Chinese Speaking
Chinese director Wang Er Zhuo’s Farewell, My Hometown and The Apartment With Two Women, from Korean filmmaker Kim Se-in, were presented with the New Currents Awards at this year’s Busan.
News
Streamer has also signed a strategic multi-year partnership with Excel Entertainment and is producing historical drama Heeramandi with Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Chinese Speaking
Global and regional streamers mapped out their strategies for expansion in the Asia Pacific region at MPA's virtual APOS conference (Sept 7-9).
News
Four upcoming films produced by actor-producer Suriya's Tamil powerhouse will premiere on Amazon Prime Video worldwide.
News
Nikkhil Advani is on board as showrunner for eight-part adaptation of Alex Rutherford's series of historical novels.
Korea & Japan
Minyoung Kim is overseeing the region, excluding India, while Srishti Behl Arya has stepped down from the India team.
News
Sponsored by CoinDCX Go and Airtel, the six-part series is set in Australia and stars Asha Negi, Mrinal Dutt, Manasi Moghe and Tushar Sharma.
News
New slate sees Netflix teaming with major Mumbai-based production houses such as Reliance, T-Series, Emmay Entertainment, RSVP and Dharmatic Entertainment.
Chinese Speaking
Tamil-language drama Pebbles, directed by Vinothraj P.S. and produced by Rowdy Pictures, won the Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Festivals
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s Writing With Fire won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
News
Political drama directed by Ali Abbas Zafar is testing issues of OTT regulation and freedom of speech in India.
News
Indian telco Bharti Airtel has partnered with Amazon on the plan, which includes an introductory offer of $1.20 a month.