Streamlined by Liz Shackleton
The global film & streaming content revolution as seen from its outer reaches
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‘Joyland’, ‘Nice View’, FFI, NOSC And Other Issues Facing The Oscars' Best International Feature CategoryThe extraordinary journey of Pakistan’s Oscar submission Joyland last week – going from banned in its home country, to still qualifying for the Oscars via a French release, to having its ban reversed, all within the space of a week – illustrates yet again some of the issues faced…
Busan Business; India Becoming The New China; Southeast Asian Festival Circuit After six weeks on the road, I’ve heard a lot, watched a lot, learned a lot, and just had to buy a new MacBook Air after my old one decided to die of exhaustion. Although I’m not far behind it, I’m sharing a few thoughts on what I’ve discovered in the past few months.
Nadav Lapid controversy at IFFI Goa; Ravish Kumar resignation from NDTVTwo seemingly unrelated stories I reported on for Deadline this week reflect the worrying direction of travel in post-pandemic India. On Monday evening, Berlin Golden Bear-winning filmmaker Nadav Lapid, head of the competition jury at the International Film Festival of India…
Saudi Filmmaker Aymen Khoja On How To Build A Film Industry From Scratch Streamlined is a bit late this week as I’m in Mumbai and spent most of last week bouncing off the back seat of taxis and rickshaws. I’m learning a lot here, but Mumbai traffic didn’t get any better during the pandemic (in fact seems to be much worse due to Metro and coastal road…
