Shanghai-based Linmon Pictures hopes another ambitious series of high-end historical dramas will provide a boost to its expanding international business. On the second day of Tokyo's TIFFCOM entertainment market, which runs alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival, it provided an update on its ongoing mission to diversify beyond its domestic Chinese market. The company has … Read more
It was back to basics at this year's MIPCOM, the world's leading TV market, which concluded in Cannes this week, with buyers and sellers, still reeling from the 2023 Hollywood strikes and a sluggish advertising market, they have embraced a more conservative approach. The message was clear: The era of high-risk, high-budget productions is giving … Read more
Studio Lambert, owned by All3Media, took home the awards for Squid game: the challenge AND The Traitors at the MIPCOM International Format Awards in Cannes on Sunday evening. Squid game: the challenge was completely inspired by the hugely successful South Korean series on Netflix, adopting the same game for a reality show produced by Studio … Read more
Singapore has selected director M. Raihan Halim's Malay-language comedy-drama The Moon as a nomination for the 2025 Academy Awards in the best international feature film category. The film, a co-production between Singapore and Malaysia, is a comedy about a woman who opens a lingerie shop in a conservative village in Malaysia, tackling themes of tradition … Read more
The United Kingdom has selected Santoshan Indian crime drama directed by Sandhya Suri, will represent the country at the 2025 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Shahana Goswami plays Santosh, a driven young Hindu widow who inherits her husband's job as a police officer through a government scheme. She finds herself embroiled in … Read more
The Tokyo International Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its full 2024 lineup, including the main competition program and the Asian Future section for emerging filmmakers from the region, as well as the brand-new Women’s Empowerment section, which highlights nine films directed by women or telling women-centered stories. Tokyo's main competition, consisting of 15 titles, reveals … Read more
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category are coming thick and fast, as countries rush to submit their entries before the November 14 deadline. Kazakhstan is the latest to choose a domestic contender, selecting Askhat Kuchinchirekov's coming-of-age tale Greetings from Bauryna. The feature film premiered at the San Sebastian … Read more
India has chosen Kiran Rao's comedy of errors Lord Laapataa (Lost Ladies) to represent the country in the 2025 Oscar race in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The Hindi-language film, which premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, beat out Payal Kapadia's Everything we imagine as lightwhich had been considered the favorite for … Read more
Denmark has chosen Magnus von Horn's costume drama The girl with the needle as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2025 Oscars. Set in Copenhagen in 1919, the film stars Vic Carmen Sonne (Vacation, Land of God) as Karoline, a young seamstress who finds herself in dire straits when her wealthy lover … Read more
French-Senegalese director Mati Diop Dahomey The documentary, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, was chosen to represent Senegal in the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards. The film tells the story of the return of 26 African royal treasures looted in 19The century from France from the Kingdom … Read more