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October 17, 2026
Mahershala Ali Cries Recalling ‘Moonlight’ Scene, Keeps Quiet on ‘Spider-Verse’ at London Talk: ‘I’ve Got to Be Careful’
Mahershala Ali broke down in tears on stage at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday as he recalled the young boy at the heart of “Moonlight.” The Barry Jenkins drama won him one of his two Osca...
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October 17, 2026
‘Renoir’ Producers Join Asia-Europe Co-Production Panel at Tokyo Market as Japanese Accelerator Atmovie Global Track Partners With Ties That Bind
Producers behind Hayakawa Chie’s Cannes competition title “Renoir” are among the speakers at a session on Asia-Europe co-production at Tokyo’s TIFFCOM market on Oct. 30, as Japanese accelerator Atm...
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October 16, 2026
Indonesian Zombie Franchise ‘Zona Merah: Dead City’ Unveils Teaser, Takes Outbreak Into the City
The first teaser for “Zona Merah: Dead City,” the big-screen adaptation of Indonesian zombie series “Zona Merah,” has landed ahead of the film’s Jan. 14, 2027, release in Indonesian cinemas. Screen...
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October 16, 2026
Boo Junfeng’s ‘Trinity,’ Sidharta Tata’s ‘Slaughterground’ Among JAFF Market 2026 Selections
Boo Junfeng’s “Trinity” and Sidharta Tata’s “Slaughterground” are among 11 feature projects picked for JAFF Future Project (JFP), the film development strand of Indonesia’s JAFF Market, which has a...
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October 16, 2026
Singapore Media Festival Launches Creator Summit as Asia TV Forum Adds AI Zone, Microdrama Focus
The Singapore Media Festival will add a dedicated creator economy event to its lineup this year, launching the Asia Creator Summit alongside the long-running Asia TV Forum & Market when its nex...
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October 16, 2026
Busan Takeaways: Record Crowds Meet a Political Storm as Asia’s Producers Close Ranks
The Busan International Film Festival drew its largest film audience in more than a decade at its 31st edition, which ran Oct. 6–15, while a political firestorm over a Korean box office hit and an ...
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October 16, 2026
Nawazuddin Siddiqui to Star as Delhi Street Detective in ‘Kabootar’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian thespian Nawazuddin Siddiqui is attached to lead “Kabootar,” the debut feature from writer-director Ishan Sharma, produced by Nikhil Chaudhary of MDC Filmworks. The film is structured as a c...
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October 15, 2026
Bollywood Actor Imran Khan Heads to High Court to Fight Order to Leave India Over Election Protest
Imran Khan is preparing a court challenge to an order that gives the Bollywood actor until Oct. 28 to leave India, after he attended a demonstration demanding that Chief Election Commissioner Gyane...
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October 15, 2026
‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Sarah Levy’s ‘Run’ Boarded by Mise En Scene Company for Sales, First Look Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
The Mise En Scene Company has taken worldwide sales rights to “Run,” the marathon comedy-drama led by “Schitt’s Creek” star Sarah Levy, and has unveiled the first-look image exclusively with Variet...
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October 15, 2026
Kirti Kulhari’s Production Debut ‘Kinaare’ to Premiere at Dharamshala, Rima Das’ ‘Not a Hero’ to Open Festival
Kirti Kulhari’s first feature as a producer, “Kinaare” (“Shores”), will premiere at the 15th Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), which will open with Rima Das’ Berlin-awarded “Not a Her...
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October 15, 2026
Academy CEO Bill Kramer to Head to Tokyo for Leadership Award and Onstage Summit With Toho Boss Matsuoka Hiro
Academy CEO Bill Kramer is set to make his first trip to Asia later this month. He will collect a leadership award at the Tokyo International Film Festival and also sit down with Toho president and...
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October 14, 2026
Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ Sets U.S., U.K. Release With Jimmy O. Yang, MC Jin Voicing English Dub
Stephen Chow’s “Kung Fu Soccer” will hit cinemas in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ireland on Oct. 23, with Singapore-based distributor Encore Films releasing the action-comedy in its original lang...
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October 14, 2026
Philippine-Italian Sales Alliance Targets Indie Film Buyers in Asia, Europe and North America (EXCLUSIVE)
A new Philippine-Italian sales alliance aims to put independent films in front of buyers in Asia, Europe and North America. Fire & Ice Media, the Philippine producer and sales agent, and Italy’...
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October 14, 2026
Tallinn-Bound Indian Drama ‘Kidney’ Boarded by Shiladitya Bora’s Platoon One Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian drama “Kidney,” the second feature from filmmaking siblings Aakarsh and Agrim Sansanwal, has been boarded by Shiladitya Bora’s Platoon One Films, which joins as co-producer ahead of the film...
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October 14, 2026
The Negative Melted, the Legend Didn’t: Inside the Resurrection of Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari’s Storied Indian Epic ‘Pakeezah’
On the night of Feb. 3, 1972, the prints of “Pakeezah” arrived at Bombay’s Maratha Mandir cinema in a palanquin pulled by four horses. Military bands played outside, police held back the thousands ...
