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Body horror ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ wins top awards at Bifan 2025
The Ugly Stepsister by Norway’s Emilie Blichfeldt has gained the highest prize and viewers award on the 29th Bucheon Worldwide Improbable Movie Pageant (Busan)...
Carlo Francisco Manatad’s ‘Brilliant Melody’ wins two at Bifan’s NAFF project market
Good Melody from Filipino filmmaker Carlo Francisco Manatad received the highest Bucheon Award on the 18th Community of Asian Unbelievable Movies (NAFF) undertaking market.
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‘Behind The Shadows’ review: Louis Koo plays a hardbitten PI in Kuala Lumpur-set detective thriller
Dirs: Jonathan Li, Chou Man-yu. Hong Kong/Malaysia. 2025. 103mins.
A shady personal investigator (Louis Koo) agrees to search out proof {that a} shopper’s girlfriend is...
’ChaO’ review: Anarchic Japanese anime imagines a fantastical near-future Shanghai
Dir: Yasuhiro Aoki. Japan. 2025. 90mins
A lowly worker at a delivery firm in a fantasy near-future Shanghai finds himself married to a mermaid princess...
‘Hi-Five’ review: ‘Burning’ star Yoo Ah-in joins strong cast for South Korean superhero movie
Dir: Kang Hyoung-chul. South Korea. 2025. 119mins
5 common Koreans develop superpowers following organ transplants in author/director Kang Hyoung-chul’s Hello-5, a wilfully kooky superhero origin...
Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Black Red Yellow’ scoops top prize at Shanghai film festival
Aktan Arym Kubat’s Black Purple Yellow has gained greatest characteristic at Shanghai Worldwide Movie Competition’s (SIFF) Golden Goblet Awards, which additionally noticed a raft...
‘Girl On Edge’ review: Friendship turns to rivalry in Chinese figure skating drama
Dir/scr: Zhou Jinghao. China. 2025. 108mins
Chinese language determine skater Jiang Ning (Zhang Zifeng) faces a make-or-break competitors underneath the cruel and unforgiving eye of...
‘Homebound’ review: Neeraj Ghaywan’s empathetic Indian drama is backed by EP Martin Scorsese
Dir/scr: Neeraj Ghaywan. India. 2025. 117mins.
Does being homebound point out remaining the place one is, or does it recommend travelling again to at least...
‘Love On Trial’ review: Koji Fukada’s drama reveals the dark side of the J-pop phenomenon
Dir: Koji Fukada. Japan. 2025. 124mins
When it’s found {that a} younger Japanese singer has a boyfriend, thus breaking the ‘no love’ clause in her...
Ekin Cheng, Natalie Hsu to receive top honours at New York Asian Film Festival
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong star Ekin Cheng and fast-rising actress Natalie Hsu are set to obtain honorary awards on the New York Asian Movie Pageant...