Liz Shackleton

Another day in which the man child has said something stupid to ensure he is front page news around the world. Ignore him and watch the trailer for an excellent Malaysian short film instead. https://t.co/hW6oHxVyNp

FEFF Udine 2025: Hong Kong Legends, Japanese Dolls & Strategies For Arthouse Distribution https://t.co/FH4st2ayci

Cambodia’s Danech San, Indonesia’s Wregas Bhanuteja and four documentaries are among the grantees in Purin Pictures’ latest funding round. https://t.co/ihQ88ztzan

Big changes on the way at Busan International Film Festival, which is celebrating its 30th edition this year. https://t.co/E6W9Bc7jCL

Twilight Of The Warriors, The Last Dance and Papa were all multiple winners at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, while Robin Lee won best new director for documentary Four Trails. https://t.co/LFrAGOFlK0

GMA Network & CreaZion Team With Viu On Philippines Drama Series ‘Beauty Empire’ https://t.co/q2vLrefGAg

Streamlined looks at films selected for this year’s Cannes film festival from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and asks whether China’s decision to “moderately reduce” the number of US film imports will benefit cinema from other countries. https://t.co/08NPGRGAhA

Searchlight Pictures’ A Complete Unknown is scheduled for release in China on April 22 through NAAC. US films Thunderbolts and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie also scheduled for April release, despite tariff war. https://t.co/AOPELioOhr

Encouraging news for distribution of European and arthouse films in China.. ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’, First Release From Jia Zhangke’s Unknown Pleasures Pictures, Grosses $6M In China https://t.co/1eTbE9QnMK

Japan’s Toei Co Signs Development Deal With South Africa’s Pambili Media For Samurai Epic ‘Yasuke – Way Of The Butterfly’ https://t.co/hVRiyrRy87

I'm thrilled to be joining the advisory board of pan-African media and consultancy company Communique, founded by Lagos-based journalist David Adeleke, one of the few independent voices covering the pan-African tech, media and creative economy scene. https://t.co/HX9W8xclRE

Focus Asia (April 28-30), the industry platform of Udine’s Far East Film Festival (FEFF), has selected 11 projects from ten territories for its All Genres Project Market and seven for its Far East In Progress section. https://t.co/Jiet9rTH8F

Eric Khoo Brews Up Anthology Film ‘Kopitiam Days’ With Six Singapore Filmmakers https://t.co/X9hybVFn0H

I think we can all agree that this week has been...interesting. Streamlined looks at how Trump's tariffs may impact Asian content industries, Southeast Asia's upcoming films, and the Thai government's new funding scheme. https://t.co/nSmVumgXLX

BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2025 https://t.co/QmTh38YK94

Democracy in action in South Korea. https://t.co/0MDGKZIrLc

Late to this after a few crazy days of meetings in Hong Kong, but this year's FEFF in Udine is looking like a treat. As usual, a lot to catch up on... https://t.co/SWlzlkreZE