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October 13, 2026
Toni Collette’s Directorial Debut ‘The Best Of’ Among 75 Projects Backed by Screen Australia
Toni Collette will make her feature directing debut with “The Best Of,” her screen version of Graeme Simsion’s bestselling novel, which is one of 75 projects sharing more than AUD16.9 million ($11....
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October 13, 2026
‘Other Mommy’ Nips ‘Verity’ in Photo Finish for U.K., Ireland Box Office Summit
Universal’s horror entry “Other Mommy,” directed by Rob Savage and starring Jessica Chastain and Jay Duplass, squeaked to the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office in a dead heat, debuting at No. ...
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October 13, 2026
Cannes Queer Animated Comedy ‘Jim Queen’ Scores New Sales at Busan (EXCLUSIVE)
Cannes animated comedy “Jim Queen” has picked up a new batch of international sales after screening at the Busan International Film Festival, its first outing in Asia. Global Constellation, the sal...
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October 13, 2026
Vietnamese Franchise Sequel ‘Sister Sister 3’ Lands at 3388 Films for Americas, Europe, Australia, Taiwan and Japan (EXCLUSIVE)
Vietnamese female-led franchise entry “Sister Sister 3” has been picked up by U.S.-based specialty distributor 3388 Films for the Americas, Europe, Australia, Taiwan and Japan. The deal was closed ...
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October 12, 2026
Isabelle Huppert Says AI Hasn’t Replaced Her Yet: ‘It Really Is Me Acting’
Isabelle Huppert has yet to be pushed aside by AI, the French star said at the Busan International Film Festival, though she has heard she may soon be speaking Korean and Japanese. “I didn’t know I...
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October 12, 2026
Korea Box Office: Anime Feature ‘Chiikawa’ Edges Past ‘The Assassin(s)’ to Claim Weekend Crown
Japanese animated fantasy “Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island” climbed to the top of the South Korean box office over the weekend of Oct. 9–11, winning a razor-thin admissions con...
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October 12, 2026
China Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Dethrones ‘Traces of Justice’ to Claim Top Spot as Post-Holiday Market Cools
Constantin Film and Sony Pictures’ horror reboot “Resident Evil” took the crown at the mainland China box office during the Oct. 9–11 weekend, pulling in RMB81.2 million ($12.1 million) across the ...
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October 12, 2026
‘Bedford Park’ Star and Busan Juror Moon Choi on Locking Away Her Trophies and Plotting a Screen Version of a Molière-Winning Play
For several years after the biggest run of her career, Moon Choi, known in Korea as Choi Hee-seo, kept her trophies out of sight. The haul was substantial. Her turn as Japanese anarchist Kaneko Fum...
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October 12, 2026
How Busan Title ‘Selvi’ Turns a Nurse’s Working Hours Into an Endurance Test
A homecare nurse whose working day stretches from 12 hours to 72 sits at the center of “Selvi,” the first feature from Tamil filmmaker Sailesh Rathnakumar, which premieres in the Busan Internationa...
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October 12, 2026
Box Office Boom for China’s Women Directors Feeds New Parallax Films Pickups From Shao Yihui, Yin Lichuan and Yang Lina (EXCLUSIVE)
Three filmmakers at the forefront of China’s women-led cinema boom – Shao Yihui, Yang Lina and Yin Lichuan – have new titles on the slate of sales agent Parallax Films, which is shopping them to bu...
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October 12, 2026
Locarno Title ‘Rapture’ Director Dominic Sangma Confronts Unregulated Stone Mining in Busan Asian Project Market Drama ‘Veil of Dust’
A villager maimed by a mining blast and his wife’s fight for compensation open up a story of exploitation, complicity and indigenous belief in “Veil of Dust,” the new project from “Rapture” directo...
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October 12, 2026
Sylvia Chang Backs Malaysian Grief Drama ‘One Fine Day,’ About a Family Undone by Their Daughter’s Murder, at Busan Asian Project Market
A family torn apart by the unsolved murder of their young daughter tries to keep living day to day in “One Fine Day,” a Malaysian drama from director Tan Seng Kiat with Asian film icon Sylvia Chang...
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October 12, 2026
Polygamy, Ghosts and Grief Collide in ‘Marlina’ Director Mouly Surya’s Busan Asian Project Market Drama ‘The Wife Who Can See Dead People (Or Jinn)’
A young bride who sees ghosts joins a polygamous Muslim household and forms a bond with one of her husband’s other wives in “The Wife Who Can See Dead People (Or Jinn),” the new project from Indone...
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October 12, 2026
Reza Rahadian Turns His Grandmother’s Decades in Exile Into Busan Asian Project Market Drama ‘Casparina’
A journalist stripped of her Indonesian citizenship in 1965 comes home decades later to children who grew up without her in “Casparina,” the second feature from actor-director Reza Rahadian, inspir...
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October 11, 2026
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Overtakes ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ as Korea’s Biggest International Film of All Time (EXCLUSIVE)
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has overtaken “Avatar: The Way of Water” in local-currency terms to become the highest-grossing international release in Korean box office history, with a cumulati...
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