Indonesian adaptations of hit series “Call My Agent” and “Doctor Foster” are among six series that are part of the Disney+ Hotstar push into the territory.
“Hubungi Agen Gue!” (“The Talent Agency”), the adaptation of “Call My Agent,” was the new title revealed on Wednesday at the Disney Content Showcase held at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands convention center. Industry veteran Mira Lesmana serves as showrunner for the series that follows four agents in an Indonesian talent agency as they struggle to save their business following the death of the company’s founder.
Stars include Donny Damara, Hannah Al Rashid, Yoga Pratama and Lydia Kandou and each episode will feature A-listers guest-starring as themselves in keeping with the global format. The series is produced by Lesmana, Riri Riza and Sk Global Entertainment and directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja. It has wrapped principal photography, Lesmana said.
Also revealed was a second season for “Wedding Agreement.
“Hubungi Agen Gue!” (“The Talent Agency”), the adaptation of “Call My Agent,” was the new title revealed on Wednesday at the Disney Content Showcase held at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands convention center. Industry veteran Mira Lesmana serves as showrunner for the series that follows four agents in an Indonesian talent agency as they struggle to save their business following the death of the company’s founder.
Stars include Donny Damara, Hannah Al Rashid, Yoga Pratama and Lydia Kandou and each episode will feature A-listers guest-starring as themselves in keeping with the global format. The series is produced by Lesmana, Riri Riza and Sk Global Entertainment and directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja. It has wrapped principal photography, Lesmana said.
Also revealed was a second season for “Wedding Agreement.
- 11/30/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“Songlap”, by the husband-wife team of Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina is often described as a social realist film about the disenfranchised in the dark urban underbelly of Kuala Lumpur. But here I want to explore it as a neo-noir that’s uniquely Malaysian in its ethos. Songlap is a colloquial term connoting stealing or taking everything, which is about wanting to have it all mindset that is common within criminals or even referring to the ending, where it can be seen in a more positive manner.
“Songlap” is streaming on Mubi
The story is about two brothers both named Adam. The younger is Ad (played by Syafie Naswip) and the elder is Am (played by Shaheizy Sam) who works for a baby-trafficking ring being run by someone only called as Mama. The name choice Adam is as intentional as it can be where they both are sons of a...
“Songlap” is streaming on Mubi
The story is about two brothers both named Adam. The younger is Ad (played by Syafie Naswip) and the elder is Am (played by Shaheizy Sam) who works for a baby-trafficking ring being run by someone only called as Mama. The name choice Adam is as intentional as it can be where they both are sons of a...
- 12/5/2020
- by Abdul Rahman Shah
- AsianMoviePulse
Multi-territory streaming platform Viu, and regional pay-tv operator HBO Asia Monday begin airing a second localized season of Endemol Shine Group’s crime series “The Bridge.” The Asian adaptation of Nordic noir “The Bridge” is produced by Viu in association with HBO Asia.
The 10-part Asian second season is directed by returning directors Tj Lee and Jason Chong, alongside Zahir Omar.
The new season will be uploaded one episode at a time in Viu’s 16 markets, and on HBO Asia’s network of channels and services across 24 Asian territories. These include HBO Go, HBO and HBO On Demand.
“This second season of ‘The Bridge’ introduces an Indonesian dimension to the Singapore/Malaysia adaptation which escalates the stakes and production value of the established series, making it bigger and better,” said Jessica Kam, head of HBO Asia original production, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales, Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, in a prepared statement.
The 10-part Asian second season is directed by returning directors Tj Lee and Jason Chong, alongside Zahir Omar.
The new season will be uploaded one episode at a time in Viu’s 16 markets, and on HBO Asia’s network of channels and services across 24 Asian territories. These include HBO Go, HBO and HBO On Demand.
“This second season of ‘The Bridge’ introduces an Indonesian dimension to the Singapore/Malaysia adaptation which escalates the stakes and production value of the established series, making it bigger and better,” said Jessica Kam, head of HBO Asia original production, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales, Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, in a prepared statement.
