All articles by Silvia Wong
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NewsSingapore to lift restrictions on non-Mandarin Chinese films
Debate was sparked by breakout hit ‘Dear You’.
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News‘Confessions Of A Shaman’ becomes Thailand’s second biggest film of 2026 to date
The black magic horror knocked ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ from the top spot.
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News‘Once Upon A Time In The Middle East’ boosts China summer box office to $1.52bn
The film knocked ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ from the top spot.
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News‘9 Temples To Heaven’ set to open 2026 Bangkok film festival
BKKIFF set to run from September 13-27.
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NewsRediance boards Wayne Wang’s ‘Diary Of A Mad Old Man’ ahead of Toronto premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The drama stars Lily Franky and Fan Bingbing.
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NewsMokster Films boards ‘Dominion of Darkness Rephaim’ as executive producer ahead of Imax release
EXCLUSIVE: The Indonesian horror sequel is set to open on October 8.
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NewsIndonesia cinema admissions fall 16.7% in H1 2026 despite strong local performance
The box office generated an estimated $137.75m (IDR2.48 trillion) in the first half of the year.
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News‘Lucky Lu’, nine-year-old Ong Xuan Jing win at MIFFest’s Malaysia Golden Global Awards
Honorary awards went to Lee Chang-dong and Wu Jing.
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Features‘Dear You’ director Lan Hongchun talks inspiration and reactions to his Chinese sleeper hit
The film ranks as 2026’s second biggest film at the China box office to date.
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NewsChina’s summer box office hits $654m led by ‘Kung Fu Soccer’
The box office was also fired up by animated feature ‘All Wishes Come True!’
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NewsThree films pulled from MIFFest due to censorship including Shu Qi’s ‘Girl’
Further titles include Tarkovsky classic ‘Andrei Rublev’ and Wang Yang’s ‘June’.
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News‘Kung Fu Soccer’ kicks off with strong $73.8m opening in China
Stephen Chow’s film performed strongly despite having almost zero marketing.
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NewsAnselm Chan’s ‘1971’ begins Hong Kong shoot with ‘The Last Dance’ cast
Dayo Wong, Michael Hui and Michelle Wai will star in the period drama.
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NewsStephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ sets mainland China release, 25 years after ‘Shaolin Soccer’
Zhang Xiaofei, Dilraba Dilmurat and Lay Zhang Yixing head the cast.
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NewsHong Kong box office rises 25% in 2026 first half, reverses downward trend
Top performers included ‘Night King’.
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NewsChina box office plunges 40.6% in 2026 first half despite strong performers
Top titles included ‘Pegasus 3’, ‘Dear You’ and ‘Blades Of The Guardians’.
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NewsSingapore reflects on Mandarin language policy as ‘Dear You’ Teochew screenings sell out
The Teochew-language drama has sold out screenings in its original dialect.
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FeaturesShanghai film festival 2026 lineup guide: Chinese competition titles
The world premiere of Keane Wong’s ‘Afterpiece’ and Zhang Disha’s ‘The Decisive Moment’ will bookend the festival.
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FeaturesHow Shanghai film festival is building the next generation of Chinese filmmakers
More than 120 feature projects that have taken part in SIFF Project have been completed.
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NewsMalaysia film festival 2026 to honour Lee Chang-dong, reveals 10 awards competitors
MIFFest to open with ‘BAGA: Tomorrow Belongs To No One’ and close with ‘Yellow Letters’.