China’s Pingyao International Film Festival kicks off today (Jan 14) with the world premiere of Chinese director Wang Mu’s Awakening Spring.
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HAF Announces Line-Up Of 28 Development Projects For 2023 In-Person Edition
Anthony Chen, Fruit Chan and Marco Mueller are among the filmmakers producing projects from emerging filmmakers at this year’s HAF.
Summer Box Office Picks Up In East Asia, But It’s All About The Blockbusters
Audiences started to return to cinemas this summer, but business is more reliant than ever on a small number of big hits.
Can ‘Brahmastra’ Save Bollywood? Why ‘Return To Dust’ Is A Surprise Hit In China
While Bollywood pins its hopes on the release of Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva, arthouse drama Return To Dust becomes a surprise hit in China.
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As growth begins to stall in more mature markets, the streamers are increasing their focus on producing Asian content.
FESTIVALS：‘A New Old Play’, ‘Mediterranean Fever’ win top awards at HKIFF
A New Old Play was named best film in the Chinese section, while Mediterranean Fever took best film in the World section.
FESTIVALS: ‘Coo-Coo 043’, ‘Marry My Dead Body’ to bookend Taipei Golden Horse
Golden Horse has set Coo-Coo 043 as this year’s opening film, while Cheng Wei-hao’s Marry My Dead Body will close the festival.
Taiwan’s Studio76 and Singapore’s IFA Media wrap ‘Love Punch’
Wen Chen-Ling and Ding Ning head the cast of boxing drama co-financed by Hong Kong’s Celestial Tiger Entertainment.
FESTIVALS: Elvis Lu’s ‘A Holy Family’ wins grand prize at Taipei Film Award
Fiona Ruan Fengyi’s American Girl took best narrative feature at the awards, held during the Taipei International Film Festival.
So that was Cannes 2022: a return to the new normal
A summary of the major trends to emerge at this year’s Cannes film festival, from the sales business to global production incentives and beyond.