Asia Summer Box Office: A Few Big Whales & A Lot Of Long Tails
Netflix’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros poses a huge potential threat to global theatrical infrastructure, but on the other hand may provide opportunities for independent filmmakers, said speakers on a Red Sea Souk panel entitled 'Futureproofing Our Industry'. Gaetan Bruel, president of French film agency CNC, made
Sri Lanka's 'Riverstone' picked up two awards, while Thailand's 'A Useful Ghost' was awarded a Special Mention.
Palestinian-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis shared her filmmaking journey and the logistics behind making her latest film, multi-generational family drama All That’s Left Of You, in the Souk Talks at Red Sea International Film Festival. Set in the West Bank, the film follows a Palestinian family across three generations from
Cambodia's Becoming Human took the Golden Hanoman award in the main competition, while Better Off Dead won in five out of ten categories in the competition for Indonesian films.