Sinema Focus: latest Asian cinema stories

Sinema Focus

5 stories

Sinema FocusAfricaNjue Kevin, Known for ‘18 Hours’, Returns to the Director’s Chair With New Social-Issue Drama ‘Blue Uniform’ Inspired by real-life events, the film explores police profiling and institutional power, with production set to begin in September.

September 3

Sinema FocusAfricaNBO Film Festival 2026 Introduces Nick Wambugu Documentary Prize, Alain Gomis Retrospective as It Expands Programme The 7th edition expands with two new competitive categories, its first filmmaker retrospective, a broader industry programme and a fourth festival venue.

September 2

Kenya-Nigeria Co-Production ‘One Woman One Bra’ Sets Kenyan Premiere in September After International Festival Run (EXCLUSIVE)

Sinema FocusAfricaKenya-Nigeria Co-Production ‘One Woman One Bra’ Sets Kenyan Premiere in September After International Festival Run (EXCLUSIVE) The film will first screen in Loita’s Nkosesia village, where it was filmed, on 7 September, ahead of its Nairobi premiere on 10 September.

August 29

Sinema FocusAfricaEast Africa at TIFF 2026: Kenya-Set ‘Call Me Queen’ in Market Screenings, Rwanda’s ‘Ben’Imana’ in Centrepiece Programme The two films join a wider African presence across the festival’s programmes, as well as the inaugural TIFF: The Market.

August 26

Sinema FocusAfricaAfrica No Filter, Backer of ‘Anam’s Wake’, Selects Daudi Anguka for New Storytellers Cohort with Next Film ‘Utata’ Anguka joins filmmakers and creators from Kenya and Nigeria developing gender-equitable, faith-focused stories.

August 26

Cinepuuulse is a magazine, a radar and a diary about Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — read from Tokyo.

Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku, the old word for the silver screen; it is the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean. A magazine, because every week one film is worth reading about slowly. A radar, because we count what the region's screens are talking about — box office, festivals, directors, anime, streaming — and show it as it moves. A diary, because a seal is set each day in that day's colour, and the days add up.

We read the local press in its own languages and bring it over in English: the Japanese film sites, the Korean trade papers, the Chinese culture desks, the Vietnamese and Thai entertainment pages. Everything here links back to the people who made it; the images belong to their authors.

Cinepuuulse will keep changing. New sources, new signals, new ways of looking — a little better each week, never finished. If a film here made you want to buy a ticket, that is enough.

Thank you for reading. ありがとうございます。