Streaming giant Netflix has joined as a major sponsor of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, which will return to Queensland’s Gold Coast for the third edition of its forum and the 14th edition of its awards ceremony.
After a slimmed-down 2020 edition, this year marks a return to full competition for the 14th Awards on Nov. 11, with all categories to be presented. The in-person ceremony will be held at the Home of The Arts.
The forum (Nov. 11-16) will feature conversations with: Thai film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, whose recent “Memoria” played in competition in Cannes; “Memoria” producer Soros Sukhum; and fast-rising Singaporean producer Jeremy Chua. His latest film the Abdullaah Mohammad Saad-directed “Rehana Maryam Noor,” was the first Bangladeshi film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Sukhum was honored by Fiapf at Apsa in 2020 for his contribution to Asia Pacific cinema – particularly for his discovery and fostering of...
After a slimmed-down 2020 edition, this year marks a return to full competition for the 14th Awards on Nov. 11, with all categories to be presented. The in-person ceremony will be held at the Home of The Arts.
The forum (Nov. 11-16) will feature conversations with: Thai film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, whose recent “Memoria” played in competition in Cannes; “Memoria” producer Soros Sukhum; and fast-rising Singaporean producer Jeremy Chua. His latest film the Abdullaah Mohammad Saad-directed “Rehana Maryam Noor,” was the first Bangladeshi film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Sukhum was honored by Fiapf at Apsa in 2020 for his contribution to Asia Pacific cinema – particularly for his discovery and fostering of...
- 9/15/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy has given a taste of the program for November’s Asia Pacific Screen Forum, while Netflix has moved to sponsor the event and the accompanying awards.
Registrations are now open for the forum, which will feature Palme d’Or and Apsa Best Film winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Apsa Fiapf Award-winning producer, Soros Sukhum; a conversation with Jeremy Chua; a Meet the Programmers session; and personalised networking opportunities.
Weerasethakul and Sukhum will be discussing their first collaboration – the 2021 Cannes Jury Prize winner Memoria, starring Tilda Swinton. Sukhum was previously honoured by Fiapf at Apsa in 2020 for his contribution to Asia Pacific cinema.
Chua most recently produced Abdullaah Mohammad Saad’s Rehana Maryam Noor, the first Bangladeshi film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, and is developing projects across the region. The film will have a special screening on the Gold Coast for local audiences,...
Registrations are now open for the forum, which will feature Palme d’Or and Apsa Best Film winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Apsa Fiapf Award-winning producer, Soros Sukhum; a conversation with Jeremy Chua; a Meet the Programmers session; and personalised networking opportunities.
Weerasethakul and Sukhum will be discussing their first collaboration – the 2021 Cannes Jury Prize winner Memoria, starring Tilda Swinton. Sukhum was previously honoured by Fiapf at Apsa in 2020 for his contribution to Asia Pacific cinema.
Chua most recently produced Abdullaah Mohammad Saad’s Rehana Maryam Noor, the first Bangladeshi film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, and is developing projects across the region. The film will have a special screening on the Gold Coast for local audiences,...
- 9/15/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
From Screenrant: The titles are aimed at global streaming audiences and are led by Hungry Souls, produced by Eric Khoo’s Zhao Wei Films. Three of the four series are supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (Imda) and its initiative to produce “streaming first” premium scripted series for global audiences.
“2021 is a year for us here at Cj Enm Hk to expand our local language productions for the global streaming audience,” said Michael Jung, managing director of Cj Enm Hong Kong. “Apart from our existing production operation in Thailand, we also want to do more premium scripted content in Mandarin and Bahasa languages.”
The three Singaporean-led series were co-developed and co-created with local production partners and Cj Enm Hk is bringing a team of producers from Korea as creative consultants for each series.
Set against the cultural traditions of the Hungry Ghost Festival – aka the Lunar Seventh Month when restless,...
“2021 is a year for us here at Cj Enm Hk to expand our local language productions for the global streaming audience,” said Michael Jung, managing director of Cj Enm Hong Kong. “Apart from our existing production operation in Thailand, we also want to do more premium scripted content in Mandarin and Bahasa languages.”
