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Liz Shackleton
FeaturesNFTs: just a craze, or a gamechanger for the content industries?
A group of Hong Kong companies are trying to turn the craze into a business model for the content industries.
NewsChina box office: ‘Fireflies In The Sun’ tops weekend with $54m opening
China’s total box office for the year had reached $7.15bn, comfortably making it the world’s largest box office territory.
NewsFull Circle Lab Philippines extended for three years
Lab aims to hold residential workshop in the Philippines in April with an online follow-up in September during the Philippine Film Industry Month.
NewsChina box office: ‘Schemes In Antiques’ stays on top in quiet weekend
Total box office for the weekend was $36.8m, down 28% from the previous weekend.
NewsChina box office: ‘Schemes In Antiques’ tops weekend; Korean films make a return
Jung Se-kyo’s 2020 comedy, Oh! My Gran, is the first Korean film released in China since 2016.
NewsBlu-ray label Kani Releasing to bring Asian cinema to North America
Label aims to support up-and-coming filmmakers as well as reintroduce underseen classics from acclaimed directors to NA audiences.
NewsIndia’s Yash Raj Films enters streaming production with ‘The Railway Men’
Streaming content division YRF Entertainment aims to produce five high-profile projects in its first year of operations.
NewsAmazon Prime Video to enter local-language content in Southeast Asia
Speaking at Singapore’s ATF, Erika North outlined ambitious plans to push into a region that is fast becoming ground zero in the global streaming wars.
NewsPeter Ho-sun Chan’s We Pictures appoints Esther Yeung as COO
Yeung will continue to grow We Pictures’ slate, while broadening its business in the areas of content creation, IP development and distribution.
NewsiQiyi launches slate of Southeast Asian originals at Singapore ATF
New slate includes five Malaysian series and iQiyi’s first Thai original, directed by Kongkiat Komesiri.
NewsTokyo International Film Festival, TIFFCOM set dates for 2022 editions
Festival and market will both kick off on Monday, October 24.
NewsChina box office: Chinese crime comedy ‘Be Somebody’ stays on top in third week
The Battle At Lake Changjin has now become China’s highest-grossing film of all time.
News‘The Falls’, ‘Revolution Of Our Times’ take top prizes at Golden Horse Awards
American Girl took five prizes including best new director and best new performer.
News‘Baghjan’, ‘Shivamma’ win WIP Awards at India’s Film Bazaar Online
Leesa Gazi’s Bengali-language A House Named Shahana won the feature award in the Film Bazaar Recommends section.
NewsFilm Bazaar highlights post-Covid need for indie funding, distribution support
Speakers on the Knowledge Series panels discussed the precarious position of South Asian independent filmmaking following the pandemic.
NewsIndia’s OTT revenue to reach $4.5bn by 2026; Netflix ahead in SVOD revenue share
Netflix leads the market in terms of revenue market share, while Disney+ Hotstar has the biggest number of subscribers.
NewsChina box office: ‘Be Somebody’ retains lead as ‘Jungle Cruise’ sinks
Local comedy thriller Be Somebody grossed a futher $23.9m for a cumulative total of $60.3m.
NewsHong Kong Filmart to be held online for third year running in 2022
A new conference, EntertainmentPulse, will launch during Filmart Online 2022.
NewsSEAFIC launches Seed Lab with mentors including Juho Kuosmanen
Five filmmakers have been selected for the inaugural lab from Cambodia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
NewsOmnific Blockchain Studios launches in Hong Kong with NFT feature ‘Karma’
Both the individual short stories and full feature film will be made available as NFTs, alongside digital goods and tokens.