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Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Black Red Yellow’ Wins Best Picture at Expanded 2025 Shanghai Film Festival
The 27th Shanghai International Film Festival cast a net wide for the winners of this year’s Golden Goblet prizes, with…
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Japan’s Yuya Danzuka Mines Family Drama and Urban Design for Breakout Directorial Debut ‘Brand New Landscape’
As a work of fiction, Japanese director Yuya Danzuka’s Brand New Landscape would stand out as both an intellectually precocious…
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Chinese Director Qiu Sheng On Using AI as a Salve for Grief in ‘My Father’s Son’
For Qiu Sheng, Father’s Day was especially momentous this year. The recent holiday marked the world premiere of his deeply…
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From Popcorn to Pop Culture: Wanda Film Chair Chen Zhixi Unveils Vision for “Super Entertainment Verse”
When Chen Zhixi took the helm of Wanda Film as chairwoman in early 2024, she wasn’t just stepping into a…
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‘Nine Puzzles’ Becomes Disney+’s Biggest Korean Hit; Director Yoon Jong-bin Talks Creation, Season 2 Possibilities
Disney+ has found its biggest Korean hit yet in mystery thriller Nine Puzzles, now the platform’s most-viewed title ever across…
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CJ ENM America Taps Courteney Tarantin as VP of Scripted TV
In a continued bid to build its U.S. scripted pipeline, CJ ENM America has appointed Courteney Tarantin as vice president of…
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Japan Cuts to Open With Yasuhiro Aoki’s ‘ChaO,’ Festival’s 2025 Lineup Unveiled
The upcoming 18th edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema, will kick off with a…
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Wes Anderson Shares How Indian Cinema Legend Satyajit Ray Shaped His Aesthetic
When Satyajit Ray’s 1970 film Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest) returned to Cannes this May, it…
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‘Lost in Starlight’ Director Han Ji-won on Blending Romance and Sci-Fi for Netflix’s Breakthrough Korean Animated Feature
Lost in Starlight marks a defining moment for 36-year-old filmmaker Han Ji-won — and a rare breakthrough for Korean animation…
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Cannes Hidden Gem: ‘A Useful Ghost’ Is a Socio-Political Parable Starring a Vacuum Cleaner
A woman dies, only to return in the form of a vacuum cleaner to stay close to, and intimate with,…
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