Category Archives: News
Mohanlal to Receive India’s Top Film Honor
India’s Malayalam-language cinema superstar Mohanlal has been named the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest film honor. The country’s Ministry of Information and Broad...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
JAFF Market Partners with Cinepoint to Track Indonesia’s Box Office Surge as Local Films Outpace Hollywood (EXCLUSIVE)
JAFF Market, the industry arm of Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival has inked a data partnership with Cinepoint to document the country’s striking film market reversal, where dom...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
Darin J. Sallam’s ‘Churching of Women’ Marks Jordan’s First Busan Asian Project Market Entry
Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam is presenting her second feature project “Churching of Women” at Busan’s Asian Project Market, marking the first Jordanian entry at the APM. Follo...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
Tannishtha Chatterjee Battles Cancer While Completing Busan Selection ‘Full Plate’
After making her directorial debut with “Roam Rome Mein” (2019), which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and won the Marie Claire Asia Star Award, Indian filmmaker and act...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
Busan Winner Shawkat Amin Korki’s Asian Project Market Title ‘Disorder’ Exposes Clash Between Psychiatry and Faith Healing in Kurdistan
Busan International Film Festival New Currents winner Shawkat Amin Korki, who won the prize in 2009 with "Kick Off" and later returned with "Memories on Stone" and "The Exam," brings his new drama "Di...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
Shu Qi and Lee Sinje on First-Time Collaboration in Netflix’s ‘The Resurrected’: ‘We Had This Great Unspoken Chemistry’
Two of Asia’s most celebrated actors, Shu Qi and Lee Sinje, are performing with each other for the first time in Netflix’s new thriller drama “The Resurrected,” world premierin...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
‘Franz’ Review: Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka Biopic Never Stands Still, but Never Finds Its Stride
As biopic subjects go, Franz Kafka is resistant to standard-issue treatment on a number of levels - beginning with the fact that his life, short and largely uncelebrated in its time, wasn’t espe...
Guy Lodge Sep 20, 2025
Thailand Horror Studio Fearfolks Unveils Inaugural Slate at Busan Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Bangkok-based horror studio Fearfolks is making its market debut at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) with a slate of three horror and thriller titles slated for 2026 and 2027 rele...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
Indonesia’s Matta Cinema Unveils Six-Film Slate at Busan Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Jakarta-based Matta Cinema Production is shopping a six-project slate at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market, with budgets ranging from $440,000 to $1.1 million and production timelines str...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 20, 2025
From Jordan to Cannes: 10 Jordanian Titles From a Netflix Hit to a Croisette Winner, Signalling a New Era for the Kingdom’s Cinema
Jordan is no longer content to serve as a rugged backdrop for Hollywood epics. With a new cash rebate of up to 45%, the launch of Olivewood Studios, its first full-fledged studio complex, and steady p...
John Hopewell Sep 20, 2025