- 6/15/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising of ten countries in Southeast Asia, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. Evidently, the movie industry of these countries does not yet reach the size of Japan, India and S. Korea for example, so we decided to include them in one list, although we still retain a hope that in the next years, we will see a cinematic boom from there also. Evidently, the Philippines are at least a step ahead of the rest of the Asean countries in that regard, which is the reason so many films from the country are included in the list. Lastly, some films in the list were produced in countries outside Asean, but we felt that due to their themes, they also belong in the list.
Without further ado, and with a focus on diversity, here...
Without further ado, and with a focus on diversity, here...
- 1/29/2020
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
New section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors competing with five indie filmmakers from Southeast Asia.
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
- 10/7/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Line-up includes new titles from Yosep Anggi Noen, Hussein Hassan, Ash Mayfair and Hu Jia.
Busan International Film Festival (Biff)’s Asian Project Market has unveiled the 29 projects selected for this year’s edition of the financing and co-production event (October 6-8).
The line-up includes Silah And The Man With Two Names, the new project from Indonesian director Yosep Anggi Noen, whose latest film The Science Of Fictions will premiere in competition at this year’s Locarno.
Other projects of note include Black And White Photo, from Nepali filmmaker Rajesh Prasad Khatri, which received development funding from Biff’s Asian Cinema Fund...
Busan International Film Festival (Biff)’s Asian Project Market has unveiled the 29 projects selected for this year’s edition of the financing and co-production event (October 6-8).
The line-up includes Silah And The Man With Two Names, the new project from Indonesian director Yosep Anggi Noen, whose latest film The Science Of Fictions will premiere in competition at this year’s Locarno.
Other projects of note include Black And White Photo, from Nepali filmmaker Rajesh Prasad Khatri, which received development funding from Biff’s Asian Cinema Fund...
- 8/8/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
The 2019 edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (07/07 – 07/13/2019) has revealed its full line-up including many Asian titles, some of which have already been presented and reviewed on Asian Movie Pulse.
This year’s program features:
“Fly By Night” by Zahir Omar
“Fly Me To Saitama” by Takeushi Hideki
“The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” by Macoto Tezuka
“The Legend of the Stardust Brothers”
“First Love” by Takashi Miike
“Rise of the Machine Girls” by Kobayashi Yuki
“Reside” by Wisit Sasanatieng
“The Fable” by Kan Eguchi
“The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” by Lee Woon-tae
“Shadow” by Zhang Yimou
“The Pool” by Ping Lumprapleong
“We Are Little Zombies” by Makoto Nagahisa
“The Pool”
Additionally, the program will feature a screening of many Asian short films. For the full program, please click here.
This year’s program features:
“Fly By Night” by Zahir Omar
“Fly Me To Saitama” by Takeushi Hideki
“The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” by Macoto Tezuka
“The Legend of the Stardust Brothers”
“First Love” by Takashi Miike
“Rise of the Machine Girls” by Kobayashi Yuki
“Reside” by Wisit Sasanatieng
“The Fable” by Kan Eguchi
“The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” by Lee Woon-tae
“Shadow” by Zhang Yimou
“The Pool” by Ping Lumprapleong
“We Are Little Zombies” by Makoto Nagahisa
“The Pool”
Additionally, the program will feature a screening of many Asian short films. For the full program, please click here.
- 6/23/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Zahir Omar’s directorial debut feature “Fly by Night” takes us to a familiar territory of a genre cinema, but in a less threadbare setting of Kuala Lumpur’s underworld. Visually engaging, with a good job of the ensemble cast, it puts the viewer in a proper mood straightaway: catchy blues tunes flow, and the camera gives us a dynamic ride through the nighttime streets of the city, illuminated by the neon lights of the opening credits.
“Fly By Night” is screening atUdine Far East Film Festival
Tailo is the head of a low-key extortion gang. He drives a taxi and, along with his fellow cabbies: younger brother Sailo (Fabian Loo) and his best pal Gwailo, he fishes for potential targets. Kuala Lumpur airport is their hunting ground. Michelle (Ruby Yap), Sailo’s wife, who works at a taxi booking counter, filters potential well-off victims, and Gwailo takes them to the right vehicle.
