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‘Mithya’, ‘Bahadur’ Win Work-in-Progress Awards At India’s Film Bazaar
Biplob Sarkar's The Stranger, selected for Film Bazaar Recommends, also received an award from Prasad Labs and Qube.
Streamlined Insights
‘Joyland’, ‘Nice View’, FFI, NOSC & Other Issues Facing The Oscars' Best International Feature Category
The extraordinary journey of Pakistan’s Oscar submission Joyland last week – going from banned in its home country, to still qualifying for the Oscars via a French release, to having its ban reversed, all within the space of a week – illustrates yet again some of the issues faced by the
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Hubert Bals Script & Project Development Winter 2022: Funding News
HBF has selected 11 projects for its Script and Project Development Support initiative in the Winter 2022 funding round.
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Film Bazaar WIP & FBR 2022: Full Line-Up
Titles to screen across Film Bazaar sidebars include Varun Grover’s All India Rank, Devashish Makhija’s Joram and Kanu Behl’s Agra.
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Film Bazaar Co-production Market 2022: Full Line-Up
Project market organised by India's National Film Development Corp is taking place as an in-person event for the first time since 2019.
Streamlined Insights
Busan Business; India Becoming The New China; Southeast Asian Festival Circuit
After six weeks on the road, I’ve heard a lot, watched a lot, learned a lot, and just had to buy a new MacBook Air after my old one decided to die of exhaustion. Although I’m not far behind it, I’m sharing a few thoughts on what
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Can 'Brahmastra' Save Bollywood? Why Arthouse Drama 'Return To Dust' Is A Surprise Hit In China
This week I’m looking at two separate box office phenomena – the opening of what is being billed as the Hindi film industry’s biggest ever film, Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva, and whether it can stem the tide of flops that Bollywood has endured this year, and the surprise success
Middle East & North Africa
‘A New Old Play’ & ‘Mediterranean Fever’ Win Top Awards At Hong Kong Film Festival
A New Old Play was named best film in the Chinese section, while Mediterranean Fever took best film in the World section.
Korea & Japan
ROUND-UP: Major Sales Deals Out Of This Year’s Cannes Market
A summary of the major sales deals announced at this year's Cannes market on films originating from Asia & Middle East.
Middle East & North Africa
Park Chan-wook & Song Kang-ho Win Major Cannes Film Festival Awards
Korean talent took two of the top awards, with Park Chan-wook winning best director and Song Kang-ho taking best actor.
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
How Much Can Netflix Grow In Asia Pacific?; Arab Titles Join Cannes Line-up; South Indian Cinema Strikes Again
Another busy week with Netflix’s shock news of declining subs, more Cannes announcements, the Warner Bros Discovery international restructure and another big global hit from India. Next week, Streamlined will be reporting from the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, which is shaping up to be one of
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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.
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India’s PVR, Inox Merge As Covid, Streaming Squeeze Cinemas
Two of India's biggest exhibitors are merging to form a circuit with more than 1,500 screens.
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
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India's Clean Slate To Launch Female-Oriented Streaming Platform
Clean OTT will focus on South Asian content driven by female actors, directors and producers.