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EXCLUSIVE: The UK filmmaker is returning to the main competition at Locarno for the third time.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Vietnamese transgender drama is set to have its North American premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival.
NewsTaiwanese 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.
NewsRunup 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.
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EXCLUSIVE: The feature has been sold into Asia and Latin America.
NewsShanghai film festival unveils 2025 competition line-up
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News‘She’s Got No Name’ starring Zhang Ziyi to be released in two parts
The first part of the historic crime thriller has been set as the opening film of Shanghai International Film Festival.
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EXCLUSIVE: Taiwanese star Hsu Kuang-Han and Hong Kong’s Angela Yuen star in the time distortion feature.
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Executives from three top Asian distributors are happy with the quality of films on offer and confident they will return home with busy slates.
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EXCLUSIVE: The films include Nao Yoshigai’s hybrid documentary Masayume and Diana Dai’s fantasy drama Fools On Fire.
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EXCLUSIVE: The four stories unfold simultaneously within the frame.
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Highly anticipated films from Bi Gan and Juno Mak are set to play at Cannes, while Hong Kong and China sellers will bring martial arts, animation and a prequel to hit franchise Cold War.
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Thai films are dominating the local box office and making a noise in international markets.
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The first Thai film at Cannes in a decade and features from Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore are headed to the market from Southeast Asia.