Middle East & North Africa
Psychological thriller The Beasts, directed by Spain’s Rodrigo Sorogoyen, won three awards at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, including the Tokyo Grand Prix, best director and best actor for Denis Menochet.
Southeast Asia
Three fiction projects and four documentaries have been granted support in Bangkok film fund's latest funding round.
News
Project market organised by India's National Film Development Corp is taking place as an in-person event for the first time since 2019.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Korean filmmaker Lee Jeong-hong’s A Wild Roomer and Shivamma, from India’s Jaishankar Aryar, were the winners of the New Currents Awards at this year’s Busan International Film Festival.
News
Five-part anthology launches on CTE horror and suspense channel Thrill on October 3.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Entering its third year, the Series section of the 2022 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion selected 20 projects.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) selected 48 film projects, of which eight are works-in-progress.
News
FINAS will be working with the Singapore Film Commission, Film Development Council of the Philippines and Taiwan Creative Content Agency on the lab.
Korea & Japan
The 3rd edition of TIFFCOM’s Tokyo Gap Financing Market is taking place online October 25-27 and has selected 20 projects.
Middle East & North Africa
A New Old Play was named best film in the Chinese section, while Mediterranean Fever took best film in the World section.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Wen Chen-Ling and Ding Ning head the cast of boxing drama co-financed by Hong Kong's Celestial Tiger Entertainment.
Korea & Japan
Busan International Film Festival has announced the 29 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market.
Funding News
Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund is returning this year after a two-year hiatus with a selection of 13 projects.
Middle East & North Africa
Eric Gravel's Full Time was presented with best director and best actress at fifth edition of the awards.
Festivals
Goran Stolevski’s horror drama You Won’t Be Alone took best film at this year's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Fiona Ruan Fengyi’s American Girl took best narrative feature at the awards, held during the Taipei International Film Festival.
Korea & Japan
A summary of the major sales deals announced at this year's Cannes market on films originating from Asia & Middle East.
Middle East & North Africa
Korean talent took two of the top awards, with Park Chan-wook winning best director and Song Kang-ho taking best actor.