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.
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FESTIVALS: 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.
Read moreFESTIVALS: Manta Ray wins best film in Venice’s Orizzonti
Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s Manta Ray won best film in the Orizzonti section of this year’s Venice film festival (August 29-September 8).
Read moreFESTIVALS: A Land Imagined scoops Locarno’s Golden Leopard
Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua’s A Land Imagined has been awarded the Golden Leopard at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
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