News
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.
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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.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Golden Horse FPP Features 2023: Full Line-Up
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has selected 39 development projects and seven works-in-progress for the features section of this year’s edition.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Golden Horse FPP Series 2023: Full Line-Up
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has announced the 18 episodic projects that have been selected for the fourth edition of its Series section.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Taiwan Creative Content Fest 2023: Full Line-Up
Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) selected 53 projects across five sections for its fourth edition.
News
Mylab, YCCI Launch Indonesian Co-Production Programme At JAFF
Malaysia’s mylab is teaming with Yayasan Cipta Citra Indonesia to launch a new programme at this year’s Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF).
Korea & Japan
Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2023: Full Line-Up
Tokyo Gap Financing Market selected 15 projects for its fourth edition, held during TIFFCOM (October 25-27).
Streamlined Insights
Inside Mainland China’s Scorching Hot Box Office Summer
Last weekend I decided to take a look at mainland China’s box office recovery from the inside and took the ferry across to Shenzhen to watch some movies. I saw two Chinese films in multiplexes in the Nanshan district – creature feature The Meg 2: The Trench, a Sino-US
Europe
Iran’s ‘Critical Zone’, Singapore’s ‘Dreaming & Dying’ Take Best Film Awards In Locarno
Critical Zone won the Golden Leopard in Locarno's international competition, while Dreaming & Dying took the same honours in Cinema of the Present.
Korea & Japan
Asian Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up
Busan International Film Festival has announced the 30 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market, including new works from Japan’s Koji Fukada, Indonesia’s Makbul Mubarak and India’s Rima Das.
Streamlined Insights
US Strikes Impact On Global Production: Whose Stories Are We Telling Anyway?
So there I was thinking that Streamlined could safely take a few months off over the summer – nothing big was likely to happen; instead of which Hollywood has gone on strike, the world is on fire (not in a good way), and a brilliant marketing gimmick has convinced everyone to
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.
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.
Funding News
HBF+Europe Minority Co-Prod & Post 2023: Funding News
Hubert Bals Fund has selected eight projects for its HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production scheme and four projects for its first ever HBF+ Europe: Post-production Scheme.
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.