All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 3
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Finecut picks up ‘A Girl With Closed Eyes’ led by ‘Pachinko’ star Minha Kim
The film will receive its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival.
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Busan film festival unveils New Currents, Jiseok 2024 competition titles
Line-ups include upcoming features by Brillante Mendoza, Rima Das and Tom Lin.
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Busan film festival to honour late ‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun-kyun
The festival will screen six films starring the actor and bestow a posthumous Korean Cinema Award.
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Germany selects Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ for Oscars 2025
The drama by the Iranian filmmaker won two awards at Cannes.
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European Film Academy unveils documentary contenders for 2024 awards
Titles include Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winner ‘Dahomey’.
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Exiled Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof to head Busan film festival jury
The dissident auteur will preside over the jury for the festival’s New Currents competition.
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Park Chan-wook to begin filming dark comedy-thriller ‘No Other Choice’
The feature marks the first from the South Korean filmmaker since ‘Decision To Leave’.
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Tving closing gap on Netflix in growing Korean streaming market
The streaming platform claims 30% of viewership in the country compared to Netflix’s 37%.
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Busan’s Asian Project Market 2024 selects new films from Kirsten Tan, Woo Ming Jin, Daishi Matsunaga
A total of 30 projects have been selected for Asia’s biggest investment and co-production market.
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Netflix acquires Thai box office hit ‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’
The streamer will release the film across Southeast Asia on September 12.
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Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ makes Germany Oscars shortlist
The Iran-set feature is one of 13 titles selected for potential submission to the 97th Academy Awards.
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Korean cheerleading film ‘Victory’ set for North America, Asia releases
The comedy-drama starring Lee Hye-ri opened the New York Asian Film Festival.
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AI drama ‘The Zebras’ set for India release through Indywood (exclusive)
The feature directed by Aneek Chaudhuri is set to be released locally in early 2025.
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Barunson E&A boards beloved giant panda documentary ‘My Dearest Fu Bao’ (exclusive)
Pre-sales to begin ahead of Venice and Toronto.
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Japanese hit ‘Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram’ set for UK-Ireland release (exclusive)
Marks the first time that a feature in the ‘Detective Conan’ franchise has been given a theatrical release in UK and Irish cinemas.
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Civil war documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’ acquired for MENA ahead of Venice premiere (exclusive)
The documentary will receive its world premiere in the Giornate delgli Autori sidebar of the festival.
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Warner Bros Discovery teams with Jack Nguyen, sets ‘The Intern’ Korean remake
WBD has signed a first-look deal with the executive.
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Johnnie To, Chiara Mastroianni join Tokyo film festival 2024 jury
Ildiko Enyedi and Ai Hashimoto also join previously announced jury head Tony Leung.
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Alamiya, Front Row team on first Saudi-Turkey comedy feature ‘My Treat’
The film, also known as ‘Mahmool Makfool’, will be directed by Egyptian filmmaker Karim Abu Zeid.
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Korean thriller ‘Revolver’ starring Cannes award-winner Jeon Do-yeon lands global deals (exclusive)
The feature is directed by Oh Seung-uk and also stars Ji Chang-wook of Netflix series ‘Lovestruck In The City’.