“Fly By Night” is screening atUdine Far East Film Festival
Tailo is the head of a low-key extortion gang. He drives a taxi and, along with his fellow cabbies: younger brother Sailo (Fabian Loo) and his best pal Gwailo, he fishes for potential targets. Kuala Lumpur airport is their hunting ground. Michelle (Ruby Yap), Sailo’s wife, who works at a taxi booking counter, filters potential well-off victims, and Gwailo takes them to the right vehicle.
- 4/30/2019
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
76 titles (of which 51 in competition) from 12 countries, a retrospective, a monograph, a tribute to new independent Korean cinema, 2 “strange couples”, the world-premier of a restored film and more than 100 themed events organized in the heart of Udine. This is the immense itinerary of which, from an artistic and cultural perspective, the Feff is the most important European outpost.
A bona fide “cinematic island” where cinema is not just celebrated – with 3 world premieres, 12 international premieres and 18 European premieres and 14 debut films – but also looks to the future: this year, 15 projects have been chosen for Focus Asia, the Festival’s market, and 10 for Ties That Bind, the international Asia/Europe workshop.
The journey to the Far East begins on the 26th of April with the moving Korean film “Birthday” directed by Lee Jong-un and produced by Lee Chang-dong. Based on the 2014 Sewol Ferry disaster, it is an anatomy of pain and experience of public and private mourning.
A bona fide “cinematic island” where cinema is not just celebrated – with 3 world premieres, 12 international premieres and 18 European premieres and 14 debut films – but also looks to the future: this year, 15 projects have been chosen for Focus Asia, the Festival’s market, and 10 for Ties That Bind, the international Asia/Europe workshop.
The journey to the Far East begins on the 26th of April with the moving Korean film “Birthday” directed by Lee Jong-un and produced by Lee Chang-dong. Based on the 2014 Sewol Ferry disaster, it is an anatomy of pain and experience of public and private mourning.
- 4/11/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
In Malaysian director Zahir Omar’s feature debut Fly by Night, a gang of petty thieves, two brothers and their respective best pals, get in over their heads when the younger gets cocky and fails to heed the advice of his more cautious elder. It’s the stuff of a thousand crime thrillers to come before it, but Omar turns convention on its head to positively Scorsese-ian effect.
With the film finally getting a release in its native Malaysia in April (it premiered last year at Busan) and for sale at Filmart, wider audiences may be on the verge of getting ...
With the film finally getting a release in its native Malaysia in April (it premiered last year at Busan) and for sale at Filmart, wider audiences may be on the verge of getting ...
- 3/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In Malaysian director Zahir Omar’s feature debut Fly by Night, a gang of petty thieves, two brothers and their respective best pals, get in over their heads when the younger gets cocky and fails to heed the advice of his more cautious elder. It’s the stuff of a thousand crime thrillers to come before it, but Omar turns convention on its head to positively Scorsese-ian effect.
With the film finally getting a release in its native Malaysia in April (it premiered last year at Busan) and for sale at Filmart, wider audiences may be on the verge of getting ...
With the film finally getting a release in its native Malaysia in April (it premiered last year at Busan) and for sale at Filmart, wider audiences may be on the verge of getting ...
- 3/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Zahir Omar’s first feature “Fly By Night” has already screened at
23rd Busan International Film Festival, Santa Barbara Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival and Jogja-netpac Asian Film Festival. On the occasion of the release of the film in Malaysia on April 11th, we speak with him about his career, the underworld of Kuala Lumpur, his extreme method of casting, Malaysian cinema and other topics.
Can you give us some details about the path that led you to your first feature film?
I grew up surrounded by production. My father was a commercial director and my mother was a makeup artist. Because of the long production hours, they would leave a stack of VHS tapes for me to watch. I’d be glued in front of the telly for hours. As I grew into a teenager, I often got into trouble at school. And when I did, I...
23rd Busan International Film Festival, Santa Barbara Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival and Jogja-netpac Asian Film Festival. On the occasion of the release of the film in Malaysia on April 11th, we speak with him about his career, the underworld of Kuala Lumpur, his extreme method of casting, Malaysian cinema and other topics.
Can you give us some details about the path that led you to your first feature film?
I grew up surrounded by production. My father was a commercial director and my mother was a makeup artist. Because of the long production hours, they would leave a stack of VHS tapes for me to watch. I’d be glued in front of the telly for hours. As I grew into a teenager, I often got into trouble at school. And when I did, I...
