The rise of Asian cinema

Asian cinema is increasingly occupying an important position in the world film market through many works winning prestigious international awards with high revenues.

In early March, fans and artists around the world celebrated the success of the Japanese film industry after anime master Hayao Miyazaki won his second Oscar. The 83-year-old director's The Boy and The Heron received the award for Best Animated Film at the 96th Academy Awards, surpassing "huge" opponents such as Disney's Elemental and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse . Sony Pictures. The Boy and The Heron grossed $167 million globally. 23 years ago, the first Japanese animated film to win an Oscar was Spirited Away (with revenue of nearly 400 million USD), also directed by him.

Scene from the movie The Boy and The Heron

At this year's Oscars, there was another Japanese film named for the Best Visual Effects award: Godzilla Minus One .

Asian works winning awards or being nominated with predominantly Asian casts at major film awards ceremonies have no longer been a rare sight in recent years.

Korean horror film Parasite made history in 2020 when it became the first Asian film to win the Best Picture Oscar, along with three other awards, including Best Director for Bong Joon- cough. Previously, this film also won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival 2019.

Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang in the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once

Next in 2023, the action comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once revolves around the story of a Chinese immigrant family in the US, with a production budget of only about 20 million USD but grossed up to 143 million USD, winning won 7 Oscar gold statues, including Best Picture and 2 actors of Asian origin: Quan Ke Huy won Best Supporting Actor, Michelle Yeoh - Best Actress.

The 2023 Cannes Film Festival ended with the Best Director award going to Tran Anh Hung for the film The Pot-au-Feu , Pham Thien An won the Camera D'Or award for the film Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (English title Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell ).

Mai's film crew debuted to audiences in the US

Thus, it can be seen that Asian cinema is once again having a spectacular "rise", after the shocking achievements in the world cinema 2-3 decades ago. That was the period when Truong Yimou, Tran Khai Ca, Ly An, Abbas Kiarostami, Shohei Imamura... consecutively won many important awards at prestigious film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and the Oscars.

"Everything has change"

British site Asianabsolute.com.uk published an article by author Ray S commenting: "The path to global success for works of Asian origin is often very difficult, even when they have been critically acclaimed. . However, many Asian films have proven that set in and based on Asian culture can resonate with a much broader audience." This site also believes that "the coming years are really bright for Asian cinema".

Tran Thanh interacts with audiences in America

Darren Gigool wrote on Movieweb.com specializing in cinema: "In the past, the presence of Asians in Hollywood was very limited and often stereotyped. However, now things have changed through movies." with more diverse and complex content and characters, portrayed very well by Asian actors and filmmakers." 

Tran Thanh's film Mai collected half a million USD in advance ticket sales

Movie news site Deadline.com (USA) has just reported that the movie Mai will hit theaters in North America and Europe. Writer Nancy Tartaglione wrote: "Distributor 3388 Films bought the rights to the blockbuster Mai , set to open in theaters on March 22 across North America and Europe. Mai will be released in nearly 200 locations in the following countries: USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland... The event marks the widest opening weekend in North America and Europe for a Vietnamese-produced film, and is also the first time there is a premiered in theaters on the same day across two continents. Previously, in 2021, the movie The Godfather , also released by 3388 Films Company, surpassed the 1 million USD mark when released in theaters in the US."

Mr. Thien A. Pham, Director of 3388 Films Distribution Company, said: "Movie Mai reached half a million USD in ticket sales before its premiere in North America and Europe. This is an incredible milestone for a film Vietnamese".

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