Chinese Speaking
The Way We Talk, from Hong Kong director Adam Wong, scooped the Audience Award at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), while the Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film went to Family Matters from Taiwan’s Pan Ke-Yin. Starring Marco Ng, Neo Chau and Chung Suet Ying,
Festivals
The film, which follows a Palestinian family through three generations, also won best screenplay at Malaysia International Film Festival.
Festivals
The festival's competition section was restructured this year to focus on Japanese filmmakers.
Funding News
International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund has selected 15 projects for the latest round of its Development Support scheme.
Korea & Japan
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has selected 30 projects for this year’s Asian Project Market.
Festivals
Best Director went to 'Reflection In A Dead Diamond', directed by Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet.
Middle East
To A Land Unknown, from Danish-Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel, scooped both the Jury Award and the Audience Award.
Chinese Speaking
The Fantastic Four: First Steps, classic film The Gold Rush and Taiwanese animation Pigsy have been added to China's release schedule.
Europe
The 12th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (August 29-31) has selected 67 projects.
News
Brilliant Melody from the Philippines’ Carlo Francisco Manatad scooped the top Bucheon Award at the close of the NAFF Project Market.
News
Asian Contents & Film Market has launched a new initiative to support international co-productions with Korea.
Festivals
Lithuania’s Drowning Dry took home the Grand Prize in Taipei Film Festival's International New Directors Competition.