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EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Neo Sora’s debut fiction feature Happyend has been unveiled, ahead of its world premiere in the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti competition. Magnify, formerly known as Magnolia Pictures International, is handling global sales for the Japanese-language title, excluding…

Seoul-based Finecut has picked up international sales rights for A Girl With Closed Eyes, ahead of the film’s Toronto market screening and Busan world premiere. The thriller-drama follows a murder suspect and a detective with a shared past, reunited through the murder of a bestselling author. A Girl…

Films by veteran Asian filmmakers Brillante Mendoza, Rima Das and Tom Lin have been selected for the Busan International Film Festival’s Jiseok competition section. Besides announcing the lineup of eight films in the Jiseok competition for seasoned filmmakers, the festival also unveiled its…

Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills will be distributed by GAGA Corporation and produced by Japan’s Bunbuku and the U.K.’s Number 9 Films. Set to be released in Japan in summer 2025 and already in production, A Pale View of Hills is exec-produced by Ishiguro and directed by Kei…

EXCLUSIVE: Asia Pacific Films (APF) announced that it will produce and finance romantic comedy The Last Resort (working title), with 10 Things I Hate About You and Legally Blonde screenwriter Karen McCullah attached to the project. Set to begin production in the Philippines in early 2025, the film is…

18 international projects have been selected as part of the Busan Story Market, which runs during the Busan International Film Festival. There are 10 projects from Taiwan, six from Japan and two from France. These selections join the 29 Korean IP selections for the Busan Story Market and 30 titles…

Netflix has picked up streaming rights to Studio Ghibli's Grave of the Fireflies, which will be available from September 16 in over 190 countries, excluding Japan. Grave of the Fireflies joins Netflix’s current library of 22 Studio Ghibli films, which are available globally, excluding the U.S. and…

The trailer for Prime Video India’s Call Me Bae showcases Ananya Panday in her series debut as Bae, whose comfy life as an heiress is upended after she is disowned by her family. The trailer for Call Me Bae opens with shots of Bella 'Bae' Chowdhary’s life of extravagance and privilege in New Delhi.…

After notching box office successes with Rewind and A Very Good Girl, ABS-CBN has produced another hit: Un/Happy For You. In its opening five days, the romance film has grossed 150M Philippine pesos ($2.65M), with over 450,000 admissions. The film will open across the U.S. and Canada on August…

Thai breakout hit How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies has landed North American distribution. The film has secured a theatrical release through Well Go USA, and in China via Teamer Media, South Korea (NK Contents), UK & Ireland (Vertigo Releasing), the Netherlands (Vedette Film), Belgium…

Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture has selected Old Fox as its entry in the Best International Feature Film category for the 2025 Oscars. Old Fox is directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan, who won Best Director at the Golden Horse Film Awards last year for the film. Hsiao has directed works like Taipei Exchanges…

EXCLUSIVE: Unscripted series Manila Matriarchs has cast singer-actress Karylle Tatlonghari-Yuzon, as well as fashion professional Myrza Sison and entrepreneurs Joanna Preysler-Francisco and Trisha Bantigue-Tsao. Filming in San Francisco and Metro Manila, the eight-part series will follow the lives of…