Liz Shackleton

Busan International Film Festival has announced a Special Program in Focus, 'In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun', honoring the Korean actor who died in December 2023.  The program will screen six of the actor's works including Parasite, four other films and an episode of TV series My Mister, as well as…

Busan International Film Festival has revealed the 30 projects that have been selected for this year's Asian Project Market (APM), including several from Asian filmmakers who have previously had films selected for the Korean festival.  The line-up includes Dhakar Nagin, from Bangladeshi filmmaker…

Vietnam's Beta Media has entered into a joint venture with Japan's Aeon Entertainment to operate a chain of premium cinemas as well as engage in production and distribution activities in Vietnam.  The two partners will jointly develop and operate more than 50 premium cinemas under the Aeon Beta…

Speakers including Fresh Off The Boat's Hudson Yang, Beach House Pictures' Donovan Chan and Joonsuh Park from Korean drama producer JTBC-SLL are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the East By Northwest (EXNW) Summit in Vancouver (July 26-28).  Organized by Canada's Racial Equity…

EXCLUSIVE: Filipino producer-distributor CreaZion Studios is unveiling a slate of film and TV productions here in Cannes, including Severino: The First Serial Killer, which has Dolly De Leon joining Dennis Trillo in the cast. Scheduled to start shooting in September, the series tells the true story…

EXCLUSIVE: Loaded Films founder Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Kinoshita-Kansei Group CEO Masahide Kinoshita have teamed up to launch Tokyo-based production company, Kinofaction, which aims to focus on minority Japanese co-productions. The new outfit will take a minority stake in feature film projects that…

EXCLUSIVE: Fundamental Films chairman Mark Gao and his CEO Ivy Hua are in Cannes to reconnect with the international industry as part of the Shanghai-based company's return to international acquisitions and production.  One of the biggest and longest-established Chinese buyers before the pandemic…

Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF), held in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, is launching an industry event that aims to showcase Indonesian content and connect the country's fast-expanding film industry to international markets. Scheduled to take place December 3-5 during this year's edition…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Shanghai and Los Angeles-based production, distribution and investment company Fundamental Films for representation. Founded by Mark Gao in 2008, Fundamental Films was one of China's biggest buyers before the pandemic, releasing films including American Hustle, Limitless, Luc…

The Gospel Of The Beast, directed by the Philippines' Sheron Dayoc, picked up the Golden Star Award for Best Southeast Asian Film at the first edition of the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) in Vietnam.  Nicole Midori Woodford’s Singapore-Japan collaboration, Last Shadow At First Li…

Legal drama A Guilty Conscience took the top award for best film at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, while crime thriller The Goldfinger was the biggest winner overall with six prizes, including best actor for Tony Leung Chiu-wai.  A Guilty Conscience, produced by Edko Films, holds the record for…

Indian director-producer Karan Johar wrapped up the conference section of the first Cinevesture International Film Festival with a lively conversation that ranged from working with the right people and Bollywood's shifting gender politics, to letting slip a few new projects from his Dharma Productions…