Korea & Japan

Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2022: Full Line-Up

The 3rd edition of TIFFCOM’s Tokyo Gap Financing Market is taking place online October 25-27 and has selected 20 projects.

Streamlined Insights

Can 'Brahmastra' Save Bollywood? Why Arthouse Drama 'Return To Dust' Is A Surprise Hit In China

This week I’m looking at two separate box office phenomena – the opening of what is being billed as the Hindi film industry’s biggest ever film, Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva, and whether it can stem the tide of flops that Bollywood has endured this year, and the surprise success

Streamlined Insights

Streamlined Returns; Summer Streaming Summary; Festival Circuit Redux

This has taken much longer than intended, but I’m attempting to bring Streamlined back as a weekly newsletter to shine a light on the many film and TV industries outside of ‘the West’, which the international industry often regards as ‘the Rest’, even though these are the regions that

Middle East & North Africa

‘A New Old Play’ & ‘Mediterranean Fever’ Win Top Awards At Hong Kong Film Festival

A New Old Play was named best film in the Chinese section, while Mediterranean Fever took best film in the World section.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Taiwan’s Studio76 & Singapore’s IFA Media Wrap 'Love Punch'

Wen Chen-Ling and Ding Ning head the cast of boxing drama co-financed by Hong Kong's Celestial Tiger Entertainment.

Korea & Japan

Asian Project Market 2022: Full Line-Up

Busan International Film Festival has announced the 29 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market.

Funding News

Asian Cinema Fund 2022: Funding News

Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund is returning this year after a two-year hiatus with a selection of 13 projects.

Middle East & North Africa

‘Drowning In Holy Water’ Takes Best Film At MIFFEST Awards

Eric Gravel's Full Time was presented with best director and best actress at fifth edition of the awards.

Festivals

‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Wins Best Film At BIFAN Film Festival

Goran Stolevski’s horror drama You Won’t Be Alone took best film at this year's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Elvis Lu’s ‘A Holy Family’ Wins Grand Prize At Taipei Film Awards

Fiona Ruan Fengyi’s American Girl took best narrative feature at the awards, held during the Taipei International Film Festival.

Streamlined Insights

So That Was Cannes 2022: A Return To The New Normal

A few friends will know that I left Cannes film festival early because my father, who had a long illness, reached the end of that journey and I went to sit with him and my mum for his final few days. While I’m obviously heartbroken, I’m also extremely

Korea & Japan

ROUND-UP: Major Sales Deals Out Of This Year’s Cannes Market

A summary of the major sales deals announced at this year's Cannes market on films originating from Asia & Middle East.

Middle East & North Africa

Park Chan-wook & Song Kang-ho Win Major Cannes Film Festival Awards

Korean talent took two of the top awards, with Park Chan-wook winning best director and Song Kang-ho taking best actor.

Streamlined Insights

Why Aren’t Chinese Films Travelling To International Festivals?

Chinese cinema is conspicuous by its absence at this year’s Cannes film festival, with only a few short films announced across the official selection and parallel sections. Directors Fortnight said last week that the Asian “surprise film” that it was hoping to announce, was a Chinese film, that it

Streamlined Insights

China Warms Up To Big Tech But Stays Cool On Hollywood

While Streamlined doesn’t want to focus too much on any one market, there are several questions swirling around China that impact the global content industries and would be good to address before Cannes gets underway. This week’s edition of Streamlined will touch on two of these issues – Beijing’

Southeast Asia

Purin Pictures Spring 2022: Funding News

Five grantees include the fund's first animated feature, The Missing, along with two docs and two live-action fiction projects.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

Korean & Chinese Titles Triumph At Far East Film Festival

Lee Jang-hoon's Miracle: Letters To The President was presented with the Golden Mulberry, while China's Return To Dust and Too Cool To Kill took multiple awards.

Chinese-Speaking Markets

STREAMING UPDATES: Amazon India Slate, Tokyo Vice Sales, CJ ENM Studios

APRIL 2022: Rolling updates of the latest streaming content announcements from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.