Europe
CANNES 2024: LIST OF AWARD WINNERS
All the winners from this year’s Cannes film festival, across official selection and parallel sections.
Liz Shackleton
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Taipei Film Festival Unveils New Talent Competition; Wang Xiaoshuai To Head Jury
Ten films have been selected for Taipei Film Festival's International New Talent Competition.
News
Mouly Surya, Garin Nugroho Projects Among First Recipients Of Indonesia’s Matching Fund
Indonesia's government has awarded matching funds to four Indonesian projects under the new scheme.
Streamlined Guides
Streamlined Guides: Vietnam - Studios, Producers, VFX & Locations
Vietnamese cinema has been gaining more international attention over the past year, with romantic drama Mai breaking box office records for a Vietnamese film in North America and internationally, and arthouse titles such as Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell (Cannes 2023 Camera d’Or winner), Cu Li Never Cries (Berlin
Streamlined Guides
Streamlined Guides: Bringing The Global Content Business Into Focus
As previously promised, Streamlined is launching a new content strand, Streamlined Guides, as a monthly subscription service. Paid subscribers to the Streamlined Guides will receive a monthly report with an easy-to-digest overview of market conditions, as well as lists of the major producers, investors, distributors, talent, funders and
Chinese-Speaking Markets
China’s Pingyao International Film Festival Moves Dates To September
Festival co-founded by Jia Zhangke will be held September 24-30 in Pingyao Ancient City.
Streamlined Insights
FEFF Udine 2024: Is There A Theatrical Future For Asian Films In Europe?
As Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, northern Italy, was kicking off last week, the festival’s associated distribution company, Tucker Film, was gearing up to release Malaysian drama Abang Adik on 50 screens across Italy. Tucker Film has partnered with another Italian distributor, Academy 2, to release the
Europe
Japan Triumphs At FEFF With ‘Takano Tofu’, ‘Confetti’ Taking Top Awards
Mihara Mitsuhiro’s Takano Tofu was awarded with the Golden Mulberry, while Fujita Naoya’s Confetti took the Silver Mulberry award.
Middle East & North Africa
‘Forever-Forever’, ‘Dormitory’ Take Top Prizes At Istanbul Film Festival
Forever-Forever, from Ukrainian filmmaker Anna Buryachkova, won the Golden Tulip in the international competition.
Streamlined Insights
Cannes 2024: China & India Back In Action; Saudi Debut; Taiwan & Vietnam Rising
Although this year’s Cannes line-up is one of the most commercial in a while, it’s also one that highlights how much cross-cultural collaboration we still have in international cinema, and how borders continue to blend and shift, despite the divisions thrown up by politics, war and
Africa
CANNES 2024 LINE-UP: Titles Selected From Asia, Africa & Midde East
UPDATED: A list of films and their sales agents selected for Cannes, Critics Week & Directors Fortnight from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Festivals
'The Gospel Of The Beast' Wins Golden Star At First HCM City Film Festival
Nicole Midori Woodford's Last Shadow At First Light won four prizes in the festival's Southeast Asia competition.
Streamlined Insights
Cinevesture: What We Learned About Indian Film Finance At CIFF Market
This is very late as I’ve just been very sick with Covid (yes, it’s still out there) but I wanted to summarise the major themes from the ‘Conversations’ section of the recent Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF, March 27-31) in Chandigarh, India. Cinevesture, which comprises the festival,
Festivals
‘Snow In Midsummer’, ‘Sons’ Win Top Firebird Awards At HKIFF
Chong Keat-aun's Snow In Midsummer won best film in the Young Cinema Competition (Chinese-language) at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival.
News
Directors Factory Philippines Wraps; Four Shorts To Premiere In Cannes
The four films will be screened at Cannes Directors Fortnight on May 15 at the Theatre Croisette.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Far East Film Festival To Open With ‘YOLO’, ‘Citizen Of A Kind’; Zhang Yimou To Be Honoured
Zhang will receive a Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement and present three films.
Streamlined Insights
India’s Cinevesture Fest & Market Launch; Filmart Wrap & Hong Kong Film Industry
It’s taken me a while to gather my thoughts on Filmart and what is currently going on in Hong Kong. More on that below. First a quick introduction to a new event in India, Cinevesture International Film Festival, which kicks off in the city of Chandigarh next week. And
News
India’s Cinevesture Unveils Screenings Line-up; CIFF Market To Present 20 Projects
Cinevesture International Film Festival will open with The Taste Of Things and close with Exhuma.