Romantic comedy, produced by Youku and Sugarent, will start streaming on Netflix on May 15.
CHIME NEWS
iflix secures strategic investment from Korea’s JTBC
As part of the deal, iflix will stream JTBC’s premium and library dramas, including Sky Castle.
Netflix greenlights ten original Indian movies
New slate of Indian originals includes projects from Red Chillies, Dharmatic, Roy Kapur Films and RSVP.
Japan’s Yoshimoto Kogyo makes strategic investment in iflix
Japanese production and talent management group is making a “significant strategic” investment in the pan-Asian streamer.
iflix teams with Malaysia’s Primeworks on Nur sequel
Pan-regional streaming platform iflix is co-producing a sequel to award-winning drama series Nur with Primeworks Studios.
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.
CHIME FEATURES
INTERVIEW: Gaurav Gandhi on why India is a key territory for Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video has so far launched half a dozen Indian originals across three languages and has a further 30 in development.
Korean cinema grapples with rising competition on VOD platforms
BUSAN: Korea’s film industry needs to harness big data and marketing strategies in order to compete with other forms of content on VOD platforms.
CHIME FESTIVALS
FESTIVALS: Mosaic Portrait, Ode To Nothing to premiere in Karlovy Vary
Zhai Yixiang’s Mosaic Portrait and Dwein Baltazar’s Ode To Nothing are among the films screening in competition at this year’s Karlovy Vary film festival.
FESTIVALS: Still Human takes two top prizes in Udine
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.
FESTIVALS: A First Farewell, You Have The Night score at HKIFF
Lina Wang’s A First Farewell and Ivan Salatic’s You Have The Night won the top prizes at this year’s Firebird Awards at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
FESTIVALS: Wang Xiaoshuai wins two Silver Bears in Berlin
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).