Festivals

Southeast Asia

Chinese Documentary ‘Always’ Wins Best Asian Feature At Singapore Fest

Sri Lanka's 'Riverstone' picked up two awards, while Thailand's 'A Useful Ghost' was awarded a Special Mention.

Middle East

Cherien Dabis Talks Palestinian Drama ‘All That’s Left Of You’: “Maybe We Have A Responsibility To Heal Our Trauma”

Palestinian-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis shared her filmmaking journey and the logistics behind making her latest film, multi-generational family drama All That’s Left Of You, in the Souk Talks at Red Sea International Film Festival.   Set in the West Bank, the film follows a Palestinian family across three generations from

Southeast Asia

‘Becoming Human’ Wins Top Prize At JAFF; ‘Better Off Dead’ Sweeps Indonesian Screen Awards

Cambodia's Becoming Human took the Golden Hanoman award in the main competition, while Better Off Dead won in five out of ten categories in the competition for Indonesian films.

News

‘Sleepless City’, ‘My Father And Qaddafi’ Take Top Awards At First Doha Film Festival

Guillermo Galoe’s Sleepless City was awarded best narrative film at the first Doha Film Festival (November 20-28), while Jihan’s My Father And Qaddafi was awarded best documentary. In total, the festival handed out prizes totalling more than $300,000 across its four competition sections. Sleepless City, a France-Spain

Southeast Asia

‘A Useful Ghost’ Wins Best Picture At Philippines’ QCinema Film Festival

Akio Fujimoto's Lost Land was awarded the Grand Jury Prize, while Chie Hayakawa's Renoir took best director and performance.

Southeast Asia

JAFF To Open With ‘Opera Jawa’; Unveils Competition & Special Programmes

The festival, which is taking place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (Nov 29-Dec 6), is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special programme.

Africa

Red Sea Film Fest Unveils Competition Line-up; Sets ‘Giant’ As Opening Film

Red Sea International Film Festival (December 4-13) has announced the 16 titles in its competition section, as well as its opening film and other major sections.

Festivals

Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’ Wins Best Film At Tokyo Fest

Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh’s documentary 'We Are The Fruits Of The Forest' was awarded the Special Jury Prize.

Festivals

QCinema Unveils Competition Sections; Alice Winocour’s ‘Couture’ Set As Opening Film

Asian Next Wave competition will screen nine films, including four award-winning titles making their Southeast Asian premiere.

Middle East

El Gouna Golden Stars Awarded To 'A Poet', 'Always' & 'Agapito'

Audience awards went to Sepideh Farsi’s documentary 'Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk' and Egyptian filmmaker Sarah Goher’s 'Happy Birthday'.

News

Philippines’ Cinemalaya Fest Wraps Successful Edition Despite Budget Woes

Noni Abao’s land rights documentary Bloom Where You Are Planted was awarded Best Film in the feature length category.

Southeast Asia

Singapore Fest Changes Competition Criteria; Lucrecia Martel To Head Jury

Asian Feature Film Competition now includes films at every stage of a filmmakers’ career.