Liz Shackleton

EXCLUSIVE: Filipino producer-distributor CreaZion Studios is unveiling a slate of film and TV productions here in Cannes, including Severino: The First Serial Killer, which has Dolly De Leon joining Dennis Trillo in the cast. Scheduled to start shooting in September, the series tells the true story…

EXCLUSIVE: Loaded Films founder Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Kinoshita-Kansei Group CEO Masahide Kinoshita have teamed up to launch Tokyo-based production company, Kinofaction, which aims to focus on minority Japanese co-productions. The new outfit will take a minority stake in feature film projects that…

EXCLUSIVE: Fundamental Films chairman Mark Gao and his CEO Ivy Hua are in Cannes to reconnect with the international industry as part of the Shanghai-based company's return to international acquisitions and production.  One of the biggest and longest-established Chinese buyers before the pandemic…

Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF), held in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, is launching an industry event that aims to showcase Indonesian content and connect the country's fast-expanding film industry to international markets. Scheduled to take place December 3-5 during this year's edition…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Shanghai and Los Angeles-based production, distribution and investment company Fundamental Films for representation. Founded by Mark Gao in 2008, Fundamental Films was one of China's biggest buyers before the pandemic, releasing films including American Hustle, Limitless, Luc…

The Gospel Of The Beast, directed by the Philippines' Sheron Dayoc, picked up the Golden Star Award for Best Southeast Asian Film at the first edition of the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) in Vietnam.  Nicole Midori Woodford’s Singapore-Japan collaboration, Last Shadow At First Li…

Legal drama A Guilty Conscience took the top award for best film at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, while crime thriller The Goldfinger was the biggest winner overall with six prizes, including best actor for Tony Leung Chiu-wai.  A Guilty Conscience, produced by Edko Films, holds the record for…

Indian director-producer Karan Johar wrapped up the conference section of the first Cinevesture International Film Festival with a lively conversation that ranged from working with the right people and Bollywood's shifting gender politics, to letting slip a few new projects from his Dharma Productions…

Welcome to Deadline's International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we're talking to Vietnamese entrepreneur Minh Bui whose Beta Cinemas chain has introduced a new concept of affordable but…

This year's Filmart was definitely bigger and busier than last year, which was the first physical edition following the reopening of Hong Kong and mainland China's borders after the pandemic. According to Filmart organizers, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), more than 750 exhibitors and…

Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) has announced the first ten projects to receive grants under its Content Development Scheme for Streaming Platforms. The ten projects, which will now enter phase two of the scheme, include series to be directed and/or produced by leading Hong Kong filmmakers…

Yin Chen-Hao's Call Of Lobster and Gao Linyang's Dying Fire were presented with the inaugural HCG Awards, a joint initiative of HKIFF Industry and CAA China, as the Hong Kong projects market wrapped with 21 cash and in-kind prizes worth more than US$223,000. The objective of HCG [HKIFF Industry – CAA…