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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Boys Love (‘BL‘) genre is getting bigger. Big enough for producers to organize fan meets similar to those for Asia’s mainstream TV shows or pop music stars. In an event organized at Westar, Taipei, the Taiwan-based LGBTQI-streaming platform GagaOOLala hosted its first fan meet for its original BL musical series “First Note of Love” on Saturday.

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Latin America’s Growing Production Highlighted at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

Naman Ramachandran Colombia Film Commissioner, Silvia Echeverri outlined Latin America‘s evolving audiovisual landscape and her country’s growing production sector during a presentation at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), highlighting opportunities for Asian-Latin American collaboration. Latin America’s audiovisual market is experiencing significant growth, with Argentina, Brazil and Mexico leading the sector with combined revenues of approximately $20 billion in 2021, of which $3 billion came from film earnings, Echeverri’s presentation revealed.

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Cross-Cultural Comedy-Horror ‘Pontianaks’ Unveiled at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

Naman Ramachandran Southeast Asian folklore meets Taiwanese culture in “Pontianaks in Taiwan,” a mini-series that follows two undead supernatural beings on a road trip across Taiwan. The project, currently in development, is being presented at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The series centers on two Pontianaks – bloodthirsty female vampires from Malay folklore – who leave Singapore in search of a new home in Taiwan.

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Dystopian Tech-Faith Anthology Animated Series ‘Dogmaverse’ Unveiled at TCCF

Naman Ramachandran Taiwan-based production companies Luckysparks and AGE Creative have unveiled “Dogmaverse,” an ambitious, animated anthology series exploring the intersection of technology and faith in a dystopian future. The series examines how advanced technology impacts religious beliefs and human spirituality, with each episode featuring distinct characters and settings while maintaining thematic connections. Production of the pilot episode is targeted for May 2026, with the creative team currently in discussions with various animation studios to bring diverse cultural perspectives to the project.

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Dua Lipa 'Radical Optimism Tour' Setlist Revealed After Opening Night!

Dua Lipa is kicking off the Radical Optimism Tour!

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TCCF Opens With Calls For More Commercially Viable Taiwanese Content

Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) opened in Taipei today with strong messaging about the government’s current policy to develop a local film and TV industry that produces commerically viable content.

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Thailand’s Film Industry Reforms, Soft Power Outreach Detailed at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Executives at The Taiwan Creative Content Fest were told Tuesday that Thailand will soon increase its location production rebate system to 30% of applicable spending, up from the current 20%. They were also told that $6.7 million of new funding is being made available for the year to next October. Both commitments were made by “Adam” Chalermchatri Yukol as part of a wide-ranging and detailed presentation on Thailand’s long-awaited soft power initiatives.

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Gold House CEO Maps Strategy for Asia-Pacific Creative Growth at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

Naman Ramachandran Gold House co-founder and CEO Bing Chen outlined his organization’s vision for bridging entertainment and business opportunities between Asia and the West during a talk at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest. “We have a four-prong strategy now of how we can enable our [Asian] diaspora on a worldwide scale,” Chen explained. “Number one is bringing everyone together.

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Taiwan-Singapore Agree Cooperation on First Day of Taiwan Creative Content Fest

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Taiwan Creative Content Agency and Singapore’s public broadcast group MediaCorp, Tuesday, used the opening day of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest as the occasion to sign a memorandum of understanding. Signatories includes TAICCA chair Homme Tsai and MediaCorp’s chief content officer Virginia Lim. The speakers said that the agreement is intended to facilitate co-production in the film and TV space, increase skills training and expand the volume of content that is of a quality to play in international markets. Tsai said that he hopes Taiwanese companies will send production and management staff to Singapore for training.

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Chunghwa Telecom Expands Content Investment Role, Reveals Series, Film Slate

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest phones and broadband internet company, unveiled an investment and production slate of two new series and two movies on Tuesday, the first day of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest. The new titles are part of the giant firm’s effort to build out the creative industries ecosystem and follow a year on from a co-financing deal with Taiwan’s ministry of culture. “Chunghwa Telecom is not just a platform and internet service. We need to support the content industry,” said Hu Hsueh-hai, president of consumer products. Asserting that “content is king, and channels are queen,” Hu explained the company’s three goals for 2025 in the content sector.

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TCCF: Thailand Unveils Plans For New THACCA Content Agency; Including New Film Festival, Funding & Export Drive

Thailand has unveiled plans for its new content agency, Thailand Creative Culture Agency (THACCA), including a new international film festival, funding for local filmmakers and an exports push.

