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The must-watch films at Queer East: London’s East Asian LGBTQ+ film festival  

Queer East, London’s East Asian LGBTQ+ film festival, is back for 2026, and we’ve got a rundown of all the highlights. The festival’s seventh edition will run from 1 May to 6 June,...

Far East Film Festival Reveals 2026 Lineup

The event, which takes place in the Italian city of Udine, is set to honor Fan Bingbing and Koji Yakusho with lifetime achievement awards.

Queer East Is Bringing Boundary-Pushing Queer Cinema Back This Spring

Queer East is back for its seventh edition this spring, taking over venues across London from 1st May to 6th June 2026. It's bringing us five weeks of films, shorts, documentaries,...

Fan Bingbing, Yakusho Koji to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honors at Far East Film Festival; Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All...

The Far East Film Festival has revealed that Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing and Japanese actor Yakusho Koji will each receive the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement at...

London’s Queer East Festival Is a Mix of Cinematic Milestones, Film Discoveries and Community

Program director Yi Wang discusses the program for the seventh edition, the fest's growth since its launch during the COVID pandemic and how the past can elucidate the future.

"We're tired of Hollywood”: Why local films are breaking box office records across Asia

The widely spread pattern of recent hit titles across Asia might be seen as evidence the film industry in the region is adjusting and breathing again in the rarified, riskier atmos...

London’s East Asian LGBTQ+ film festival is back next month – and the line-up is award-winning

Queer East is back with a stack of UK premieres this summer

The "Beef" Actors Are Getting Emotional About Hollywood Finally Recognizing Asian Stories

“Seoul has always been part of me, but returning as an actor telling this story was something else entirely.” — Charles MeltonView Entire Post ›

Far East Film Festival: Taichi Kimura’s ‘Fujiko’ Wins Top Prize

Kim Jong-woo, Kim Shin-wan and Cho Chul-young's searing documentary 'The Seoul Guardians' took the Silver Mulberry Award.

Rare Hong Kong films tour six cities across the UK this Spring

The Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diaspora Cinema UK Tour offers audiences a rare opportunity to engage with independent Hong Kong cinema.

Feature – Framing The Furious: A Modern Guide to East Asia’s Action Landscape

The action landscape is about to change. Bold as that statement may sound, perhaps even... The post Feature – Framing The Furious: A Modern Guide to East Asia’s Action Landscape ap...

Taiwan’s pioneering gay film opens Queer East Festival in UK

Award-Winning Hong Kong drama to host Scotland Premiere In Edinburgh

An award-winning independent film about Hong Kong asylum seekers rebuilding their lives in Britain is set to make its Scotland premiere this month with screenings in Edinburgh and...

Cannes day 5: Mixed picture for Asia, plus talent talks politics and AI - The Screen Podcast

Asian titles loom large but many buyers from the region have stayed away.

Japan’s highest-grossing live‑action film is a lavish kabuki epic

Kokuho is a colourful, lengthy epic, spanning five decades and running almost three hours, set in the world of kabuki – Japan’s most popular traditional performing art. It has been...

Hallmark faces backlash over ‘whitewashed’ new Mahjong movie

Romcom’s main cast includes one actor of Chinese descent

Southeast Asia seeks soft power to outlast US$300 billion buzz

Later this month, Indonesian cinema-goers will finally get to see what audiences in Berlin saw in February: Jokor Anwar’s Ghost in the Cell. The horror-comedy, which had its world...

Assam filmmaker’s documentary screened at British Film Institute in London

Chalo India with Ericji (Varanasi) was showcased at the BFI after its selection in the Indian Panorama Non-Feature section at the 56th International Film Festival of India

‘Wasians’ are embracing the spotlight. Not everyone feels seen

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When Icelandic Chinese musician Laufey dropped her latest music video last month, starring a cast of mixed white and Asian celebrities, the internet we...

‘Wasians’ are embracing the spotlight. Not everyone feels seen

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When Icelandic Chinese musician Laufey dropped her latest music video last month, starring a cast of mixed white and Asian celebrities, the internet we...

‘Vengeance: Murder On The Heath’ Creator Aysha Rafaele Bemoans Lack Of Progress In Portrayal Of Black & British Asia...

EXCLUSIVE: Aysha Rafaele, the quadruple-BAFTA winning creative behind a string of hit British factual drama, has bemoaned a lack of improvement in on-screen portrayal of Black and...

‘Lost Land’: A Rohingya odyssey viewed with startling immediacy

Shot with nonprofessional Rohingya actors, Akio Fujimoto's film follows two siblings through a perilous journey, where survival depends as much on strangers as on luck.

Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani and Bowen Yang are in a HBO doc on being Asian American, Pacific Islander

Timed for release during AAPI Heritage Month, “The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas” has dropped on HBO Max.

‘Another World,’ Hong Kong’s Highest-Grossing Animated Film Ever, Is Heading To The U.S. This Summer

Tommy Ng Kai Chung's debut feature follows a spirit guide who must save a young girl's soul from unleashing destruction on two worlds.