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FESTIVALS: Elvis Lu’s ‘A Holy Family’ Wins Grand Prize At Taipei Film Awards
Fiona Ruan Fengyi’s American Girl took best narrative feature at the awards, held during the Taipei International Film Festival.
Middle East
So That Was Cannes 2022: A Return To The New Normal
A few friends will know that I left Cannes film festival early because my father, who had a long illness, reached the end of that journey and I went to sit with him and my mum for his final few days. While I’m obviously heartbroken, I’m also extremely
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FESTIVALS: Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho Win Major Cannes Awards
Korean talent took two of the top awards, with Park Chan-wook winning best director and Song Kang-ho taking best actor.
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Why Aren’t Chinese Films Travelling To International Festivals?
Chinese cinema is conspicuous by its absence at this year’s Cannes film festival, with only a few short films announced across the official selection and parallel sections. Directors Fortnight said last week that the Asian “surprise film” that it was hoping to announce, was a Chinese film, that it
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China Warms Up To Big Tech But Stays Cool On Hollywood
While Streamlined doesn’t want to focus too much on any one market, there are several questions swirling around China that impact the global content industries and would be good to address before Cannes gets underway. This week’s edition of Streamlined will touch on two of these issues – Beijing’
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FESTIVALS: Korean, Chinese Films Triumph At Far East Film Festival
Lee Jang-hoon's Miracle: Letters To The President was presented with the Golden Mulberry, while China's Return To Dust and Too Cool To Kill took multiple awards.
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STREAMING UPDATES: Amazon India Slate, Tokyo Vice Sales, CJ ENM Studios
APRIL 2022: Rolling updates of the latest streaming content announcements from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
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Pekingman Shoot: Living Proof That China Co-production Still Exists
In addition to a rare pandemic-era China co-production, Streamlined takes a brief look at Asghar Farhadi’s legal woes and the controversial restructure of India’s film-related public bodies. 1. Sino-French co-production Pekingman wraps in China Earlier this week, Streamlined caught up with Shanghai-based producer Natacha Devillers, currently in lockdown
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STREAMING UPDATES: Alice In Borderland, Takeshi's Castle, Five Blind Dates
MARCH 2022: Rolling updates of the latest streaming content announcements from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
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FESTIVALS: 'Aloners' Awarded With Grand Prix at Osaka Asian
Other award winners include Angry Son, directed by Japan’s Kasho Iizuka, and Longman Leung's Anita, which took the Audience Award and a special mention.
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China Cinema Closures; Blockchain; HAF Awards; Global Box Office; Middle East Festivals
This second edition of Streamlined also focuses on China and Hong Kong, thanks to Covid outbreaks and as Filmart only wrapped yesterday, although there’s also a section on the Middle East. Streamlined will look further afield next week… THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES… 1. CHINA CINEMA CLOSURES & WORSENING
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HAF Announces Award Winners Following Busy Virtual Edition
Award winners included Colleen Kwok's The Stars The Sun The Moon, Huang Ningwei's Not Found and Yang Heng's Silent Ghosts.