Middle East
FESTIVALS: Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho Win Major Cannes Awards
Korean talent took two of the top awards, with Park Chan-wook winning best director and Song Kang-ho taking best actor.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Spring 2022: Funding News
Five grantees include the fund's first animated feature, The Missing, along with two docs and two live-action fiction projects.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
FESTIVALS: Korean, Chinese Films Triumph At Far East Film Festival
Lee Jang-hoon's Miracle: Letters To The President was presented with the Golden Mulberry, while China's Return To Dust and Too Cool To Kill took multiple awards.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
STREAMING UPDATES: Amazon India Slate, Tokyo Vice Sales, CJ ENM Studios
APRIL 2022: Rolling updates of the latest streaming content announcements from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
News
Full Circle Lab Philippines Unveils 15 Projects For Fourth Edition
First Cut Lab projects include Woo Ming Jin’s Stone Turtle; He Shuming’s Ajoomma, produced by Anthony Chen; and Where Is The Lie? from Quark Henares.
Middle East
STREAMING UPDATES: Alice In Borderland, Takeshi's Castle, Five Blind Dates
MARCH 2022: Rolling updates of the latest streaming content announcements from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
News
India’s PVR, Inox Merge As Covid, Streaming Squeeze Cinemas
Two of India's biggest exhibitors are merging to form a circuit with more than 1,500 screens.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
FESTIVALS: 'Aloners' Awarded With Grand Prix at Osaka Asian
Other award winners include Angry Son, directed by Japan’s Kasho Iizuka, and Longman Leung's Anita, which took the Audience Award and a special mention.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
HAF Announces Award Winners Following Busy Virtual Edition
Award winners included Colleen Kwok's The Stars The Sun The Moon, Huang Ningwei's Not Found and Yang Heng's Silent Ghosts.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
COMING SOON: Hong Kong Films In Production Or Awaiting Release
Despite the pandemic playing havoc with the release schedules of Hong Kong films, several high-profile titles are being sold at this year's Filmart Online.
Africa
Series Mania To Present ‘Women In Series Award’ To EbonyLife’s Mo Abudu
Nigerian entertainment executive has signed content deals with Netflix, BBC, AMC, Sony and Westbrook Studios.
Europe
Netflix Suspends Service In Russia, Citing Ukraine Invasion
The streamer joins a long list of companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Dell, AirBnB and the US film studios, that have halted operations in Russia, also citing the invasion.