“Sunday,” by Uzbekistan-based director Shokir Kholikov, was Thursday named best film in the Asian New Talent section of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival. The Asian New Talent Awards are ...

The Uzbek Culture Ministry said on April 5 that the Artdocfest/Asia film festival was blocked because its organizers "did not obtain permission" to hold a public event and failed to comply with ...

The Chinese festival also honored first-time 10-year-old actor Yue Hao, who plays the leading role in the Chinese film 'Day Dreaming,' with the category's best actor prize. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...

Azerbaijan Film-makers Union has been represented at "Living History" International Film Forum held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, ...

The film, centered on teenage girl Zulfiya, is Uzbekistan's first-ever entry in the international feature Oscar race. By Vladimir Kozlov Uzbekistan has selected Umid Khamdamov’s Issiq non (Hot Bread) ...

Kaneto Shindo’s movie Kuroneko (Black Cat) remains firmly impressed in Elparid Khodjayev’s memory. When Khodjayev watched it as a 22-year-old in a Tashkent screening hall, almost exactly 50 years ago, ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) -- A new film industry is on the rise in this ex-Soviet state: Dozens of inexpensive, but profitable movies featuring pop divas and heart-wrenching plots have been churned ...

Cult Japanese director, Kiyoshi Kurosawa will shoot his new drama “To the Ends of the Earth” in Uzbekistan and Japan. The film will be his next effort after “Foreboding” which played recently in the ...

What could Central Asia be doing differently with its trash? Activists in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have made a film arguing that Bishkek and Tashkent, with a little more effort, could extract energy, ...

Kevin Spacey was rushed to the hospital after he experienced heart attack symptoms during the Tashkent International Film Festival in Uzbekistan. The 64-year-old “House of Cards” star recalled his ...

Kevin Spacey experienced a health scare while visiting Uzbekistan for a film festival, and he says it's given him some new perspective. Spacey also said the episode gave him a new outlook on life: "It ...