Pan-regional streaming platform iflix is co-producing a sequel to award-winning drama series Nur with Primeworks Studios.
CHIME NEWS
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.
Akshay Kumar to star in Amazon India series ‘The End’
Abundantia Entertainment, which worked with Amazon on Breathe, will produce the action thriller.
Hotstar to remake BBC shows Criminal Justice, The Office
Indian streamer is working with Applause Entertainment on four new shows.
Netflix picks up Chinese blockbuster The Wandering Earth
Sci-fi drama has grossed $606m to become the second highest grossing film of all time in China.
iflix teams with Indonesia’s Screenplay on YA horror series
Pan-Asian streamer is also working with Screenplay to produce films under its deal with Wattpad.
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: 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).
FESTIVALS: Present.Perfect wins Tiger Award in Rotterdam
Zhu Shengze’s Present.Perfect, a documentary about Chinese live streaming, was presented with the Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam.
FESTVALS: Ayka wins grand prize at Tokyo Filmex
Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Ayka won the grand prize at this year’s Tokyo Filmex, while Pema Tseden’s Jinpa took the special jury prize.