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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.
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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 (Indonesia) Prod:
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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
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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.