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.
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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
HIFF Project Market 2024: Full Line-Up
Ho Chi Minh International Film Festival has selected 15 projects for Autumn Meeting and 10 for Viet Script Lab.
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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.
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CIFF Market Projects 2024: Full Line-Up
CIFF Market in Chandigarh, India, has selected 20 projects for its inaugural edition (March 27-31).
Streamlined Insights
Southeast Asia Buzz List; Hong Kong Filmart; Streamlined Two-Year Anniversary
A short newsletter this week as I’m busy prepping Deadline’s Filmart online dailies, but wanted to share a few things: Firstly, I’ve finally updated the Buzz List of projects coming out of Southeast Asia, available here, and you can see that this continues to be one of
Festivals
Mongolia’s ‘City Of Wind’ Wins Best Picture At Osaka Asian Film Festival
Taiwanese drama Salli won the Most Promising Talent award for director Lien Chien Hung, and the ABC TV award.
Streamlined Insights
Asia Box Office 2024 Preview: Upcoming Films From India & Japan
As part of a series of Asian market overviews in the run-up to Filmart, Streamlined is looking at the current box office situation in India and Japan, along with the upcoming release schedule for local films in both markets. Streamlined’s previous edition, which focused on Korea, can be
Africa
Mati Diop's 'Dahomey' Becomes Second African Film To Win Berlin Golden Bear
Mubi has acquired North America and a slew of other territories on Diop's second film.
Streamlined Insights
Lunar New Year Box Office; Korea's Current Malaise & Upcoming Films
Streamlined has only been offline for one month, but in that time, it's become clear that we're having a challenging start to the year: war and politics are casting a shadow over the on-going Berlin film festival; global streamers are continuing their great local-language
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Eye Catcher Global Opens Submissions For $13K Asian New Director Award
Second edition of Asian film industry pitching and networking event will take place June 19-23 in Hong Kong.
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India's Cinevesture Film Festival To Launch In March With Producer Focused Mission
Rana Daggubati, Jerome Paillard and Nicole Guillemet have joined the advisory board of the new film festival in Chandigarh.
Korea & Japan
Osaka Asian Film Festival To Open With ‘The Moon Thieves’, Close With 'Tokyo Cowboy'
Japanese festival of Asian cinema also announced its 14-strong competition line-up, including four world premieres.
Europe
Japan’s ‘Rei’, Iran’s ‘The Old Bachelor’ Take Top Awards In Rotterdam
Special Jury Awards in the Tiger Competition went to India's Kiss Wagon and Australia's Flathead.