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The 18th Asian Film Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, March 16, 2025, at the Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District. This year, The Awards are honoured to have the legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Sammo Hung as the Jury President. Known as a trailblazer in action cinema, Hung has spent over five decades creating countless iconic works for both Hong Kong and global cinema. Having received the Best Supporting Actor award for Ip Man 2 at the 5th Asian Film Awards and the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Asian Film Awards, Hung expressed his heartfelt gratitude for returning to the Afa stage, sharing his excitement to reconnect with filmmakers and audiences across Asia.

Hung began his artistic journey at the age of 10 under the supervision of Yu Jim-yuen, a renowned Peking opera master. Through intensive training, he honed his skills in Peking opera and martial arts, building...

Film Asean brings together government film development agencies from the 10 nations in the region.

Film Asean, a new organisation that aims to support the film industries of Southeast Asia, held its official launch at the Efm on Friday.

Headquartered in the Philippines, the non-profit foundation brings together the lead government agencies for film development in the ten nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Film Asean has received official recognition from Asean, while funding comes from the partner agencies.

“Southeast Asia is a market of 650 million people – the Philippines has 700 theatres, Indonesia is hitting 2,000 and Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam are also growing rapidly,” said Film Asean president Briccio G. Santos at the launch event in Berlin.

“We foresee future co-productions in the region. We are presenting ourselves as a region with common identities.”

Film Asean has already started rolling out several development initiatives across the region, including workshops in script development, directing, cinematography...