Sundance & Rotterdam; Lunar New Year Box Office In China, Korea & Vietnam

Before we dig into recent events, I just want to explain that Streamlined is changing its format this year to get back to its roots – which is to make your life easier by summarising all the major news in the content industries of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Over the past few years, Streamlined has drifted into long-form essays, which have their place, but I’m constantly hearing how nobody has time to read everything.

Going forward, Streamlined’s free editions will revert to a more regular publishing schedule, delivered twice a month (sometimes weekly in busy news periods), with summaries and some analysis of the major stories impacting this industry. I will attempt to keep these newsletters short. Streamlined’s paid editions, the Streamlined Guides, are also being overhauled, but more on that later.

In this edition, we’re looking at the Sundance and Rotterdam film festivals, both strong supporters of world cinema, as well as the recent Lunar New Year holidays, a peak box office…