Europe

'Abang Adik' Becomes First Malaysian Film To Win Golden Mulberry At FEFF Udine

Jin Ong’s Abang Adik was awarded with the Golden Mulberry and two other awards at this year’s Far East Film Festival (April 21-29) in Udine, Italy.

Streamlined Insights

Cannes Unveils Diverse International Line-Up; Scripted Drama Boom Declared Over At MipTV

Now the Cannes film festival (May 16-27) line-up is mostly announced, it’s safe to say it’s one of the most internationally diverse selections for years, across both the Official Selection and the parallel sections, although the choice of an opening film starring Johnnie Depp, Maiwenn’s

Africa

CANNES 2023 LINE-UP: Titles Selected From Asia, Africa & Midde East

List of titles selected for Cannes Official Selection, Critics Week and Directors Fortnight from Asia, Africa and the Middle East with sales agents.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

FEFF Focus Asia 2023: Full Line-Up

Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, has announced the line-up of projects selected for its Focus Asia industry platform.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

‘Stonewalling’, ‘Totem’ Win Firebird Awards At Hong Kong Film Festival

Stonewalling, co-directed by Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji, and Mexican director Lila Avilés’s Totem both won Firebird Awards at this year's HKIFF.

Streamlined Insights

Thailand & Singapore Sweeteners; K-Pop Slowdown; How The Film Biz Can Use ChatGPT

Like many writers around the world right now, I’ve been distracted in recent weeks by playing with GPT-4, the technology that is making many creative types start thinking about retirement or a second career. But I’ve also been researching the K-pop industry, which led to an

Festivals

Indonesia’s 'Like & Share' Takes Grand Prix At Osaka Asian Film Festival

Indonesian filmmaker Gina S. Noer’s Like & Share was presented with the Grand Prix best picture award at this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival (March 10-19) in Japan.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Sasha Chuk’s ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ Wins Five Awards At HAF

Taiwanese filmmaker Lien Chien-Hung's Salli and The Poison Cat, from China's Guan Tian, also picked up multiple awards.

News

Full Circle Lab Philippines Unveils 15 Projects For Fifth Edition

Line-up includes new projects from the Philippines' Martika Ramirez Escobar and Myanmar's Maung Sun.

Streamlined Insights

Filmart Returns; Hong Kong’s Political Landscape; China Release Schedule

This edition of Streamlined marks exactly one year since I launched this newsletter to summarise and analyse events in the film & streaming content industries across Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. I haven’t managed to keep to a weekly schedule, especially since joining Deadline, and haven’t

Streamlined Insights

The Yash Raj Films Effect; Indian Films In Berlin & Rotterdam; Self-Censorship At The Streamers

Back to India, where there has never been so much content being made, and perhaps never been so many complex political and commercial factors impacting that content. It feels as if the pandemic never happened in India, as the country is producing a staggering range of films and television – from

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Bridging The Dragon To Explore Euro-Asian Collaboration At EFM

Two-day forum expands BTD's Sino-European focus to the rest of East Asia.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

HAF Works-in-Progress 2023: Full Line-Up

Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum has selected 15 Work-in-Progress projects, in addition to the 28 in-development projects previously announced.

Africa

‘Le Spectre De Boko Haram’ Wins Tiger Award In Rotterdam

Cameroonian filmmaker Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram was presented with the Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Streamlined Insights

Can Southeast Asian Indie Cinema Continue Its Momentum In 2023?

I’m not sure why I thought that compiling a list of upcoming projects from Southeast Asia, and looking at recent tweaks to the region’s funding programmes, would be a quick and easy job to do. It has taken weeks to compile, and while I finally stopped at 30

News

India’s ProducerLAND Launches Project Accelerator Programme ‘Ascent’

Former Memento sales chief Tanja Meissner, German producer Roman Paul and Film Constellation’s Fabien Westerhoff are among the mentors on the three-module programme.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2023: Full Line-Up

Anthony Chen, Fruit Chan and Marco Mueller are among the filmmakers producing projects from emerging filmmakers at this year's HAF.

Streamlined Insights

Is Southeast Asia Becoming The New Europe?; Local Indies Thrive On Funds, Labs & Co-productions

Let’s face it – even with Avatar: The Way Of Water bringing some much needed year-end box office cheer, 2022 has been a bit of a depressing year. The roaring ‘20s post-pandemic recovery we were promised has yet to materialise. So I’m going to end the year