China Cinema Closures; Blockchain; HAF Awards; Global Box Office; Middle East Festivals

I just got back from Bangkok where I attended the second edition of the Content Project Market (CPM), organised by Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency (CEA). The three-day event (September 10-12) followed CEA’s Content Lab 2025 during which 34 projects across film, series and animation received training on project
TCCF has selected 56 projects and 38 published works for its 2025 edition, scheduled to take place in Taipei November 4-7.
UPDATED SEPT 13: Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but selected by other countries). Sales agents are in brackets after each title, where known. CAMBODIA: Tenement, dir: Inrasothythep Neth
Tokyo Gap Financing Market has selected 23 projects for its sixth edition, including eight animation and three Italian projects.