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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Singapore-based production company Akanga Film Asia has been set as the newly-launched Spanish Audiovisual Hub in Asia. It will seek to expand connections between the film, TV, animation and games industries of Spain and those in Asia. Akanga is headed by Fran Borgia, a Spanish producer who has Asian film production credits including Boo Junfeng’s “Apprentice,” Yeo Siew Hua’s Locarno-winning “A Land Imagined,” Kamila Andini’s “Yuni” and Amanda Nell Eu’s “Tiger Stripes.” The company was selected after a tender process initiated by the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Singapore, representing ICEX Spain Export and Investment.

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Former WME Independent Agent Nelson Mok Starts Investment And Sales Company Mokster Films

Former WME Independent agent Nelson Mok is launching a new investment and sales company named Mokster Films, which will focus on projects from Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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‘Jackie Chan Adventures,’ ‘Men in Black’ on the Slate as Sony Strikes Pakistan Deal With Streamer Begin (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has signed a one-year deal that is a mix of exclusive and non-exclusive library titles for the Pakistan market with streamer Begin. Backed by venture accelerator Z2C Limited, Begin is an SVOD platform that serves the Southwest Asian region, with licensed deals in live sports and entertainment.

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‘Chewing Gum’ Scoops Grand Prize at Golden Horse Film Project Promotion

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Chewing Gum” was named winner of the NT$1 million Grand Prize, the top award at the 2023 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion production event. Other prizes were awarded for works in progress and for TV series. The winners were announced at a ceremony on Wednesday at the New Horizon Event Space in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Enigma Kai, Fire and Ice, Toei Animation Team on Philippines Anime Franchise ‘Solemn Vow’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran New Philippines anime franchise “Solemn Vow” has set several partnerships across the Southeast Asian region. Conceptualized as an anime series with a strategy for spinoffs into manga, games, music and merchandise, the franchise, created by Lawrence Panganiban, has formed partnerships with Philippines-based Enigma Kai and media startup Fire and Ice, and Singapore-based companies Anito Studios and Silver Media, in collaboration with Japanese animation giant Toei Animation Philippines, which will handle production.

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Ride Hailing Service inDrive Fires Up Film Biz Initiative in Central Asia (EXCLUSIVE)

Anna Marie de la Fuente In what signals a new source of financing for Central Asia’s nascent film industry, Mountain View, California-based tech company inDrive, best known for its bid-based ride hailing service, is getting into the film business. The tech giant, founded by CEO Arsen Tomsky, has launched Alternativa Film Project, a global non-profit film initiative aimed at supporting emerging filmmakers from less developed film industries, starting with Central Asia this year.

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Coco Lee, Singer and First Chanel Chinese Ambassador, Dead at 48

Facebook. She was 48.«With great sadness, we are here to break the most devastating news: Coco had been suffering from depression for a few years but her condition deteriorated drastically over the last few months,» the sisters wrote. «Although, Coco sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her.»Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1975, then lived in the U.S.

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How A New Wave Of Southeast Asian Filmmakers Is Making An Impact In Cannes

While Southeast Asian films have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival many times before, and even won the Palme d’Or, there’s an energy around the region this year that we haven’t felt on the Croisette at previous editions.

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Venice Winner ‘Autobiography’ Snapped Up by Prime Video (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service has acquired Makbul Mubarak’s award-winning debut feature, “Autobiography,” for the Southeast Asian region. The film, which is being sold by Alpha Violet, follows young Rakib (Kevin Ardilova), whose father is in prison and whose brother works abroad. He works as the housekeeper in a mansion in a rural Indonesian town belonging to retired general Purna (Arswendy Bening Swara). Purna returns to the town to start his mayoral election campaign and Rakib, whose clan has worked for the general’s family for centuries, serves as his assistant. An act of vandalism during the campaign triggers an escalating chain of violence.

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Psychic dubbed 'new Nostradamus' predicts terrifying plane crash will spark WW3

A psychic has predicted an accidental conflict that could have grave consequences for the entire world. Craig Hamilton-Parker, who has been dubbed the “new Nostradamus”, claimed to have foreseen a terrifying conflict in Taiwan.

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Asian Film Studios and Location Incentives Growing Hand in Hand

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Film studios in Asia-Pacific are expanding the scale of their operations and want location incentives to keep pace. “Incentives are fundamental, they are an expectation [of production managers] and having one is no longer a USP,” said Rashid Karim, CEO of Iskandar Malaysia Studios. He was speaking at the Content Asia summit conference in Bangkok on Thursday. The IMS facility opened ten years ago around the same time as Malaysia introduced a location production incentive scheme. These days, the scheme offers a generous 35% uncapped rebate. But since the scheme launched, rival locations in the Asian region including Thailand, India and Mongolia have launched or are in the process of launching rebate schemes.

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Netflix Consumption Surges 115 Percent in Southeast Asia Amid Virus Lockdowns

Use of Netflix, YouTube and other streaming platforms has exploded in Southeast Asia during the the lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Media Partners Asia (MPA). The uptick in online video consumption in the diverse Southeast Asian region is in line with growth trends identified in North America during the pandemic — only more so.