Leading documentary festival IDFA has added more than 100 films to its 39th edition, which runs from Nov. 12 to 22 in Amsterdam. Among the newly announced titles are those for the short documentary competition, and the sections titled Signed, Best of Fests and Paradocs. The new media program, DocLab, has also unveiled the first
Increasing competition The top 10 countries for regenerative-medicine output in the Nature Index for 2016 to 2025 are shown, measured by Share. The gap between the United States and China could shrink in the coming years if the broader trend of China’s rapid expansion in the index — particularly in the health sciences — continues.
In reviewing “Wonka’s Golden Ticket,” a competition series from Netflix loosely (and I mean loosely) based on Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” it’s tempting to simply copy and paste my write-up of “Squid Game: The Challenge” from nearly three years ago. After all, the shows share similarly misguided concepts. In trying to kickstart
Asian Shadows has boarded international sales rights to Eddie Cahyono’s “Ibuku,” starring Christine Hakim and Ayushita Nugraha, which the Busan International Film Festival has selected for its Competition lineup. “Ibuku” centers on Sumiati (Hakim), a widow in her 60s isolated in a small Javanese village since her husband took his own life. Her daughter, Sri
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will honor Japanese filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu with its Cinema Honorary Award and has named Korean director Yim Soon-rye jury head of its Asian Feature Film Competition. The 37th edition of SGIFF runs Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. Kore-eda will attend a special presentation of “Look Back” on Oct. 24,
On Monday, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters that “narratives of threat, confrontation, and malicious competition serve only to disrupt the process of global AI governance and are not in anyone’s interest”. “All parties should work together to advance AI in a manner that is open, inclusive, beneficial to all, and oriented toward
