news cycle, while in India, students have been attacked with batons and tear gas as they protest for education reform. In the film and streaming industries, we’re being served up another dose of mega-mergers
Korea & Japan
‘Fujiko’, ‘My Name’ Win Top Awards At New York Asian Film Festival
Taichi Kimura’s Fujiko, about a single mother navigating personal freedom in 1970s Japan, was presented with the Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film at the close of this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF, July 10-26). The jury praised the film, saying: “With remarkable confidence, vision,
Southeast Asia
‘Lucky Lu’ Wins Best Film At Malaysia Film Festival’s Golden Global Awards
Lloyd Lee Choi’s Lucky Lu wont Best Film in the Golden Global Awards of this year’s Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest, July 18-25). The US-Canada collaboration, which premiered in Directors Fortnight at last year’s Cannes film festival, follows a New York City delivery rider whose
Korea & Japan
Korea’s New Co-Production Fund; China 2026 H1 Box Office; Nansun Shi Legacy
Korea & Japan
'Leviticus', 'Knock' Win Best Of Bucheon & Audience Awards At Korea’s BIFAN Fest
Other winners included Best Director awards for Curry Barker's Obsession and Yoo Hyoung-joon's The Only Child In The Butchery.
Korea & Japan
Japan’s ‘Agape’ Takes Top Award At BIFAN’s NAFF Project Market
Other winners included Strange Root, which picked up the CNC Award, while the NAFF Award went to Whistler from the Faroe Islands' Gudmund Helmsdal.