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Cannes 2025 Line-Up; China's Reduction Of US Film Imports
Streamlined looks at this year's Cannes line-up; and asks whether China’s reduction of US film imports will benefit cinema from other countries.
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FEFF Focus Asia 2024: Full Line-Up
FEFF Udine's Focus Asia programme has selected 11 projects for its All Genres Project Market and seven for its Far East In Progress section.
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Far East Film Festival To Honour Sylvia Chang; Open With China's ‘Green Wave’
Two films starring Chang are screening at the festival: Tsui Hark’s Shanghai Blues and Daughter’s Daughter, directed by Huang Xi.
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Filmart 2025: The Good, The Bad & The Future Of Film Markets
Streamlined looks at what this year's Filmart revealed about the future of film markets and potential bright spots in the Asian content industries.
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Success Of ‘Ne Zha 2’: Could This Finally Be China’s Soft Power Moment?
Why has this Chinese animation, based on a 16th Century classic, grossed more than US$2bn?
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'Dreams (Sex Love)', 'Living The Land' Among Winners In Berlin
Dreams (Sex Love), from Norway's Johan Haugerud, took the Golden Bear, while China's Huo Meng was awarded best director for Living The Land.
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HKIFF Industry Animation & JFW 2025: Full Line-Up
HKIFF Industry Project Market has launched a new animation section and entered a partnership with Jakarta Film Week.
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HAF Works-in-Progress 2025: Full Line-Up
Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has selected 15 projects for the Works-in-Progress (WIP) section of this year’s HAF.
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Sundance & Rotterdam; Lunar New Year Box Office In China, Korea & Vietnam
Before we dig into recent events, I just want to explain that Streamlined is changing its format this year to get back to its roots – which is to make your life easier by summarising all the major news in the content industries of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Over
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‘Ne Zha 2’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Chinese Film Of All Time
Lunar New Year release, an animation based on Chinese mythology, has overtaken the record set by war drama 'The Battle Of Lake Changjin'.
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HAF In Development 2025: Full Line-up
Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has selected 25 In-Development projects for this year’s HAF.
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Hong Kong Box Office Down 6% in 2024; Local Films Overtake Imports
Local films grossed 5.5% more than US studio titles, headed by Emperor Motion Pictures’ The Last Dance.