Staff Picks: Films We Are Still Looking Forward to In 2020
It may feel like a decade has passed but we have finally reached the halfway point of 2020. To describe this...
Excavating Chinese History, One Harrowing Film at a Time
For more than 20 years, the filmmaker Hu Jie has been trawling the deep waters of Chinese history to create a...
London’s Queer East Film Festival Goes Global With Four Free Documentaries
London’s Queer East Film Festival will run a virtual program of four free-to-stream Asian documentaries from July 3-31, as cinema closures due to coronavirus force...
New Talent Film Competition Begins at Taipei Film Festival
A dozen full-length feature films by new and emerging filmmakers around the world began screening Friday in a competition for new...
Two Indian Films Around Border Make Heads Turn at Cannes
The Bengali landscape is resplendent in the trailer of Prasun Chatterjee’s debut feature Dostojee (Two Friends), and its cinematography “sumptuous”, as the American...
‘Humba Dreams’ Coming to Netflix in July
Miles Films’ Humba Dreams will be available on Netflix starting on July 9. Written and directed by Riri Riza, the movie tells the...
mm2 Announces Cathay Cinehome, Bringing Full Films On-Demand, Direct to Consumers, via Brand New Online Streaming Platform
Singapore-based media group mm2 Asia (hereby “mm2”; SGX: 1B0) has unveiled plans to launch a new on-demand streaming platform offering movies...
National Youth Film Awards Announces its 2020 Nominees
The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) has announced its list of 53 nominees, with young filmmakers exploring themes such as mental...
Korean Film Industry Struggles to Balance ‘New Normal’ and Social Distancing
Hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Korean film industry, which celebrated its centenary with Bong Joon-ho’s history-making Academy awards for “Parasite” earlier...
Toronto Film Festival Unveils Hybrid September Event, Slimmed-Down Selection
A hybrid 45th edition of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) combining physical and online screenings and a drastically slimmed-down roster of...
‘Tiny Times’ Creator Guo Jingming Teases Pair of ‘Yin-Yang Master’ Titles
At 30, and already an accomplished novelist, Guo Jingming deftly turned himself into one of China’s top film directors when he unleashed bratty,...
‘Over the Moon’ Cast and Filmmakers Debut Trailer, Discuss Animated Musical
Netflix and Pearl Studio unveiled the first trailer for their animated film “Over the Moon” on Tuesday following a virtual discussion with...