Filmart Online; Hong Kong films; China's Two Sessions; Ukraine response; Indian cinemas

Welcome to Streamlined, a weekly newsletter that will summarise and analyse events in the content industries outside the Americas & Europe.

For now, this is a labour of love and an experiment, so is free to readers, and does not have any sponsorship or other monetary support. It will run over the spring festival season, take a break over summer, then fire up again in time for the autumn festivals. I welcome your feedback, thoughts on what you’d like to see covered & tips on what’s happening in your part of the world.

THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES…

1. FILMART ONLINE

Filmart was the first big international contents market forced online by the pandemic in 2020, and this year is pushing bravely forward with its third virtual edition (March 14-17), at a time when the world’s attention is focused on the invasion of Ukraine and Hong Kong is experiencing its fifth, and by far most serious, wave of Covid-19.

It’s fair to say many film buyers and sellers around the world have reached peak Zoom fatigue;…