News
Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2025: Full Line-Up
Tokyo Gap Financing Market has selected 23 projects for its sixth edition, including eight animation and three Italian projects.
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
KPop Demon Hunters; India Embraces AI; Busan's ACFM Tackles Market Problems
It’s been difficult to avoid KPop Demon Hunters this week, so I’m starting with an item on this pop culture phenomenon, not least because I was surprised to read that it’s become Netflix’s most watched English-language film of all time. As I watched the animated
Festivals
Sho Miyake’s ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Wins Golden Leopard In Locarno
'Hair, Paper, Water...' directed by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quy won the top prize in the Filmmakers of the Present competition.
Streamlined Insights
Japan & Korea 2025 First Half Box Office & Upcoming Films
This edition of Streamlined is looking at 2025 first half box office and upcoming films in Japan and South Korea. Following this newsletter, Streamlined will be taking a two-week break to finish the final stages of its platform upgrade. If you experience any problems accessing the newsletters, the new
Streamlined Guides: Asia Co-Production Funds Part Two
The second part of the Streamlined Guide to Asia Co-Production Funds looks at the oldest and newest schemes in the region - Japan’s International Co-production Subsidy, managed by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the Hong Kong-Europe-Asia Collaboration Scheme, managed by the Hong Kong Film Development
Festivals
Animated Short ‘Mimesis’ Wins Grand Prize At Japan’s Skip City
The festival's competition section was restructured this year to focus on Japanese filmmakers.
Korea & Japan
Asian Project Market 2025: Full Line-Up
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has selected 30 projects for this year’s Asian Project Market.
Festivals
‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Scoops Best Of Bucheon Award At BIFAN
Best Director went to 'Reflection In A Dead Diamond', directed by Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet.
News
‘Brilliant Melody’ Takes Top Award At BIFAN’s NAFF Project Market
Brilliant Melody from the Philippines’ Carlo Francisco Manatad scooped the top Bucheon Award at the close of the NAFF Project Market.
News
Busan’s ACFM Launches Korea Co-production Support Fund
Asian Contents & Film Market has launched a new initiative to support international co-productions with Korea.
Korea & Japan
Asian Cinema Fund 2025: Funding News
ACF, a support programme of South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival, has awarded funding to 14 Asian projects for 2025.