Korea & Japan
Starzplay Pacts With TV Tokyo For Anime Content
Strategic partnership brings more than a thousand hours of anime, including the iconic Naruto franchise, to viewers in the Middle East.
Middle East & North Africa
Netflix Strikes Eight-Film Deal With Saudi Digital Studio Telfaz11
Eight new Arabic-language films, produced by rising digital studio Telfaz11, will be aimed at Arab and global audiences.
Middle East & North Africa
'Hope', 'The Pencil' Take Top Prizes At Japan’s Skip City Film Festival
Maria Sodahl’s Hope received the Grand Prize at this year’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival in Japan, which took place virtually and wrapped on October 4.
Europe
Berlin Hands Top Prizes To Iran’s 'There Is No Evil' & Korea’s 'The Woman Who Ran'
Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil has won the Golden Bear at the 70th Berlinale, while Hong Sangsoo won the Silver Bear for best director for The Woman Who Ran.
Middle East & North Africa
Starzplay Partners With Fremantle On Slate Of High-End Dramas
MENA region SVOD service to stream Fremantle series Baghdad Central and The Luminaries, among other titles.
Middle East & North Africa
'Rom', 'Haifa Street' Win New Currents Award At Busan Film Festival
Vietnamese drama Rom, directed by Tran Thanh Huy, and Iraqi filmmaker Mohanad Hayal’s Haifa Street both won New Currents Awards at this year’s BIFF.
Africa
iflix Pulls Out Of Middle East Market Following Africa Exit
Pan-Asian streamer recently closed a $50m funding round with investors including Fidelity International.
Middle East & North Africa
'Still Human' Takes Two Top Prizes At Far East Film Festival
Oliver Chan’s Still Human won both the Audience Award and the Critics Award at this year’s edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Italy.
Middle East & North Africa
Filmart: Asia’s OTT Content Starting To Travel Around The Region
Asia and US-based OTT chiefs predict Chinese and Thai content will follow the Korean wave into diverse international markets.
Middle East & North Africa
Wang Xiaoshuai's 'So Long, My Son' Wins Two Silver Bears At Berlin Film Festival
Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son picked up two Silver Bears, for best actress (Yong Mei) and best actor (Wang Jingchun), at this year’s Berlin film festival (February 7-17).
Middle East & North Africa
Netflix Announces First Arabic Original Series 'Jinn'
Six-part supernatural drama to be directed by Lebanon’s Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya and scripted by Jordan’s Bassel Ghandour.
Middle East & North Africa
Annemarie Jacir’s 'Wajib' Wins Best Film & Actor At Dubai Film Festival
Best non-fiction feature in the Muhr feature competition went to Ziad Khalthoum’s Taste Of Cement.
Middle East & North Africa
MENA Producers Advised To Embrace Streaming Formats – Dubai Film Market
MENA region TV producers may need to start thinking differently about formats and genres ahead of the coming SVOD revolution.
Middle East & North Africa
Viu Partners With Saudi’s UTurn On First Arabic Original
Family comedy is the first in a slate of ten Arabic originals that Viu will produce with various partners across the region.
Middle East & North Africa
'Sheikh Jackson' To Open First Edition Of Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival
Amr Salama’s Sheikh Jackson has been selected as the opening film of the inaugural edition of the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
Middle East & North Africa
Starz Play Arabia Eyes Expansion Beyond MENA Region
Dubai-based streamer is understood to be targeting Eastern Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia.
Africa
iflix To Launch In 23 Countries In Sub-Saharan Africa
Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, the African arm of iflix will start rolling out its SVOD services in the second and third quarters of 2017.
Middle East & North Africa
Netflix Teams With O3 Medya On First Turkish Series
O3 Medya co-founder Onur Guvenatam will serve as executive producer on the as-yet-untitled series.