Chinese-Speaking Markets
FEFF Focus Asia 2023: Full Line-Up
Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, has announced the line-up of projects selected for its Focus Asia industry platform.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
‘Stonewalling’, ‘Totem’ Win Firebird Awards At Hong Kong Film Festival
Stonewalling, co-directed by Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji, and Mexican director Lila Avilés’s Totem both won Firebird Awards at this year's HKIFF.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Sasha Chuk’s ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ Wins Five Awards At HAF
Taiwanese filmmaker Lien Chien-Hung's Salli and The Poison Cat, from China's Guan Tian, also picked up multiple awards.
Streamlined Insights
Filmart Returns; Hong Kong’s Political Landscape; China Release Schedule
This edition of Streamlined marks exactly one year since I launched this newsletter to summarise and analyse events in the film & streaming content industries across Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. I haven’t managed to keep to a weekly schedule, especially since joining Deadline, and haven’t
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Bridging The Dragon To Explore Euro-Asian Collaboration At EFM
Two-day forum expands BTD's Sino-European focus to the rest of East Asia.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
HAF Works-in-Progress 2023: Full Line-Up
Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum has selected 15 Work-in-Progress projects, in addition to the 28 in-development projects previously announced.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2023: Full Line-Up
Anthony Chen, Fruit Chan and Marco Mueller are among the filmmakers producing projects from emerging filmmakers at this year's HAF.
Streamlined Insights
‘Joyland’, ‘Nice View’, FFI, NOSC & Other Issues Facing The Oscars' Best International Feature Category
The extraordinary journey of Pakistan’s Oscar submission Joyland last week – going from banned in its home country, to still qualifying for the Oscars via a French release, to having its ban reversed, all within the space of a week – illustrates yet again some of the issues faced by the
Chinese-Speaking Markets
‘Coo-Coo 043’, ‘Limbo’ Triumph At Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards
Taiwanese filmmaker Chan Ching-lin’s Coo-Coo 043 was awarded best feature at this year’s Golden Horse Awards, while Hong Kong drama Limbo won the biggest number of awards with four prizes.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Hubert Bals Script & Project Development Winter 2022: Funding News
HBF has selected 11 projects for its Script and Project Development Support initiative in the Winter 2022 funding round.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
‘A Wild Roomer’ & ‘Shivamma’ Take New Currents Awards In Busan
Korean filmmaker Lee Jeong-hong’s A Wild Roomer and Shivamma, from India’s Jaishankar Aryar, were the winners of the New Currents Awards at this year’s Busan International Film Festival.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Golden Horse FPP Series 2022: Full Line-Up
Entering its third year, the Series section of the 2022 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion selected 20 projects.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Golden Horse FPP Features 2022: Full Line-Up
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) selected 48 film projects, of which eight are works-in-progress.
Streamlined Insights
Summer Box Office Picks Up In East Asia, But It’s All About The Blockbusters
Another box office themed newsletter this week. As in Europe and North America, summer box office revenues in East Asia’s biggest markets – China, Japan and South Korea – have given some cause for optimism. I recently wrote a report on post-pandemic box office recovery for the Hong Kong Trade
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
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.
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.