Hello Insiders. It’s been an historic week in the U.S and the implications of Trump’s election victory will be felt around the world in times to come. For now, Jesse Whittock here with the latest international film and TV news. Trump’s Second…

Japanese black-and-white film Teki Cometh took the top Tokyo Grand Prix prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film also won Best Director for Yoshida Daihachi and Best Actor for Nagatsuka Kyozo. Teki Cometh is based on a novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka. The film follows Watanabe Gisuke…

More than 40 production staff associated with the Godzilla films throughout the years took to the stage at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The fest held a Godzilla remastered 4K Digital screening and a day-long “Godzilla Fest” to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the original 1954…

Filmmakers with works selected for the Tokyo Film Festival's Nippon Cinema Now section took part in a panel alongside Christian Jeune, Cannes’ film department director and deputy general delegate. "I've been coming to Japan for the past 45 years and know the directors that have been to Cannes well…

Hong Kong martial arts legend Sammo Hung, prolific Japanese martial arts actor Yasuaki Kurata and action director Kenji Tanigaki discussed martial arts cinema and shared behind-the-scenes anecdotes together in Tokyo. They appeared as part of a panel titled “Martial Arts on the Silver Screen: Past…

EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Mike Wiluan’s historical monster film, Orang Ikan, has been unveiled, ahead of its world premiere in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Gala section. Set in 1942 in the Pacific, the film follows a Japanese soldier named Saito and a British prisoner-of-war named…

The Berlinale's European Film Market was the last major physical market to take place in 2020 as the world began shutting down because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus would force the event online in 2021 and 2022. The EFM's traditional home of the Gropius Bau looked strangely empty last February…

UPDATED with schedule changes: NBCUniversal is airing programming from the Tokyo Olympic Games across a wide swath of its broadcast, cable and digital properties, the programming schedules for which are constantly shifting this year. Deadline is updating this list daily from multiple official sources. NBCU’s Peacock…

The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the film calendar with Sundance, Toronto and London the latest festivals to announce hybrid events featuring physical and online activity. Below we rundown the current status of some of the key upcoming festivals and markets in the next six months; this list…