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Organised by the Busan, Hong Kong and Tokyo International Film Festivals, and supported by Create HongKong and the Film Development Fund, the Asian Film Awards Academy (Academy or Afaa) has spearheaded efforts to promote Asian cinema around the world year-round. As part of the Asian Film Awards (Afa), its flagship event and the largest celebration of Asian cinema in the world, the Academy appoints an emerging Asian star every year as Youth Ambassador to act as the face of the awards and to take part in outreach activities. For the first time in its history, the Academy has appointed not one, but four celebrated Asian stars as the Youth Ambassadors of the 17th Afa: (in alphabetical order) Liu Kuan-Ting, Mario Maurer, Miyazawa Hio and Will Or.

Embodying numerous countries and cultures, Asia is a region that is rich in diversity, and that diversity has always been reflected in its films,...

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Happy Christmas one and all, and welcome to your rundown on what new movies, series, and anything else that’s coming to Netflix over the festive period for the next seven days.

If you want to look beyond next week, we’re still getting word of lots of new movies and series scheduled for release throughout January 2024 here and if you want a more birdseye view of the year, we’ve got our full 2024 Netflix schedule here.

Now let’s get into some highlights of what’s on the way this week:

Most Anticipated New Releases This Week Berlin (Season 1)

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The mothership series Money Heist may have ended not even a couple of years ago, but we’ve slowly seen the expansion of the IP since then, with the biggest of all set to be the new spin-off that lands...