- 3/14/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Zahir Omar’s directorial debut feature “Fly by Night” takes us to a familiar territory of a genre cinema, but in a less threadbare setting of Kuala Lumpur’s underworld. Visually engaging, with a good job of the ensemble cast, it puts the viewer in a proper mood straightaway: catchy blues tunes flow, and the camera gives us a dynamic ride through the nighttime streets of the city, illuminated by the neon lights of the opening credits.
“Fly by Night” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival Winter Showcase 2019
Tailo is the head of a low-key extortion gang. He drives a taxi and, along with his fellow cabbies: younger brother Sailo (Fabian Loo) and his best pal Gwailo, he fishes for potential targets. Kuala Lumpur airport is their hunting ground. Michelle (Ruby Yap), Sailo’s wife, who works at a taxi booking counter, filters potential well-off victims, and Gwailo...
“Fly by Night” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival Winter Showcase 2019
Tailo is the head of a low-key extortion gang. He drives a taxi and, along with his fellow cabbies: younger brother Sailo (Fabian Loo) and his best pal Gwailo, he fishes for potential targets. Kuala Lumpur airport is their hunting ground. Michelle (Ruby Yap), Sailo’s wife, who works at a taxi booking counter, filters potential well-off victims, and Gwailo...
- 2/4/2019
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 34th edition, which takes place from Jan. 30 to Feb. 9. Sixty-three world premieres will debut at the California fest, which is also hosting 59 U.S. premieres from 48 countries. “Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy” will open the festival, with “Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story” closing it.
Sbiff also serves as an awards-season stop, and this year’s honorees include Viggo Mortensen, Glenn Close, Melissa McCarthy, Yalitza Aparicio, Sam Elliott, Elsie Fisher, Claire Foy, Richard E. Grant, Thomasin McKenzie, John David Washington, Steven Yeun, and Michael B. Jordan.
Here’s the lineup:
Babysplitters, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Sam Friedlander
Better Together, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Isaac Hernández
The Bird Catcher, Norway, UK – World Premiere
Directed by Ross Clarke
Cemetery Park, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Brandon Alvis
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy,...
Sbiff also serves as an awards-season stop, and this year’s honorees include Viggo Mortensen, Glenn Close, Melissa McCarthy, Yalitza Aparicio, Sam Elliott, Elsie Fisher, Claire Foy, Richard E. Grant, Thomasin McKenzie, John David Washington, Steven Yeun, and Michael B. Jordan.
Here’s the lineup:
Babysplitters, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Sam Friedlander
Better Together, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Isaac Hernández
The Bird Catcher, Norway, UK – World Premiere
Directed by Ross Clarke
Cemetery Park, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Brandon Alvis
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy,...
- 1/12/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” and Qiu Sheng’s “Suburban Birds” are among 11 films set for competition at the third edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” will open the festival in an out of competition slot.
Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria); “All Good,” by Eva Trobisch (Germany); “Clean Up,” by Kwon Man-ki (South Korea); “Jesus,” by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan); “Scarborough,” by Barnaby Southcombe (U.K.) “School’s Out” by Sebastien Marnier (France); “The Good Girls,” by Alejandra Marquez (Mexico); “The Guilty,” by Gustav Moller (Denmark); and “White Blood” by Barbara Sarasola – Day (Argentina). The competition is only open to first or second time feature directors.
The lineup was announced Thursday in Macau by artistic director Mike Goodridge. The jury which will select the prize-winners includes Chen Kaige as president, alongside Mabel Cheung (Hong Kong...
Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria); “All Good,” by Eva Trobisch (Germany); “Clean Up,” by Kwon Man-ki (South Korea); “Jesus,” by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan); “Scarborough,” by Barnaby Southcombe (U.K.) “School’s Out” by Sebastien Marnier (France); “The Good Girls,” by Alejandra Marquez (Mexico); “The Guilty,” by Gustav Moller (Denmark); and “White Blood” by Barbara Sarasola – Day (Argentina). The competition is only open to first or second time feature directors.
The lineup was announced Thursday in Macau by artistic director Mike Goodridge. The jury which will select the prize-winners includes Chen Kaige as president, alongside Mabel Cheung (Hong Kong...
- 11/8/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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