Middle East
This edition of Streamlined is taking another look at film funds and project markets in Asia and the Middle East before going on a break until after Lunar New Year. Red Sea Fund Impact On Saudi & Regional Cinema As promised, I’m returning to the subject of Saudi Arabia’
News
Film Development Council of the Philippines has announced a raft of grants for both local productions and international co-productions.
Korea & Japan
I know I promised to cover Red Sea Fund in more depth in this edition, but we’ve been overtaken by events in the world of funds, at least in Taiwan, so I’m waiting for a few things to shake out before returning to that subject later this week.
Middle East
For the last edition of 2023, Streamlined is staying true to it name and purpose by streamlining all the news out of the autumn 2023 season of labs, project markets and funding announcements in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Funding for cinema from these regions through government subsidies and
Festivals
Best film in the Indonesian Screen Awards went to Yusron Fuadi’s The Draft!, which also won best storytelling and best editing.
Chinese Speaking
Taiwan was one of the few territories that emerged from the pandemic relatively unscathed. As an island, it was relatively easy for the government to secure the borders to control the spread of Covid, so production carried on more or less uninterrupted, and cinemas mostly remained open during the pandemic.
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First edition of QPM, the industry arm of QCinema film festival, handed out funding of close to $500,000.
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France’s Tatino Films is launching three new Pop Up film residencies with partners in Central and SE-Asia.
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QCinema Project Market, the official industry programme of the QCinema Film Festival, has selected 20 projects for its first edition.
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Mylab+@Jogja has selected six projects in development, which are focusing on Indonesian co-production, for its inaugural edition.
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Scheduled to take place November 25 to December 2, JAFF 2023 will screen 205 films from 25 countries across the Asia Pacific region.
Southeast Asia
Purin Pictures has selected four projects from the Philippines and one from Indonesia in its autumn 2023 funding round.