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.
Liz Shackleton
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.
Korea & Japan
Busan Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund Announces Support For 14 Projects
Selections include three script development awards, four post-production awards and grants for seven documentaries.
Festivals
BIFAN Hands Top Prizes To Chile’s ‘Sorcery’, Korea’s ‘Iron Mask’
Christopher Murray's Sorcery won the Best of Bucheon award, while Iron Mask took Best Korean Fantastic Film.
Korea & Japan
‘Passport’, ‘Please Bear With Me’ Win Prizes at BIFAN’s NAFF Project Market
Ananth Subramaniam’s The Passport took the top award at this year’s NAFF Project Market in Korea, while Gabriela Serrano's Please Bear With Me scooped three other prizes.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
TAICCA Partners With BIFAN; Launches Award At NAFF
Taiwan Creative Content Agency will present a $10,000 award at BIFAN's NAFF Project Market.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
LGBTQ+ Drama ‘Fragrance Of The First Flower’ Blooms Again With Second Season
First season of award-winning show sold to Korea, Australia, Spain and Portugal.
News
Former FDCP Head Liza Diño Honoured By France’s Ministry Of Culture
Diño was awarded the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her work promoting the Philippines film industry and building ties with France.
News
Johnnie To Head MIFFest Jury; Sylvia Chang To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Malaysia International Film Festival (July 23-29) also announced its full competition line-up and a partnership with BiFan.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Japan’s ‘Yoko’ Wins Three Prizes At Shanghai Film Festival
Top award winners also included Spanish documentary Muyeres and Liu Jiayin's All Ears.
Streamlined Insights
Cannes 2023 Recap Part Two: China’s Return, Saudi Funding, South Asian Diaspora Dynamics
Part Two of Streamlined’s Cannes 2023 recap looks at China’s return to international markets, funding for arthouse content in the Middle East and the growing power of the South Asian diaspora audience in the US and Canada. 4. China Is Back..Sort Of One territory that wasn’t
Streamlined Insights
Cannes 2023 Recap Part One: Fremaux Under Fire, Awards For Asia & Africa, Arthouse Glimmer Of Hope
When storm clouds and rain were lashing Cannes in the first week, it was easy to think of all the negative forces impacting the market – global streamers upending international distribution, only to savagely cut spending when it hit their bottom line; writers on strike in the US, soon to be
Festivals
'Perfect Days', 'Tigers Stripes' & 'The Mother Of All Lies' Among Cannes Winners
Japanese and Southeast Asian films won several major awards across the festival, while African cinema triumphed in Un Certain Regard.
Streamlined Insights
How The US Writers Strike Might Impact International Territories
It’s been an interesting week with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) calling a strike of its members, just a few weeks before the world descends on Cannes to trade new independent film packages. I won’t go into the reasons for the strike here as they’ve been
Europe
'Abang Adik' Becomes First Malaysian Film To Win Golden Mulberry At FEFF Udine
Jin Ong’s Abang Adik was awarded with the Golden Mulberry and two other awards at this year’s Far East Film Festival (April 21-29) in Udine, Italy.
Streamlined Insights
Cannes Unveils Diverse International Line-Up; Scripted Drama Boom Declared Over At MipTV
Now the Cannes film festival (May 16-27) line-up is mostly announced, it’s safe to say it’s one of the most internationally diverse selections for years, across both the Official Selection and the parallel sections, although the choice of an opening film starring Johnnie Depp, Maiwenn’s
Africa
CANNES 2023 LINE-UP: Titles Selected From Asia, Africa & Midde East
List of titles selected for Cannes Official Selection, Critics Week and Directors Fortnight from Asia, Africa and the Middle East with sales agents.