Chinese-Speaking Markets
FESTIVALS: ‘Coo-Coo 043’, ‘Marry My Dead Body’ To Bookend Taipei Golden Horse
Golden Horse has set Coo-Coo 043 as this year's opening film, while Cheng Wei-hao’s Marry My Dead Body will close the festival.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Taiwan’s Studio76 & Singapore’s IFA Media Wrap 'Love Punch'
Wen Chen-Ling and Ding Ning head the cast of boxing drama co-financed by Hong Kong's Celestial Tiger Entertainment.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
FESTIVALS: Elvis Lu’s ‘A Holy Family’ Wins Grand Prize At Taipei Film Awards
Fiona Ruan Fengyi’s American Girl took best narrative feature at the awards, held during the Taipei International Film Festival.
Middle East & North Africa
FESTIVALS: Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho Win Major Cannes Awards
Korean talent took two of the top awards, with Park Chan-wook winning best director and Song Kang-ho taking best actor.
Streamlined Insights
Why Aren’t Chinese Films Travelling To International Festivals?
Chinese cinema is conspicuous by its absence at this year’s Cannes film festival, with only a few short films announced across the official selection and parallel sections. Directors Fortnight said last week that the Asian “surprise film” that it was hoping to announce, was a Chinese film, that it
Streamlined Insights
China Warms Up To Big Tech But Stays Cool On Hollywood
While Streamlined doesn’t want to focus too much on any one market, there are several questions swirling around China that impact the global content industries and would be good to address before Cannes gets underway. This week’s edition of Streamlined will touch on two of these issues – Beijing’
Chinese-Speaking Markets
FESTIVALS: Korean, Chinese Films Triumph At Far East Film Festival
Lee Jang-hoon's Miracle: Letters To The President was presented with the Golden Mulberry, while China's Return To Dust and Too Cool To Kill took multiple awards.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
STREAMING UPDATES: Amazon India Slate, Tokyo Vice Sales, CJ ENM Studios
APRIL 2022: Rolling updates of the latest streaming content announcements from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Streamlined Insights
Pekingman Shoot: Living Proof That China Co-production Still Exists
In addition to a rare pandemic-era China co-production, Streamlined takes a brief look at Asghar Farhadi’s legal woes and the controversial restructure of India’s film-related public bodies. 1. Sino-French co-production Pekingman wraps in China Earlier this week, Streamlined caught up with Shanghai-based
Streamlined Insights
PVR, RRR & Indian Box Office; US Releases In China; Oscars Mayhem; SEAFIC Calls It A Day
India may have scored its first huge post-pandemic hit, but the country’s box office has not yet fully recovered and China is still struggling with Covid-induced cinema closures. Meanwhile, the entire planet was obsessing over a slap… 1. PVR, RRR AND THE RECOVERY OF INDIA’S BOX
Middle East & North Africa
STREAMING UPDATES: Alice In Borderland, Takeshi's Castle, Five Blind Dates
MARCH 2022: Rolling updates of the latest streaming content announcements from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
FESTIVALS: 'Aloners' Awarded With Grand Prix at Osaka Asian
Other award winners include Angry Son, directed by Japan’s Kasho Iizuka, and Longman Leung's Anita, which took the Audience Award and a special mention.
Streamlined Insights
China Cinema Closures; Blockchain; HAF Awards; Global Box Office; Middle East Festivals
Welcome to Streamlined, a weekly newsletter that will summarise and analyse events in the content industries outside of the Americas & Europe. This second edition also focuses on China and Hong Kong, thanks to Covid outbreaks and as Filmart only wrapped yesterday, although there’s also a section on the
Chinese-Speaking Markets
HAF Announces Award Winners Following Busy Virtual Edition
Award winners included Colleen Kwok's The Stars The Sun The Moon, Huang Ningwei's Not Found and Yang Heng's Silent Ghosts.
Streamlined Insights
Filmart Online; Hong Kong Films; China's Two Sessions; Ukraine Response; Indian Cinemas
Welcome to Streamlined, a weekly newsletter that will summarise and analyse events in the content industries outside the Americas & Europe. For now, this is a labour of love and an experiment, so is free to readers, and does not have any sponsorship or other monetary support. It will run
Chinese-Speaking Markets
COMING SOON: Hong Kong Films In Production Or Awaiting Release
Despite the pandemic playing havoc with the release schedules of Hong Kong films, several high-profile titles are being sold at this year's Filmart Online.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
FESTIVALS: 'Mama’s Affair', 'Angry Son' Among World Premieres At Osaka Asian
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.
Middle East & North Africa
What Impact Will The NFT Craze Have On The Content Industries?
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.