All Asia articles – Page 153
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2019: Raed Alsemari, filmmaker (Saudi Arabia)
He made history over when his short film Dunya’s Day became the first Saudi film to premiere theatrically at home since the lifting of the cinema ban in 2018.
-
FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2019: Wisam Al Jafari, filmmaker (Palestine)
He made it into official selection at Cannes Film Festival this year with his short film Ambience.
-
News'A Sun', 'Detention' win big at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards
“Of course it’s a loss,” commented executive committee chairman, Ang Lee, on the lack of mainland Chinese entries.
-
NewsFilms Boutique scores Asian deals on Golden Horse nominee ‘Suk Suk’
The drama is about two Hong Kong grandfathers who fall in love.
-
-
NewsIranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf criticises “shameful” UK government over passport row
The wife and daughter of the London-based filmmaker have been denied passports.
-
NewsJeonju film festival programmers quit over succession issue
Core programming trio have walked out of South Korea’s second biggest film festival.
-
Features“Jeddah has come alive,” says rising Saudi talent Shahad Ameen
Her debut film ‘Scales’ is screening at the Cairo International Film Festival.
-
FeaturesChina-Taiwan tensions overshadow run-up to Golden Horse Awards
What impact has the Chinese boycott of Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards had on nominations and the Chinese-language filmmaking industry?
-
NewsSouth Korea’s CJ ENM partners with Netflix on production, distribution agreement
The multi-year deal will begin in 2020.
-
News‘Parasite’ triumphs at Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Kantemir Balagov’s ‘Beanpole’ picked up two prizes.
-
NewsPicturehouse Entertainment takes ‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’ for UK & Ireland (exclusive)
George Mackay stars as 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.
-
NewsIDFA gets off to a powerful start with Mehrdad Oskouei’s ‘Sunless Shadows’
Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia talks female representation, Edward Snowden event, the future of the EDN and Saudi Arabia.
-
Reviews‘Sunless Shadows’: IDFA Review
Mehrdad Oskouei’s IDFA opener follows young Iranian women who have been imprisoned for murder
-
NewsArab Critics’ Awards for European Films announces three-strong shortlist
Winner will be announced at the Cairo International Film Festival.
-
FeaturesAwards whispers: UK-based Oscar, Bafta voters reveal their early favourites and letdowns
Each week a group of UK-based Ampas and Bafta voters will reveal their private musings on the films they are watching.
-
NewsHow 'Parasite' became the highest-grossing foreign-language Palme d’Or winner in the US
Elissa Federoff, Neon’s head of distribution, on the US release strategy for Bong Joon ho’s awards contender.
-
News‘It Must Be Heaven’ kicks off seventh Ajyal Film Festival in Doha
The youth-focused festival has recruited 400 young jurors from 41 countries.
-
Reviews‘The Captain’: Review
Andrew Lau brings his action credentials to this dramatisation of the 2018 Sichuan Airlines incident
-
News‘Nutcracker And The Magic Flute’ sells to key Europe, Asia territories
Animation sold to Germany, Italy and more.