Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Autumn 2024: Funding News
Thailand’s Purin Pictures selected five projects for production support, and one for post-production support, in its latest funding round.
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Middle East & North Africa
Cairo Film Connection 2024: Full Line-Up
Cairo Film Connection, the funding platform of Cairo International Film Festival, has selected 18 projects from the Arab world for its tenth edition.
Streamlined Guides
Streamlined Guides: Indonesia - Overview, Studios & Producers
Indonesian films have already broken the all-time annual admissions record at the local box office this year, within just nine months, with horror comedy Agak Laen topping the box office and other local titles taking the next five places in the top ten. Meanwhile, Indonesian arthouse films continue to
Festivals
‘Rhythm Of A Flower’ Wins Golden Gateway Award In Mumbai
Amit Dutta's hand drawn animation took the top award in Mumbai's South Asia Competition.
Middle East & North Africa
Marrakech Atlas Workshops 2024: Full Line-Up
Marrakech International Film Festival has selected 27 projects for the seventh edition of the Atlas Workshops.
News
Film Bazaar Co-production Market 2024: Full Line-Up
India’s Film Bazaar has selected 21 feature projects and eight web series for this year’s Co-Production Market.
Festivals
‘MA - Cry Of Silence’, ‘The Land Of Morning Calm’ Win Busan New Currents Awards
Kim Jiseok Awards went to Indian filmmaker Rima Das’ Village Rockstars 2 and Taiwanese director Tom Lin Shu Yu’s Yen And Ai Lee.
Streamlined Insights
BUSAN 2024: Should Asia’s Content Biz Consider Policy To Respond To Inflation, Monopoly & AI?
The outdoor billboards towering over the streets of Centum City during this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) said it all. One was for the second season of Netflix’s Hellbound and the other for Disney’s Gangnam B-Side, both of which were premiering in BIFF’s On
Middle East & North Africa
CineGouna Funding 2024: Full Line-Up
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival has selected 21 projects from 13 Arab countries for the seventh edition of CineGouna Funding.
Africa
OSCARS 2025: Best International Feature Submissions
Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
News
BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2024
The list below highlights noteworthy Southeast Asian film projects that were completed and premiered at international film festivals in 2024. Nationality of the director is in brackets after their names, but nationality of the projects is harder to determine as most are multi-territory co-productions. UPDATE October 14: MA
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Pingyao Gives Top Awards To ‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’
Yang Suiyi’s Karst about a woman reconnecting with her childhood in Guizhou Province, won best film in the Fei Mu Awards for up-and-coming Chinese filmmakers at this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (September 24-30). Swiss director Ramon Zurcher’s The Sparrow In The Chimney won