Korea & Japan
'The Last Summer' Wins Grand Prix At Osaka Asian Expo Edition
The festival was held for the second time this year to coincide with the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.
Korea & Japan
The festival was held for the second time this year to coincide with the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has selected 12 works-in-progress and 38 in development projects for this year's features section.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has selected 14 projects for the sixth edition of its Series section.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
The Way We Talk, from Hong Kong director Adam Wong, scooped the Audience Award at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), while the Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film went to Family Matters from Taiwan’s Pan Ke-Yin. Starring Marco Ng, Neo Chau and Chung Suet Ying,
The second part of the Streamlined Guide to Asia Co-Production Funds looks at Japan’s International Co-production Subsidy and the Hong Kong-Europe-Asia Collaboration Scheme, along with some thoughts on how the funding ecosystem could be improved.
Streamlined Guides
Compared to a decade ago, Asian independent producers now have a much wider range of government-backed funds within the region to apply to, with several schemes aimed specifically at encouraging international co-productions. While these funds have transformed the independent production scene across Asia, resulting in many awards and festival recognition,
Streamlined Insights
Festivals
Lithuania’s Drowning Dry took home the Grand Prize in Taipei Film Festival's International New Directors Competition.
News
Full list of award winners from this year's Shanghai International Film Festival and SIFF Project.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
SIFF Project, the projects market of Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 13- 22), selected 34 projects across five categories for its 2025 edition. The categories include Genre Projects, New Talent Projects, Co-production Projects, Pre-Production Projects and Works-in-Progress. Launched in 2007, SIFF Project aims to connect Chinese and Sino-foreign co-production
Chinese-Speaking Markets
All the winners from this year’s Cannes film festival, across official selection, Critics Week, Directors Fortnight and the Immersive Competition.
Africa
Below is a list of films selected for Cannes Official Selection, Critics Week and Directors Fortnight originating from, set in or mostly filmed in Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but based elsewhere) with sales agents and nationalities of co-production partners where known.