News
MIFFest To Open With Woo Ming Jin’s 'Indera'; Unveils Competition Line-Up
Four films have racked up seven nominations each: Abang Adik, Every You Every Me, In The Land Of Brothers and Betania.
News
Mouly Surya, Garin Nugroho Projects Among First Recipients Of Indonesia’s Matching Fund
Indonesia's government has awarded matching funds to four Indonesian projects under the new scheme.
Middle East
HBF+Europe Minority Co-Prod & Post 2024: Funding News
Hubert Bals Fund has selected eight projects for its HBF+Europe: Minority Co-pro scheme, and two for its HBF+ Europe: Post scheme.
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
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures Spring 2024: Funding News
Four Filipino projects and one Indonesian docudrama were awarded grants in Purin Pictures' spring 2024 funding round.
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.
Festivals
'The Gospel Of The Beast' Wins Golden Star At First HCM City Film Festival
Nicole Midori Woodford's Last Shadow At First Light won four prizes in the festival's Southeast Asia competition.
Festivals
‘Snow In Midsummer’, ‘Sons’ Win Top Firebird Awards At HKIFF
Chong Keat-aun's Snow In Midsummer won best film in the Young Cinema Competition (Chinese-language) at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival.
News
HIFF Project Market 2024: Full Line-Up
Ho Chi Minh International Film Festival has selected 15 projects for Autumn Meeting and 10 for Viet Script Lab.
News
Directors Factory Philippines Wraps; Four Shorts To Premiere In Cannes
The four films will be screened at Cannes Directors Fortnight on May 15 at the Theatre Croisette.
Newsletters
Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline; Streamlined Two-Year Anniversary
A short newsletter this week as I’m busy prepping Deadline’s Filmart online dailies, but wanted to share a few things: Firstly, I’ve finally updated the Buzz List of projects coming out of Southeast Asia, available here, and you can see that this continues to be one of