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.
News
QCinema Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up
QCinema Project Market, the official industry programme of the QCinema Film Festival, has selected 20 projects for its first edition.
News
Mylab+@Jogja Selects Six Projects For First Edition
Mylab+@Jogja has selected six projects in development, which are focusing on Indonesian co-production, for its inaugural edition.
News
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Fest To Open With ‘Autobio-Pamphlet’, Close With ‘13 Bombs In Jakarta’
Scheduled to take place November 25 to December 2, JAFF 2023 will screen 205 films from 25 countries across the Asia Pacific region.
Festivals
Sarvnik Kaur’s doc ‘Against The Tide’ Wins Golden Gateway Award At MAMI
The Silver Gateway Award went to Bahadur – The Brave, directed by Diwa Shah, while the Special Jury Award went to Kanu Behl’s Agra.
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.
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.
News
BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2023
The list below highlights noteworthy Southeast Asian film projects that were completed and premiered at international film festivals in 2023. Nationality of the director is in brackets after their names, but nationality of the projects is harder to determine as most are multi-territory co-productions. ANDRAGOGY Dir: Wregas Bhanuteja
News
Film Bazaar Co-production Market 2023: Full Line-Up
India’s Film Bazaar has selected 20 fiction projects and 12 documentary projects for this year’s Co-production Market in Goa.