Korea & Japan
Taichi Kimura’s Fujiko, about a single mother navigating personal freedom in 1970s Japan, was presented with the Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film at the close of this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF, July 10-26). The jury praised the film, saying: “With remarkable confidence, vision,
Southeast Asia
Lloyd Lee Choi’s Lucky Lu wont Best Film in the Golden Global Awards of this year’s Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest, July 18-25). The US-Canada collaboration, which premiered in Directors Fortnight at last year’s Cannes film festival, follows a New York City delivery rider whose
Europe
Berlinale World Cinema Fund allocated €365,000 to projects from nine countries in its latest funding round.
Korea & Japan
Other winners included Best Director awards for Curry Barker's Obsession and Yoo Hyoung-joon's The Only Child In The Butchery.
Korea & Japan
Other winners included Strange Root, which picked up the CNC Award, while the NAFF Award went to Whistler from the Faroe Islands' Gudmund Helmsdal.
Europe
Venice GFM has selected 66 projects for its 2026 edition, including 38 feature-length fiction and documentary projects.
Middle East & North Africa
Qatar's Doha Film Institute has selected 48 projects from 39 countries for its Spring 2026 funding round.
Korea & Japan
Busan International Film Festival's Asian Cinema Fund has selected 12 projects for its 2026 funding round.
Europe
Louis Clichy’s French-Belgian 'Iron Boy' was awarded three prizes at the festival, including the Jury Award.
Project Markets
Vietnam's DANAFF Talents has selected ten Asian arthouse projects and eight Script Lab genre projects for its 2026 edition.
Middle East & North Africa
Jordan’s Amman International Film Festival has selected 20 projects to take part in the Pitching Platforms of Amman Film Industry Days.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Zhong Kaifeng’s Atlantic Rhapsody was named best film in the Golden Goblets Awards of this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 12-21). The debut feature also picked up best cinematography for the work of Hao Jiayue. Set in China’s northeast, it tells the story of a