Will Asia’s distribution landscape ever return to normal?

And what was normal anyway? These were some of the big questions being debated at Focus Asia, the industry platform of Far East Film Festival (FEFF, April 22-30) in Udine, Italy, which has turned out to be one of the first major in-person interactions between the Asian and European film industries during the pandemic. Also this week, speculation over China easing its clampdown on its local tech industries; James Murdoch and Uday Shankar’s Bodhi Tree Systems pumps $1.78bn into India’s Viacom18; an Arizona-based private equity firm buys STX Entertainment; and Amazon Prime Video announces a bumper slate of originals and a TVOD service for India.

FEFF’s main theatre, Teatro Nuovo, has been packed all week, but what is happening in Asia’s cinemas?

FOCUS ASIA: Asia’s theatrical markets and selling to the streamers

While CinemaCon participants were having their minds blown in Las Vegas by impending big screen extravaganzas including Jurassic World: Dominion and Avatar 2: The Way Of Water, film…