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Southeast Asian Media Markets Show Digital Growth Amid Streaming Wars, Analysis Presented at Taiwan Creative Content Fest Reveals

Naman Ramachandran A comprehensive trends analysis of Southeast Asian media markets reveals significant digital advertising growth and streaming platform expansion, with Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam emerging as key territories for content development and format adaptation. According to K7 Media U.K. analysis presented by the firm’s associate director, operations, Michelle Lin at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), Indonesia stands out as the region’s most promising market, with an 8.5% annual growth rate in entertainment and media revenue.

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Expanded Taiwan Content Market Opens With Talk of Money and Opportunity: ‘We Have Diversity and the Creative Freedom to Tell Those Stories’

Taiwan Creative Content Fest as a stepping stone for local and Asian creators to mount the world stage. “We have great ambitions for TCCF in the years going forward,” said Sue Wang, deputy minister at Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture. She was speaking at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, a new venue in a high-tech eastern suburb of the Taiwan capital.

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Vietnam’s Lost Cinema Era Inspires TCCF Project ‘Waiting for Godard’

Naman Ramachandran A new project examining the decline of Vietnam’s state-run film industry and its impact on veteran filmmakers is being developed by director Vu Minh Nghia, set for production in 2025. “Waiting for Godard” follows a young independent director who interviews former filmmakers from the Vietnam Feature Film Studio, exploring the aftermath of the studio’s 2017 sale to a transportation company – a move that left numerous industry veterans unemployed. The project is selected for Taipei’s Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) where it is part of the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and Produire au Sud feature film pitch.

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Known as a Games Industry Hub, Korea’s Gyeonggi Province Touts IP at Taiwan’s TCCF

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province is to be a prominent fixture at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) this week in Taipei, Taiwan (Nov. 5 to 8). Through its Gyeonggi Content Agency, the province will operate the Gyeonggi Pavilion to introduce the products and services of promising companies and sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) for strategic collaboration.

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TCCF: Volos Films Unveils Co-Production Slate as Taiwan Goes Global

Naman Ramachandran Taiwan-Italy production outfit Volos Films has unveiled a diverse slate of features and documentaries at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The feature film lineup includes “Polaris,” directed by Yamanaka Yoko, whose “Desert of Namibia” screened at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. Set in a Tokyo bar, the film follows women from different backgrounds whose lives intersect.

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‘Last Children of Tokyo’ Series Coming From NHK, Flash Forward Entertainment, Betula – TCCF

Naman Ramachandran A series adaptation of Tawada Yoko’s award-winning novel “The Last Children of Tokyo” is being developed as an international co-production between Japan’s NHK and Taiwan’s Betula Films and Flash Forward Entertainment, with principal photography targeted for spring 2026. The project, directed by Edmund Yeo, who won best director at the Tokyo International Film Festival for “We, the Dead,” takes place in a dystopian Japan where the elderly have stopped ageing, but children face early mortality.

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‘Shogun’ Producer Miyagawa Eriko on Hand to Ensure Perfect Pitching at TCCF

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Miyagawa Eriko, producer of the Emmy-winning drama series “Shogun” will be on hand to lead a training session at this week’s Taiwan Creative Content Fest that takes place before the TCCF’s centerpiece pitching sessions. Miyagawa is joined by Liu Hsinyi, line producer of the British series “Fleabag,” one of the biggest critical and commercial hit comedies in recent years, and Martin Vandas, CEO of the Czech animation company Maur film. The experts will help improve the content and tune up the presentation of the pitches to increase their chances of entering the global market. The pitching awards will be judged by a panel that includes: Kwon Hojin, senior executive director of the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS); Banjong Pisanthanakun, director of the Thai classic horror film Shutter; and Srishti Behl, senior producer of Phantom Studios and previous Netflix executive in India. The TCCF Pitching offers an array of prizes – cash and in kind. These include the $30,000 provided by TAICCA for the TAICCA Award: Best Project.

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China Box Office: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Holds off ‘Cesium Fallout’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Venom: The Last Dance” held top spot at the mainland China box office for the second consecutive weekend. It beat newly released Andy Lau-starring thriller “Cesium Fallout.” “Venom: The Last Dance” earned RMB104 million ($14.6 million) over the weekend, according to data from consultancy service Artisan Gateway. That is more than 50% lower than its debut weekend, but still lifts the film to a $70.8 million cumulative after 12 days on release.

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Tokyo Takeaways: Five Themes From the Film Festival and Market

Tokyo International Film Festival and its accompanying TIFFCOM industry event might have been forgiven for being a little soggy. But spirits were rarely dampened.

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Thai Horror Film ‘Night Shift’ Set for AFM Launch, Stars Chatchai Chinnasri

EXCLUSIVE: Bangkok-based horror studio Night Edge Pictures will present Thai horror film Night Shift at the upcoming American Film Market.

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