All articles by Michael Rosser
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News‘Guria’ wins best film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2026
Further winners included Thai director Sompot Chidgasornpongse and Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat.
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NewsTaiwan’s ‘Uncle’ wins two at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market awards
Further winners included Brazil’s ‘Nature Boy’ and Japan-Canada co-production ‘Wild Zero Overdrive’.
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NewsEST N8 closes multiple deals on J-horror ‘The Invisible Half’ including North America
EXCLUSIVE: Masaki Nishiyama’s horror is also headed across Asia.
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NewsJustin H. Min-starrer ‘Journey There’, Locarno award-winner ‘Nowhere To Lay My Eyes’ clinch multiple deals
Finecut has closed sales in key territories across Europe and Asia.
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NewsCannes sets second Japan IP Market for 2027 Marche
The Marché du Film and TIFFCOM will collaborate on the second edition of the IP market.
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FeaturesTIFFCOM leaders talk turning the spotlight on IP, co-production and AI
Anime will also be a key focus at the 2026 edition of the long-running market.
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News‘Talk To Me’, ‘Leviticus’ producers launch Australian distribution outfit Baby Jane
Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton are the co-founders of Causeway Films.
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NewsTokyo film festival opens with pledge to boost Japanese cinema as rain fails to dampen spirits
The 39th edition of TIFF launched with a pledge from Japan’s prime minister as stars walked a rain-soaked red carpet.
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NewsDisney+ readies Japanese horror anthology ‘Night Tales Club’ with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu
The six-part series stars Takayuki Yamada and is based on stories by Ichi Sawamura.
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NewsYeon Sang-ho’s ‘Paradise Lost’ sold to 118 territories after Toronto, Busan premieres
The psychological thriller will receive its US premiere at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival.
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NewsMajid Majidi’s ‘Midday Meal’ wins Busan Award as festival hits biggest audience since 2015
Further winners include Taiwanese director Lee Yun Chan for ‘To Be Ordinary’
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NewsTokyo film festival to host US Academy programme including Oscars talk
Academy CEO Bill Kramer will make his first visit to Asia and receive an honorary award.
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NewsMongolian satire ‘Zogsool’ leads Busan Vision Awards with four prizes
Further winners included ‘Beyond Love′s Horizon’ and ‘Full Moon’.
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NewsTribeny Rai’s ‘A Chronicle of Minor Things’, ‘Goldfish’ lead Busan’s Asian Project Market 2026 winners
A total of 11 prizes were awarded to projects in South Korea.
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NewsFive nations launch Asian Producers Alliance in Busan
The coalition includes South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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NewsJapan’s Free Stone Productions relaunches doc about late artist Yayoi Kusama
EXCLUSIVE: The avant-garde artist known as the Polka Dot Queen died in August
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FeaturesBusan’s Asian Contents & Film Market evolves with added focus on AI and microdramas
ACFM runs October 10-13 at Busan’s Bexco exhibition centre.
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NewsHive Filmworks boards first non-Korean film with Japan’s ‘Wandance’
The film stars Jo from Japanese boy band &Team, based on the hip-hop manga series of the same name.
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NewsBitters End to launch surreal comedy ‘It’s All Bananas!’ at Busan’s ACFM
EXCLUSIVE: The feature is directed by Kenji Yamauchi and marks a follow-up to 2018’s ‘
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NewsSaudi Arabia enters ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ to Oscars
Anas Ba Tahaf’s romantic comedy stars Sarah Taibah and Yaqoub Al Farhan.