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Danish-Egyptian director May El-Toukhy's post-World War II psychological thriller Woman Unknown won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice Film Festival (September 2-12). The film's star Mathilde Arcel also took the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. Set in Denmark
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UPDATED SEPT 12: Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia Pacific and Africa (or from filmmakers and/or producers originating from these regions but selected by other countries). Sales agents are in brackets after each title, where known. AUSTRALIA: First Light (Tagalog)
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This edition of Streamlined Insights contains an interview with South African producer Cait Pansegrouw, whose latest feature The Smell Of Apples is premiering at Toronto International Film Festival, and who very kindly sat down with us to explain how indie film financing works in South Africa. Indie producers across Asia
UPDATED SEPT 12: Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia Pacific and Africa (or from filmmakers and/or producers originating from these regions but selected by other countries). Sales agents are in brackets after each title, where known. AUSTRALIA: First Light (Tagalog)
UPDATED SEPT 11: Goodfellas boards Kamila Andini's Four Seasons In Java; Cercamon picks up The Smell Of Apples.
Heart Of The Beast and a re-release of Avengers Endgame have been cleared for China release in September.
UPDATED AUGUST 23: The list below highlights noteworthy Southeast Asian film projects in various stages of production, along with films that have premiered at international film festivals from Berlin 2026 onwards. Nationality of the director is in brackets after their names, but nationality of the projects is harder to determine
UPDATED JULY 31: Dates for film and TV festivals and markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, along with the major film and TV events in Europe and North America. Some major events in the region have yet to confirm their 2026 dates. Streamlined will keep updating this list
Inside the film & streaming industries of Asia Pacific and Africa
In the second section of this three-part Streamlined Guide to Japan’s Independent Producers, we profile six producers we believe represent a new generation in the sense that they’re working across borders, tapping into the international sales and festival circuit, and finding innovative methods of financing and distributing
UPDATED SEPT 11: Goodfellas boards Kamila Andini's Four Seasons In Java; Cercamon picks up The Smell Of Apples.
The first section of this three-part Streamlined Guide to Japan’s Independent Producers includes an overview of the country’s production landscape, from the perspective of the indie sector, along with some notes on that handful of hardy pioneers who have been working outside the studio system for years.
Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM) has selected 24 projects for its 2026 edition including new works from Singapore’s Boo Junfeng, Vietnamese filmmaker Diep Nguyen Hoang and Hong Kong’s Vincci Cheuk. Boo Junfeng’s multi-territory co-production Trinity and Vincci Cheuk’s Hong Kong-Japan co-production 38.
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) has selected 48 projects for this year’s edition of its Features section, including 38 In Development Projects and 10 Works-in-Progress (WIP). As previously announced, Golden Horse Film Project Promotion has also selected 11 projects for its Series section (see here for
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) has made 70 selections for the 2026 edition of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) Pitching; among which 44 are Projects and 26 are Stories across fiction & non-fiction works and comics. TCCF Pitching is also introducing four new prizes of $30,000 for a
The Philippines' Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival wrapped its 10-day run last week with top honours going to The Mothering & Silkscreen.
Documentary NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor, has been added to Venice competition with MK2 Films handling sales.
Heart Of The Beast and a re-release of Avengers Endgame have been cleared for China release in September.
UPDATED AUGUST 23: The list below highlights noteworthy Southeast Asian film projects in various stages of production, along with films that have premiered at international film festivals from Berlin 2026 onwards. Nationality of the director is in brackets after their names, but nationality of the projects is harder to determine
Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), operated by Busan film festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), has selected projects from Koji Fukada, Jakrawal Nilthamrong and Boo Junfeng for this year’s Co-Production Support Fund. All three projects – Fukada’s Grateful, Jakrawal’s Rhizome and Boo’s Trinity – are co-
In the week that Spider-Man: Brand New Day is tearing up the box office in multiple international territories, Streamlined is taking a look at whether the Korean market is recovering and what’s going on in Indonesia, where Spider-Man is already the highest-grossing film of the year.
