The new Korean thriller Beast Clawing at Straws from debut director KIM Yong-hoon will have its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition. Centering around a Louis Vuitton bag filled with cash, the film stars JEON Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine, 2007), JUNG Woo-sung (Asura: The City of Madness, 2016) and BAE Sung-woo (The King, 2017), among many others. It is s...

The Vietnamese film Rom from director TRAN Thanh Huy and Mohanad HAYA’s Iraqi picture Haifa Street came away with this year’s New Currents prizes, from the signature competition at the Busan International Film Festival. A special mention was reserved for Just Like That, an Indian film from director Kislay KISLAY. The Actor & Actress of the Year awards both went to the Korean film The Education...

The Asian Cinema Fund has announced the recipients of its 2019 grants, which will be given to 17 projects, out of a total of 3,687 submissions. The grants fall into three categories: Script Development Fund, Post-Production Fund, and Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund. The three projects selected for the Script Development Fund were Rajesh Prasad KHATRI’s Black and White Photo from Nepal, Myr...