The three Singaporean-led series were co-developed and co-created with local production partners and Cj Enm Hk is bringing a team of producers from Korea as creative consultants for each series.
Set against the cultural traditions of the Hungry Ghost Festival – aka the Lunar Seventh Month when restless,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
The Singapore government’s support for the film industry has helped a lot of people to make their first feature. Moving on to a sophomore performance is a trickier proposition.
Some of Singapore’s most recent first feature debutants, K. Rajagopal (“A Yellow Bird”), Wong Chen-Hsi (“Innocents”) and Jacen Tan (“Zombiepura”), assembled Saturday for a seminar at the Singapore International Film Festival.
After their first feature efforts, all three of them have had a hiatus, but are now developing new projects.
“I didn’t have my second script right away. […] There’s lot of pressure after your first feature. You need to be disciplined to say I’m not ready, I need space, I need time, when people ask you about your second script,” said Wong, who won Shanghai film festival’s Best New Director award with her first feature “Innocents” (2012).
Rajagopal, whose “Yellow Bird” premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2016, agreed.
Some of Singapore’s most recent first feature debutants, K. Rajagopal (“A Yellow Bird”), Wong Chen-Hsi (“Innocents”) and Jacen Tan (“Zombiepura”), assembled Saturday for a seminar at the Singapore International Film Festival.
After their first feature efforts, all three of them have had a hiatus, but are now developing new projects.
“I didn’t have my second script right away. […] There’s lot of pressure after your first feature. You need to be disciplined to say I’m not ready, I need space, I need time, when people ask you about your second script,” said Wong, who won Shanghai film festival’s Best New Director award with her first feature “Innocents” (2012).
Rajagopal, whose “Yellow Bird” premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2016, agreed.
- 11/24/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
In order to increase the impact of its industry support efforts Locarno Film Festival is doubling down on – and in fact trebling the duration of – its Open Doors activities. Instead of an annually revolving country focus, starting this year the section will pick projects, producers and film-makers from one region for three consecutive years, before moving on.
South-East Asia, plus Mongolia, is the first region to benefit from the extended spotlight. The region is diverse and there is much ground to cover, especially as several South-East Asian countries are now reaching a level of economic and technological development that is allowing the film and TV industries to accelerate.
“South-East Asia has produced some of the greatest directors of our time, and now a new wave of talent, of young people with astonishing creative energy, is emerging today despite all the obstacles,” says Lili Hinstin, Locarno’s artistic director.
A total...
South-East Asia, plus Mongolia, is the first region to benefit from the extended spotlight. The region is diverse and there is much ground to cover, especially as several South-East Asian countries are now reaching a level of economic and technological development that is allowing the film and TV industries to accelerate.
“South-East Asia has produced some of the greatest directors of our time, and now a new wave of talent, of young people with astonishing creative energy, is emerging today despite all the obstacles,” says Lili Hinstin, Locarno’s artistic director.
A total...
- 8/6/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Singapore-produced films are increasingly being showcased at major international festivals. They have a secret ingredient.
Award-winning titles from 2010 breakout “Sandcastle” through to 2018’s “A Land Imagined,” with “7 Letters”, “Apprentice,” and “A Yellow Bird” in between, have a common factor. Producer, Fran Borgia.
“There wasn’t just a wave, but more of a continuous current by a bunch of enthusiastic filmmakers whose films now represent us on the world stage,” Borgia told Variety. “These films are connecting globally because they come from a local, personal, and heartfelt place.
“We are also seeing increasing regional collaboration, like with Lav Diaz’s ‘A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery,’ that helps Southeast Asia’s positioning. Coupled with governmental support, and the parallel growth in the commercial film industry, this cinema is only bound to get stronger.”
The story of Borgia’s journey from Spain to Singapore is a fascinating one. In 2003, he was a...
