News
QCinema Project Market 2024: Full Line-Up
QPM, organised by Quezon City Film Commission, has selected 20 projects for its second edition.
Streamlined Guides
Streamlined Guides: Philippines - Distributors, Exhibitors, Festivals & Streamers
Box office in the Philippines is still in recovery mode, registering a 51% year-on-year increase to $115m (PHP6.6bn) in 2023, but still around 60% below pre-pandemic levels. However, high attendance at recent editions of local film festivals, including last year’s QCinema and Metro Manila and
Korea & Japan
Asian Project Market 2024: Full Line-Up
Busan has selected 30 projects for this year’s Asian Project Market, including new works from previous New Currents filmmakers.
News
Thai Hit ‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ Takes Audience Award At NYAFF
Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat Aun's 'Snow In Midsummer' took the Uncaged Award at the close of this year's New York Asian Film Festival.
Festivals
German Drama ‘Every You Every Me’ Wins Three Awards At MIFFest
Michael Fetter Nathansky's drama about a failing relationship took best film, screenplay and actress.
Streamlined Insights
Asia Summer Box Office: A Few Big Whales & A Lot Of Long Tails
Before signing off for a few weeks holiday, Streamlined is taking the temperature of the summer box office, along with a round-up of half-year box office results, in major Asian markets. There is so much drama currently going on in the world between wars, natural disasters, political unrest,
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Streamlined Guides: Philippines - Studios, Producers, VFX & Locations
The Philippines’ film industry is best known internationally for crime thrillers and social issue films, which win awards on the international festival circuit, while its mainstream industry is known for romantic comedies that are distributed to the diaspora. But the country’s reputation for those genres does not do justice
Southeast Asia
SGIFF Film Fund 2024: Funding News
SGIFF Film Fund, managed by Singapore International Film Festival, has selected four docs and three short films in its most recent funding round.
News
‘Molder’, ‘The Heirloom’ Among Winners At BIFAN’s NAFF Project Market
Kenneth Dagatan’s 'Molder' won the top Bucheon Award, while Le Hoang's 'The Heirloom' took the NAFF Award.
Streamlined Insights
Co-producing Across Colonial Borders; Working Between Europe & the Global South
One issue that comes up repeatedly in the conversations I’ve had with producers in Asia and the Middle East over the years is the difficulty of setting up co-productions between ‘established’ (usually meaning Western European) nations and ‘developing’ nations. Of course, there are other established film producing territories
News
Alternativa Film Project For Social Impact Titles To Hold Awards In Indonesia
Non-profit founded by tech company inDrive is holding the second edition of its awards show in Indonesia in November 2024.
News
MIFFest To Open With Woo Ming Jin’s 'Indera'; Unveils Competition Line-Up
Four films have racked up seven nominations each: Abang Adik, Every You Every Me, In The Land Of Brothers and Betania.
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Streamlined Guides: Vietnam - Distributors, Exhibitors, Festivals & Streamers
Driven by investment in the exhibition sector, Vietnam’s box office has grown from $15m and less than 100 screens in 2010 to around $150m and 1,100 screens last year. In addition to films produced by a thriving local production sector, the market screens Hollywood and other international titles
News
Mouly Surya, Garin Nugroho Projects Among First Recipients Of Indonesia’s Matching Fund
Indonesia's government has awarded matching funds to four Indonesian projects under the new scheme.
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Streamlined Guides: Vietnam - Studios, Producers, VFX & Locations
Vietnamese cinema has been gaining more international attention over the past year, with romantic drama Mai breaking box office records for a Vietnamese film in North America and internationally, and arthouse titles such as Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell (Cannes 2023 Camera d’Or winner), Cu Li Never Cries (Berlin
Middle East & North Africa
HBF+Europe Minority Co-Prod & Post 2024: Funding News
Hubert Bals Fund has selected eight projects for its HBF+Europe: Minority Co-pro scheme, and two for its HBF+ Europe: Post scheme.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Spring 2024: Funding News
Four Filipino projects and one Indonesian docudrama were awarded grants in Purin Pictures' spring 2024 funding round.
Africa
CANNES 2024 LINE-UP: Titles Selected From Asia, Africa & Midde East
UPDATED: A list of films and their sales agents selected for Cannes, Critics Week & Directors Fortnight from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.