News
‘The Remotes’, ‘Filipiñana’ Win Top Prizes At QCinema Project Market
First edition of QPM, the industry arm of QCinema film festival, handed out funding of close to $500,000.
Liz Shackleton
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Lee Yi-shan’s ‘Chewing Gum’ Wins Grand Prize At Golden Horse FPP
Chewing Gum, the debut feature of Taiwanese writer-director Lee Yi-shan, won the Grand Prize of NT$1m ($32,000) at this year’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion.
News
Tatino Teams With Alternativa & QCinema For Film Residencies
France’s Tatino Films is launching three new Pop Up film residencies with partners in Central and SE-Asia.
Streamlined Insights
China Market Update: Mainstream Recovery, Marvel & Main Melody Fatigue, Chinese Indies & Streamers
Hardly anyone in North America or Europe seems interested in working with mainland China’s film and TV industries these days. Even before China retreated behind a literal and metaphorical wall during the pandemic, too many fingers had been burned, too many deals never materialised and too many projects scuppered
News
Mylab+@Jogja Selects Six Projects For First Edition
Mylab+@Jogja has selected six projects in development, which are focusing on Indonesian co-production, for its inaugural edition.
News
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Fest To Open With ‘Autobio-Pamphlet’, Close With ‘13 Bombs In Jakarta’
Scheduled to take place November 25 to December 2, JAFF 2023 will screen 205 films from 25 countries across the Asia Pacific region.
Festivals
Sarvnik Kaur’s doc ‘Against The Tide’ Wins Golden Gateway Award At MAMI
The Silver Gateway Award went to Bahadur – The Brave, directed by Diwa Shah, while the Special Jury Award went to Kanu Behl’s Agra.
Festivals
Pema Tseden’s ‘Snow Leopard’ Takes Grand Prix At Tokyo Film Festival
Tatami, directed by Iranian filmmakers Zar Amir and Guy Nattiv, was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
Streamlined Insights
Busan Talking Points: Korean Box Office Blues; Netflix Effect & Southeast Asia Rising
It’s been far too long since I sent out an edition of Streamlined, thanks to a crazy travel schedule with trips to Manila and Jakarta, followed by back-to-back festivals. I’ve been pumping it out for Deadline, but taking a moment here to summarise some recent impressions
Chinese-Speaking Markets
‘Only The River Flows’, ‘Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell’ Triumph In Pingyao
Wei Shujun’s Only The River Flows was presented with best film in the festival's Fei Mu Awards.
Festivals
‘The Wrestler’, ‘September 1923’ Win New Currents Awards In Busan
Kim Jiseok Awards went to Prasanna Vithanage’s Paradise and Mirlan Abdykalykov’s Bride Kidnapping/
News
Mylab, YCCI Launch Indonesian Co-Production Programme At JAFF
Malaysia’s mylab is teaming with Yayasan Cipta Citra Indonesia to launch a new programme at this year’s Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF).
Streamlined Insights
Inside Mainland China’s Scorching Hot Box Office Summer
Last weekend I decided to take a look at mainland China’s box office recovery from the inside and took the ferry across to Shenzhen to watch some movies. I saw two Chinese films in multiplexes in the Nanshan district – creature feature The Meg 2: The Trench, a Sino-US
Europe
Iran’s ‘Critical Zone’, Singapore’s ‘Dreaming & Dying’ Take Best Film Awards In Locarno
Critical Zone won the Golden Leopard in Locarno's international competition, while Dreaming & Dying took the same honours in Cinema of the Present.
Streamlined Insights
US Strikes Impact On Global Production: Whose Stories Are We Telling Anyway?
So there I was thinking that Streamlined could safely take a few months off over the summer – nothing big was likely to happen; instead of which Hollywood has gone on strike, the world is on fire (not in a good way), and a brilliant marketing gimmick has convinced everyone to
Festivals
‘When The Seedlings Grow’ Wins Grand Prize At Japan’s Skip City Festival
Drama directed by Turkey's Reger Azad Kaya was filmed in northern Syria with non-professional actors.
News
Full Circle Lab Set For Second Indonesian Edition In September
LOCK Full Circle Lab has launched a call for projects for event taking place in Jakarta September 18-24.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
'Diamond Marine World', 'Eye Of The Storm' Win Big At Taipei Film Awards
Diamond Marine World won both the Grand Prize and best documentary at this year’s Taipei Film Awards, while Lin Chun-yang’s Eye Of The Storm scooped five prizes.