Chinese Speaking
Taipei Film Festival Unveils New Talent Competition; Wang Xiaoshuai To Head Jury
Ten films have been selected for Taipei Film Festival's International New Talent Competition.
Liz Shackleton
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.
News
STREAMLINED GUIDES: Bringing The Global Content Business Into Focus
Streamlined's new content strand will launch with a deep dive into the fast-emerging film market of Vietnam.
Chinese Speaking
China’s Pingyao International Film Festival Moves Dates To September
Festival co-founded by Jia Zhangke will be held September 24-30 in Pingyao Ancient City.
Europe
Japan Triumphs At FEFF With ‘Takano Tofu’, ‘Confetti’ Taking Top Awards
Mihara Mitsuhiro’s Takano Tofu was awarded with the Golden Mulberry, while Fujita Naoya’s Confetti took the Silver Mulberry award.
Korea & Japan
FEFF Udine 2024: Is There A Theatrical Future For Asian Films In Europe?
As Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, northern Italy, was kicking off last week, the festival’s associated distribution company, Tucker Film, was gearing up to release Malaysian drama Abang Adik on 50 screens across Italy. Tucker Film has partnered with another Italian distributor, Academy 2, to release the
Middle East
‘Forever-Forever’, ‘Dormitory’ Take Top Prizes At Istanbul Film Festival
Forever-Forever, from Ukrainian filmmaker Anna Buryachkova, won the Golden Tulip in the international competition.
Chinese Speaking
Cannes 2024: China & India Back In Action; Saudi Debut; Taiwan & Vietnam Rising
Although this year’s Cannes line-up is one of the most commercial in a while, it’s also one that highlights how much cross-cultural collaboration we still have in international cinema, and how borders continue to blend and shift, despite the divisions thrown up by politics, war and pandemic. There
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.
Festivals
'The Gospel Of The Beast' Wins Golden Star At First HCM City Film Festival
Nicole Midori Woodford's Last Shadow At First Light won four prizes in the festival's Southeast Asia competition.
Newsletters
Cinevesture: What We Learned About Indian Film Finance At First CIFF Market
This is very late as I’ve just been very sick with Covid (yes, it’s still out there) but I wanted to summarise the major themes from the ‘Conversations’ section of the recent Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF, March 27-31) in Chandigarh, India. Cinevesture, which comprises the festival, a
Festivals
‘Snow In Midsummer’, ‘Sons’ Win Top Firebird Awards At HKIFF
Chong Keat-aun's Snow In Midsummer won best film in the Young Cinema Competition (Chinese-language) at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival.