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Nahom Abraham from Eritrea has won the top prize for best film, and $5,000, in the Berlinale’s 2023 Nefti award for his film Home, a drama about a couple longing to be reunited.

Mihk Vergara and Miko Livelo from the Philippines took the Nefti Audience Viewers Choice award, along with the $2,000 prize for You Are Gathered Here Today, a story about a man who returns home to the Philippines to bury his father and reunite with his best friends.

The third finalist was Zoulikha Tahar from Algeria for her film Leila’s Night Of Joy, about a girl who, on her 25th birthday, finally stands up for herself and takes her life into her own hands.

A panel of judges, including actress Vivica A. Fox, Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen (American Beauty) and Fox/Disney President, of feature post-production Ted Gagliano, picked the Nefti winners together with last year’s competition winner Minenhle Luthuli,...

Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin is back with its 38th edition, running from the 15th to the 20th of November 2022. This year the regional focus will be on the cinematography of the Philippines, while the thematic focus Ghosts of Europe looks towards the EU. Interfilm dedicates also a spotlight program to Belarusian filmmaking, which courageously takes on the current regime.

To use the organisers’ words: “The competitions present themselves as usual politically, combative and at the same time empathetic and full of confidence. Great stories meet abstract animation, essayistic forms meet concrete narration. (…) Interforum is the place to discuss and learn, and various special programs and events round off the week dedicated to short film.“

You can find the full programme on the official website here.

Here are all the Asian titles:

International Competition

Anxious Body by Yoriko Mizushiri // France – Japan 2021

A Guitar in the Bucket by Boyoung Kim...

Manila, Philippines – May 21, 2021 – Netflix today released the official trailer for Trese, the highly anticipated Netflix Original Anime series based on the Philippine graphic novel created by Budjette Tan and KaJO Baldisimo, premiering on Netflix June 11, 2021.

Trese (L to R) Griffin Puatu as The Kambal and Shay Mitchell as Alexandra Trese in episode 101 of Trese Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix © 2021

Netflix also revealed the English language and Filipino language voice cast of Trese. Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), Jon Jon Briones (Ratched), Nicole Scherzinger (Moana), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) and Dante Basco (Avatar: The Last Airbender) join Shay Mitchell, previously announced as the voice of Alexandra Trese in the English language version.

Filipino actress Liza Soberano will voice Alexandra Trese in the Filipino language version of the series, and will be joined by local professional voice talents Simon dela Cruz (as Crispin...

Ah, the feathered life of the fast food mascot. It's hot. It's sweaty. And I don't even want to think about what it smells like inside the suit. Which makes it prime fodder for film, hence Filipino directors Chris Costello and Mihk Vergara tackling an adaptation of independent comic book Ang Maskot.Based on the independent comic of the same name. A disgruntled surly fast food employee gets stuck in his costume for a day when hjinks inevitably ensue. He'll go through muggings, screaming children and maybe even love before he can finally free himself of his costume and all that goes with it.Take a look at the teaser below....

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