China’s Box Office Total Breaks All-Time Record
The Chinese box office has broken its all-time yearly record, with local films accounting for eight of the top 10 movies...
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Young Singaporeans Announced as New Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leaders
SINGAPORE – Seventeen leaders from, or based in Singapore have been selected as part of the inaugural cohort of Obama Foundation...
Disaster Film “Sky Fire” Leads Chinese Mainland Box Office
Sky Fire, a Chinese-produced disaster film directed by British director Simon West led the Chinese mainland box office Thursday, according to...
Wong Kar-Wai to Produce ‘Bad Genius’ Director’s ‘One for the Road’
Wong Kar-wai is producing One For The Road, a new film that reunites the director and star of 2017 Thai hit Bad...
Film Reels of ‘A Secret Buried for 50 Years’, Documentary About Taiwan’s Comfort Women, Given to Film Institute
The Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation yesterday marked Human Rights Day by donating the original reels for the documentary A Secret Buried for...
China-Based Movie Producer Set to Invest RM3b in Malaysian Film Industry
A China-based movie production company is set to invest more than RM3 billion in the country’s movie and entertainment industry for...
IMDA Launches $20m Fund to Boost Funding of Regional Media Projects, like Movies, in Singapore
To help boost how media projects in the region - be they television shows, animated features or movies - can be...
Australia Signs Co-Production Pact with Malaysia, Expected to Lead to First-Ever Live Action Feature Film Collaboration
A new co-production treaty between Australia and Malaysia is expected to instigate the first-ever live action feature film collaborations between the...
Indian LGBTQ Film ‘Hum Bhi Akele, Tum Bhi Akele’ Wins Top Honour at the South Asian Film Festival in New York
At its world premiere in New York City - Anshuman Jha and Zareen Khan starrer - Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi...
Anthony Chen’s ‘Wet Season’ Team to Co-Produce Thai Film ‘Model Student’
Singapore’s rising star director Anthony Chen, whose second feature film Wet Season opened the 30th Singapore International Film Festival, will co-produce Thai...
‘Manta Ray’ Producer to Receive Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant
Venice-winning Thai producer Mai Meksawan (Manta Ray) has been handed a slice of the inaugural Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant, and he...
‘Makmum’ Most-Viewed Indonesian Movie in Malaysia, Nabs Muri Award
Indonesian horror movie Makmum has been named the most-viewed Indonesian film in Malaysia in 2018 - 2019, booking total revenue of 7.15 million...