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South Korea set for worst box-office figures in two decades
Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ and the latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ have not matched last year’s blockbusters in the country.
Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund unveils 14 projects after record-breaking entries
Titles hail from Korea, China and India among others.
Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Black Red Yellow’ scoops top prize at Shanghai film festival
Further awards went to Japan’s ‘On Summer Sand’ and China’s ‘Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts’.
Diversion picks up Ash Mayfair’s NYAFF contender ‘Skin Of Youth’
EXCLUSIVE: The Vietnamese transgender drama is set to have its North American premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival.
New York Asian Film Festival reveals “disruptive” competition titles for 2025 edition
The 24th edition of the festival is set to open with the world premiere of Korean action-comedy ‘Informant’.
Taiwanese directors team with Korean, Thai and Indonesian producers for slate of six genre films
EXCLUSIVE: The Chinese-language features are the first to emerge from the Rocket programme – a cross-country film development programme.
Cannes kabuki drama ‘Kokuho’ lands Asia, Europe distribution deals
EXCLUSIVE: Ticket sales for the drama in Japan have increased since its release there on June 6.
Jafar Panahi’s Cannes-winner ‘It Was Just An Accident’ scoops Sydney Film Prize
The 72nd Sydney Film Festival broke attendance records.
Bebbra Mailin’s ‘Ninavau’ to open Malaysia film festival, Ti Lung to receive honour
‘Transamazonia’ set as the closing film and Asif Kapadia’s named jury president.
Bucheon film festival expands into “AI step 2” as it reveals 2025 lineup
The genre festival in South Korea is set to open with Werner Herzog inspired, AI-driven ‘About A Hero’.
Annecy title ‘My Grandfather Is A Nihonjin’ acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Animation will have its world premiere in Annecy Presents section.
Runup Vietnam readies local remakes of Korea’s ‘The Last Ride’ and ‘Love Reset’
EXCLUSIVE: The company was launched last year by former Lotte Entertainment exec Lee Jin Sung.
Ekin Cheng, Natalie Hsu to receive top honours at New York Asian Film Festival
EXCLUSIVE: The Hong Kong stars most recently appeared together in ‘Last Song For You’.
POM Anime acquires ‘Lupin The IIIrd The Movie’ as it readies ‘Dan Da Dan’ release
The European distributor is also set to re-release Japanese anime classics ‘Akira’ and ‘Grave Of The Fireflies’.
GKids acquires 4K restoration of Japanese cult classic ‘Linda Linda Linda’
EXCLUSIVE: Nobuhiro Yamashita directed film about all-girl group.
Indonesian animation ‘Jumbo’ becomes biggest ever local film and scores sales
EXCLUSIVE: The feature has been sold into Asia and Latin America.
Shih-Ching Tsou’s ‘Left-Handed Girl’ lands multiple sales for Le Pacte
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Anora’ director Sean Baker produced the Taiwanese drama, which premiered at Cannes.
‘Hi-Five’ takes on ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ at South Korea box office
Local drama ‘Big Deal’ also opened ahead of ‘Lilo & Stitch’.
New competitive animation festival to launch in Japan
The first Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival will take place in December 2025.
Shanghai film festival unveils 2025 competition line-up
The selection includes features by Cao Baoping, Aktan Arym Kubat and Antonio Ferreira.
