Focus Asia , the industry section of the Far East Film Festival , concluded its 2026 edition in Udine with both prizes going to first-time directors. Haohao Yan’s “Naked in Glendale,” a Chinese-American coming-of-age project produced by Jane Zheng of Seesaw Productions and Julia Xu of Q&A Entertainment, won the inaugural White Light/Focus Asia Award, worth $20,000 in professional post-production services from Bangkok-based White Light Studio. “Naked in Glendale” centers on a 12-year-old Chinese model student and her inexperienced teacher, who find themselves keeping secrets from one another after relocating to a Christian school in the U.S. under the Elite Education program. Ce Ding Tan’s “ Somewhere in the South ,” a Malaysian-Singaporean project produced by Edward Lim of Evil Genius Studio and Anthony Chen of Giraffe Pictures, took the TAICCA Award, presented by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency.…