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Culture Square at Red Sea International Film Festival 2025

Middle East

Red Sea Fest & Souk Wrap; Saudi Film Funders; MENA Box Office

This edition of Streamlined is looking at Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF, December 4-13) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and its industry platform, Red Sea Souk; as well as a Souk Talks panel on Saudi film funds, and a brief note on box office in this region, which I explored

Streamlined Insights

JAFF Market & Indonesia’s Booming Industry; Netflix-Warner Bros Deal

Suzannah Mirghani's Cotton Queen won the Audience Award at Doha Film Festival

Southeast Asia

Autumn Markets Part Three: Philippines Updates & Doha Film Ambitions

Korea & Japan

Autumn Markets Part Two: Japan & Taiwan’s International Strategies

Taiwan Creative Content Fest is one of a growing number of project markets

Korea & Japan

Autumn Markets Part One: Are We Heading Into An Era Of Over-Supply?

Korea & Japan

Warner & CJ ENM Deal; Lessons From Levies; YouTube At Mipcom

EU Commission building in Brussels [©Shutterstock, gnepphoto & laraslk]

Europe

Streamlined Guides: Streaming Levies & Investment Obligations Part One

Part One of this guide looks at how the EU and some member states are regulating streamers to ensure investment is flowing into local-language production and producers are holding on to IP rights.