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Every few weeks, Streamlined will look at a territory that we haven’t heard much from during the pandemic. This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Malaysia, while in other news, it’s been a busy week for Asian directors boarding high-end English-language series; CJ ENM and Stan are
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Other award winners include Angry Son, directed by Japan’s Kasho Iizuka, and Longman Leung's Anita, which took the Audience Award and a special mention.
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This second edition of Streamlined also focuses on China and Hong Kong, thanks to Covid outbreaks and as Filmart only wrapped yesterday, although there’s also a section on the Middle East. Streamlined will look further afield next week… THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES… 1. CHINA CINEMA CLOSURES & WORSENING
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Award winners included Colleen Kwok's The Stars The Sun The Moon, Huang Ningwei's Not Found and Yang Heng's Silent Ghosts.
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Despite the pandemic playing havoc with the release schedules of Hong Kong films, several high-profile titles are being sold at this year's Filmart Online.
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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
Africa
Nigerian entertainment executive has signed content deals with Netflix, BBC, AMC, Sony and Westbrook Studios.
Europe
The streamer joins a long list of companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Dell, AirBnB and the US film studios, that have halted operations in Russia, also citing the invasion.
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Clean OTT will focus on South Asian content driven by female actors, directors and producers.
Middle East
The site is being renovated by Tiro Association For Arts, which is working to open cultural spaces outside of Beirut.
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Produced by Abundantia Entertainment and T-Series, the film is a thriller revolving around a journalist and her cook.
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Produced by Anil Kapoor Film Company (AKFC), the 1980s-set Western noir is written and directed by Raj Singh Choudhary.