Middle East & North Africa
HBF+Europe Minority Co-Prod & Post 2024: Funding News
Hubert Bals Fund has selected eight projects for its HBF+Europe: Minority Co-pro scheme, and two for its HBF+ Europe: Post scheme.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Spring 2024: Funding News
Four Filipino projects and one Indonesian docudrama were awarded grants in Purin Pictures' spring 2024 funding round.
Middle East & North Africa
Doha Film Institute Autumn 2023: Funding News
Qatar’s Doha Film Institute selected 44 titles for its 2023 autumn funding round, including 33 features, two TV series in development and nine shorts.
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.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Autumn 2023: Funding News
Purin Pictures has selected four projects from the Philippines and one from Indonesia in its autumn 2023 funding round.
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.
Southeast Asia
Lao Filmmakers Fund Supports Nine Projects: Funding News
Fund previously supported The Signal, from Lao filmmaker Lee Phongsavanh, which premiered in Shanghai this month.
Middle East & North Africa
Doha Film Institute Spring 2023: Funding News
Doha Film Institute awarded grants to 29 projects in its spring 2023 funding round.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Spring 2023: Funding News
Purin Pictures has announced the five projects selected for grants in its Spring 2023 funding round, including two from Vietnam.
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.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Autumn 2022: Funding News
Three fiction projects and four documentaries have been granted support in Bangkok film fund's latest funding round.
Funding News
Asian Cinema Fund 2022: Funding News
Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund is returning this year after a two-year hiatus with a selection of 13 projects.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Spring 2022: Funding News
Five grantees include the fund's first animated feature, The Missing, along with two docs and two live-action fiction projects.
News
India's Indie Filmmakers Turn To Alternative Distribution
Indie filmmakers across India are tapping new technologies and innovative distribution strategies to get their films in front of audiences.
News
'U-Turn' Director Pawan Kumar Talks Crowdfunding & Digital Distribution
Bangalore-based filmmaker Pawan Kumar explains how he’s used crowdfunding and digital distribution to launch his first three films.
News
Drishyam Films' Manish Mundra On Why He's Financing Indian Indie Cinema
Former oil industry executive has backed Indian indie films including Rajat Kapoor's 'Ankhon Dekhi' and Prashant Nair's 'Umrika'.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Equity Crowdfunding Still On The Starting Blocks, Say Asian Film Market Speakers
UK director Simon West says he is using equity crowdfunding for $10m action comedy Salty, but speakers at last week’s Asian Film Market explained this form of film financing still faces regulatory hurdles around the world.