Why aren’t Chinese films travelling to international festivals? Chinese cinema is conspicuous by its absence at this year’s Cannes film festival, with only a few short films announced across the official selection and parallel sections. Directors Fortnight said last week that the Asian “surprise film” that it was hoping to announce, was a…
China warms up to big tech but stays cool on Hollywood While Streamlined doesn’t want to focus too much on any one market, there are several questions swirling around China that impact the global content industries and would be good to address before Cannes gets underway. This week’s edition of Streamlined
So that was Cannes 2022: a return to the new normalA few friends will know that I left Cannes film festival early because my father, who had a long illness, reached the end of that journey and I went to sit with him and my mum for his final few days. While I’m obviously heartbroken, I’m also extremely thankful I was able to be…
Will Asia’s distribution landscape ever return to normal? And what was normal anyway? These were some of the big questions being debated at Focus Asia, the industry platform of Far East Film Festival (FEFF, April 22-30) in Udine, Italy, which has turned out to be one of the first major in-person interactions between the Asian and…
