Filmmaking
Asia Leaders
Bong Joon-ho Bet Big on a Disposable Man
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Bong Joon-ho, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Neeraj Ghaywan Returned to Cannes With a Story India Could Not Contain
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Neeraj Ghaywan, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Cai Shangjun Put Moral Compromise Under the Sun
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Cai Shangjun, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Can Make Any Room Feel Unsafe
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Bi Gan Made Time Itself the Spectacle
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Bi Gan, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
A Useful Ghost Made Thai Politics Strange Enough to See Again
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Hasan Hadi Found a Revolution in a Baghdad Cake Shop
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Hasan Hadi, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Park Chan-wook’s Darkest Joke Is About Having No Other Choice
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Park Chan-wook, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Cherien Dabis Turned Family Memory Into Palestinian Epic
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Cherien Dabis, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.
Asia Leaders
Jafar Panahi Turned Confinement Into Cannes’s Most Uncomfortable Triumph
A FigureAsia long-form profile of Jafar Panahi, examining how the 2025 work changed the terms of filmmaking, international reach and creative control.