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- News
Busan film festival opens with Kiyoshi Kurosawa honour, Lee Sun-kyun tribute 54291d
Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho among those to honour the Japanese filmmaker.
- Reviews
‘Uprising’: Busan Review 4m2n1w
Busan opens with a sweeping Netflix period actioner co-written by Park Chan-wook
- Features
‘Uprising’ director Kim Sang-man talks working with Park Chan-wook and Netflix 5d8c
The period action drama stars Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min.
- News
Distribution Workshop to launch Juno Mak’s ‘Sons Of The Neon Night’ at ACFM 252l5q
The cop action thriller will star Taiwanese-Japanese superstar Takeshi Kaneshiro.
- News
Japanese director Hitoshi One signs five-year Netflix deal 1771s
The filmmaker behind ‘Bakuman’ and series ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ will make features and series for the streamer.
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‘Train To Busan’ director Yeon Sang-ho readies ‘The Ugly’, Plus M to launch at ACFM (exclusive) 1j1r5f
Marks the filmmaker’s return to theatres following hit Netflix series ‘Hellbound’ and ‘Parasyte: The Grey’.
- News
‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ win top prizes at Pingyao film festival 5h2k3e
Further winners included ‘The Story Of Souleymane’, ‘Happyend’ and ‘Good One’.
- Features
Busan film festival going bigger despite slashed budget and ongoing challenges 115s1m
Busan International Film Festival has an expanded programme and a new audience award for documentaries, even in the face of funding cuts and ongoing challenges.
- Features
Pingyao 2024: profiles of seven debut features in Hidden Dragons competition 4e6r1a
The section showcases Chinese-language first or second feature films.
- Features
Why it took 26 years to bring hit Japanese franchise ‘Detective Conan’ to UK-Ireland cinemas 5z4254
The anime feature is the biggest title at the Japan box office of 2024 to date.
- News
It marks the South Korean firm’s growing investment in Indonesian features.
- News
Tokyo film festival reveals 2024 line-up with strong Asian presence in competition 4c1f55
The festival will include 19 world premieres across its two competition strands.
- Features
Jia Zhangke on plans to grow Pingyao film festival while remaining intimate 6b1a6u
The festival’s 8th edition will screen 51 films including 17 world premieres.
- News
Dong Zijian’s ‘My Friend An Delie’ picked up by Rediance ahead of Tokyo competition (exclusive) 2t1d3e
Chinese actor Dong makes his directorial feature debut with the drama, which will premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival.
- Features
‘A River Without Tears’ director Liu Juan on working with Jia Zhangke and shooting in the wild 4v6f2b
Jia Zhangke is executive producer of the feature, which has been set as the opening film of the 8th Pingyao International Film Festival.
- News
Acemaker boards sales of ‘Gory: A Horror Tale’, ‘Dreams Of You’ ahead of ACFM (exclusive) 4h2l2v
The horror thriller and romantic comedy will be introduced to buyers in Busan.
- Reviews
‘Bound In Heaven’: San Sebastian Review 40736n
Veteran screenwriter Huo Xin makes her directorial debut with a genre-infused drama about domestic abuse
- News
Sho Miyake, Fu Tien-yu to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2024 3v5r2m
Actor and director Takumi Saitoh also announced as jury head for TIFF’s Ethical Film Award.
- News
Hong Kong enters ‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’ to Oscar race 3c1s4p
The film premiered at Cannes at has proved a local box office success.
- News
Cannes award-winning producers to present projects at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 2024 (exclusive) 3j2l5i
Projects from the producers of ‘Plan 75’ and ‘Tiger Stripes’ among the selection as well as Cannes Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul.