Liz Shackleton

EXCLUSIVE: Fearfolks, the Bangkok-based genre label founded by Hans Audric B. Estialbo and Benetone Films, has picked up global sales rights to body horror Cocoa Doll, starring Gossip Girl's Grace Duah. The project is the debut feature of Muslim-Nigerian director Jumai Yusuf, based on a…

Hong Kong-based sales outfit Golden Network Asia has picked up international sales rights to family animated feature A Mighty Adventure, directed by Toe Yuen, and will introduce the film to buyers in Cannes.  Yuen is known for Hong Kong's most popular animation franchise, McDull, about the…

EXCLUSIVE: The producers of Nguyen-Vo Nghiem-Minh's Picturehouse, a co-production between Vietnam, Singapore, France and the U.S., have dropped trailer and revealed cast on the eve of the Cannes market. Inspired by the writer-director's childhood, the historical coming-of-age drama is set in…

EXCLUSIVE: Newton Cinema, a boutique production house with a presence across the U.S., India and Sri Lanka, is making its Cannes Marché debut with a slate of prestige South Asian titles headed by Leftover, from Indian filmmaker Salim Ahamed, and The Gambler, from Sri Lanka’s Prasanna…

Korean sales agent Finecut has closed several further deals on Hong Sangsoo's Berlin title The Day She Returns, including sales to Carlotta Films in France, Atalante in Spain and Hugoeast in China.  The film, which premiered in the Panorama section of this year's Berlin film festival, has also…

Sony Pictures Entertainment's full year sales were flat at around $9.9B for the year ending March 2026 as anime titles including Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie – Infinity Castle helped to offset a one-time loss due to the shutdown of VFX unit Pixomondo.  According to results released…

Singapore-based Mokster Films and Lester Hsi's Taiwan-based D-Day Pictures are jointly producing Taiwanese horror film Revive, a project exploring the intersection between grief, technology and the unknown.  Mokster Films is also handling international sales on the project, directed by emerging…

Korean star Lee Byung-hun, known for his roles in Squid Game and Park Chan-wook's Korean Oscars submission No Other Choice, has signed up to star in Hive Media Corp's martial arts action film Nambeol (working title). The project, which marks the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Lee…

EXCLUSIVE: EST N8, the global production and sales company established through a partnership between EST Studios and Bangkok-based N8 Studios, has appointed industry veteran veteran Jan Paul (JP) Villanueva as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions & Global Distribution. With a career backed…

Korea's CJ ENM has formed a joint venture with Japan's TBS and streaming platform U-Next Holdings to collaborate on production and distribution of content based on Japanese and Korean IP. Called StudioMonowa, the new venture will bring together CJ ENM's strengths in K-drama and global production…

Former LevelK and Memento International executive Derek Lui has launched a Sydney-based sales agency, Surprise H, with an initial slate of three films to be introduced to buyers in Cannes.   Lui says the initial slate reflect the company's focus on "emotionally driven and distinctive…

Barunson E&A, the Korean production and sales company behind Oscar winner Parasite, will handle international sales on Zona Merah: Dead City, a feature film adapation of acclaimed Indonesian horror series Zona Merah. Produced by Indonesia's Screenplay Films, the project is co-directed by…