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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
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Local films grossed 5.5% more than US studio titles, headed by Emperor Motion Pictures’ The Last Dance.
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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.
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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.
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Bali bombings documentary Sampai Mati, directed by Australia’s Ben Golotta, also picked up a BSM Award.
Europe
IFFR's Cinemart has selected 20 film projects, four immersive projects and 12 works-in-progress for its 2025 edition.
Streamlined Guides
Part Two of the Streamlined Guide to Indonesia offers a deep dive into government support for the local creative industries, production services for inbound features and high-end series and the local post-production and VFX sector. As Indonesia had an election this February, and the new president was only inaugurated last
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Taiwanese horror comedy 'Dead Talents Society' took five prizes in the technical categories.
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