Award-winning titles from 2010 breakout “Sandcastle” through to 2018’s “A Land Imagined,” with “7 Letters”, “Apprentice,” and “A Yellow Bird” in between, have a common factor. Producer, Fran Borgia.
“There wasn’t just a wave, but more of a continuous current by a bunch of enthusiastic filmmakers whose films now represent us on the world stage,” Borgia told Variety. “These films are connecting globally because they come from a local, personal, and heartfelt place.
“We are also seeing increasing regional collaboration, like with Lav Diaz’s ‘A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery,’ that helps Southeast Asia’s positioning. Coupled with governmental support, and the parallel growth in the commercial film industry, this cinema is only bound to get stronger.”
The story of Borgia’s journey from Spain to Singapore is a fascinating one. In 2003, he was a...
- 11/27/2018
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
For 10 years, Five Flavours Film Festival has been presenting the best cinema from Asia, its meanings and contexts. Initially, the Festival focused solely on Vietnamese films, but it evolved to become a yearly review of the cinema of East and Southeast Asia, the only such event in the country.
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
- 10/28/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Shahrbanoo Sadat’s debut feature, set in Afghanistan, will play in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Paris-based sales company Alpha Violet has boarded Shahrbanoo Sadat’s debut feature Wolf And Sheep, which is selected for Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Sadat, who lives in Kabul and Denmark, based the story on the isolated village in Central Afghanistan where she grew up.
The plot follows young boys and girls acting as shepherds in rural Afghanistan, where one 11-year-old girl is an outsider. The folktales of the community add touches of magical realism.
The film is a Denmark-France-Sweden-Afghanistan production produced by Copenhagen-based Katja Adomeit of Adomeit Film, who was a co-producer on Force Majeure and also a former Screen International Future Leader.
Co-producers are La Fabrica Nocturna Productions (France), Wolf Pictures (Afghanistan) and Zentropa Sweden.
Sadat previously showed her 2011 short Vice Versa One at Directors’ Fortnight. She developed Wolf And Sheep at Cannes Cinefondation Residency in 2010.
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Paris-based sales company Alpha Violet has boarded Shahrbanoo Sadat’s debut feature Wolf And Sheep, which is selected for Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Sadat, who lives in Kabul and Denmark, based the story on the isolated village in Central Afghanistan where she grew up.
The plot follows young boys and girls acting as shepherds in rural Afghanistan, where one 11-year-old girl is an outsider. The folktales of the community add touches of magical realism.
The film is a Denmark-France-Sweden-Afghanistan production produced by Copenhagen-based Katja Adomeit of Adomeit Film, who was a co-producer on Force Majeure and also a former Screen International Future Leader.
Co-producers are La Fabrica Nocturna Productions (France), Wolf Pictures (Afghanistan) and Zentropa Sweden.
Sadat previously showed her 2011 short Vice Versa One at Directors’ Fortnight. She developed Wolf And Sheep at Cannes Cinefondation Residency in 2010.
Virginie Devesa of Alpha Violet said [link=tt...
- 5/4/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Cinephiles across the globe collectively held their breaths last week wondering whether the new Olivier Assayas or Lucretia Martel would make it onto the 2016 Croisette – his did, hers didn’t – as Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux unspooled the Competition, Un Certain Regard, Midnight Screenings, and Outside Competition line-ups. As if the promise of new adventures with Almodóvar, Dolan, and Park Chan-Wook weren’t enough, the recent announcements of the Critics’ Week and Cannes Classics sidebars present a whole host of new gems and old treasures to discover.
Let’s start with Critics’ Week, where a coterie of freshmen and sophomore directors compete for their own Nespresso Grand Prize. That would make this the branded stadium for spring-boarding international talents, such as Iñárritu (Amores Perros), Wong Kar-Wai (As Tears Go By), as well as Andrea Arnold and Jeff Nichols who are contending in the Main Competition this year with American Honey and Loving,...
Let’s start with Critics’ Week, where a coterie of freshmen and sophomore directors compete for their own Nespresso Grand Prize. That would make this the branded stadium for spring-boarding international talents, such as Iñárritu (Amores Perros), Wong Kar-Wai (As Tears Go By), as well as Andrea Arnold and Jeff Nichols who are contending in the Main Competition this year with American Honey and Loving,...
