Chinese-Speaking Markets
Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF, March 10-20) has unveiled its biggest ever line-up with 76 films and 24 world premieres, including two in its competition section – Mama’s Affair, from Hong Kong director Kearen Pang, and Angry Son from Japan’s Kasho Iizuka.
Europe
Catalan filmmaker Carla Simon’s Alcarras won the Golden Bear for best film at this year’s Berlin Film Festival (February 10-20), while The Novelist’s Film, from Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo, took the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
Korea & Japan
Directed by Lee Joon-ik, the sci-fi drama is being produced under Paramount's pact with CJ ENM and its streaming service TVing.
News
Filmed in three Indian languages, the series will be set in Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.
Europe
Special Jury Awards in the Tiger Competition went to Excess Will Save Us, directed by French filmmaker Morgane Dziurla-Petit, and To Love Again from China’s Gao Linyang.
Middle East & North Africa
As non-fungible tokens sweep Asia, a group of Hong Kong companies are trying to turn the craze into a business model for the film and TV industries.
Middle East & North Africa
So this guy gave me a card with a phone number and asked me to join a game...
Middle East & North Africa
Remake of Italian hit is produced by Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment, Egypt's Film Clinic and Lebanon's Empire Entertainment.
News
Following a deal with the New Zealand cricket board, Amazon India will stream a test series between NZ and Bangladesh from Jan 1, 2022.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Anthology series, based on four true crime stories, is co-produced by Taiwan's Calfilms and Hong Kong's Sixty Percent Productions.
Korea & Japan
Tezuka Productions is launching two categories of NFTs on OpenSea, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to charities.
Korea & Japan
US media group has signed separate deals with CJ ENM and Wattpad as it gears up to launch Paramount+ across Europe and Asia.
Korea & Japan
Documentary film was released theatrically in August and will stream on the Disney platform in Singapore from December 15.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Regional producers and streamers including iQiyi, Catchplay, CJ ENM and Viddsee Studios announced a slew of new dramas at this year's Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF).
News
Speaking at ATF, Amazon's APAC director of originals, Erika North, said the streamer would be making a big push into the region.
News
YRF Entertainment aims to produce five series in its first year, starting with a project about the Bhopal industrial disaster.
News
Execs from Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ Hotstar discussed market trends and future strategy at the two-day APOS virtual conference.
Middle East & North Africa
Kaltrina Krasniqi’s Vera Dreams Of The Sea was awarded the Tokyo Grand Prix at the close of the Tokyo International Film Festival.