Michael Rosser
Michael Rosser is Asia & Middle East Editor at Screen International, working closely with Screen’s network of correspondents on news, features and analysis. He also supports the London-based team, on festival dailies in particular.
Rosser first joined Screen in 2012 as news editor, overseeing Screendaily.com and working across market dailies at Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and Filmart in Hong Kong. After a three-year stint as an entertainment editor at IMDb, he returned to Screendaily’s online news team in 2019 before being appointed International News Editor in 2022, taking up his current role in 2024.
A journalism graduate, Rosser started his career in regional newspapers before moving into trade magazines including Precision Marketing, Broadcast, C21Media and Television Business International.
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Oscars best international feature 2025: Morocco submits Nabil Ayouch’s ‘Everybody Loves Touda’
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 97th Academy Awards.
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Lee Thongkham shooting Thai-Vietnam horror feature ‘The Bride’
The co-production stars Rima Thanh Vy and “J.J.” Krissanapoom Pibulsonggram.
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Netflix outlines plans for Chinese-language content growth
Taiwan will be central to the streaming platform’s plans in the region.
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Korean action film ‘Tristes Tropiques’ by Park Hoon-jung picked up for sales ahead of Toronto
The Korean filmmaker is known for ‘The Witch’ action franchise and ‘The Childe’.
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Metrograph acquires Venice surveillance drama ‘Happyend’ for North America
The film by Neo Sora will next play Toronto, Busan and New York Film Festival.
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Busan film festival to open with Park Chan-wook produced Netflix drama ‘Uprising’ amid ongoing challenges
The festival in South Korea will honour Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa with the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
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Tokyo film festival launching ‘Women’s Empowerment’ section to champion female filmmakers
The festival has also named Irie Yu as this year’s director in focus.
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Georgian film ‘The Antique’ suspended from Venice screening over copyright dispute
The drama by Rusudan Glurjidze had been due to play in the festival’s Giornate degli Autori sidebar.
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Finecut picks up ‘A Girl With Closed Eyes’ led by ‘Pachinko’ star Minha Kim
The film will receive its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival.
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Busan film festival unveils New Currents, Jiseok 2024 competition titles
Line-ups include upcoming features by Brillante Mendoza, Rima Das and Tom Lin.
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Busan film festival to honour late ‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun-kyun
The festival will screen six films starring the actor and bestow a posthumous Korean Cinema Award.
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Germany selects Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ for Oscars 2025
The drama by the Iranian filmmaker won two awards at Cannes.
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European Film Academy unveils documentary contenders for 2024 awards
Titles include Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winner ‘Dahomey’.
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Exiled Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof to head Busan film festival jury
The dissident auteur will preside over the jury for the festival’s New Currents competition.
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Park Chan-wook to begin filming dark comedy-thriller ‘No Other Choice’
The feature marks the first from the South Korean filmmaker since ‘Decision To Leave’.
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Tving closing gap on Netflix in growing Korean streaming market
The streaming platform claims 30% of viewership in the country compared to Netflix’s 37%.
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Busan’s Asian Project Market 2024 selects new films from Kirsten Tan, Woo Ming Jin, Daishi Matsunaga
A total of 30 projects have been selected for Asia’s biggest investment and co-production market.
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Netflix acquires Thai box office hit ‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’
The streamer will release the film across Southeast Asia on September 12.
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Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ makes Germany Oscars shortlist
The Iran-set feature is one of 13 titles selected for potential submission to the 97th Academy Awards.
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Korean cheerleading film ‘Victory’ set for North America, Asia releases
The comedy-drama starring Lee Hye-ri opened the New York Asian Film Festival.