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‘Ne Zha 2’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Chinese Film Of All Time
Lunar New Year release, an animation based on Chinese mythology, has overtaken the record set by war drama 'The Battle Of Lake Changjin'.
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Lunar New Year release, an animation based on Chinese mythology, has overtaken the record set by war drama 'The Battle Of Lake Changjin'.
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Middle East
Qatar’s Doha Film Institute (DFI) has selected 47 projects for its autumn 2024 funding round, including 11 from Qatari and Qatar-based creatives. The grantees include Palestinian director Razan Madhoon’s Gaza-set drama The Good Spirit; Moroccan-French filmmaker Sofia Alaoui’s thriller Tarfaya; and The Joyful 1926 by Algerian team
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Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has selected 25 In-Development projects for this year’s HAF.
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Streamlined Guides
It’s been a familiar story over the past few years – Chinese audiences have been focusing on local movies to the extent that even Hollywood films are not performing well at the China box office. But it’s easy to lose sight of what success looks like in such a
Chinese Speaking
Local films grossed 5.5% more than US studio titles, headed by Emperor Motion Pictures’ The Last Dance.
Chinese Speaking
Imported films had a market share of around 21% at the China box office in 2024, with US studio and Japanese anime titles the two most popular categories.
Streamlined Guides
Indonesia’s box office may not have yet returned to pre-pandemic levels of admissions, but it’s a market that is growing, thanks to cautious cinema construction and a boom in the popularity of local films, and has plenty of room for further expansion. Admissions for 2024 are expected to
Funding News
Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) awarded production funding to seven projects amounting to a total Euros260,000 in its latest funding round. The projects came from Argentina, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Indonesia and Rwanda (see details below). The WCF jury also decided on the first TUI Care Foundation Award,
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Southeast Asia
From modest early days, Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival is becoming a key fixture on Southeast Asia's festival circuit.