Africa
CANNES 2024 LINE-UP: Titles Selected From Asia, Africa & Midde East
UPDATED: A list of films and their sales agents selected for Cannes, Critics Week & Directors Fortnight from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Africa
Mati Diop's 'Dahomey' Becomes Second African Film To Win Berlin Golden Bear
Mubi has acquired North America and a slew of other territories on Diop's second film.
Europe
Japan’s ‘Rei’, Iran’s ‘The Old Bachelor’ Take Top Awards In Rotterdam
Special Jury Awards in the Tiger Competition went to India's Kiss Wagon and Australia's Flathead.
Africa
Berlin World Cinema Fund 2023: Funding News
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (WCF) awarded 11 production and three distribution grants in its latest funding round.
Africa
Hubert Bals Script & Project Development Winter 2023: Funding News
Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund selected 10 projects for its 2023 Script and Project Development Support scheme.
Europe
Iran’s ‘Critical Zone’, Singapore’s ‘Dreaming & Dying’ Take Best Film Awards In Locarno
Critical Zone won the Golden Leopard in Locarno's international competition, while Dreaming & Dying took the same honours in Cinema of the Present.
Streamlined Insights
US Strikes Impact On Global Production: Whose Stories Are We Telling Anyway?
So there I was thinking that Streamlined could safely take a few months off over the summer – nothing big was likely to happen; instead of which Hollywood has gone on strike, the world is on fire (not in a good way), and a brilliant marketing gimmick has convinced everyone to
Funding News
HBF+Europe Minority Co-Prod & Post 2023: Funding News
Hubert Bals Fund has selected eight projects for its HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production scheme and four projects for its first ever HBF+ Europe: Post-production Scheme.
Europe
Venice Gap Financing Market 2023: Full Line-Up
Venice Gap-Financing Market (Sept 1-3), held as part of the Venice Production Bridge at Venice film festival, will present 62 projects from around the world.
Festivals
'Perfect Days', 'Tigers Stripes' & 'The Mother Of All Lies' Among Cannes Winners
Japanese and Southeast Asian films won several major awards across the festival, while African cinema triumphed in Un Certain Regard.
Streamlined Insights
How The US Writers Strike Might Impact International Territories
It’s been an interesting week with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) calling a strike of its members, just a few weeks before the world descends on Cannes to trade new independent film packages. I won’t go into the reasons for the strike here as they’ve been
Europe
'Abang Adik' Becomes First Malaysian Film To Win Golden Mulberry At FEFF Udine
Jin Ong’s Abang Adik was awarded with the Golden Mulberry and two other awards at this year’s Far East Film Festival (April 21-29) in Udine, Italy.
Africa
CANNES 2023 LINE-UP: Titles Selected From Asia, Africa & Midde East
List of titles selected for Cannes Official Selection, Critics Week and Directors Fortnight from Asia, Africa and the Middle East with sales agents.
Africa
‘Le Spectre De Boko Haram’ Wins Tiger Award In Rotterdam
Cameroonian filmmaker Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram was presented with the Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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.
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
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.
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.