All articles by Michael Rosser
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Asian American producers talk distribution challenges and indie film ‘crisis’
Mynette Louie, Veronica Reyes-How and Poh Si Teng spoke at NYAFF.
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Hong Kong star Natalie Hsu on her meteoric rise and future projects 'Girlfriends', 'Mother Bhumi'
The ‘Last Song For You’ actress will next be seen in ‘My First Of May’ opposite Aaron Kwok.
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“There was lots of yelling”: Hong Kong star Ekin Cheng talks four decades on screen
The actor and Cantopop singer introduced ‘Last Song For You’ at NYAFF, where he was honoured for his contribution to cinema.
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How NYAFF is bringing “bizarre, weird and wild” Asian cinema to the US
Guests being honoured at the 2025 edition include Lisa Lu, Ekin Cheng, Natalie Hsu, Vivian Song and Tadanobu Asano.
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Body horror ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ wins top awards at Bifan 2025
Further winners included ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ and ‘Together’.
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Carlo Francisco Manatad’s ‘Brilliant Melody’ wins two at Bifan’s NAFF project market
Filipino filmmaker Manatad is known for Locarno award-winner ‘Whether The Weather Is Fine’.
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Melbourne film festival reveals 2025 lineup and competition titles
The 10 features competing for Australia’s biggest film prize are among the selection.
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Chinese animation ‘The Girl Who Stole Time’ clocks up global deals
EXCLUSIVE: The animated feature has taken $26m at the Chinese box office to date.
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‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ scores year’s second highest opening at Korean box office
The opening figures are second only to Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’.
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Mubi acquires Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ for several territories
The deal include the UK, Ireland, Latin America, ANZ and India among others.
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Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji, Cyril Aris projects among Doha Film Institute spring selection
A total of 45 projects will benefit from the latest round of grants.
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Dino Mustafic’s ‘The Pavilion’ to open Sarajevo Film Festival 2025
The dark comedy will receive its world premiere at the 31st edition of the festival.
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South Korea set for worst box-office figures in two decades
Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ and the latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ have not matched last year’s blockbusters in the country.
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Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund unveils 14 projects after record-breaking entries
Titles hail from Korea, China and India among others.
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New York Asian Film Festival reveals “disruptive” competition titles for 2025 edition
The 24th edition of the festival is set to open with the world premiere of Korean action-comedy ‘Informant’.
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Bebbra Mailin’s ‘Ninavau’ to open Malaysia film festival, Ti Lung to receive honour
‘Transamazonia’ set as the closing film and Asif Kapadia’s named jury president.
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Bucheon film festival expands into “AI step 2” as it reveals 2025 lineup
The genre festival in South Korea is set to open with Werner Herzog inspired, AI-driven ‘About A Hero’.
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Ekin Cheng, Natalie Hsu to receive top honours at New York Asian Film Festival
EXCLUSIVE: The Hong Kong stars most recently appeared together in ‘Last Song For You’.
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“A cornerstone of UK film”: LipSync executive Norman Merry dies aged 63
Merry had more than 170 credits including ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’.
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POM Anime acquires ‘Lupin The IIIrd The Movie’ as it readies ‘Dan Da Dan’ release
The European distributor is also set to re-release Japanese anime classics ‘Akira’ and ‘Grave Of The Fireflies’.