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.
Africa
Mati Diop's 'Dahomey' Becomes Second African Film To Win Berlin Golden Bear
Mubi has acquired North America and a slew of other territories on Diop's second film.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Eye Catcher Global Opens Submissions For $13K Asian New Director Award
Second edition of Asian film industry pitching and networking event will take place June 19-23 in Hong Kong.
News
India's Cinevesture Film Festival To Launch In March With Producer Focused Mission
Rana Daggubati, Jerome Paillard and Nicole Guillemet have joined the advisory board of the new film festival in Chandigarh.
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
HAF Works-in-Progress 2024: Full Line-up
HKIFF Industry Project Market has selected 15 projects for its Works-in-Progress section.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
HKIFF-CAA Chinese-Language Genre Initiative Selects Six Projects
Joint initiative between Hong Kong International Film Festival and CAA China is designed to foster Chinese-language genre films.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Taiwanese Filmmakers Issue Appeal Over Funding Changes
A group of more than 100 Taiwanese filmmakers has issued a statement expressing concerns over changes to Taiwan’s co-production funding scheme.
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.
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.
News
Philippines’ FDCP Announces Grants For ICOF, FLIP & CreatePHFilms
Film Development Council of the Philippines has announced a raft of grants for both local productions and international co-productions.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
CHINA RELEASE SCHEDULE: Imports & Co-Productions March-Dec 2023
Universal's Fast X was the highest-grossing import in China in 2023, ranking at number 12 in the year-end chart with $135m.
Festivals
JAFF Awards Best Film To 'Monisme'; Reveals Plans For Market At 2024 Edition
Best film in the Indonesian Screen Awards went to Yusron Fuadi’s The Draft!, which also won best storytelling and best editing.
News
‘The Remotes’, ‘Filipiñana’ Win Top Prizes At QCinema Project Market
First edition of QPM, the industry arm of QCinema film festival, handed out funding of close to $500,000.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Lee Yi-shan’s ‘Chewing Gum’ Wins Grand Prize At Golden Horse FPP
Chewing Gum, the debut feature of Taiwanese writer-director Lee Yi-shan, won the Grand Prize of NT$1m ($32,000) at this year’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion.
News
Tatino Teams With Alternativa & QCinema For Film Residencies
France’s Tatino Films is launching three new Pop Up film residencies with partners in Central and SE-Asia.
Middle East & North Africa
Red Sea Souk Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up
Red Sea Souk selected 24 projects from the Arab and African region for its projects market, in addition to six works-in-progress.