All articles by Michael Rosser 5p15m
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News‘All We Imagine as Light’, ‘April’ lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations 50146u
Four of the five features nominated for best film are from female directors.
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NewsMax launch confirmed for seven Asian territories in November 5s2o35
The streaming service is heading to Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong among others.
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News‘The Land Of Morning Calm’, ‘MA – Cry Of Silence’ win top awards at Busan, 2025 date shift confirmed 6r4g2x
Rima Das’s ‘Village Rockstars 2’ and Tom Lin’s ‘Yen And Ai-Lee’ win Jiseok competition.
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NewsKorean drama ‘The Final Semester’ wins three at Busan Vision Awards 4s4562
Coming-of-age features ‘Fragment’ and ‘Waterdrop’ also take two apiece.
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NewsOscars best international feature 2025: South Africa enters ‘Old Righteous Blues’ 1i6m6y
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 97th Academy Awards.
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News‘Kingdom Of The Insomniacs’ wins top Busan Award at Asian Project Market 5i211i
Philippines-US co-production ‘Hum’ picked up two prizes.
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NewsAsia’s buyers back in force at ACFM as Busan considers earlier date in 2025 (exclusive) e2q4o
The market looks to report its biggest numbers in five years, even in the face of major budget cuts.
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NewsIqbal H Chowdhury of Busan award-winner ‘The Wrestler’ readies ‘Dhakar Nagin’ 2k472k
The horror drama musical is being pitched at Busan’s Asian Project Market.
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NewsWong Kar-wai’s ‘Blossoms Shanghai’ wins two at Asia Contents Awards z5g4q
Further big winners include Netflix’s ‘Cigarette Girl’ and ‘Mask Girl’ as well as Taiwan’s ‘Imperfect Us’.
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NewsShowbox launches ‘Us And Them’ remake and ‘The Verdict’ at Busan ACFM (exclusive) 1g5d72
The Chinese version of ‘Us And Them’ proved a box office hit when released in 2018.
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FeaturesBusan 2024: The buzz titles from South Korea 35i5n
Supernatural thrillers, romantic dramas and the latest from Train To Busan director Yeon Sang-ho are among the titles being showcased by Korean sellers at BIFF and the ACFM.
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NewsK-Movie expands non-Korean slate with Thai animation ‘Synchronize’ (exclusive) a1g3s
Marks the second Thai feature boarded by the sales and production outfit.
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NewsFirst look at Korean chiller ‘Gory: A Horror Tale’ (exclusive) 6o5q55
The anthology feature is directed by Hong Won-ki.
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NewsAnthology ‘Disorder’ about life in Lebanon acquired by Front Row ahead of El Gouna 245p1v
Four shorts blend drama and dark humour to explore Lebanon’s recent tumultuous years.
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NewsBusan film festival opens with Kiyoshi Kurosawa honour, Lee Sun-kyun tribute 194n65
Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho among those to honour the Japanese filmmaker.
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Features‘Uprising’ director Kim Sang-man talks working with Park Chan-wook and Netflix 4p21m
The period action drama stars Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min.
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FeaturesACFM is launching its first Producer Hub this year – with hints of bigger changes to come.
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News‘Train To Busan’ director Yeon Sang-ho readies ‘The Ugly’, Plus M to launch at ACFM (exclusive) 424z50
Marks the filmmaker’s return to theatres following hit Netflix series ‘Hellbound’ and ‘Parasyte: The Grey’.
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News‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ win top prizes at Pingyao film festival 1q165q
Further winners included ‘The Story Of Souleymane’, ‘Happyend’ and ‘Good One’.
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NewsIt marks the South Korean firm’s growing investment in Indonesian features.