Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom has unveiled a slate of film and TV projects in partnership with Taiwanese creators and regional co-production partners, with the aim of bringing Taiwan's original content to international audiences. The slate, announced at the ongoing Taiwan Creative Content…

Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) signed a pair of MoUs (memorandum of understanding) with two separate companies on the second day of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) – Japan's K2 Pictures and Taiwanese games industry investor Lunta Ventures. The MOU with K2 Pictures outlines future…

Annemarie Jacir's period drama Palestine 36 was awarded the top prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Tokyo Grand Prix and Governor of Tokyo Award, at the close of the festival on November 5.  The film, which is Palestine's entry for the Best International Feature category of the…

Media Partners Asia (MPA) outlined the strengths of Thailand's steadily growing film and TV industries in a Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) presentation, including the fact that it's become the biggest premium SVOD market in Southeast Asia.  Vivek Couto, MPA Executive Director & Co-founder…

Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) got underway this morning with top Taiwanese officials touting the event as a platform for regional cooperation and pooling finance across borders at a time of growing uncertainty in the content industries. The event, now in its sixth edition, also kicked off…

Korea's CJ ENM Hong Kong is partnering with Taiwanese telco Far EasTone Telecom, broadcaster TVBS Media and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) to launch a $30M (NTD960M) fund to invest in Mandarin-language content. The new five-year Taiwan-Korea 'Entertainment and Cultural Content…

EXCLUSIVE: Taiwan-based Each Other Films, a female-led production company headed by Jacqueline W. Liu and Tiffany Yu-Chia Chen, is launching a slate of feature films, series and documentaries aimed at international markets.  The slate includes Spent Bullets, a feature film set to shoot in the…

Two of Japan's major broadcasters – Nippon TV and TBS Holdings – provided updates on their global expansion plans in separate sessions at TIFFCOM. Reflecting the Japanese media and entertainment industry's new outward-looking approach, both media conglomerates are now operating production studios…

Shebnem Askin, Head of Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) and Executive Vice President, Creative Production, shared insights into the studio's international commissioning and acquisition process during a keynote at TIFFCOM.  She also revealed two items currently on her shopping list…

Japan's animation industry grew by 14.8% to hit record revenues of $25BN (JPY3.8TR) in 2024, with much of the increase coming from overseas markets, according to a report presented by the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) at TIFFCOM.  The report, introduced by Megumi Onouchi, AJA…

One Piece executive producer Tetsu Fujimura mapped out the massive growth of Japanese IP in a TIFFCOM keynote today, advising that while many of the big properties may already be licensed, attention is shifting to the next tier where there's huge potential.  In an eye-opening presentation…

Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan talked through the many changes he's seen in the Asian film business during his 35-year career in a TIFF Lounge Masterclass at Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). He also teased when we might get to see the second part of his period crime drama She Has No Na…