Middle East & North Africa
El Gouna Golden Stars Awarded To 'A Poet', 'Always' & 'Agapito'
Audience awards went to Sepideh Farsi’s documentary 'Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk' and Egyptian filmmaker Sarah Goher’s 'Happy Birthday'.
Europe
Cannes Critics' Week Launches Next Step Studio Indonesia
Four young Indonesian directors will co-direct four short films to be presented at Critics Week at Cannes 2026.
Project Markets
JAFF Future Project 2025: Full Line-Up
JAFF Future Project has selected ten projects for its second edition, while JAFF Content Market will present ten pieces of IP to producers, investors and distributors during the three-day event.
News
Philippines’ Cinemalaya Fest Wraps Successful Edition Despite Budget Woes
Noni Abao’s land rights documentary Bloom Where You Are Planted was awarded Best Film in the feature length category.
Southeast Asia
Singapore Fest Changes Competition Criteria; Lucrecia Martel To Head Jury
Asian Feature Film Competition now includes films at every stage of a filmmakers’ career.
Korea & Japan
BUSAN 2025: Asia Gets Organised; Southeast Asia Stays Busy; Oscars Controversy
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped last Friday, and we’re already nearly at the end of the next festival, China’s Pingyao International Film Festival, but I’ve finally had time to draw breath and share some thoughts from last week. I’ll follow up with Pingyao coverage in
Southeast Asia
Reza Rahadian’s ‘On Your Lap’ Scoops Four Prizes At Busan Vision Awards
Other multiple winners included Kyrgyzstan drama 'Kurak' and Tribeny Rai's 'Shape Of Momo'.
Southeast Asia
Thailand’s New Projects Market; Asia's Gen Z Rises Up; Korea Gets More Cash
I just got back from Bangkok where I attended the second edition of the Content Project Market (CPM), organised by Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency (CEA). The three-day event (September 10-12) followed CEA’s Content Lab 2025 during which 34 projects across film, series and animation received training
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Taiwan Creative Content Fest 2025: Full Line-Up
TCCF has selected 56 projects and 38 published works for its 2025 edition, scheduled to take place in Taipei November 4-7.
Southeast Asia
QCinema Project Market 2025: Full Line-Up
QCinema Project Market has selected 12 Philippine and eight Southeast Asian projects for its third edition.
Middle East & North Africa
Autumn Fest Politics & Press Coverage; Visions Sud Est & Singapore’s The Projector
Before we dig into this week’s stories, just a quick note to say that Streamlined’s upgrade is now complete. I’ve moved off Substack and both the newsletters and the website that was previously known as Streamlined Global (with an archive of ten years of industry news) are
Streamlined Guides
Streamlined Guides: Asia Co-Production Funds Part One
Compared to a decade ago, Asian independent producers now have a much wider range of government-backed funds within the region to apply to, with several schemes aimed specifically at encouraging international co-productions. While these funds have transformed the independent production scene across Asia, resulting in many awards and