All Asia articles – Page 2
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Reviews‘Two Cigarettes, Three Nights’ review: Mayu Matsuoka’s strong performance breathes life into familiar tale of 30-something angst
Yukiko Mishima’s pleasant Japanese drama premieres in Tokyo competition
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NewsAFM 2026 major market projects – latest updates
Film market runs in Los Angeles from November 10-15.
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Reviews‘The Intertwining’ review: Contrived Japanese identity drama is buoyed by moving performances
Erika Karata and KPop star Jiyoung impress in Akira Yamamoto’s Tokyo competition drama
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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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NewsCate Blanchett talks “dispelling the toxic narrative” around displaced people through film
The actress and Displacement Film Fund co-founder was joined in Tokyo by Mohammad Rasoulof and 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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NewsJapanese anime industry hits record $28.5bn led by overseas growth
The country’s animation business grew 15.8% in 2025.
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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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Reviews‘Red Before Dawn’ review: Garin Nugroho’s stirring period piece explores the development of post-independence Indonesia
Nugroho’s follow-up to ’Opera Jawa’ and ’Memories Of My Body’ premieres in Tokyo compeition
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NewsKorean box office scores post-pandemic record driven by ‘The Odyssey’, ‘Spider-Man’
Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ also helped boost revenues in Q3 2026.
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NewsExecs at ‘Avengers’ studio AGBO talk AI limitations and looking to Japan
Chris Brearton and Dominic Hughes led a keynote session at Tokyo’s TIFFCOM.
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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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NewsTokyo Asian Future competitor ‘Jani Be Good’ boarded by HKIFF Collection
EXCLUSIVE: Marks the feature debut of Indonesian director Ariani Darmawan.
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NewsAcademy plans to add more festivals as qualifiers for international Oscar
AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer outlined details in Tokyo.
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NewsAmazon MGM Studios to “double investment” in original Japanese content
Buddy Marini discussed details at TIFFCOM in Tokyo.
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Reviews‘Magic Atlas’ review: Chinese-language animation deploys multiple techniques to striking, confounding effect
Sun Xun’s experimental feature plays DOK Leipzig and Tokyo after a Locarno premiere
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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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FeaturesThree Japanese directors in Tokyo Competition talk connection, identity and loss
Akira Ikeda, Akira Yamamoto and Yukiko Mishima discuss their upcoming films.
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News‘Godzilla Minus One’ director Takashi Yamazaki to make English-language debut on ‘Grandgear’
Sam Nivola and Nico Parker to star, Paul Giamatti understood to be in talks.