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.
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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.
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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.
Middle East & North Africa
Red Sea Souk Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up
Red Sea Souk selected 24 projects from the Arab and African region for its projects market, in addition to six works-in-progress.
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
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QCinema Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up
QCinema Project Market, the official industry programme of the QCinema Film Festival, has selected 20 projects for its first edition.
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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.
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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.
Africa
Hubert Bals Script & Project Development Winter 2023: Funding News
Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund selected 10 projects for its 2023 Script and Project Development Support scheme.
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.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Autumn 2023: Funding News
Purin Pictures has selected four projects from the Philippines and one from Indonesia in its autumn 2023 funding round.
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BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2023
The list below highlights noteworthy Southeast Asian film projects that were completed and premiered at international film festivals in 2023. 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. ANDRAGOGY Dir: Wregas Bhanuteja
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Film Bazaar Co-production Market 2023: Full Line-Up
India’s Film Bazaar has selected 20 fiction projects and 12 documentary projects for this year’s Co-production Market in Goa.
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/
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Pingyao Project Promotion 2023: Full Line-Up
China’s Pingyao International Film Festival selected 17 projects for this year’s Pingyao Project Promotion, including two projects from Shanxi province.