- 4/21/2016
- by Daniel Crooke
- FilmExperience
Following the unveiling of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival line-up, the Critics’ Week sidebar has now revealed their slate. As usual, there are a lot of discoveries to be had, with six of main selection being first features and four sophomore effort. Notably, Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) will screen his new short From the Diary of a Wedding Photographer while Chloë Sevigny will premiere her new film Kitty. Check out the full line-up, along with the trailer for the Un Certain Regard title Apprentice.
Feature Films In Competition
ALBÜM Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)
Diamond Island Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
Raw (Grave) Julia Ducournau (France)
Mimosas Oliver Laxe (Spain)
One Week And A Day (Shavua Ve Yom) Asaph Polonsky (Israel)
Tramontane Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)
A Yellow Bird K. Rajagopal (Singapore)
Special Screenings
Opening Film
In Bed With Victoria (Victoria) Justine Triet (France)
Closing Films
Smile (Bonne Figure) Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
En...
Feature Films In Competition
ALBÜM Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)
Diamond Island Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
Raw (Grave) Julia Ducournau (France)
Mimosas Oliver Laxe (Spain)
One Week And A Day (Shavua Ve Yom) Asaph Polonsky (Israel)
Tramontane Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)
A Yellow Bird K. Rajagopal (Singapore)
Special Screenings
Opening Film
In Bed With Victoria (Victoria) Justine Triet (France)
Closing Films
Smile (Bonne Figure) Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
En...
- 4/18/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The lineup for the 2016 Cannes Critics' Week has been announced.Opening FilmIn Bed with Victoria (Justine Triet): Victoria Spick, a criminal lawyer in a total sentimental void, meets at a wedding her friend Vincent and Sam, a former drug dealer she got out business. The next day, Vincent is accused of attempted murder by his girlfriend. The victim's dog is the only witness. Reluctantly, Victoria accepts to defend Vincent, while she hires Sam as an au pair. This is just the beginning of troubled times for Victoria.CompetitionAlbüm (Mehmet Can Mertoğlu): A couple in their late 30’s sets out to prepare a fake photo album of a pseudo pregnancy period in order to prove their biological tie to the baby they’re planning adopt.Diamond Island (Davy Chou): Bora, an 18-year-old, leaves his village to work on the construction sites of Diamond Island, a project for an...
- 4/18/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Justine Triet’s In Bed With Victoria to open Critics’ Week; Chloë Sevigny’s Kitty one of three closing films. Scroll down for full list
Cannes Critics’ Week, devoted to first and second features, has unveiled the line-up for its 55th edition (May 12-20), following the announcement of the festival’s Official Selection last week.
The parallel section will open with Justine Triet’s comedy-drama In Bed With Victoria, which centres on a beautiful Parisian criminal lawyer in her late 30s who is a self-centred workaholic and sex addict, played by Virginie Efira.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Triet, whose Cesar-nominated Age of Panic opened in the Acid section in 2013, and is handled by Indie Sales with French distribution by Le Pacte.
In total, 1,100 features were submitted for consideration.
The seven features chosen to play in competition represent a mix of titles from Turkey, France and Spain to Cambodia, Israel, Lebanon...
Cannes Critics’ Week, devoted to first and second features, has unveiled the line-up for its 55th edition (May 12-20), following the announcement of the festival’s Official Selection last week.
The parallel section will open with Justine Triet’s comedy-drama In Bed With Victoria, which centres on a beautiful Parisian criminal lawyer in her late 30s who is a self-centred workaholic and sex addict, played by Virginie Efira.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Triet, whose Cesar-nominated Age of Panic opened in the Acid section in 2013, and is handled by Indie Sales with French distribution by Le Pacte.
In total, 1,100 features were submitted for consideration.
The seven features chosen to play in competition represent a mix of titles from Turkey, France and Spain to Cambodia, Israel, Lebanon...
