Festivals
BIFAN Top Awards Go To ‘Last Stop In Yuma County’ & ‘Esper's Light’
'The Last Stop In Yuma County' scooped the Best of Bucheon Award at this year’s BIFAN, while 'Esper’s Light' took the top award in Korean Fantastic: Features.
Funding News
Asian Cinema Fund 2024: Funding News
Busan film festival's Asian Cinema Fund has awarded funding to 13 Asian projects for 2024.
Korea & Japan
Venice Gap Financing Market 2024: Full Line-Up
The 11th edition of the Venice Gap Financing Market has selected 61 projects from around the world.
Korea & Japan
BIFAN NAFF Project Market 2024: Full Line-Up
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival has selected 37 projects for this year’s NAFF Project Market.
Korea & Japan
Cannes 2024 Recap Part One: India’s Complicated Victories & Japan Comes Out Of Its Shell
This year’s Cannes film festival was relatively smooth and controversy free, despite all the speculation in the run-up to the event around France’s #MeToo movement, pro-Palestinian protests and striking film festival workers. Cate Blanchett may or may not have made a classy display of Palestinian solidarity with her
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
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.
Chinese Speaking
FEFF Focus Asia 2024: Full Line-Up
FEFF Udine's industry platform has selected 11 projects for its All Genres Project Market and six for its Far East In Progress section.
Chinese Speaking
Far East Film Festival To Open With ‘YOLO’, ‘Citizen Of A Kind’; Zhang Yimou To Be Honoured
Zhang will receive a Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement and present three films.
Festivals
Mongolia’s ‘City Of Wind’ Wins Best Picture At Osaka Asian Film Festival
Taiwanese drama Salli won the Most Promising Talent award for director Lien Chien Hung, and the ABC TV award.
Korea & Japan
Asia Box Office 2024 Preview: Upcoming Films From India & Japan
As part of a series of Asian market overviews in the run-up to Filmart, Streamlined is looking at the current box office situation in India and Japan, along with the upcoming release schedule for local films in both markets. Streamlined’s previous edition, which focused on Korea, can be found