HBO Asia teams with Hulu Japan, MediaPro on thriller The Head
Survival thriller set in an international research station in Antartica was filmed in Iceland and Spain.
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FESTIVALS: 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.
Read moreStarzplay 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.
Read moreFESTIVALS: Rom, Haifa Street win Busan’s New Currents Award
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.
Read moreiflix pulls out of Middle East market following Africa exit
Pan-Asian streamer recently closed a $50m funding round with investors including Fidelity International.
Read moreFESTIVALS: 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.
Read moreViu announces slate of originals across Asia, Middle East
New shows include a reboot of Malaysia’s Kopitiam and a sequel to Hong Kong drama Psycho Detective.
Read moreFilmart: 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.
Read moreFESTIVALS: 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).
Read moreNetflix confirms theatrical release for Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma
Breaking its own non-theatrical policy, the streamer also confirmed that The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs and Bird Box will be released theatrically.
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