Africa
One issue that comes up repeatedly in the conversations I’ve had with producers in Asia and the Middle East over the years is the difficulty of setting up co-productions between ‘established’ (usually meaning Western European) nations and ‘developing’ nations. Of course, there are other established film producing territories with
Middle East
Heading into this year’s Cannes Marché, there were several reasons to believe business would be muted, with slow box office recovery nearly everywhere in the world, rising interest rates and the hangover from the Hollywood strikes and pandemic all cited as reasons for a depressed market. And yet there
Korea & Japan
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
All the winners from this year’s Cannes film festival, across official selection and parallel sections.
Chinese Speaking
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
UPDATED: A list of films and their sales agents selected for Cannes, Critics Week & Directors Fortnight from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Newsletters
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
Chinese Speaking
It’s taken me a while to gather my thoughts on Filmart and what is currently going on in Hong Kong. More on that below. First a quick introduction to a new event in India, Cinevesture International Film Festival, which kicks off in the city of Chandigarh next week. And
News
Cinevesture International Film Festival will open with The Taste Of Things and close with Exhuma.
News
CIFF Market in Chandigarh, India, has selected 20 projects for its inaugural edition (March 27-31).
Korea & 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
News
Rana Daggubati, Jerome Paillard and Nicole Guillemet have joined the advisory board of the new film festival in Chandigarh.