- 4/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
La Semaine de la Critique, the oldest parallel competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival known to most as Critics' Week, has announced the lineup for its 55th edition running from May 12 through 20. Valérie Donzelli heads up this year's jury, whose other members are Alice Winocour, Nadav Lapid, David Robert Mitchell and Santiago Mitre. Among the features in the Competition are Vatche Boulghourjian's Tramontane, Davy Chou's Diamond Island, Julia Ducourneau's Raw (Grave), Oliver Laxe's Mimosas, Mehmet Can Mertoğlu's Albüm, Asaph Polonsky's One Week and a Day, and K. Rajagopal's A Yellow Bird. And this year's edition will close with an intriguing trio: Laetitia Casta's En Moi, Sandrine Kiberlain's Smile and Chloë Sevigny's Kitty. » - David Hudson...
- 4/18/2016
- Keyframe
La Semaine de la Critique, the oldest parallel competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival known to most as Critics' Week, has announced the lineup for its 55th edition running from May 12 through 20. Valérie Donzelli heads up this year's jury, whose other members are Alice Winocour, Nadav Lapid, David Robert Mitchell and Santiago Mitre. Among the features in the Competition are Vatche Boulghourjian's Tramontane, Davy Chou's Diamond Island, Julia Ducourneau's Raw (Grave), Oliver Laxe's Mimosas, Mehmet Can Mertoğlu's Albüm, Asaph Polonsky's One Week and a Day, and K. Rajagopal's A Yellow Bird. And this year's edition will close with an intriguing trio: Laetitia Casta's En Moi, Sandrine Kiberlain's Smile and Chloë Sevigny's Kitty. » - David Hudson...
- 4/18/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Writer-director-producer Greg Sneddon.s Bhutan-set drama Arrows of the Thunder Dragon is Australia.s entry for the best foreign language film Oscar.
Set in the 1970s, the story follows brother and sister Kuenphen and Jamyang who live in a remote Bhutanese village where they learn traditional archery from their old warrior grandfather.
Their mother's sudden sickness gives Kuenphen the opportunity to explore the world outside the village while Jamyang must stay home to weave, cook and get married- a fate she is not willing to accept without a fight.
The self-financed film was shot on location in the Himalayan mountains with a cast of local highland village people and a Bhutanese crew including DoP Leki Dorji, none of whom had worked on a feature. Jill Bilock is the editor.
"I'm thrilled to bits," Sneddon tell If. A former Buddhist monk, he got the idea for the film while on a pilgrimage to the country.
Set in the 1970s, the story follows brother and sister Kuenphen and Jamyang who live in a remote Bhutanese village where they learn traditional archery from their old warrior grandfather.
Their mother's sudden sickness gives Kuenphen the opportunity to explore the world outside the village while Jamyang must stay home to weave, cook and get married- a fate she is not willing to accept without a fight.
The self-financed film was shot on location in the Himalayan mountains with a cast of local highland village people and a Bhutanese crew including DoP Leki Dorji, none of whom had worked on a feature. Jill Bilock is the editor.
"I'm thrilled to bits," Sneddon tell If. A former Buddhist monk, he got the idea for the film while on a pilgrimage to the country.
- 10/8/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Mumbai, Oct 25: Popular TV show "Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap" won as many as six awards at the 13th Indian Television Academy (Ita) Awards followed by daily soap "Diya Aur Baati Hum", which took home five gongs.
"Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap" won in categories like best historical-mythological serial, best actress in a negative role (Aashka Goradia), best costumes (Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa), best editing (K. Rajgopal), best title music-song track (Karthik Shah) and best art director (Sandesh and Vishwanath), said a statement.
"Maharana Pratap" shared the best historical-mythological serial.
"Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap" won in categories like best historical-mythological serial, best actress in a negative role (Aashka Goradia), best costumes (Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa), best editing (K. Rajgopal), best title music-song track (Karthik Shah) and best art director (Sandesh and Vishwanath), said a statement.
"Maharana Pratap" shared the best historical-mythological serial.
- 10/25/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
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