Funding News

Asian Cinema Fund 2024: Funding News

Busan film festival's Asian Cinema Fund has awarded funding to 13 Asian projects for 2024.

Korea & Japan

Venice Gap Financing Market 2024: Full Line-Up

The 11th edition of the Venice Gap Financing Market has selected 61 projects from around the world.

News

Alternativa Film Project For Social Impact Titles To Hold Awards In Indonesia

Non-profit founded by tech company inDrive is holding the second edition of its awards show in Indonesia in November 2024.

News

MIFFest To Open With Woo Ming Jin’s 'Indera'; Unveils Competition Line-Up

Four films have racked up seven nominations each: Abang Adik, Every You Every Me, In The Land Of Brothers and Betania.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Kazakh Drama ‘The Divorce’, China’s ‘Friday, Funfair’ Take Top Awards In Shanghai

The Divorce took best film & actress in the main competition, while Friday, Funfair won best film in the Asian New Talent Awards.

Streamlined Insights

Africa Updates: Canal+ Takeover Of MultiChoice; Nigeria Film Fund; Yetu (Un)Limited

When Streamlined was launched two years ago, it came with a promise to cover Africa, swiftly followed by the realisation that a steep learning curve would be necessary before doing justice to the content industries of this huge and complex continent. One thing I’ve learned since launching Streamlined is

Middle East & North Africa

Amman Film Industry Days 2024: Full Line-Up

Jordan’s Amman International Film Festival selected 16 projects from eight Arab countries for Amman Film Industry Days.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Shanghai SIFF Project 2024: Full Line-Up

Shanghai International Film Festival's SIFF Project selected 34 projects across four categories for its 2024 edition.

Korea & Japan

BIFAN NAFF Project Market 2024: Full Line-Up

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival has selected 37 projects for this year’s NAFF Project Market.

Streamlined Guides

Streamlined Guides: Vietnam - Distributors, Exhibitors, Festivals & Streamers

Driven by investment in the exhibition sector, Vietnam’s box office has grown from $15m and less than 100 screens in 2010 to around $150m and 1,100 screens last year. In addition to films produced by a thriving local production sector, the market screens Hollywood and other international titles

Streamlined Insights

Cannes 2024 Recap Part Two: Hot Titles And Busy Buyers In The Festival & Market

Heading into this year’s Cannes Marché, there were several reasons to believe business would be muted, with slow box office recovery nearly everywhere in the world, rising interest rates and the hangover from the Hollywood strikes and pandemic all cited as reasons for a depressed market. And yet there

Streamlined Insights

Cannes 2024 Recap Part One: India’s Complicated Victories & Japan Comes Out Of Its Shell

This year’s Cannes film festival was relatively smooth and controversy free, despite all the speculation in the run-up to the event around France’s #MeToo movement, pro-Palestinian protests and striking film festival workers. Cate Blanchett may or may not have made a classy display of Palestinian solidarity

Europe

CANNES 2024: LIST OF AWARD WINNERS

All the winners from this year’s Cannes film festival, across official selection and parallel sections.

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.

Middle East & North Africa

Doha Film Institute Spring 2024: Funding News

Qatar’s Doha Film Institute has selected 44 projects from 17 countries for its spring 2024 funding round.

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