Europe
Japan Triumphs At FEFF With ‘Takano Tofu’, ‘Confetti’ Taking Top Awards
Mihara Mitsuhiro’s Takano Tofu was awarded with the Golden Mulberry, while Fujita Naoya’s Confetti took the Silver Mulberry award.
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.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
FEFF Focus Asia 2024: Full Line-Up
FEFF Udine's industry platform has selected 11 projects for its All Genres Project Market and six for its Far East In Progress section.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Far East Film Festival To Open With ‘YOLO’, ‘Citizen Of A Kind’; Zhang Yimou To Be Honoured
Zhang will receive a Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement and present three films.
Festivals
Mongolia’s ‘City Of Wind’ Wins Best Picture At Osaka Asian Film Festival
Taiwanese drama Salli won the Most Promising Talent award for director Lien Chien Hung, and the ABC TV award.
Streamlined Insights
Asia Box Office 2024 Preview: Upcoming Films From India & Japan
As part of a series of Asian market overviews in the run-up to Filmart, Streamlined is looking at the current box office situation in India and Japan, along with the upcoming release schedule for local films in both markets. Streamlined’s previous edition, which focused on Korea, can be
Streamlined Insights
Lunar New Year Box Office; Korea's Current Malaise & Upcoming Films
Streamlined has only been offline for one month, but in that time, it's become clear that we're having a challenging start to the year: war and politics are casting a shadow over the on-going Berlin film festival; global streamers are continuing their great local-language
Korea & Japan
Osaka Asian Film Festival To Open With ‘The Moon Thieves’, Close With 'Tokyo Cowboy'
Japanese festival of Asian cinema also announced its 14-strong competition line-up, including four world premieres.
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.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2024: Full Line-Up
HAF has selected 26 in-development projects for this year’s edition, which is taking place March 11-13.
Streamlined Insights
Asia 2023 Box Office Round-Up: Local Hits, Superhero Fatigue & Why Taylor Swift Is The New Harry Potter
I know I promised to cover Red Sea Fund in more depth in this edition, but we’ve been overtaken by events in the world of funds, at least in Taiwan, so I’m waiting for a few things to shake out before returning to that subject later this week.
Festivals
Pema Tseden’s ‘Snow Leopard’ Takes Grand Prix At Tokyo Film Festival
Tatami, directed by Iranian filmmakers Zar Amir and Guy Nattiv, was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
Streamlined Insights
Busan Talking Points: Korean Box Office Blues; Netflix Effect & Southeast Asia Rising
It’s been far too long since I sent out an edition of Streamlined, thanks to a crazy travel schedule with trips to Manila and Jakarta, followed by back-to-back festivals. I’ve been pumping it out for Deadline, but taking a moment here to summarise some recent impressions
Festivals
‘The Wrestler’, ‘September 1923’ Win New Currents Awards In Busan
Kim Jiseok Awards went to Prasanna Vithanage’s Paradise and Mirlan Abdykalykov’s Bride Kidnapping/
Korea & Japan
Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2023: Full Line-Up
Tokyo Gap Financing Market selected 15 projects for its fourth edition, held during TIFFCOM (October 25-27).
Korea & Japan
Asian Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up
Busan International Film Festival has announced the 30 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market, including new works from Japan’s Koji Fukada, Indonesia’s Makbul Mubarak and India’s Rima Das.
Festivals
‘When The Seedlings Grow’ Wins Grand Prize At Japan’s Skip City Festival
Drama directed by Turkey's Reger Azad Kaya was filmed in northern Syria with non-professional actors.
Funding News
Asian Cinema Fund 2023: Funding News
Asian Cinema Fund has announced 14 selections for its 2023 funding round.